Malaysian Open (tennis)

The Malaysian Open (formerly known as the Malaysian Tennis Classic) is a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The event is affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. The event has been held at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort and The Royal Selangor Golf Club. The first edition of the event took place from February 22–28, 2010. In 2011 the event became sponsored by BMW.[1]

For other tournaments named Malaysian Open, see Malaysian Open (disambiguation).
BMW Malaysian Open
Tournament information
Founded2010 (2010)
LocationKuala Lumpur
Malaysia
VenueBukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort (2010–2012)
RSGC (since 2013)
SurfaceHard - outdoors
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$226,750 (2017)
Websitebmwmalaysianopen.com
Current champions (2017)
Women's singles Ashleigh Barty
Women's doubles Ashleigh Barty
Casey Dellacqua

History

The Malaysian Open was a women's professional tennis event held in 1992 and 1993. 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 April 19 to April 26. The event was discontinued from 1993 onwards.

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.

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.[2] The WTA subsequently reinstated them.[2]

The last Malaysian Open was held in 2018, after which, WTA Palermo returned to the tour calendar in 2019.[3]

Past finals

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1992 Yayuk Basuki Andrea Strnadová6–3, 6–0
1993 Nicole Bradtke Ann Grossman6–3, 6–2
2010 Alisa Kleybanova Elena Dementieva6–3, 6–2
2011 Jelena Dokić Lucie Šafářová2–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4
2012 Hsieh Su-wei Petra Martić2–6, 7–5, 4–1 ret.
2013 Karolína Plíšková Bethanie Mattek-Sands1–6, 7–5, 6–3
2014 Donna Vekić Dominika Cibulková5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2015 Caroline Wozniacki Alexandra Dulgheru4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2016 Elina Svitolina Eugenie Bouchard6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5
2017 Ashleigh Barty Nao Hibino6–3, 6–2

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
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)
2010 Chan Yung-jan
Zheng Jie		 Anastasia Rodionova
Arina Rodionova		6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–7]
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]
2017 Ashleigh Barty
Casey Dellacqua		 Nicole Melichar
Makoto Ninomiya		7–6(7–5), 6–3

References
  1. "Women's Tennis Association - Official Website". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. "Israeli tennis player has flag taken off WTA site before Malaysian Open". Times of Israel.
  3. "Carbon Worldwide pulls plug on WTA Malaysian Open". NST Online. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2018-05-15.


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