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, from 1969 to 1982, and from 2020 to 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below is the list of the winners at the Malaysia Open in women's doubles.
Finalists
Amateur era YearCountryChampionCountryRunner-upScore1937 SGP SGP Alice PennefatherOng Siew Eng Lee Chee NeoLee Kim Neo 14–18, 15–5, 15-91938 Chan Kon NeongIda Lim Lee Chee NeoLee Kim Neo 18–13, 15-71939 Chan Kon NeongChung Kon Yoong Felicity ChanHew Siew Ying 15–10, 3–15, 15–111940 Lee Chee NeoLee Kim Neo Cecilia ChanChung Kon Yoong 15–10, 15–71941 Lee Chee NeoLee Kim Neo P. SaraswathyJessie Macgregor 15–1, 15–2 1942 No competition (due to World War II) 1943 1944 1945 19461947 Cecilia SamuelMolly Chin Mary LimWong Oi Wan 15–6, 15–61948 SGP SGP Alice PennefatherHelen Heng SGP SGP Chung Kon YoongOng Siew Eng 3–15, 15–12, 15–21949 Amy ChoongCheah Kooi See Valentine ChanKok Lan Kee 6–15, 15–11, 15–31950 Cecilia SamuelHoi Sai Ying Valentine ChanLouisa Lean 9–15, 15–6, 17–141951 Cecilia SamuelLam Kit Lin SGP SGP Helen HengMary Sim 15–12, 15–31952 Amy ChoongCheah Kooi See SGP SGP Helen HengMary Sim 15–9, 15–21953 Cecilia SamuelPhua Yoke Chin Lim Ee LianChia Peck Sim 15–5, 15–101954 Cecilia SamuelPhua Yoke Chin Lam Kit LinTan Eng Looi 17–14, 4–15, 15-61955 Cecilia SamuelPhua Yoke Chin Amy ChoongLam Kit Lin 18–16, 5–15, 15-81956 Yang Weng ChingOei Lin Nio SGP Helen HengTan Gaik Bee 13–15, 15–8, 15-91957 Tan Gaik BeeLam Kit Lin Chin Phee KeowLee Hoo Keat 15–3, 15–121958 Tan Gaik BeeLam Kit Lin Cecilia SamuelAmy Heah 15–5, 7–15, 15-91959 Tan Gaik BeeCecilia Samuel Jean MoeyDolly Tan 15–4, 15–31960 Tan Gaik BeeCecilia Samuel Retno KoestijahMinarni 15–5, 15–121961 Tan Gaik BeeCecilia Samuel Ho Cheng YokeSylvia Tan 15–0, 15–21962 Tan Gaik BeeNg Mei Ling Anne KeongKok Lee Ying 15–9, 15–9 1963 Tan Gaik BeeNg Mei Ling Rosalind Singha AngTeoh Siew Yong 15–5, 15–51964 Teoh Siew YongRosalind Singha Ang Ho Cheng YokeSylvia Tan 15–13, 15–121965 Teoh Siew YongRosalind Singha Ang Chong Yoon ChooPhuah Kooi Ean 15–1, 15–51966 Retno KoestijahMinarni Megah IdawatiTan Tjung Ing 15–5, 15–5 1967 Retno KoestijahMinarni Teoh Siew YongRosalind Singha Ang 15–7, 15–1 1968 Machiko AizawaEtsuko Toganoo Noriko TakagiHiroe Yuki 15–11, 15-10 1969 No competition 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Open era 1980 No competition 1981 19821983 Kim Yun-jaYoo Sang-hee Nora PerryJane Webster 11–15, 15–4, 15–71984 Guan WeizhenWu Jianqiu Gillian ClarkChristine Magnusson 15–10, 15–131985 Gillian ClarkGillian Gowers Dewi ElmyatiVerawaty Fadjrin 15–10, 15–111986 Wu JianqiuLin Ying Verawaty FadjrinIvana Lie 15–4, 15–8 1987 Guan WeizhenLin Ying Dorte KjærNettie Nielsen 15–2, 15-1 1988 Guan WeizhenLin Ying Kim Yun-jaChung So-young 15–6, 15-3 1989 Guan WeizhenLin Ying Hwang Hye-youngChung So-young 15–4, 15–4 1990 Chung Myung-heeChung So-young Lai CaiqinYao Fen 7–15, 15–9, 15–9 1991 Hwang Hye-youngChung So-young Gillian ClarkNettie Nielsen 15–10, 15–11 1992 Lim XiaoqingChristine Magnusson Gil Young-ahPark