Lagos Open (2000–present) explained

Lagos Open
Event Name:	Lagos
Location:	Lagos, Nigeria
Venue:	Lagos Lawn Tennis Club
Surface:	Hard
Website:	official website
Category:	ITF Women's Circuit ITF Men's Circuit
Draw:	32S/32Q/16D
Prize Money:	$25,000

Lagos Open is an International Tennis Federation accredited tournament that takes place annually at Lagos Lawn Tennis Club. It is classified as a $25,000 tournament on the Women's and Men's Circuit, and has been held in Lagos, Nigeria. Due to the West African Ebola virus epidemic, the 14th edition was competed only by African players and was made a non-point winning tournament by ITF. By 2015, the move has reversed, and the competition regained its international status.^[1] In 2018, the competition was renamed from "Governor's Cup Lagos Tennis" to "Lagos Open", which was stated by the organizers as a procedure from ITF to increase the prestige of the competition from a Futures tournaments to a Challenger series.^{[2] [3]} The total prize money for the 2017 edition was $100,000.^[4]

Past finals

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2019 (2)	Riya Bhatia	Nastja Kolar	7–5, 1–6, 6–3^[5]
2019 (1)	Sada Nahimana	Laura Pigossi	2–6, 6–4, 6–3^[6]
2018 (2)	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Conny Perrin	6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
2018 (1)	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Conny Perrin	2–6, 7–5, 6–0^[7]
2017 (2)	Conny Perrin	Deniz Khazaniuk	7–6^(13–11), 6–3
2017 (1)	Deniz Khazaniuk	Conny Perrin	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
2016 (2)	Conny Perrin	Tadeja Majerič	6–3, 6–3
2016 (1)	Tadeja Majerič	Conny Perrin	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
2015 (2)	Conny Perrin	Tadeja Majerič	3–6, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
2015 (1)	Tessah Andrianjafitrimo	Tadeja Majerič	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
2014 *		Zarah Razafimahatratra	Sarah Adegoke	6–0, 6–1
2013 (2)	Gioia Barbieri	Nina Bratchikova	3–6, 6–3, 3–0 ret.
2013 (1)	Tadeja Majerič	Dalila Jakupović	7–5, 7–5
2012 (2)	Cristina Dinu	Conny Perrin	6–3, 6–3
2012 (1)	Cristina Dinu	Chanel Simmonds	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
2011 (2)	Tamaryn Hendler	Donna Vekić	6–4, 7–5
2011 (1)	Elina Svitolina	Donna Vekić	6–4, 6–3
2010 (2)	Nina Bratchikova	Zuzana Kučová	7–5, 6–1
2010 (1)	Zuzana Kučová	Natalie Piquion	6–2, 6–0
2009 (2)	Zuzana Kučová	Nina Bratchikova	6–0, 7–6^(7–5)
2009 (1)	Zuzana Kučová	Anna Gerasimou	6–3, 7–5
2008 (2)	Zuzana Kučová	Ágnes Szatmári	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 6–3
2008 (1)	Tamaryn Hendler	Ankita Bhambri	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2007 (2)	Chanelle Scheepers	Zuzana Kučová	6–2, 6–0
2007 (1)	Zuzana Kučová	Syna Kayser	6–2, 6–2
2006 (2)	Magda Mihalache	Ágnes Szatmári	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
2006 (1)	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Laura Siegemund	6–4, 6–2
2005 (2)	Anne Keothavong	Maša Zec Peškirič	6–3, 7–6^(9–7)
2005 (1)	Petra Cetkovská	Anne Keothavong	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
2004 (2)	Sania Mirza	Chanelle Scheepers	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–5
2004 (1)	Sania Mirza	Tiffany Dabek	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2003 (2)	Franziska Etzel	Michelle Snyman	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
2003 (1)	Heidi El Tabakh	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–4, 6–4
2002
2001	Lillie Nzudie
2000	Osaro Amadin	Aminat Balogun

• Due to the West African Ebola virus epidemic, the 14th edition was competed only by African players and was made a non-point winning tournament by ITF

