The Nigeria Open, also called ITTF Challenge Nigeria Series or ITTF Challenge Seamester Nigeria Open is an annual table tennis tournament in Lagos, Nigeria, run by the International Table Tennis Federation as part of Challenge Series. Egyptian Omar Assar has won the most single gold medals. In 2018, the prize money for the medalist at the event was $46,000.[1] The maiden edition was known as Lagos Classics, it was until 2014 that the tournament was listed in ITTF calendar.[2][3]
| Nigeria Open | |
|---|---|
| Tournament information | |
| Tour | ITTF Challenge Series |
| Sponsor | Baba Ijebu Government of Lagos State |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Location | Lagos |
| Venue | Teslim Balogun Stadium |
| Category | ITTF World Tour |
| Prize money | US$46,000 (2018) |
| Current champions (2018 ITTF Challenge Series Nigeria Open) | |
| Men's singles |  Quadri Aruna |
| Women's singles |  Guo Yan |
| Men's doubles |  Alexandre Robinot Joe Seyfried |
| Women's doubles | Qi Fenjie Sun Chen |
Tournament winners
editIndividual events
edit| Year | Men's singles | runner-up | Women's singles | runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  Omar Assar
|
Segun Toriola
|
Cecilia Otu Akpan
|
Offiong Edem
|
[4][5] |
| 2014 | Omar Assar
|
Nadeen El-Dawlatly
|
Dina Meshref
|
[6][7][8] | |
| 2015 | Omar Assar
|
Quadri Aruna
|
 Shao Jieni
|
Dina Meshref
|
[9] |
| 2016 |  Benedek Olah
|
Khalid Assar
|
Shao Jieni
|
 Szandra Pergel
|
[10] |
| 2017 | Omar Assar
|
 Sarthak Ghandi
|
Dina Meshref
|
 Kulikova Olga
|
[11] |
| 2018 | Quadri Aruna
|
Antoine Hachard
|
Guo Yan
|
Sun Chen
|
[12] |
References
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- ^ "2017 ITTF Nigeria Open: Akpan ready to halt foreigners' dominance".
- ^ "Table Tennis: Lagos Classics Listed In 2014 ITTF World Tour". PM News.
- ^ "Nigeria: Lagos Table Tennis Classics - Assar, Akpan Emerge Winners". September 2, 2013. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ Eludini, Tunde. "Lagos Table Tennis World Tour: Nigeria star, Offiong, talks tough". Premium Times. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "ITTF World Tour 2014".
- ^ "ITTF WORLD TOUR: Oshonaike Targets Lagos Open Gold". Sports Day. March 4, 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "Meshref believes Egypt will continue dominance of Lagos Open".
- ^ "TABLE TENNIS: OMAR ASSAR, SHAO JIENI TRIUMPH IN LAGOS OPEN SINGLES". Information Nigeria. March 14, 2014. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "ITTF Nigeria Open: Finland's Olah wins men's singles". May 23, 2016. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "Egypt's Omar Assar wins third Nigeria Open title". Cable. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "Ambode Congratulates ITTF Nigeria Open Men's Singles Champion Quadri". Complete Sports. Retrieved 2018-08-15.