Malaysian Open (tennis)

BMW Malaysian Open
Tournament information
Founded	2010; 12 years ago (2010)
Location	Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Venue	Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort (2010–2012) RSGC (since 2013)
Surface	Hard - outdoors
Draw	32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	US$226,750 (2017)
Website	bmwmalaysianopen.com
Current champions (2017)
Women's singles	Ashleigh Barty
Women's doubles	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua

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]

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 Strnadová	6–3, 6–0
1993	Nicole Provis	Ann Grossman	6–3, 6–2
2010	Alisa Kleybanova	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 6–2
2011	Jelena Dokić	Lucie Šafářová	2–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4
2012	Hsieh Su-wei	Petra Martić	2–6, 7–5, 4–1 ret.
2013	Karolína Plíšková	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
2014	Donna Vekić	Dominika Cibulková	5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2015	Caroline Wozniacki	Alexandra Dulgheru	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2016	Elina Svitolina	Eugenie Bouchard	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5
2017	Ashleigh Barty	Nao Hibino	6–3, 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[]

External links[]

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

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