Malaysian Open (tennis)

For other tournaments named Malaysian Open, see Malaysian Open (disambiguation).

Malaysian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Malayan Championships (1921-48) Malaysian International Championships (1949-70) Malaysian Open Tennis Championship(1971-78) Malaysian Tennis Classic (1992-93) Malaysian Open (2009-17)
Founded	1921;103 years ago (1921)
Abolished	2017;7 years ago (2017)
Editions	57
Location	Ipoh Petaling Jaya Penang Singapore Kuala Lumpur
Venue	Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort (2010–2012) RSGC (since 2013)
Surface	Carpet - indoors Clay - outdoors Hard - outdoors

The Malaysian Open was a combined men's and women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was originally founded the Malayan Championships. ^[1] The event has been held at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort and The Royal Selangor Golf Club. The tournament ran from 1921 to 1978. It was revived for a second time from 1992 through to 1995. It was staged for the third and final time from 2009 to 2018.

History

The first edition of the Malayan Championships was played in 1921 in Singapore. Women participated for the first time in 1925. In 1942 the event was suspended due to World War II, it resumed in 1947. In 1949 the tournament was rebranded as the Malaysian International Championships. On 16 September 1963 the country changed its name, from Malaya to Malaysia. In 1971 the tournament was rebranded as the Malaysian Open Tennis Championship, ^[2] which continued through till 1978 before it ceased to be held.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1992 the women's tournament was reestablished as the Malaysian Tennis Classic. It was competed on indoor hard courts in Kuala Lumpur. The tournament was part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour, and was designated as a Tier IV event. Winners received $18,000. In both years it was held from 19 April to 26 April. The event was discontinued from 1993 onwards. In 1993 the men's tournament was revived as the Kuala Lumpur Open (aka Malaysia Salem Open) which ran until 1995. The men's event was played on hard courts in 1993 and on indoor carpet courts from 1994 to 1995. It was an event on the ATP World Series, replacing the Singapore Open for this period. Four Malaysian Players (V. Selvam, Mon S Sudesh, Martin. A and A. Lourdesamy) were banned for participating in the Bridgestone Open that was simultaneous with the Kuala Lumpur Open, as the Bridgestone Tournament wasn't sanctioned by the LTAM. Selvam's banned was lifted after two years by the LTAM.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2009 the men's tournament was revived as the Proton Malaysian Open that ran until 2015 as an ATP World Tour 250 fixture. In 2016 the men's event was replaced on the ATP tour by the Chengdu Open. In 2010 the women's tournament was revived for the second time. Initially, the organisers operated with a license directly from WTA. However, later on they cut a deal for a lease of WTA Palermo's license in late-2013.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2017, the Women's Tennis Association deleted reference to Israeli player Julia Glushko's nationality and Israel's flag from Glushko's profile on their website ahead of her scheduled participation at the Malaysian Open, when event organizers requested all references to her being Israeli be removed from the WTA website in order for her to be allowed to take part in the event. ^[3] The WTA subsequently reinstated them. ^[3]

The last men's Malaysian Open was held in 2015 and the women's in 2017, after which, WTA Palermo returned to the tour calendar in 2019. ^[4] The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. ^[5]

Past finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete roll

Year	Location	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Malayan Championships
1921	Singapore	Shunjiro Nakamura	Khoo Hooi-Hye	6–4, 6–3
1922	Kuala Lumpur	Asaji Honda	Eric Oliver	6–3, 6–3
1925	Singapore	Khoo Hooi-Hye	Kenneth Mano	6–3, 6–3
1930	Kula Lumpur	Huyuh Van Giao	Nguyen van Chim	w.o.
1934	Singapore	Chin Kee Onn	Yong Loon Chong Chim	6–2, 6–3
1935	Kuala Lumpur	Lim Bong Soo	Nguyen van Chim	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1942/1947	Not held (due to world war two)
Malaysian International Championships
1949	Kuala Lumpur	Koon Hung Ip	Liep-Tjiauw Tan	6–3, 6–4
1953	Singapore	Neale Fraser	Chew Bee Ong	6–4, 6–3
1955	Ipoh	Chew Bee Ong	Koon Hung Ip	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1958	Kuala Lumpur	Raymundo Deyro	Koo Hong Boo	7–5, 6–2
1960	Penang City	Atsushi Miyagi	Felicisimo Ampon	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1961	Kuala Lumpur	Johnny Jose	Felicisimo Ampon	6–1, 6–2
1962	Ipoh	Johnny Jose (2)	Ian Crookenden	6–4, 6–2
1963	Penang City	Ken Fletcher	Tony Roche	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1964	Kuala Lumpur	Takeshi Koura	Isao Watanabe	w.o.
1965	Penang City	Bill Bowrey	John Newcombe	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1966	Ipoh	Somparn Champisri	Seri Charuchinda	6–2, 6–2
1967	Kuala Lumpur	Allan Stone	Colin Stubs	6–1, 6–2
1968	Penang City	Doug Smith	Gondo Widjojo	6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Open era
1969	Kuala Lumpur	Van Bay Vo	Elwyn McCabe	6–4, 2–1, ret.
Malaysia International Championships
1970	Kuala Lumpur	Colin Dibley	Van Thanh Vo	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Malaysian Open Tennis Championship
1971	Kuala Lumpur	Ian Fletcher	Van Thanh Vo	6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1972	Kuala Lumpur	Gondo Widjojo	Atet Wijono	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 3–2, ret.
1973	Kuala Lumpur	Anand Amritraj	Van Bay Vo	7–5, 0–6, 6–4, 7–5
1974	Kuala Lumpur	Peter McNamara	Felix Bautista Jr.	8–6, 6–3, 6–2
1975	Petaling Jaya	Trevor Little	Gondo Widjojo	6–3, 6–3
Malaysian Salem Open
1993 (Jan.)	Kuala Lumpur	Richey Reneberg	Olivier Delaître	6–3, 6–1
1993 (Sept.)	Kuala Lumpur	Michael Chang	Jonas Svensson	6–0, 6–4
1994	Kuala Lumpur	Jacco Eltingh	Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 2–6, 6–4
1995	Kuala Lumpur	Marcelo Ríos	Mark Philippoussis	7–6, 6–2
Proton Malaysian Open
2009	Kuala Lumpur	Nikolay Davydenko	Fernando Verdasco	6–4, 7–5
2010	Kuala Lumpur	Mikhail Youzhny	Andrey Golubev	6–7(7–9), 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2011	Kuala Lumpur	Janko Tipsarević	Marcos Baghdatis	6–4, 7–5
2012	Kuala Lumpur	Juan Mónaco	Julien Benneteau	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2013	Kuala Lumpur	João Sousa	Julien Benneteau	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
2014	Kuala Lumpur	Kei Nishikori	Julien Benneteau	7–6(7–4), 6–4
2015	Kuala Lumpur	David Ferrer	Feliciano López	7–5, 7–5

