Tennis at the African Games

Tennis at the African Games

Tennis
First event	1965 Brazzaville
Occur every	four years
Last event	2023 Accra
Best	Egypt (EGY)

Tennis was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Events		Host country
			Men	Women
I	1965	Brazzaville	2	—	United Arab Republic
II	1973	Lagos	2	—	Egypt
III	1978	Algiers	2	2	Nigeria
IV	1987	Nairobi	2	2	Zimbabwe
V	1991	Cairo	2	2	Zimbabwe
VI	1995	Harare	2	2	South Africa
VII	1999	Johannesburg	1	1	South Africa
VIII	2003	Abuja	3	3	Nigeria
IX	2007	Algiers	3	3	Algeria
X	2011	Maputo	3	3	Egypt
XI	2015	Brazzaville	3	3	Egypt
XII	2019	Rabat	3	3	Egypt
XIII	2023	Accra	3	3	Tunisia

Events

Event	65	73	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19	Years
Men's singles	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	11
Men's doubles	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	11
Men's team							X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Women's singles			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	9
Women's doubles			X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	9
Women's team							X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Total	2	2	4	4	4	4	2	6	6	6	6	6	6

Medal table

Last updated after the 2023 African Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	14	13	23	50
2	Nigeria (NGR)	7	11	16	34
3	Algeria (ALG)	7	4	6	17
4	Tunisia (TUN)	7	1	10	18
5	South Africa (RSA)	5	9	4	18
6	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	5	5	11	21
7	Kenya (KEN)	3	3	5	11
8	Madagascar (MAD)	2	3	6	11
9	Ivory Coast (CIV)	2	2	2	6
10	Senegal (SEN)	2	1	6	9
11	DR Congo (COD)	2	1	0	3
12	Morocco (MAR)	1	2	5	8
13	Ghana (GHA)	1	1	1	3
14	Benin (BEN)	0	1	0	1
	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	0	1	0	1
16	Lesotho (LES)	0	0	1	1
	Mauritius (MRI)	0	0	1	1
	Sierra Leone (SLE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		58	58	98	214

Finals

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1965	Mustapha Belkhodja (TUN)	Mabrouk Ali (UAR)
1973	Aly El Daoudi (EGY)	Thomson Onibokun (NGR)
1978	David Imonitie (NGR)	Tony Mmoh (NGR)
1987	Byron Black (ZIM)	Sadiq Abdullahi (NGR)
1991	Jean-Christophe Nabi (CIV)	Claude N’Goran (CIV)
1995	Grant Stafford (RSA)	Claude N’Goran (CIV)
2003	Lamine Ouahab (ALG)	Raven Klaasen (RSA)
2007	Lamine Ouahab (ALG)	Mohamed Mamoun (EGY)
2011	Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM)	Sherif Sabry (EGY)
2015	Dennis Inondo (COD)	Alexis Klegou (BEN)
2019	Mohamed Safwat (EGY)	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY)

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1978	Jane Davies-Doxzon (KEN)	Susan Wakhungu (KEN)
1987	Myriam Berthe (SEN)	Rolake Olagbegi (NGR)
1991	Myriam Berthe (SEN)	Warda Bouchabou (ALG)
1995	Dally Randriantefy (MAD)	Nannie De Villiers (RSA)
2003	Clara Udofa (NGR)	Fadzai Mawisire (ZIM)
2007	Samia Medjahdi (ALG)	Lizaan Du Plessis (RSA)
2011	Ons Jabeur (TUN)	Chanel Simmonds (RSA)
2015	Sandra Samir (EGY)	Zarah Razafimahatratra (MAD)
2019	Mayar Sherif (EGY)	Chanel Simmonds (RSA)

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1965	Ismail El Shafei (EGY)  Fathi Mohamed Ali (EGY)	Saeed Cockar (KEN)  Yashvin Shretta (KEN)
1973	Aly El Daoudi (EGY)  Ahmed Hassan (EGY)	Lawrence Awopegba (NGR)  Yemisi Allan (NGR)
1978	Nduka Odizor (NGR)  David Imonitie (NGR)	Tony Mmoh (NGR)  Kehinde Ajayi (NGR)
1987	Byron Black (ZIM)  Mark Gurr (ZIM)	Sadiq Abdullahi (NGR)  Godwin Emeh (NGR)
1991	Rashid Hassan (ZIM)  Malcolm Birch (ZIM)	Franklyn Ofori (GHA)  Kenneth Dowuona (GHA)
1995	Grant Stafford (RSA)  John-Laffnie de Jager (RSA)	Tamer Essawi (EGY)  Amr Ghoneim (EGY)
2003	Raven Klaasen (RSA)  Willem Petrus Meyer (RSA)	Sunday Maku (NGR)  Jonathan Igbinovia (NGR)
2007	Lamine Ouahab (ALG)  Slimane Saoudi (ALG)	Karim Maamoun (EGY)  Mohamed Maamoun (EGY)
2011	Clifford Enosoregbe (NGR)  Onyeka Mbanu (NGR)	Candy Idoko (NGR)  Lawal Shehu (NGR)
2015	Wisdom Na Ajdrago (GHA)  George Darko (GHA)	Denis Inondo (COD)  Sarma Nkuluta (COD)
2019	Aziz Dougaz (TUN)  Skander Mansouri (TUN)	Adam Moundir (MAR)  Lamine Ouahab (MAR)

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1978	Jane Davies-Doxzon (KEN)  Susan Wakhungu (KEN)	Samira Mahmoudi (ALG)  Yamina Hassan (ALG)
1987	Rolake Olagbegi (NGR)  Veronica Oyibokia (NGR)	Myriam Berthe (SEN)  Sadia Berthe (SEN)
1991	Julia Muir (ZIM)  Paula Iversen (ZIM)	Warda Bouchabou (ALG)  Samira Mahmoudi (ALG)
1995	Dally Randriantefy (MAD)  Natacha Randriantefy (MAD)	Mareze Joubert (RSA)  Nannie De Villiers (RSA)
2003	Clara Udofa (NGR)  Osaro Amadin (NGR)	Fadzai Mawisire (ZIM)  Fadzai Masiyazi (ZIM)
2007	Samia Medjahdi (ALG)  Assia Halo (ALG)	Kelly Anderson (RSA)  Lizaan Du Plessis (RSA)
2011	Magy Mikhail (EGY)  Mayar Sherif (EGY)	Ons Jabeur (TUN)  Nour Abbes (TUN)
2015	Ola Abou Zekry (EGY)  Sandra Samir (EGY)	Dona Abuhabaga (EGY)  Moura Ishak (EGY)
2019	Rana Sherif Ahmed (EGY)  Mayar Sherif (EGY)	Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz (EGY)  Sandra Samir (EGY)

List of medalists

Further information: List of African Games medalists in tennis

External links

• Swimmingresults at the 2007 All-Africa Games (peopledaily.com)