2025 Malaysia Open (badminton)

2025 Malaysia Open

Tournament details
Dates	7–12 January
Edition	68th
Level	Super 1000
Total prize money	US$1,450,000
Venue	Axiata Arena
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The 2025 Malaysia Open (officially known as the Petronas Malaysia Open 2025 for sponsorship reasons) is a badminton tournament which is taking place at the Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 7 to 12 January 2025 and has a total prize of US$1,450,000. ^[1]

Tournament

The 2025 Malaysia Open is the first tournament of the 2025 BWF World Tour and is part of the Malaysia Open championships, which have been held since 1937. ^[2] This tournament is organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia with sanction from the BWF. ^{[3] [1]}

Venue

This tournament is going to be held at the Axiata Arena inside the KL Sports City in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^{[3] [1]}

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. ^[4]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32
12,000	10,200	8,400	6,600	4,800	3,000

Prize pool

The total prize money is US$1,450,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations. ^{[3] [1]}

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16	Last 32
Singles	$101,500	$49,300	$20,300	$7,975	$4,350	$1,450
Doubles	$107,300	$50,750	$20,300	$9,062.50	$4,712.50	$1,450

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Shi Yuqi
2. Anders Antonsen
3. Jonatan Christie
4. Viktor Axelsen (first round)
5. Kunlavut Vitidsarn
6. Lee Zii Jia (withdrew)
7. Li Shifeng
8. Kodai Naraoka

Finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	1	Shi YQ	21	20	21
		K Nishimoto	16	22	16
								1	Shi YQ
									Lu GZ
		Leong J H	17	21	13
		Lu GZ	21	16	21
	SWM	Chou T-c	21	21
		Su L-y	14	17
								SWM	Chou T-c
									Y Tanaka
		Y Tanaka	19	21	21
		Lei LX	21	16	13

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	4	V Axelsen	17	13
		Lee C Y	21	21
									Lee C Y
									Chi Y-j
		L Sen	14	7
		Chi Y-j	21	21
	7	Li SF
	PFR	P Rajawat
		B Yang
		Prannoy H. S.

Bottom half

Section 3

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Lin C-y

R Gemke

C Popov

8

K Naraoka

Ng K L

Weng HY

T J Popov

3

J Christie

Section 4

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Lee C-h

A S Ginting

A Lanier

5

K Vitidsarn

Loh K Y

K Watanabe

Wang T-w

2

A Antonsen

Women's singles

Seeds

1. An Se-young
2. Wang Zhiyi
3. Han Yue
4. Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (first round)
5. Busanan Ongbamrungphan
6. Tomoka Miyazaki (first round)
7. Yeo Jia Min
8. Pornpawee Chochuwong

Finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	1	An S-y	21	21
		L Christophersen	12	13
								1	An S-y
									Nguyễn T L
		N Nidaira	16	19
		Nguyễn T L	21	21
	6	T Miyazaki	21	14	16
		M Blichfeldt	15	21	21
									M Blichfeldt
									BW Zhang
		BW Zhang	21	20	21
		N Okuhara	14	22	14

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	4	G M Tunjung	8	14
		P K Wardani	21	21
									P K Wardani
		A Kashyap
		J D Jakobsen
	8	P Chochuwong
		A Upadhyaya
									R Intanon
		R Intanon	21	21
		Lo S Y	11	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

P Choeikeewong

K Sugiyama

Lin H-t

5

B Ongbamrungphan

Goh J W

M Bansod

Pai Y-p

3

Han Y

Section 4

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

K Gilmour

Gao FJ

Sung S-y

7

Yeo J M

L Lam

Chiu P-c

Hsu W-c

2

Wang ZY

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (first round)
2. Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang
3. Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin (first round)
4. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto
5. Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik
6. He Jiting / Ren Xiangyu (first round)
7. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty
8. Lee Jhe-huei / Yang Po-hsuan

Finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	1	K Astrup A S Rasmussen	16	21	20
		Chiu H-c Wang C-l	21	18	22
									Chiu H-c Wang C-l
									Chen BY Liu Y
		Chen BY Liu Y	21	17	21
		P Sukphun P Teeraratsakul	11	21	18
	6	He JT Ren XY	21	21	11
		B Lane S Vendy	23	19	21
									B Lane S Vendy
		R Kjær F Søgaard
		S K Gutama M R P Isfahani

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	3	Goh S F N Izzuddin	15	21	18
		D Lundgaard M Vestergaard	21	9	21
									D Lundgaard M Vestergaard
									C Popov T J Popov
		C Popov T J Popov	21	21
		C Grimley M Grimley	17	12
	8	Lee J-h Yang P-h	21	16	21
		Chiang C-w Wu H-y	18	21	16
								8	Lee J-h Yang P-h
									Man W C Tee K W
		Man W C Tee K W	21	21
		K Mitsuhashi H Okamura	12	17