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2019 (2)	Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi	Sandra Samir Prarthana Thombare	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), [10–6]
2019 (1)	Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi	Sandra Samir Prarthana Thombare	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]^[8]
2018 (2)	Julia Terziyska Rosalie van der Hoek	Merel Hoedt Noa Liauw a Fong	6–4, 6–4
2018 (1)	Tereza Mihalíková Julia Terziyska	Estelle Cascino Deniz Khazaniuk	6–7^(4–7), 6–2, [10–7]
2017 (2)	Conny Perrin Valeriya Strakhova	Tadeja Majerič Tiffany William	6–1, 6–2
2017 (1)	Ayla Aksu Ana Veselinović	Conny Perrin Valeriya Strakhova	6–4, 6–2
2016 (2)	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Prarthana Thombare	Kyra Shroff Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, [11–9]
2016 (1)	Chayenne Ewijk Rosalie van der Hoek	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Prarthana Thombare	7–5, 6–3
2015 (2)	Julia Terziyska Prarthana Thombare	Tadeja Majerič Conny Perrin	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2015 (1)	Margarita Lazareva Valeriya Strakhova	Valeria Bhunu Ester Masuri	6–1, 6–2
2014	Sarah Adegoke Tessah Andrianjafitrimo
2013 (2)	Fatma Al-Nabhani Gioia Barbieri	Conny Perrin Chanel Simmonds	1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2013 (1)	Naomi Broady Emily Webley-Smith	Fatma Al-Nabhani Cristina Dinu	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2012 (2)	Conny Perrin Chanel Simmonds	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
2012 (1)	Conny Perrin Chanel Simmonds	Nina Bratchikova Margarita Lazareva	6–1, 6–1
2011 (2)	Melanie Klaffner Ágnes Szatmári	Danka Kovinić Elina Svitolina	6–0, 6–7^(1–7), [10–5]
2011 (1)	Nina Bratchikova Melanie Klaffner	Tadeja Majerič Aleksandrina Naydenova	7–5, 5–7, [10–6]
2010 (2)	Melanie Klaffner Karolina Kosińska	Nina Bratchikova Ágnes Szatmári	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
2010 (1)	Nina Bratchikova Ágnes Szatmári	Anna Brazhnikova Anastasia Mukhametova	6–4, 6–3
2009 (2)	Nina Bratchikova Anna Gerasimou	Chen Astrogo Keren Shlomo	6–4, 7–5
2009 (1)	Nina Bratchikova Anna Gerasimou	Anna Brazhnikova Anastasia Mukhametova	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–1)
2008 (2)	Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh	Rushmi Chakravarthi Isha Lakhani	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, [10–7]
2008 (1)	Surina De Beer Ágnes Szatmári	Tamaryn Hendler Lisa Sabino	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
2007 (2)	Kelly Anderson Chanelle Scheepers	Iryna Kuryanovich Ágnes Szatmári	1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2007 (1)	Kelly Anderson Chanelle Scheepers	Iryna Kuryanovich Ágnes Szatmári	0–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2006 (2)	Surina De Beer Ágnes Szatmári	Sanaa Bhambri Rushmi Chakravarthi	6–3, 6–1
2006 (1)	Magda Mihalache Laura Siegemund	Lisa Sabino Montinee Tangphong	6–3, 6–3
2005 (2)	Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri	Rushmi Chakravarthi Punam Reddy	walkover
2005 (1)	Surina De Beer Gabriela Velasco Andreu	Lisa Sabino Maša Zec Peškirič	6–4, 6–2
2004 (2)	Surina De Beer Chanelle Scheepers	Sania Mirza Shelley Stephens	6–0, 6–0
2004 (1)	Sania Mirza Shelley Stephens	Surina De Beer Chanelle Scheepers	6–1, 6–4
2003 (2)	Heidi El Tabakh Yomna Farid		6–1, 5–7, 6–1
2003 (1)	Rebecca Dandeniya Michelle Snyman		7–5, 6–3

