List of Malaysia Open women's doubles champions

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Malaysia Open Women’s Doubles 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 era9: Cecelia Samuel
Open era6: Yang Wei
Most consecutive titles
Amateur era7: Tan Gaik Bee
Open era5: Yang Wei
Current champion
Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning2024
(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[edit]

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[edit]

Amateur era[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Multiple champions[edit]

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[edit]

Country Amateur Era Open Era All-time First title Last title
 China (CHN) 0 26 26 1984 2024
 Malaysia (MAS) 21 0 21 1938 1965
 Indonesia (INA) 1 3 4 1956 2022
 South Korea (KOR) 0 4 1983 2009
 Denmark (DEN) 0 3 3 1996 2012
 Japan (JPN) 1 2 1968 2018
 England (ENG) 0 2 2 1985 1995
 Singapore (SGP) 2 0 1937 1948
 Sweden (SWE) 0 2 1992 1993

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BWF World Tour Hosts 2023–2026 Announced". Badminton World Federation. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. ^ "BWF Malaysia Open: Full list of title winners". Khel Now. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.