Women's Singles

Incomplete roll

Year	Location	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Malayan Championships
1925	Singapore	Sybil Dando	Mary Holmes	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1926	Kuala Lumpur	Mrs N. Toft	Mrs Rule	6–2, 6–2
1927	Kuala Lumpur	Violet Howett Laing	Sybil Dando	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1928	Singapore	Violet Howett Laing (2)	Mrs Davies	6–4, 2–6, 8–6
1929	Kuala Lumpur	Miss E.M. Aitken	Mrs Zylstra	6–4, 6–3
1930	Singapore	Gwendoline Moon Allin	Mrs E.A. Taylor	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1931	Kuala Lumpur	Elizabeth Oldfield	Mrs Drew	6-3, 2-6, 6-4
1932	Singapore	Elizabeth Oldfield (2)	Mrs E.A. Taylor	6-3, 3-6, 9-7
1933	Kuala Lumpur	Elizabeth Oldfield (3)	Mrs Eileen Corbett	6-4, 6-4
1934	Singapore	Gwendoline Moon Allin (2)	Mrs M. Millar	6-3, 6-1
1935	Kuala Lumpur	Gwendoline Moon Allin (3)	Violet Howett Laing	6-3, 6-1
1936	Ipoh	Doreen Sansoni	Gwendoline Moon Allin	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1937	Kuala Lumpur	Doreen Sansoni (2)	Betty Humphrey	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1938	Singapore	Doreen Sansoni (3)	Joyce Grenier	6–4, 6–1
1939	Ipoh	Doreen Sansoni (4)	Gwendoline Moon Allin	6–2, 6–3
1940	Singapore	Joyce Grenier Carter	Nellie Chia	6–1, 6–0
1941	Singapore	Joyce Grenier Carter (2)	Gwendoline Moon Allin	6–1, 6–0
1943/1947	Not held (due to world war two)
Malaysian International Championships
1948	Penang City	Joyce Grenier Fraser (3)	M. Eduardo	6–3, 6–1
1949	Singapore	Joyce Grenier Fraser (4)	Susan de Vries Batten	6–2, 6–4
1950	Kuala Lumpur	Helen Thackara Dew	Gladys Loke Chua	6–4, 6–3
1951	Ipoh	Helen Thackara Dew (2)	Susan de Vries Batten	6–1, 6–3
1952	Penang City	Helen Thackara Dew (3)	Mrs Koon Hung Ip	6–4, 6–3
1953	Singapore	Susan de Vries Batten	Mrs Martha Young	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1954	Kuala Lumpur	Monica Ereaut Sheridan	Gladys Loke Chua	6–0, 6–0
1955	Ipoh	Gladys Loke Chua	Helen Thackara Dew	6–3 8–6
1956	Penang City	Mrs K. Le Mercier	Mrs R. Hamilton	6–3, 6–3
1957	Singapore	Ranjani Jayasuriya	Katherine Leong	6–0, 6–0
1958	Kuala Lumpur	Heather MacFarlane Stirling	Mrs Tan Liep Tjiauw	14–12, 6–4
1959	Ipoh	Heather MacFarlane Stirling (2)	Mrs Sanguan Sucharitakul	6–3, 6–3
1960	Penang City	Mrs Sanguan Sucharitakul	Katherine Leong	4–0 ret.
1961	Kuala Lumpur	Reiko Miyagi	Desideria Ampon	6–3, 6–1
1962	Ipoh	Ethne Green	Judy Davidson	7–5 6–3
1963	Penang City	Noelene Turner	Ethne Green	8–6, 7–5
1964	Kuala Lumpur	Phanow Sudsawasdi	Maisie Lai	6–4, 6–2
1965	Penang City	Phanow Sudsawasdi (2)	Phisamai Samerpong	7–5, 2–6, 6–0
1966	Ipoh	Phanow Sudsawasdi (3)	Mien Suhadi	6–8, 6–0, 6–3
1967	Kuala Lumpur	Lita Liem	Lany Kaligis	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
1968	Penang City	Lita Liem (2)	Loanita Rachman	?
Open era
1969	Kuala Lumpur	Radhika Menon	Nguyen Thi Gioi	5–7, 6–1, 6-2
Malaysia International Championships
1970 [6]	Kuala Lumpur	Mrs Philippa Miall	Mrs Somsri Chotichuti	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Malaysian Open Tennis Championship
1971 [2]	Kuala Lumpur	Cecilie Fleming	Somsri Klamssombuti	7–5, 6–4
1972	Kuala Lumpur	Mrs Philippa Miall (2)	Mrs Vera Kaspers	13–11, 6–1
1974	Kuala Lumpur	Lany Kaligis	Lita Liem Sugiarto	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
1975	Petaling Jaya	Lany Kaligis (2)	Lita Liem Sugiarto	6–2, 6–4
1976	Kuala Lumpur	Lita Liem Sugiarto	Suthasini Sirikaya	6–0, 6–3
1977	Kuala Lumpur	Duk-Hee Lee	Choi Kyung Mie	6–2, 6–1
1978	Kuala Lumpur	Chong Soog Yang	Carol Draper	7–5, 6–2
Malaysian Tennis Classic
1992	Kuala Lumpur	Yayuk Basuki	Andrea Strnadová	6–3, 6–0
1993	Kuala Lumpur	Nicole Provis	Ann Grossman	6–3, 6–2
Malaysian Open
2010	Kuala Lumpur	Alisa Kleybanova	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 6–2
BMW Malaysian Open
2011	Kuala Lumpur	Jelena Dokić	Lucie Šafářová	2–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4
2012	Kuala Lumpur	Hsieh Su-wei	Petra Martić	2–6, 7–5, 4–1 ret.
2013	Kuala Lumpur	Karolína Plíšková	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
2014	Kuala Lumpur	Donna Vekić	Dominika Cibulková	5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2015	Kuala Lumpur	Caroline Wozniacki	Alexandra Dulgheru	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2016	Kuala Lumpur	Elina Svitolina	Eugenie Bouchard	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5
Alya Malaysian Open
2017	Kuala Lumpur	Ashleigh Barty	Nao Hibino	6–3, 6–2