Bottom half

Section 3

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

N M Azriyn A Tan W K

Xie HN Zeng WH

Lu M-c Tang K-w

7

S Rankireddy C Shetty

Jin Y Kang M-h

Chen Z-r Lin Y-c

Ong Y S Teo E Y

4

F Alfian M R Ardianto

Section 4

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Liu K-h Yang P-ha

Lee F-c Lee F-j

Chen Z-y P Smith

5

A Chia Soh W Y

J Arif Yap R K

Kim W-h Seo S-j

Kim G-j Kim S-r

2

Liang WK Wang C

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning
2. Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee
3. Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (first round)
4. Li Yijing / Luo Xumin
5. Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma / Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi (first round)
6. Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand
7. Yeung Nga Ting / Yeung Pui Lam
8. Tanisha Crasto / Ashwini Ponnappa

Finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	1	Liu SS Tan N	21	21
		J Finne-Ipsen M Surrow	10	10
								1	Liu SS Tan N
									V Hoo Lim C S
		V Hoo Lim C S	21	21
		Cheng Y-p Sun Y-h	11	17
	5	F D Kusuma A C Pratiwi	14	14
		Hsieh P-s Hung E-t	21	21
									Hsieh P-s Hung E-t
									Chang C-h Yang C-t
		Chang C-h Yang C-t	21	17	21
		P Buhrova Y Kantemyr	19	21	11

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	3	P Tan Thinaah M	21	14	13
		L T Mayasari S F S Ramadhanti	19	21	21
									L T Mayasari S F S Ramadhanti
									Hsu Y-h Lin J-y
		Teng C-h Yang C-y	17	10
		Hsu Y-h Lin J-y	21	21
	6	T Jolly G Gopichand	21	21
		O Jongsathapornparn S Suwachai	10	10
								6	T Jolly G Gopichand
								PFR	Jia YF Zhang SX
	PFR	Jia YF Zhang SX	21	21
		Go P K Teoh M X	17	10

Bottom half

Section 3

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Ong X Y C Ting

Sung S-y Yu C-h

M Matsutomo C Shida

8

T Crasto A Ponnappa

R Panda S Panda

B Aimsaard N Aimsaard

Fan K Y Yau M Y

4

Li YJ Luo XM

Section 4

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Y Fukushima M Matsumoto

J MacPherson C Torrance

Kim H-j Kong H-y

7

Yeung N T Yeung P L

S Mapasa S Thygesen

Hu L-f Jheng Y-c

PFR

P Hankiewicz K Marczak

2

Baek H-n Lee S-h

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping
2. Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin
3. Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei
4. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai
5. Dejan Ferdinansyah / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
6. Yang Po-hsuan / Hu Ling-fang
7. Cheng Xing / Zhang Chi
8. Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui

Finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	1	Feng YZ Huang DP	21	21
		G Mairs J Mairs	17	12
								1	Feng YZ Huang DP
									A Dunn J MacPherson
		T Hee Jin YJ	17	15
		A Dunn J MacPherson	21	21
	6	Yang P-h Hu L-f	21	22	21
		Tang C M Ng T Y	18	24	17
								6	Yang P-h Hu L-f
									C Hemming E van Leeuwen
		O Titov Y Kantemyr	21	11	6
		C Hemming E van Leeuwen	15	21	21

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	3	Chen T J Toh E W	21	21
		Wu H-y Yang C-y	8	9
								3	Chen T J Toh E W
									Lu M-c Hung E-t
		Hoo P R Cheng S Y	26	21	22
		Lu M-c Hung E-t	28	14	24
	5	D Ferdinansyah G E Widjaja	21	21
		Wong T C Lim C S	12	13
								5	D Ferdinansyah G E Widjaja
									H Midorikawa N Saito
		H Midorikawa N Saito	22	21
		Tan K M Lai P J	20	10

Bottom half

Section 3

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Ko S-h Eom H-w

D Kapila T Crasto

R Tabeling A Bøje

7

Cheng X Zhang C

S Karunakaran A Variyath

A Surya A Pramuthesh

P Smith J Gai

4

Goh S H S J Lai

Section 4

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

M Vestergaard C Busch

T Gicquel D Delrue

Chen C-k Hsu Y-h

8

Guo XW Chen FH

Ye H-w N G Chan

D Puavaranukroh S Paewsampran

R Oupthong J Sudjaipraparat

2

Jiang ZB Wei YX

References

1. "2025 Malaysia Open". badmintonworldtour.com. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
2. "BWF World Tour 2025 season to kick-off with Malaysia Open: Report". Khel Now. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
3. "Prospectus Malaysia Open 2025" (PDF). Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 10 November 2024.
4. "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

External links

• Tournament link

Preceded by 2024 BWF World Tour Finals 2024 Odisha Masters	BWF World Tour 2025 BWF season	Succeeded by 2025 India Open