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2019 (2)	Calvin Hemery	Aldin Šetkić	4–2 ret.^[9]
2019 (1)	Calvin Hemery	Aldin Šetkić	6–1, 6–2^[10]
2018 (2)	Jack Draper	Tom Jomby	1–6, 6–3, 6–4^[11]
2018 (1)	Tom Jomby	Arthur Rinderknech	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2017 (2)	Peđa Krstin	Johan Tatlot	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2017 (1)	Peđa Krstin	Stephan Fransen	6–2, 6–3^[12]
2016 (2)	Enrique López Pérez	Calvin Hemery	7–5, 7–5^[13]
2016 (1)	Enrique López Pérez	Gianni Mina	6–2, 6–7^(7–9), 6–1
2015 (2)	Antal van der Duim	Takanyi Garanganga	6–3, 7–6^(7–0)^[14]
2015 (1)	Aldin Šetkić	Sadio Doumbia	6–2, 6–0
2014		Michael Moses	Duncan Mugabe	6–0, 6–1^[15]
2013 (2)	Ante Pavić	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	6–4, 6–3^[16] ^[17]
2013 (1)	Borna Ćorić	Ante Pavić	6–4, 6–3
2012 (2)	Enrique López Pérez	Ruan Roelofse	6–0, 6–4
2012 (1)	Enrique López Pérez	Sherif Sabry	7–5, 1–6, 6–4^[18]
2011 (2)	Kamil Čapkovič	Vijayant Malik	6–2, 7–5
2011 (1)	Yuki Bhambri	Ruan Roelofse	7–5, 7–5
2010 (2)	Karan Rastogi	Ruan Roelofse	6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 7–5
2010 (1)	Amir Weintraub	Karan Rastogi	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
2009 (2)	Reda El Amrani	Gilad Ben Zvi	6–3, 6–3
2009 (1)	Reda El Amrani	Boy Westerhof	6–3, 6–3
2008 (2)	Kamil Čapkovič	Ilya Belyaev	6–3, 6–2
2008 (1)	Kamil Čapkovič	Divij Sharan	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2007 (2)	Alexander Slabinsky	Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd	6–4, 6–3
2007 (1)	Boy Westerhof	Reda El Amrani	6–3, 6–4
2006 (2)	Illya Marchenko	Komlavi Loglo	7–5, 6–3
2006 (1)	Ivan Dodig	Illya Marchenko	6–3, 6–4
2005 (2)	Komlavi Loglo	Johar-Mubarak Segodo	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2005 (1)	Henry Adjei-Darko	Valentin Sanon	5–7, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
2004 (2)	Sebastian Fitz	Roger Anderson	6–3, 6-7^(9–11), 6–3
2004 (1)	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Sebastian Fitz	2–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–3
2003 (2)	Raven Klaasen	Martin Slanar	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2003 (1)	Wesley Whitehouse	Willem-Petrus Meyer	6–4, 6–2
2002
2001	Sule Ladipo	Mohamed-Sekou Drame	1–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2000	Claude N'Goran	Christophe Pognon	6–2, 6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2019 (2)	Benjamin Lock Courtney John Lock	William Bushamuka Aryan Goveas	6–2, 6–4
2019 (1)	Aziz Dougaz Skander Mansouri	Benjamin Lock Courtney John Lock	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2018 (2)	Benjamin Lock Courtney John Lock	Tom Jomby Alexis Klégou	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2018 (1)	Danylo Kalenichenko Diego Matos	William Bushamuka Arthur Rinderknech	6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
2017 (2)	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood	6–3, 6–4
2017 (1)	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	Tom Jomby Johan Tatlot	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
2016 (2)	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Alexis Klégou	Karol Drzewiecki Maciej Smola	6–4, 6–1
2016 (1)	Enrique López Pérez Boy Westerhof	Calvin Hemery Gianni Mina	6–2, 6–3
2015 (2)	Lloyd Harris Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	David Pel Antal van der Duim	7–5, 7–6^(8–6)
2015 (1)	David Pel Antal van der Duim	Lloyd Harris Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	6–3, 6–2
2014
2013 (2)	Ante Pavić Ruan Roelofse	Borna Ćorić Dino Marcan	7–5, 6–3
2013 (1)	Ante Pavić Ruan Roelofse	Borna Ćorić Dino Marcan	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
2012 (2)	Kamil Čapkovič Ruan Roelofse	Alessandro Bega Enrique López Pérez	6–1, 6–2
2012 (1)	Kamil Čapkovič Ruan Roelofse	Alessandro Bega Enrique López Pérez	6–4, 6–2