Soo-yun 15–7, 15–91993 Lim XiaoqingChristine Magnusson Lisbet Stuer-LauridsenLotte Olsen 15–12, 18–141994 Ge FeiGu Jun Eliza NathanaelZelin Resiana 15–5, 15–111995 Julie BradburyJoanne Wright Gil Young-ahJang Hye-ock 15–10, 15–111996 Lisbet Stuer-LauridsenMarlene Thomsen Liu LuQian Hong 10–15, 17–14, 17–16 1997 Ge FeiGu Jun Liu LuQian Hong 15–7, 15–11998 Rikke OlsenMarlene Thomsen Eliza NathanaelZelin Resiana 15–8, 15–41999 Ge FeiGu Jun Gao LingQin Yiyuan 15–8, 15–102000 Ge FeiGu Jun Huang NanyanYang Wei 15–17, 15–6, 15–82001 Huang NanyanYang Wei Gao LingHuang Sui 7–1, 4–7, 7–32002 Huang NanyanYang Wei Zhang YawenZhao Tingting 11–5, 11–52003 Yang WeiZhang Jiewen Gao LingHuang Sui 15–5, 1–15, 17–152004 Yang WeiZhang Jiewen Gao LingHuang Sui 15–7, 15–62005 Yang WeiZhang Jiewen Gao LingHuang Sui 15–6, 15–82006 Gao LingHuang Sui Du JingYu Yang 9–21, 21–16, 21–172007 Gao LingHuang Sui Greysia PoliiVita Marissa 19–21, 21–12, 21–112008 Yang WeiZhang Jiewen Gao LingZhao Tingting 21–13, 16–21, 24–222009 Lee Hyo-jungLee Kyung-won Yang WeiZhang Jiewen 21–15, 21–122010 Du JingYu Yang Ma JinWang Xiaoli 21–16, 21–122011 Tian QingZhao Yunlei Wang XiaoliYu Yang 21–12, 6–21, 21–172012 Christinna PedersenKamilla Rytter Juhl Ha Jung-eunKim Min-jung 21–19, 21–182013 Tian QingBao Yixin Misaki MatsutomoAyaka Takahashi 21–16, 21–142014 Bao YixinTang Jinhua Misaki MatsutomoAyaka Takahashi 21–19, 14–21, 21–132015 Luo YingLuo Yu Jang Ye-naJung Kyung-eun 21–18, 21–92016 Tang YuantingYu Yang Jung Kyung-eunShin Seung-chan 21–11, 21–172017 Yuki FukushimaSayaka Hirota Huang YaqiongTang Jinhua 21–17, 18–21, 21–122018 Misaki MatsutomoAyaka Takahashi Chen QingchenJia Yifan 21–12, 21–122019 Chen QingchenJia Yifan Du YueLi Yinhui 21–14, 21–15 2020 No competition 2021 2022 Apriyani RahayuSiti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti Zhang ShuxianZheng Yu 21–18, 12–21, 21–192023 Chen QingchenJia Yifan Baek Ha-naLee Yu-lim 21–16, 21–102024 Liu ShengshuTan Ning Zhang ShuxianZheng Yu 21–18, 21–18
Statistics
Multiple champions
PlayerOpen EraAmateur EraAll-timeYears 0 9 9 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961 0 7 7 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 6 0 6 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 4 0 4 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 0 3 3 1951, 1957, 1958 1953, 1954, 1955 2 0 2 2013, 2014 2019, 2023 1990, 1991 2006, 2007 2001, 2002 2006, 2007 2019, 2023 1996, 1998 2011, 2013 1984, 1986 2010, 2016 0 2 1937, 1948 1949, 1952 1938, 1939 1949, 1952 1940, 1941 1940, 1941 1966, 1967 1962, 1963 1966, 1967 1964, 1965 1964, 1965
Championships by country CountryAmateur EraOpen EraAll-timeFirst titleLast title 0 26 26 1984 2024 21 0 21 1938 1965 1 3 4 1956 2022 0 4 1983 2009 0 3 3 1996 2012 1 2 1968 2018 0 2 2 1985 1995 2 0 1937 1948 0 2 1992 1993
See also List of Malaysia Open men's singles champions List of Malaysia Open women's singles champions List of Malaysia Open men's doubles champions List of Malaysia Open mixed doubles champions
References