List of Malaysia Open men's singles champions

Malaysia Open Men’s Singles Champions
LocationKuala Lumpur
Malaysia
VenueAxiata Arena
Governing bodyBAM
Created1937
Editions67 (2024)
Open Era (1980): 40
Prize money$1,300,000 (2024)
TrophyMen's singles trophy
Websitebam.org.my
Most titles
Amateur era8: Wong Peng Soon
Open era12: Lee Chong Wei
Most consecutive titles
Amateur era5: Wong Peng Soon
Open era7: Lee Chong Wei
Current champion
Anders Antonsen – 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.

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.[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 and again from 1967 to 1982.

In the Amateur Era, Wong Peng Soon (1940–1941, 1947, 1949–1953) holds the record for the most titles in the men's singles, winning Malaysia Open eight times.[2] Wong also holds the record for most consecutive titles with five (from 1949 to 1953).[3]

In the Open Era, since the inclusion of all global professional badminton players in 1980, Lee Chong Wei (2004–2006, 2008–2014, 2016, 2018) holds the record for the most men's singles titles with twelve.[4][5][6] Lee Chong Wei (2008–2014) also holds the record for most consecutive victories with seven.[7]

Lee Chong Wei is the only player in history, in both the Amateur and Open Era, to reach the Malaysia Open men's singles final fourteen times.[8]

Finalists

Amateur era

Year Country Champion Country Runner-up Score
1937 MAS A. S. Samuel SGP Seah Eng Hee 15–1, 13–18, 18-13
1938 SGP Tan Chong Tee SGP Wong Peng Soon 15–2, 9–15, 15–11
1939 SGP Seah Eng Hee SGP Tan Chong Tee 15–8, 17–15
1940 SGP Wong Peng Soon MAS Ooi Teik Hock 15–1, 15–7
1941 SGP Wong Peng Soon SGP S. A. Durai 15–3, 15–3
1942 No competition (due to World War II)
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947 SGP Wong Peng Soon MAS Lim Kee Fong 15–8, 15–12
1948 MAS Ooi Teik Hock MAS Lim Kee Fong 15–5, 15–6
1949 SGP Wong Peng Soon MAS Ooi Teik Hock 15–6, 15–10
1950 SGP Wong Peng Soon MAS Ooi Teik Hock 15–13, 15–4
1951 SGP Wong Peng Soon MAS Law Teik Hock 15–3, 15–6
1952 SGP Wong Peng Soon MAS Abdullah Priuz 15–8, retired
1953 SGP Wong Peng Soon MAS Lim Koon Yam 15–5, 15–3
1954 SGP Ong Poh Lim MAS Ooi Teik Hock 9–15, 15–1, 15–7
1955 INA Ferry Sonneville DEN Jorn Skaarup 15–5, 15–4
1956 SGP Ong Poh Lim INA Eddy Yusuf 15–8, 15–12
1957 MAS Eddy Choong Ewe Beng MAS Abdullah Priuz 15–6, 15–3
1958 THA Charoen Wattanasin MAS Teh Kew San 15–9, 15–4
1959 THA Charoen Wattanasin MAS Teh Kew San 15–11, 15–12
1960 MAS Eddy Choong Ewe Beng INA Eddy Yusuf 15–13, 15–9
1961 USA James Richard Poole USA Bill Berry 15–11, 18–14
1962 THA Charoen Wattanasin THA Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15–4, 7–15, 15–8
1963 MAS Yew Cheng Hoe THA Sangob Rattanusorn 15–9, 15–1
1964 MAS Billy Ng Seow Meng MAS Tan Aik Huang 4–15, 15–12, 15–10
1965 MAS Tan Aik Huang MAS Yew Cheng Hoe 15–8, 15–9
1966 MAS Tan Aik Huang INA Muljadi 15–12, 15–5
1967 DEN Erland Kops INA Darmadi 15–10, 15–3
1968 MAS Tan Aik Huang JPN Ippei Kojima 15–4, 13–15, 15–6
1969 No competition
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

