The Malaysia Masters (Malay: Masters Malaysia) is an annual badminton tournament held in Malaysia that began in 2009. The total prize money is currently US$420,000.[1]

Malaysia Masters
Official website
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Editions15 (2024)
LocationKuala Lumpur (2024)
Malaysia
VenueAxiata Arena (2024)
Prize moneyUS$420,000
Men's
Draw32S / 32D
Current championsViktor Axelsen (singles)
Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (doubles)
Most singles titles5
Lee Chong Wei
Most doubles titles3
Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
Women's
Draw32S / 32D
Current championsWang Zhiyi (singles)
Rin Iwanaga
Kie Nakanishi (doubles)
Most singles titles2
P. V. Sindhu
Ratchanok Intanon
Most doubles titles2
Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Mixed doubles
Draw32
Current championsGoh Soon Huat
Shevon Jemie Lai
Most titles (male)3
Zheng Siwei
Most titles (female)3
Huang Yaqiong
Super 500
Last completed
2024 Malaysia Masters

Until 2017, the tournament was part of the Grand Prix Gold series. BWF categorised Malaysia Masters as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2018.[2]

Host cities

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Since the Malaysia Masters began in 2009, it has been held in 6 cities across Malaysia.

City Years host
Johor Bahru 2009–2010, 2012, 2014
Alor Setar 2011
Kuala Lumpur 2013, 2018–2020, 2022–2024
Kuching 2015
George Town 2016
Sibu 2017

Winners

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Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
2009   Lee Chong Wei   Wang Shixian   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
  Ma Jin
  Wang Xiaoli
  Zheng Bo
  Ma Jin
2010   Yip Pui Yin   Markis Kido
  Hendra Setiawan
  Duanganong Aroonkesorn
  Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
  Devin Lahardi Fitriawan
  Liliyana Natsir
2011   Wang Xin   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
  Miyuki Maeda
  Satoko Suetsuna
  Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
2012   Busanan Ongbamrungphan   Chin Eei Hui
  Wong Pei Tty
  Chan Peng Soon
  Goh Liu Ying
2013   Alamsyah Yunus   P. V. Sindhu   Goh V Shem
  Lim Khim Wah
  Rizki Amelia Pradipta
  Pia Zebadiah Bernadet
  Praveen Jordan
  Vita Marissa
2014   Simon Santoso   Yao Xue   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
  Chayut Triyachart
  Huang Yaqiong
  Yu Xiaohan
  Lu Kai
  Huang Yaqiong
2015   Lee Hyun-il   Nozomi Okuhara   Kenta Kazuno
  Kazushi Yamada
  Christinna Pedersen
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
  Joachim Fischer Nielsen
  Christinna Pedersen
2016   Lee Chong Wei   P. V. Sindhu   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
  Misaki Matsutomo
  Ayaka Takahashi
  Zheng Siwei
  Li Yinhui
2017   Ng Ka Long   Saina Nehwal   Berry Angriawan
  Hardianto
  Jongkolphan Kititharakul
  Rawinda Prajongjai
  Tan Kian Meng
  Lai Pei Jing
2018   Viktor Axelsen   Ratchanok Intanon   Fajar Alfian
  Muhammad Rian Ardianto
  Christinna Pedersen
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
  Tang Chun Man
  Tse Ying Suet
2019   Son Wan-ho   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
  Yuki Fukushima
  Sayaka Hirota
  Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
2020   Kento Momota   Chen Yufei   Kim Gi-jung
  Lee Yong-dae
  Li Wenmei
  Zheng Yu
  Zheng Siwei
  Huang Yaqiong
2021 No competition
2022   Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo   An Se-young   Fajar Alfian
  Muhammad Rian Ardianto
  Chen Qingchen
  Jia Yifan
  Zheng Siwei
  Huang Yaqiong
2023   Prannoy H. S.   Akane Yamaguchi   Kang Min-hyuk
  Seo Seung-jae
  Baek Ha-na
  Lee So-hee
  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2024   Viktor Axelsen   Wang Zhiyi   Kim Astrup
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
  Rin Iwanaga
  Kie Nakanishi
  Goh Soon Huat
  Shevon Jemie Lai

Performances by nation

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As of the 2024 edition
Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1   China 5 4 5 14
2   Indonesia 3 6 1 3 13
  Malaysia 5 4 1 3 13
4   Japan 1 2 1 4 1 9
5   Denmark 2 1 2 1 6
  South Korea 2 1 2 1 6
  Thailand 3 2 1 6
8   India 1 3 4
9   Hong Kong 1 1 1 3
10   Singapore 1 1
Total 15 15 15 15 15 75

References

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  1. ^ "Perodua Malaysia Masters 2024". Badminton Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  2. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.