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, 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 women's doubles.[2]
Finalists
Amateur era
|
Year
|
Country
|
Champion
|
Country
|
Runner-up
|
Score
|
1937 |
SGP
SGP |
Alice Pennefather Ong Siew Eng |
MAS
MAS |
Lee Chee Neo Lee Kim Neo |
14–18, 15–5, 15-9
|
1938 |
MAS
MAS |
Chan Kon Neong Ida Lim |
MAS
MAS |
Lee Chee Neo Lee Kim Neo |
18–13, 15-7
|
1939 |
MAS
MAS |
Chan Kon Neong Chung Kon Yoong |
MAS
MAS |
Felicity Chan Hew Siew Ying |
15–10, 3–15, 15–11
|
1940 |
MAS
MAS |
Lee Chee Neo Lee Kim Neo |
MAS
MAS |
Cecilia Chan Chung Kon Yoong |
15–10, 15–7
|
1941 |
MAS
MAS |
Lee Chee Neo Lee Kim Neo |
MAS
MAS |
P. Saraswathy Jessie Macgregor |
15–1, 15–2
|
1942 |
No competition (due to World War II)
|
1943
|
1944
|
1945
|
1946
|
1947 |
MAS
MAS |
Cecilia Samuel Molly Chin |
MAS
MAS |
Mary Lim Wong Oi Wan |
15–6, 15–6
|
1948 |
SGP
SGP |
Alice Pennefather Helen Heng |
SGP
SGP |
Chung Kon Yoong Ong Siew Eng |
3–15, 15–12, 15–2
|
1949 |
MAS
MAS |
Amy Choong Cheah Kooi See |
MAS
MAS |
Valentine Chan Kok Lan Kee |
6–15, 15–11, 15–3
|
1950 |
MAS
MAS |
Cecilia Samuel Hoi Sai Ying |
MAS
MAS |
Valentine Chan Louisa Lean |
9–15, 15–6, 17–14
|
1951 |
MAS
MAS |
Cecilia Samuel Lam Kit Lin |
SGP
SGP |
Helen Heng Mary Sim |
15–12, 15–3
|
1952 |
MAS
MAS |
Amy Choong Cheah Kooi See |
SGP
SGP |
Helen Heng Mary Sim |
15–9, 15–2
|
1953 |
MAS
MAS |
Cecilia Samuel Phua Yoke Chin |
MAS
MAS |
Lim Ee Lian Chia Peck Sim |
15–5, 15–10
|
1954 |
MAS
MAS |
Cecilia Samuel Phua Yoke Chin |
MAS
MAS |
Lam Kit Lin Tan Eng Looi |
17–14, 4–15, 15-6
|
1955 |
MAS
MAS |
Cecilia Samuel Phua Yoke Chin |
MAS
MAS |
Amy Choong Lam Kit Lin |
18–16, 5–15, 15-8
|
1956 |
INA
INA |
Yang Weng Ching Oei Lin Nio |
SGP
MAS |
Helen Heng Tan Gaik Bee |
13–15, 15–8, 15-9
|
1957 |
MAS
MAS |
Tan Gaik Bee Lam Kit Lin |
MAS
MAS |
Chin Phee Keow Lee Hoo Keat |
15–3, 15–12
|
1958 |
MAS
MAS |
Tan Gaik Bee Lam Kit Lin |
MAS
MAS |
Cecilia Samuel Amy Heah |
15–5, 7–15, 15-9
|
1959 |
MAS
MAS |
Tan Gaik Bee Cecilia Samuel |
MAS
MAS |
Jean Moey Dolly Tan |
15–4, 15–3
|
1960 |
MAS
MAS |
Tan Gaik Bee Cecilia Samuel |
INA
INA |
Retno Koestijah Minarni |
15–5, 15–12
|
1961 |
MAS
MAS |
Tan Gaik Bee Cecilia Samuel |
MAS
MAS |
Ho Cheng Yoke Sylvia Tan |
15–0, 15–2
|
1962 |
MAS
MAS |
Tan Gaik Bee Ng Mei Ling |
MAS
MAS |
Anne Keong Kok Lee Ying |
15–9, 15–9
|
1963 |
MAS
MAS |
Tan Gaik Bee Ng Mei Ling |
MAS
MAS |
Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong |
15–5, 15–5
|
1964 |
MAS
MAS |
Teoh Siew Yong Rosalind Singha Ang |
MAS
MAS |
Ho Cheng Yoke Sylvia Tan |
15–13, 15–12
|
1965 |
MAS
MAS |
Teoh Siew Yong Rosalind Singha Ang |
MAS
MAS |
Chong Yoon Choo Phuah Kooi Ean |
15–1, 15–5
|
1966 |
INA
INA |
Retno Koestijah Minarni |
INA
INA |
Megah Idawati Tan Tjung Ing |
15–5, 15–5
|
1967 |
INA
INA |
Retno Koestijah Minarni |
MAS
MAS |
Teoh Siew Yong Rosalind Singha Ang |
15–7, 15–1
|
1968 |
JPN
JPN |
Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Toganoo |
JPN
JPN |
Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki |
15–11, 15-10
|
1969 |
No competition
|
1970
|
1971
|
1972
|
1973
|
1974
|
1975
|
1976
|
1977
|
1978
|
1979
|
Open era
|
1980 |
No competition
|
1981
|
1982
|
1983 |
KOR
KOR |
Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee |
