Malaysia Open is an annual Malaysian badminton tournament created in 1937 and played at the Axiata Arena in the Bukit Jalil suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

History The Malaysia Open is played in the second week of January (prior to this it was first week in April or first week in July) and is chronologically the first of the four BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournaments of the badminton season. In between 2014 and 2017, it has been chronologically the first or second (after the All England Open Badminton Championships) of the five BWF Super Series Premier tournaments. The event was not held from 1942 to 1946 because of World War II and again from 1967 to 1982.

In the Amateur Era, Wong Peng Soon (1940–1941, 1947, 1949–1953) holds the record for the most titles in the men's singles, winning Malaysia Open eight times. Wong also holds the record for most consecutive titles with five (from 1949 to 1953).

In the Open Era, since the inclusion of all global professional badminton players in 1980, Lee Chong Wei (2004–2006, 2008–2014, 2016, 2018) holds the record for the most men's singles titles with twelve. Lee Chong Wei (2008–2014) also holds the record for most consecutive victories with seven.

Lee Chong Wei is the only player in history, in both the Amateur and Open Era, to reach the Malaysia Open men's singles final fourteen times.

Finalists

Amateur era YearCountryChampionCountryRunner-upScore1937 A. S. Samuel SGP Seah Eng Hee 15–1, 13–18, 18–131938 SGP Tan Chong Tee SGP Wong Peng Soon 15–2, 9–15, 15–111939 SGP Seah Eng Hee SGP Tan Chong Tee 15–8, 17–151940 SGP Wong Peng Soon Ooi Teik Hock 15–1, 15–71941 SGP Wong Peng Soon SGP S. A. Durai 15–3, 15–3 1942 No competition (due to World War II) 1943 1944 1945 19461947 SGP Wong Peng Soon Lim Kee Fong 15–8, 15–121948 Ooi Teik Hock Lim Kee Fong 15–5, 15–61949 SGP Wong Peng Soon Ooi Teik Hock 15–6, 15–101950 SGP Wong Peng Soon Ooi Teik Hock 15–13, 15–41951 SGP Wong Peng Soon Law Teik Hock 15–3, 15–61952 SGP Wong Peng Soon Abdullah Priuz 15–8, retired1953 SGP Wong Peng Soon Lim Koon Yam 15–5, 15–31954 SGP Ong Poh Lim Ooi Teik Hock 9–15, 15–1, 15–71955 Ferry Sonneville Jorn Skaarup 15–5, 15–41956 SGP Ong Poh Lim Eddy Yusuf 15–8, 15–121957 Eddy Choong Ewe Beng Abdullah Priuz 15–6, 15–31958 Charoen Wattanasin Teh Kew San 15–9, 15–41959 Charoen Wattanasin Teh Kew San 15–11, 15–121960 Eddy Choong Ewe Beng Eddy Yusuf 15–13, 15–91961 James Richard Poole Bill Berry 15–11, 18–141962 Charoen Wattanasin Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15–4, 7–15, 15–8 1963 Yew Cheng Hoe Sangob Rattanusorn 15–9, 15–11964 Billy Ng Seow Meng Tan Aik Huang 4–15, 15–12, 15–101965 Tan Aik Huang Yew Cheng Hoe 15–8, 15–91966 Tan Aik Huang Muljadi 15–12, 15–5 1967 Erland Kops Darmadi 15–10, 15–3 1968 Tan Aik Huang Ippei Kojima 15–4, 13–15, 15–6 1969 No competition 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Open era 1980 No competition 1981 19821983 Liem Swie King Hastomo Arbi 15–1, 15–111984 Icuk Sugiarto Morten Frost 15–9, 15–41985 Misbun Sidek Michael Kjeldsen 18–16, 15–31986 Zhao Jianhua Misbun Sidek 15–10, 15–13 1987 Yang Yang Steen Fladberg 4–15, 15–10, 15–7 1988 Xiong Guobao Wu Wenkai 11–15, 15–6, 15–2 1989 Xiong Guobao Zhao Jianhua 15–12, 15–3 1990 Rashid Sidek Foo Kok Keong 18–17, 15–6 1991 Rashid Sidek Foo Kok Keong 15–4, 15–51992 Rashid Sidek Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 15–5, 15–71993 Ardy Wiranata Hariyanto Arbi 11–15, 15–5, 17–141994 Joko Suprianto Rashid Sidek 15–3, 15–51995 Alan Budi Kusuma Ardy Wiranata 15–5, 15–81996 Ong Ewe Hock Indra Wijaya 1–15, 15–1, 15–7 1997 Hermawan Susanto Peter Gade 15–11, 15–111998 Peter Gade Jeffer Rosobin 15–5, 15–121999 Luo Yigang Wong Choong Hann 17–16, 17–152000 Taufik Hidayat Xia Xuanze 15–10, 17–142001 Ong Ewe Hock Rony Agustinus 3–7, 7–2, 7–0, 6–8, 7–12002 James Chua Ong Ewe Hock 15–10, 15–62003 Chen Hong Lee Chong Wei 15–9, 15–52004 Lee Chong Wei Park Sung-hwan 15–13, 15–122005 Lee Chong Wei Lin Dan 17–15, 9–15, 15–92006 Lee Chong Wei Lin Dan 21–18, 18–21, 23–212007 Peter Gade Bao Chunlai 21–15, 17–21, 21–142008 Lee Chong Wei Lee Hyun-il 21–15, 11–21, 21–172009 Lee Chong Wei Park Sung-hwan 21–14, 21–132010 Lee Chong Wei Boonsak Ponsana 21–13, 21–72011 Lee Chong Wei Taufik Hidayat 21–8, 21–172012 Lee Chong Wei Kenichi Tago 21–6, 21–132013 Lee Chong Wei Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21–7, 21–82014 Lee Chong Wei Tommy Sugiarto 21–19, 21–92015 Chen Long Lin Dan20–22, 21–13, 21–112016 Lee Chong Wei Chen Long 21–13, 21–82017 Lin Dan Lee Chong Wei 21–19, 21–142018 Lee Chong Wei Kento Momota 21–17, 23–212019 Lin Dan Chen Long 9–21, 21–17, 21–11 2020 No competition 2021 2022 Viktor Axelsen Kento Momota 21–4, 21–72023 Viktor Axelsen Kodai Naraoka 21–6, 21–152024 Anders Antonsen Shi Yuqi 21–14, 21–13

Statistics

Multiple champions

PlayerOpen EraAmateur EraAll-timeYears 12 0 12 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 0 8 8 1940, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 0 3 3 1958, 1959, 1962 3 0 1990, 1991, 1992 0 2 2 1954, 1956 1957, 1960 1965, 1966 2 0 1988, 1989 1996, 2001 1998, 2007 2017, 2019 2022, 2023

Championships by country CountryAmateur EraOpen EraAll-timeFirst titleLast title 8 18 26 1937 2018 12 0 12 1938 1956 0 9 9 1986 2019 1 7 8 1955 2000 3 0 3 1958 1962 0 6 6 1985 2024 1 0 1 1961

See also List of Malaysia Open women's singles champions List of Malaysia Open men's doubles champions List of Malaysia Open women's doubles champions List of Malaysia Open mixed doubles champions

External links Malaysia Open - Past Champions men's singles, from InternationalBadminton.org

References