Women's Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Malaysian Tennis Classic
1992	Isabelle Demongeot Natalia Medvedeva	Rika Hiraki Petra Langrová	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
1993	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	Nicole Arendt Kristine Kunce	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Malaysian Open
2010	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	Anastasia Rodionova Arina Rodionova	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–7]
BMW Malaysian Open
2011	Dinara Safina Galina Voskoboeva	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Jessica Moore	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
2012	Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung	Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara	7–5, 6–4
2013	Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen (2)	Janette Husárová Zhang Shuai	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [14–12]
2014	Tímea Babos Chan Hao-ching	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Saisai	6–3, 6–4
2015	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
2016	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Alya Malaysian Open
2017	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	Nicole Melichar Makoto Ninomiya	7–6(7–5), 6–3

Event names

• Malayan Championships (1921–48) men and women
• Malaysian International Championships (1949–69) men and women
• Malaysia International Championships (1970) men and women
• Malaysian Open Tennis Championship (1971–78) men and women
• Malaysian Tennis Classic (1992–93) women
• Kuala Lumpur Open (aka Malaysia Salem Open) (1993–95) men
• Proton Malaysian Open (2009-2013) men
• Malaysian Open (2010) women (2014–15) men
• BMW Malaysian Open (2011–16) women ^[7]
• Alya Malaysian Open (2017) women

References

1. "Lawn Tennis: Tournament Dates". Perth West Australian. Perth, Australia: Newspaper Archive. 10 October 1928. p. 28.
2. "Sport". New Zealand News (26 ed.). New Zealand Embassy. 1971. p. 9.
3. "Israeli tennis player has flag taken off WTA site before Malaysian Open". Times of Israel.
4. "Carbon Worldwide pulls plug on WTA Malaysian Open". NST Online. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
5. "WTA Kuala Lumpur, Alya Malaysian Open - Women's Singles". www.grandslamhistory.com. Grand Slam History. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
6. Barrett, John. Tingay, Lance. West, Peter. (1971) World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. Queen Anne Press. London. ISBN   978-0-362-00091-7. p.287.
7. "Women's Tennis Association - Official Website". Women's Tennis Association.

External links

• Official website for women tournaments
• ATP World Tour archive
• Tournament Profile on the WTA Tour
• 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Calendar
• WTA Tour history