Singapore Open Scrabble Championship

The Singapore Open Scrabble Championship is an international Scrabble tournament held each year in Singapore, established in 1998. The field of players is considerably large and it is not an invitational event. World Scrabble champion Nigel Richards has the most Singapore Open wins, with eleven between 2000 and 2014.

Winners

The winner of the championship's inaugural edition was Michael Tang in 1998. The player with the most Singapore Open victories is New Zealander Nigel Richards, who has won eleven times between 2000 and 2014. No other person has won the tournament more than once.^[1]

Year	Winner	Runner-up
2014	Nigel Richards (11) ( New Zealand)	Alastair Richards
2013	Cancelled due to lack of venue
2012	Nigel Richards (10) ( New Zealand)	Aaron Chong
2011	Aaron Chong	Hubert Wee Ming Hui
2010	Nigel Richards (9) ( New Zealand)	Cheah Siu Hean
2009	Nigel Richards (8) ( New Zealand)	Hubert Wee Ming Hui
2008	Nigel Richards (7) ( New Zealand)	Hubert Wee Ming Hui
2007	Nigel Richards (6) ( New Zealand)	Shim Yen Nee
2006	Tony Sim	Marlon Prudencio
2005	Andy Kurnia	Hubert Wee Ming Hui
2004	Nigel Richards (5) ( New Zealand)	Cheah Siu Hean
2003	Nigel Richards (4) ( New Zealand)	Ricky Purnomo
2002	Nigel Richards (3) ( New Zealand)	Tony Sim
2001	Nigel Richards (2) ( New Zealand)	Quek Sim Ho
2000	Nigel Richards (1) ( New Zealand)	Femi Awowade ( England)
1999	A Ganesh	Tengku Asri
1998	Michael Tang	Ador Ruiz

• Contestants are from Singapore unless otherwise noted

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