ENG
ENG |
Nora Perry Jane Webster |
11–15, 15–4, 15–7
|
1984 |
CHN
CHN |
Guan Weizhen Wu Jianqiu |
ENG
SWE |
Gillian Clark Christine Magnusson |
15–10, 15–13
|
1985 |
ENG
ENG |
Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers |
INA
INA |
Dewi Elmyati Verawaty Fadjrin |
15–10, 15–11
|
1986 |
CHN
CHN |
Wu Jianqiu Lin Ying |
INA
INA |
Verawaty Fadjrin Ivana Lie |
15–4, 15–8
|
1987 |
CHN
CHN |
Guan Weizhen Lin Ying |
DEN
DEN |
Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen |
15–2, 15-1
|
1988 |
CHN
CHN |
Guan Weizhen Lin Ying |
KOR
KOR |
Kim Yun-ja Chung So-young |
15–6, 15-3
|
1989 |
CHN
CHN |
Guan Weizhen Lin Ying |
KOR
KOR |
Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young |
15–4, 15–4
|
1990 |
KOR
KOR |
Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young |
CHN
CHN |
Lai Caiqin Yao Fen |
7–15, 15–9, 15–9
|
1991 |
KOR
KOR |
Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young |
ENG
DEN |
Gillian Clark Nettie Nielsen |
15–10, 15–11
|
1992 |
SWE
SWE |
Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson |
KOR
KOR |
Gil Young-ah Park Soo-yun |
15–7, 15–9
|
1993 |
SWE
SWE |
Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson |
DEN
DEN |
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Lotte Olsen |
15–12, 18–14
|
1994 |
CHN
CHN |
Ge Fei Gu Jun |
INA
INA |
Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana |
15–5, 15–11
|
1995 |
ENG
ENG |
Julie Bradbury Joanne Wright |
KOR
KOR |
Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock |
15–10, 15–11
|
1996 |
DEN
DEN |
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen |
CHN
CHN |
Liu Lu Qian Hong |
10–15, 17–14, 17–16
|
1997 |
CHN
CHN |
Ge Fei Gu Jun |
CHN
CHN |
Liu Lu Qian Hong |
15–7, 15–1
|
1998 |
DEN
DEN |
Rikke Olsen Marlene Thomsen |
INA
INA |
Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana |
15–8, 15–4
|
1999 |
CHN
CHN |
Ge Fei Gu Jun |
CHN
CHN |
Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan |
15–8, 15–10
|
2000 |
CHN
CHN |
Ge Fei Gu Jun |
CHN
CHN |
Huang Nanyan Yang Wei |
15–17, 15–6, 15–8
|
2001 |
CHN
CHN |
Huang Nanyan Yang Wei |
CHN
CHN |
Gao Ling Huang Sui |
7–1, 4–7, 7–3
|
2002 |
CHN
CHN |
Huang Nanyan Yang Wei |
CHN
CHN |
Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting |
11–5, 11–5
|
2003 |
CHN
CHN |
Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen |
CHN
CHN |
Gao Ling Huang Sui |
15–5, 1–15, 17–15
|
2004 |
CHN
CHN |
Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen |
CHN
CHN |
Gao Ling Huang Sui |
15–7, 15–6
|
2005 |
CHN
CHN |
Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen |
CHN
CHN |
Gao Ling Huang Sui |
15–6, 15–8
|
2006 |
CHN
CHN |
Gao Ling Huang Sui |
CHN
CHN |
Du Jing Yu Yang |
9–21, 21–16, 21–17
|
2007 |
CHN
CHN |
Gao Ling Huang Sui |
INA
INA |
Greysia Polii Vita Marissa |
19–21, 21–12, 21–11
|
2008 |
CHN
CHN |
Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen |
CHN
CHN |
Gao Ling Zhao Tingting |
21–13, 16–21, 24–22
|
2009 |
KOR
KOR |
Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won |
CHN
CHN |
Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen |
21–15, 21–12
|
2010 |
CHN
CHN |
Du Jing Yu Yang |
CHN
CHN |
Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli |
21–16, 21–12
|
2011 |
CHN
CHN |
Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei |
