Location | Kuala Lumpur Malaysia |
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Venue | Axiata Arena |
Governing body | BAM |
Created | 1937 |
Editions | 67 (2024) Open Era (1980): 40 |
Prize money | $1,300,000 (2024) |
Trophy | Men's singles trophy |
Website | bam.org.my |
Most titles | |
Amateur era | 6: Ng Boon Bee 6: Tan Yee Khan |
Open era | 4: Kim Moon-soo |
Most consecutive titles | |
Amateur era | 3: Ng Boon Bee 3: Tan Yee Khan |
Open era | 3: Jalani Sidek 3: Razif Sidek 3: Kim Moon-soo 3: Park Joo-bong |
Current champion | |
Liang Weikeng Wang Chang – 2024 (First title) |
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.
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. [1] 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 men's doubles. [2]
Player | Open Era | Amateur Era | All-time | Years |
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Boon Bee Ng (MAS) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 |
Yee Khan Tan (MAS) | 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 | |||
Kon Leong Chan (MAS) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1937, 1938, 1949, 1951, 1954 |
Moon-soo Kim (KOR) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991 |
Poh Lim Ong (SGP) | 0 | 4 | 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956 | |
Teik Hock Ooi (MAS) | 1940, 1947, 1948, 1955 | |||
Kew San Teh (MAS) | 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962 | |||
Candra Wijaya (INA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1999, 2001, 2005 |
Hendra Setiawan (INA) | 2008, 2013, 2015 | |||
Jalani Sidek (MAS) | 1985, 1986, 1987 | |||
Kien Keat Koo (MAS) | 2006, 2007, 2010 | |||
Joo-bong Park (KOR) | 1989, 1990, 1991 | |||
Razif Sidek (MAS) | 1985, 1986, 1987 | |||
Rexy Mainaky (INA) | 1993, 1994, 1997 | |||
Ricky Subagja (INA) | 1993, 1994, 1997 | |||
Ismail Marjan (SGP) | 0 | 3 | 1950, 1953, 1956 | |
Say Hup Lim (MAS) | 1957, 1959, 1960 | |||
Kin Hong Tan (MAS) | 1940, 1947, 1948 | |||
Soon Kit Cheah (MAS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1992, 1996 |
Mohammad Ahsan (INA) | 2013, 2015 | |||
Sigit Budiarto (INA) | 2001, 2005 | |||
Boon Heong Tan (MAS) | 2006, 2007 | |||
Tony Gunawan (INA) | 1998, 1999 | |||
A. S. Samuel (MAS) | 0 | 2 | 1937, 1938 |
Country | Amateur Era | Open Era | All-time | First title | Last title |
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Malaysia (MAS) | 22.5 | 10 | 32.5 | 1937 | 2014 |
Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 14 | 14 | 1983 | 2023 |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1984 | 2016 |
China (CHN) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1988 | 2024 |
Singapore (SGP) | 3.5 | 0 | 3.5 | 1950 | 1956 |
Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1958 | 1995 |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2018 | 2022 |
Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2012 |
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