2011 (2)	Paterne Mamata Vaja Uzakov	Abdulmumin Babalola Daouda Ndiaye	7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
2011 (1)	Yuki Bhambri Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan	Karan Rastogi Vishnu Vardhan	6–2, 7–5
2010 (2)	Amir Weintraub Boy Westerhof	Raven Klaasen Ruan Roelofse	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
2010 (1)	Amir Weintraub Boy Westerhof	Niels Desein Laurent Rochette	walkover
2009 (2)	John Paul Fruttero Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd	Komlavi Loglo Valentin Sanon	6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
2009 (1)	Reda El Amrani Anas Fattar	Komlavi Loglo Valentin Sanon	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
2008 (2)	Kamil Čapkovič Boy Westerhof	Ilya Belyaev Sergei Krotiouk	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
2008 (1)	Rohan Gajjar Divij Sharan	Pavel Chekhov Pavel Katliarov	7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(2–7), [10–7]
2007 (2)	Abdulmumin Babalola Jonathan Igbinovia	Candy Idoko Lawal Shehu	6–3, 6–4
2007 (1)	Navdeep Singh Alexander Slabinsky	Idan Mark Amir Weintraub	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, [10–7]
2006 (2)	Abdulmumin Babalola Komlavi Loglo	Ivan Dodig Zlatan Kadric	7–5, 7–5
2006 (1)	Ivan Dodig Zlatan Kadric	Floris Kilian Boy Westerhof	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
2005 (2)	Komlavi Loglo Valentin Sanon	Rafael Arévalo Alexander Satschko	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2005 (1)	Rafael Arévalo Alexander Satschko	Colin Beecher Ross Hutchins	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
2004 (2)	Roger Anderson Luka Gregorc	Juan Ignacio Cerda Jasper Smit	6–3, 6–2
2004 (1)	Komlavi Loglo Valentin Sanon	Fabian Roetschi Benjamin-David Rufer	7–5, 6–1
2003 (2)	Genius Chidzikwe Raven Klaasen	Eliran Dooyev Maor Zirkin	walkover
2003 (1)	Wesley Whitehouse Willem-Petrus Meyer	Martin Slanar Tomer Suissa	7–6^(7–3), 6–3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Governor's Cup Lagos Tennis regains ITF status . Dailytrust . 2018-08-18.
2. Web site: Nadal, Murray coming to play at Lagos Open?. 18 August 2018.
3. Web site: GCLT renamed Lagos Open tennis . Punch . 14 August 2018 . 2018-08-18.
4. Web site: 540 World Stars to Storm Lagos for Governor's Cup Tennis . ThisDay. 25 September 2017 .
5. Web site: Hemery, Bhatia Emerge Lagos Open Champions – Nigeria Tennis Federation | NTF Tennis. 21 October 2019 .
6. Web site: Burundi's Sada Nahimana Claims Lagos Open Title – Nigeria Tennis Federation | NTF Tennis. 14 October 2019 .
7. Web site: Lagos Open Tennis: Tom, Pranjala win singles titles. 7 October 2018.
8. Web site: Burundi's Sada Nahimana Claims Lagos Open Title – Nigeria Tennis Federation | NTF Tennis. 14 October 2019 .
9. Web site: Hemery, Bhatia Emerge Lagos Open Champions – Nigeria Tennis Federation | NTF Tennis. 21 October 2019 .
10. Web site: Lagos Open: Calvin Hemery Outclasses Setkic to Emerge Men's Singles Champion - Nigeria Tennis Federation | NTF Tennis. 14 October 2019 .
11. Web site: 16-year-old Jack Draper Stuns Tom Jomby in Epic Lagos Open Final – Nigeria Tennis Federation | NTF Tennis. 14 October 2018 .
12. Web site: First Timer, Israeli Khazaniuk, Wins Lagos Gov's Cup Tennis . 15 October 2017 .
13. Web site: French-Nigerian loses in Governor's Cup Lagos Tennis Final . Premium Times . 23 October 2016 . 2018-08-18.
14. Web site: Dutch, Swiss win 15th Governor's Cup Lagos Tennis . Eagle Online . 20 December 2015 . 2018-08-18.
15. Web site: 14th Governor's Cup: Nigeria's Michael Moses Excels In Epic Final . PM News.
16. Web site: Fashola Challenges Media On Lawn Tennis Etiquette . 2018-08-18.
17. Web site: Croatian Tennis Star, Borna Ćorić Wins Futures 1 Governor's Cup Lagos Tennis . 21 October 2013 . 2018-08-18.
18. Web site: Spain, Romanian Stars win Lagos Tennis Championship . Premium times . 20 October 2012 . 2018-08-18.