Lagos Open

Lagos Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Lagos WCT (1976)
Lagos Open (1978–80)
Lagos Challenger (1981, 1983, 1985–87, 1989, 1991)
Tour WCT circuit (1976)
Grand Prix circuit (197–80)
Challenger circuit (1981, 1983, 1985–87, 1989, 1991)
Founded 1976
Abolished 1991
Location Lagos, Nigeria
Surface Clay (1976, 1978–80)
Hard (1981, 1983, 1985–87, 1989, 1991)

The Lagos Open is a defunct WCT, Grand Prix and Challenger affiliated tennis tournament played from 1976 to 1991. It was held in Lagos in Nigeria and played on outdoor clay courts from 1976 to 1980, then on outdoor hard courts from 1981 to 1991.

Nduka Odizor and Paul Haarhuis were the most successful players at the event, each winning the singles competition twice.

Results

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1976 United States Dick Stockton United States Arthur Ashe 6–3, 6–2
1977 Not held
1978 Sweden Kjell Johansson United Kingdom Robin Drysdale 9–8, 6–3
1979 Austria Hans Kary Austria Peter Feigl 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1980 Austria Peter Feigl Canada Welry Fritz 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1981 United States Larry Stefanki Austria Peter Feigl 5–7, 6–3, 6–0
1982 Not held
1983 United States Craig Wittus Netherlands Michiel Schapers 6–3, 4–6, 11–9
1984 Not held
1985 Nigeria Nduka Odizor Austria Thomas Muster 6–3, 6–2
1986 Nigeria Nduka Odizor United States Marcel Freeman 6–2, 6–3
1987 Mexico Jorge Lozano Nigeria Nduka Odizor 6–4, 6–4
1988 Not held
1989 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček 4–6, 7–6, 6–4
1990 Not held
1991 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis United States T. J. Middleton 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1976 Not completed
1977 Not held
1978 United States George Hardie
India Sashi Menon
United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
1979 United States Joel Bailey
United States Bruce Kleege
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
Austria Peter Feigl
6–4, 6–7, 6–3
1980 United States Tony Graham
United States Bruce Nichols
Sweden Kjell Johansson
Finland Leo Palin
6–3, 0–6, 6–3
1981 United States Bruce Kleege
United States Larry Stefanki
United States Ian Harris
United States Craig Wittus
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1982 Not held
1983 United States Wesley Cash
United States John Mattke
United States Jonathan Canter
United States Joe Meyers
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1984 Not held
1985 United States Egan Adams
United States Mark Wooldridge
West Germany Peter Elter
Austria Peter Feigl
6–4, 6–4
1986 Finland Leo Palin
Finland Olli Rahnasto
United States Lloyd Bourne
United States Brett Dickinson
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
1987 United States Lloyd Bourne
United States Jeff Klaparda
France Loïc Courteau
France Eric Winogradsky
6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1988 Not held
1989 Venezuela Alfonso Mora
United States James Schor
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6–7, 7–6, 7–5
1990 Not held
1991 Italy Ugo Colombini
Kenya Paul Wekesa
Spain Daniel Marco
Ivory Coast Clement N'Goran
7–5, 6–1

References

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