Sammy Okosagah (#20) at WSC 2001

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Sammy Okosagah (#20) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Sammy Surname(s): Okosagah Home: Nigeria Age: 37 Awards: 1990 Nigerian NSC Occupation: Advertising executive WSC 1995 Rank: 22 WSC 1997 Rank: 16 WSC 2001 Team: Nigeria

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player's rank that round is shown below.

Round-by-Round
High score: 498 Average for: 415 Average against: 418
Before Round 1		Okosagah is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 1		Okosagah played #64 Andrew Davis (England) and won 429 to 360 (a spread of 69) . Current ranking: #22. Current record: 1-0, +69. Okosagah is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 2	Larger photo available	Okosagah played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and won 416 to 388 (a spread of 28) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-0, +97. Okosagah is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Okosagah is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 3		Okosagah played #44 Jim Geary (United States) and lost 350 to 477 (a spread of -127) . Current ranking: #38. Current record: 2-1, -30.
Round 4		Okosagah played #03 David William Boys (Canada) and won 421 to 420 (a spread of 1) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 3-1, -29. Okosagah is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Okosagah is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 5		Okosagah played #31 Ronald Credo (Philippines) and won 417 to 302 (a spread of 115) . Current ranking: #19. Current record: 4-1, +86.
Round 6		Okosagah played #01 Joel Wapnick (World Champion) and lost 333 to 414 (a spread of -81) . Current ranking: #30. Current record: 4-2, +5.
Round 7		Okosagah played #38 Steve Polatnick (United States) and lost 388 to 615 (a spread of -227) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 4-3, -222.
Round 8	Larger photo available	Okosagah played #25 Mohan Verghese Chunkath (India) and won 400 to 375 (a spread of 25) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 5-3, -197.
Round 9		Okosagah played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 375 to 400 (a spread of -25) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 5-4, -222.
Round 10		Okosagah played #76 Joey Mallick (United States) and won 481 to 449 (a spread of 32) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 6-4, -190.
Round 11	Larger photo available	Okosagah played #74 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Sri Lanka) and lost 375 to 392 (a spread of -17) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 6-5, -207.
Round 12	Larger photo available	Okosagah played #07 Jeff Grant (New Zealand) and won 440 to 338 (a spread of 102) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 7-5, -105.
Round 13	Larger photo available	Okosagah played #15 John Holgate (Australia) and won 481 to 465 (a spread of 16) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 8-5, -89.
Round 14		Okosagah played #27 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and won 498 to 440 (a spread of 58) . Current ranking: #17. Current record: 9-5, -31.
Round 15		Okosagah played #33 Roland Filio (Philippines) and won 479 to 352 (a spread of 127) . Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-5, +96.
Round 16		Okosagah played #43 Jere Mead (United States) and won 474 to 443 (a spread of 31) . Current ranking: #12. Current record: 11-5, +127. Okosagah is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 17	Larger photo available	Okosagah played #32 Tony Sim (Singapore) and won 419 to 355 (a spread of 64) . Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-5, +191.
Round 18		Okosagah played #06 Joe Edley (United States) and won 404 to 401 (a spread of 3) . Current ranking: #7. Current record: 13-5, +194.
Round 19	Larger photo available	Okosagah played #35 Howard Warner (New Zealand) and lost 325 to 441 (a spread of -116) . Current ranking: #9. Current record: 13-6, +78.
Round 20		Okosagah played #41 Brett Smitheram (England) and lost 414 to 523 (a spread of -109) . Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-7, -31.
Round 21		Okosagah played #34 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and won 439 to 428 (a spread of 11) . Current ranking: #10. Current record: 14-7, -20.
Round 22		Okosagah played #10 Bob Lipton (United States) and won 424 to 401 (a spread of 23) . Current ranking: #7. Current record: 15-7, +3.
Round 23		Okosagah played #41 Brett Smitheram (England) and lost 374 to 461 (a spread of -87) . Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-8, -84.
Round 24		Okosagah played #44 Jim Geary (United States) and won 408 to 388 (a spread of 20) . Current ranking: #8. Current record: 16-8, -64.
After the Finals		Okosagah is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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