Open era

1980 No competition
1981
1982
1983 INA Liem Swie King INA Hastomo Arbi 15–1, 15–11
1984 INA Icuk Sugiarto DEN Morten Frost 15–9, 15–4
1985 MAS Misbun Sidek DEN Michael Kjeldsen 18–16, 15–3
1986 CHN Zhao Jianhua MAS Misbun Sidek 15–10, 15–13
1987 CHN Yang Yang DEN Steen Fladberg 4–15, 15–10, 15-7
1988 CHN Xiong Guobao CHN Wu Wenkai 11–15, 15–6, 15-2
1989 CHN Xiong Guobao CHN Zhao Jianhua 15–12, 15–3
1990 MAS Rashid Sidek MAS Foo Kok Keong 18–17, 15–6
1991 MAS Rashid Sidek MAS Foo Kok Keong 15–4, 15–5
1992 MAS Rashid Sidek DEN Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 15–5, 15–7
1993 INA Ardy Wiranata INA Hariyanto Arbi 11–15, 15–5, 17–14
1994 INA Joko Suprianto MAS Rashid Sidek 15–3, 15–5
1995 INA Alan Budi Kusuma INA Ardy Wiranata 15–5, 15–8
1996 MAS Ong Ewe Hock INA Indra Wijaya 1–15, 15–1, 15–7
1997 INA Hermawan Susanto DEN Peter Gade 15–11, 15–11
1998 DEN Peter Gade INA Jeffer Rosobin 15–5, 15–12
1999 CHN Luo Yigang MAS Wong Choong Hann 17–16, 17–15
2000 INA Taufik Hidayat CHN Xia Xuanze 15–10, 17–14
2001 MAS Ong Ewe Hock INA Rony Agustinus 3–7, 7–2, 7–0, 6–8, 7–1
2002 MAS James Chua MAS Ong Ewe Hock 15–10, 15–6
2003 CHN Chen Hong MAS Lee Chong Wei 15–9, 15–5
2004 MAS Lee Chong Wei KOR Park Sung-hwan 15–13, 15–12
2005 MAS Lee Chong Wei CHN Lin Dan 17–15, 9–15, 15–9
2006 MAS Lee Chong Wei CHN Lin Dan 21–18, 18–21, 23–21
2007 DEN Peter Gade CHN Bao Chunlai 21–15, 17–21, 21–14
2008 MAS Lee Chong Wei KOR Lee Hyun-il 21–15, 11–21, 21–17
2009 MAS Lee Chong Wei KOR Park Sung-hwan 21–14, 21–13
2010 MAS Lee Chong Wei THA Boonsak Ponsana 21–13, 21–7
2011 MAS Lee Chong Wei INA Taufik Hidayat 21–8, 21–17
2012 MAS Lee Chong Wei JPN Kenichi Tago 21–6, 21–13
2013 MAS Lee Chong Wei INA Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21–7, 21–8
2014 MAS Lee Chong Wei INA Tommy Sugiarto 21–19, 21–9
2015 CHN Chen Long CHN Lin Dan 20–22, 21–13, 21–11
2016 MAS Lee Chong Wei CHN Chen Long 21–13, 21–8
2017 CHN Lin Dan MAS Lee Chong Wei 21–19, 21–14
2018 MAS Lee Chong Wei JPN Kento Momota 21–17, 23–21
2019 CHN Lin Dan CHN Chen Long 9–21, 21–17, 21–11
2020 No competition
2021
2022 DEN Viktor Axelsen JPN Kento Momota 21–4, 21–7
2023 DEN Viktor Axelsen JPN Kodai Naraoka 21–6, 21–15
2024 DEN Anders Antonsen CHN Shi Yuqi 21–14, 21–13

Statistics

Multiple champions

Player Open Era Amateur Era All-time Years
 Chong Wei Lee (MAS) 12 0 12 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
 Peng Soon Wong (SGP) 0 8 8 1940, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
 Charoen Wattanasin (THA) 0 3 3 1958, 1959, 1962
 Rashid Sidek (MAS) 3 0 1990, 1991, 1992
 Poh Lim Ong (SGP) 0 2 2 1954, 1956
 Eddy Ewe Beng Choong (MAS) 1957, 1960
 Aik Huang Tan (MAS) 1965, 1966
 Guobao Xiong (CHN) 2 0 1988, 1989
 Ewe Hock Ong (MAS) 1996, 2001
 Peter Gade (DEN) 1998, 2007
 Dan Lin (CHN) 2017, 2019
 Axelsen Viktor (DEN) 2022, 2023

Championships by country

Country Amateur Era Open Era All-time First title Last title
 Malaysia (MAS) 8 18 26 1937 2018
 Singapore (SGP) 12 0 12 1938 1956
 China (CHN) 0 9 9 1986 2019
 Indonesia (INA) 1 7 8 1955 2000
 Thailand (THA) 3 0 3 1958 1962
 Denmark (DEN) 0 6 6 1985 2024
 United States (USA) 1 0 1 1961

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Datuk Lee Chong Wei wins ninth Malaysian Open title". Bernama. The Borneo Post. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  3. ^ Rajes, Paul (19 June 2006). "Double joy for Malaysia". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. ^ Tan, Ming Wai (1 July 2018). "Chong Wei bags 12th Malaysian Open title". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Badminton: Lee Chong Wei nets amazing 12th title in Malaysia Open by overwhelming Kento Momota". Straits Times. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  6. ^ Peter, Fabian (1 July 2018). "Chong Wei lands 12th Malaysia Open title". New Straits Times. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  7. ^ "10th Title for Lee, 1st for Goh & Lim at Malaysia Open". yonex.com. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
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