CHN
CHN |
Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang |
21–12, 6–21, 21–17
|
2012 |
DEN
DEN |
Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
KOR
KOR |
Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung |
21–19, 21–18
|
2013 |
CHN
CHN |
Tian Qing Bao Yixin |
JPN
JPN |
Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi |
21–16, 21–14
|
2014 |
CHN
CHN |
Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua |
JPN
JPN |
Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi |
21–19, 14–21, 21–13
|
2015 |
CHN
CHN |
Luo Ying Luo Yu |
KOR
KOR |
Jang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun |
21–18, 21–9
|
2016 |
CHN
CHN |
Tang Yuanting Yu Yang |
KOR
KOR |
Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan |
21–11, 21–17
|
2017 |
JPN
JPN |
Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota |
CHN
CHN |
Huang Yaqiong Tang Jinhua |
21–17, 18–21, 21–12
|
2018 |
JPN
JPN |
Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi |
CHN
CHN |
Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan |
21–12, 21–12
|
2019 |
CHN
CHN |
Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan |
CHN
CHN |
Du Yue Li Yinhui |
21–14, 21–15
|
2020 |
No competition
|
2021
|
2022 |
INA
INA |
Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti |
CHN
CHN |
Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu |
21–18, 12–21, 21–19
|
2023 |
CHN
CHN |
Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan |
KOR
KOR |
Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-lim |
21–16, 21–10
|
2024 |
CHN
CHN |
Liu Shengshu Tan Ning |
CHN
CHN |
Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu |
21–18, 21–18
|
Statistics
Multiple champions
Player
|
Open Era
|
Amateur Era
|
All-time
|
Years
|
Cecilia Samuel (MAS) |
0 |
9 |
9 |
1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961
|
Gaik Bee Tan (MAS) |
0 |
7 |
7 |
1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
|
Wei Yang (CHN) |
6 |
0 |
6 |
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
|
Fei Ge (CHN) |
4 |
0 |
4 |
1994, 1997, 1999, 2000
|
Jun Gu (CHN) |
1994, 1997, 1999, 2000
|
Weizhen Guan (CHN) |
1984, 1987, 1988, 1989
|
Ying Lin (CHN) |
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
|
Jiewen Zhang (CHN) |
2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
|
Kit Lin Lam (MAS) |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1951, 1957, 1958
|
Yoke Chin Phua (MAS) |
1953, 1954, 1955
|
Yixin Bao (CHN) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2013, 2014
|
Qingchen Chen (CHN) |
2019, 2023
|
So-young Chung (KOR) |
1990, 1991
|
Ling Gao (CHN) |
2006, 2007
|
Nanyan Huang (CHN) |
2001, 2002
|
Sui Huang (CHN) |
2006, 2007
|
Yifan Jia (CHN) |
2019, 2023
|
Marlene Thomsen (DEN) |
1996, 1998
|
Qing Tian (CHN) |
2011, 2013
|
Jianqiu Wu (CHN) |
1984, 1986
|
Yang Yu (CHN) |
2010, 2016
|
Alice Pennefather (SGP) |
0 |
2 |
1937, 1948
|
Amy Choong (MAS) |
1949, 1952
|
Kon Neong Chan (MAS) |
1938, 1939
|
Kooi See Cheah (MAS) |
1949, 1952
|
Chee Neo Lee (MAS) |
1940, 1941
|
Kim Neo Lee (MAS) |
1940, 1941
|
Minarni Soedaryanto (INA) |
1966, 1967
|
Mei Ling Ng (MAS) |
1962, 1963
|
Retno Koestijah (INA) |
1966, 1967
|
Rosalind Singha Ang (MAS) |
1964, 1965
|
Siew Yong Teoh (MAS) |
1964, 1965
|
Championships by country
See also
References