Nigeria Open

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
TourITTF Challenge Series
SponsorBaba Ijebu
Government of Lagos State
Founded2013
LocationLagos
VenueTeslim Balogun Stadium
CategoryITTF World Tour
Prize moneyUS$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

Individual events

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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