Malaysian Open | |
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Tournament information | |
Venue | The Federal Kuala Lumpur |
Location | Kuala Lumpur |
Country | Malaysia |
Established | 1980 |
Organisation(s) | WDF |
Format | Legs |
Prize fund | MYR 40,000 |
Current champion(s) | |
Man Lok Leung (men's) Giselle Bulaho (women's) |
The Malaysian Open [1] is a darts tournament which has been held since 2001.
Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Total Prize Money | Champion | Runner-up |
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1998 | Peter Hunt | beat | Wayne Weening | n/a | n/a | n/a |
2001 | Damrongsak Dam | bt | Kesava Roa | ? | ? | ? |
2002 | Anandan Tandrian | bt | Natthakhom Daochngan | ? | ? | ? |
2003 | Osman Hamid | bt | Mathivanan Selvarajoo | ? | ? | ? |
2004 | Mathivanan Selvarajoo | bt | Tengku Shah | ? | ? | ? |
2005 | Selbaraju Subramaniam | bt | Paul Morier | ? | ? | ? |
2006 | Suresh Raj | bt | Ho-Ah Tee | ? | ? | ? |
2007 | Im Seng-Heng | bt | Rosidi Puasa | MYR 5,600 | MYR 2,000 | MYR 1,000 |
2008 | Tengku Shah | bt | Lourence Ilagan | MYR 5,600 | MYR 2,000 | MYR 1,000 |
2009 | Joseph Clairines | bt | Mohammed Sapup | MYR 5,600 | MYR 2,000 | MYR 1,000 |
2010 | Ronald Briones | bt | Tengku Shah | MYR 5,600 | MYR 2,000 | MYR 1,000 |
2012 | Brunno Parungao | bt | Pengiran Yaakup | MYR 5,200 | MYR 2,000 | MYR 800 |
2013 | Attapol Eupakaree | bt | Amin Abdul-Ghani | MYR 13,500 | MYR 5,000 | MYR 2,500 |
2014 | Juanito Gionson | bt | Paolo Nebrida | MYR 8,500 | MYR 3,000 | MYR 1,500 |
2015 | Lourence Ilagan | bt | Daisuke Akamatsu | MYR 9,300 | MYR 3,000 | MYR 1,500 |
2016 | Royden Lam | bt | Mark Jumin | MYR 12,000 | MYR 5,000 | MYR 2,000 |
2017 | Donjem Dimacullangan | bt | Christian Perez | MYR 12,000 | MYR 5,000 | MYR 2,000 |
2018 | Christian Perez | bt | Paolo Nebrida | MYR 8,500 | MYR 3,000 | MYR 1,500 |
2019 | Zulrizan Azdan | 6 – 5 | Lourence Ilagan | MYR 8,500 | MYR 3,000 | MYR 1,500 |
2023 | Man Lok Leung | 5 – 4 | Bobby Geba | MYR 8,500 | MYR 3,000 | MYR 1,500 |
Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Total Prize Money | Champion | Runner-up |
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2001 | Connie-Loo Sim-Woo | beat | Nithya Ammal | |||
2003 | Loo-Phaik Koo | beat | Alice Koh | |||
2004 | Nancy Ambrose | beat | Zahiran Mahmud | |||
2005 | Nancy Ambrose (2) | beat | Norlaiza Jaya | |||
2006 | Daisy Jok | beat | Norlaiza Jaya | |||
2007 | Nancy Ambrose (3) | beat | Loo-Phaik Koo | |||
2008 | Roselyn David | beat | Serene Phey | |||
2009 | Analiza Awitan | beat | Merlyn Mudi | |||
2010 | Analiza Awitan (2) | beat | Pipa Walter | |||
2012 | Nur-Aliyah Abdullah | beat | Monica Lajawa | |||
2013 | Bernadette Walter | beat | Rohana Jalil | |||
2014 | Leonida Ticman | beat | Rohana Jalil | |||
2015 | Monique Liduin | beat | Christina Koh | |||
2016 | Angelyn Detablan | beat | Michelle Fernandez | |||
2017 | Mozhgan Rahmani | beat | Cathy Leung | |||
2018 | Nur-Sazleena Muliyono | beat | Melania Maidi | MYR 5,600 | MYR 2,000 | MYR 1,000 |
2019 | Mozhgan Rahmani (2) | beat | Lovely-Mae Orbeta | MYR 5,600 | MYR 2,000 | MYR 1,000 |
2023 | Giselle Bulaho | 3 – 1 | Mahi Bosmia | MYR 3,500 | MYR 1,500 | MYR 650 |
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