Nigeria Open (table tennis)

For the golf tournament, see Nigerian 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
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

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]