Malaysian Open (tennis)
Malaysian Open | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | Malayan Championships (1921–1963) Malaysian Open Tennis Championship (1964–1978) Malaysian Tennis Classic (1992–1993) Malaysian Salem Open (1993-1995) Malaysian Open (2009–2017) |
Founded | 1921 |
Abolished | 2017 |
Location | Ipoh Petaling Jaya Penang Singapore Kuala Lumpur |
Venue | Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort (2010–2012) RSGC (since 2013) |
Surface | Carpet – indoors Clay – outdoors Hard – outdoors |
The Malaysian Open was a combined men's and women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was originally founded the Malayan Championships.[1] The event has been held at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort and The Royal Selangor Golf Club. The tournament ran from 1921 to 1978. It was revived for a second time from 1992 through to 1995. It was staged for the third and final time from 2009 to 2018.
History
The first edition of the Malayan Championships was played in 1921 in Singapore. Women participated for the first time in 1925. In 1942 the event was suspended due to World War II and it resumed in 1948. On 16 September 1963 the country changed its name, from Malaya to Malaysia and the tournament became the Malaysian Open in 1964[2] (though only open to amateurs until 1969). In 1992 the women's tournament was reestablished as the Malaysian Tennis Classic. 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 19 April to 26 April. The event was discontinued from 1993 onwards. In 1993 the men's tournament was revived as the Kuala Lumpur Open (aka Malaysia Salem Open) which ran until 1995. The men's event was played on hard courts in 1993 and on indoor carpet courts from 1994 to 1995. It was an event on the ATP World Series, replacing the Singapore Open for this period. Four Malaysian Players (V. Selvam, Mon S Sudesh, Martin. A and A. Lourdesamy) were banned for participating in the Bridgestone Open that was simultaneous with the Kuala Lumpur Open, as the Bridgestone Tournament wasn't sanctioned by the LTAM. Selvam's banned was lifted after two years by the LTAM.[citation needed] In 2009 the men's tournament was revived as the Proton Malaysian Open that ran until 2015 as an ATP World Tour 250 fixture. In 2016 the men's event was replaced on the ATP tour by the Chengdu Open. In 2010 the women's tournament was revived for the second time. 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.[citation needed] 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.[3] The WTA subsequently reinstated them.[3] The last men's Malaysian Open was held in 2015 and the women's in 2017, after which, WTA Palermo returned to the tour calendar in 2019.[4] The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour.[5]
Past finals
Men's Singles
Women's Singles
- Incomplete roll
Year | Location | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |||||
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Malayan Championships | |||||||||
1925 | Singapore | Straits Settlements Sybil Dando | Straits Settlements Mary Holmes | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 | |||||
1926 | Kuala Lumpur | Straits Settlements Mrs N. Toft | Straits Settlements Mrs Rule | 6–2, 6–2 | |||||
1927 | Kuala Lumpur | Straits Settlements Violet Howett Laing | Straits Settlements Sybil Dando | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
1928 | Singapore | Straits Settlements Violet Howett Laing (2) | Straits Settlements Mrs Davies | 6–4, 2–6, 8–6 | |||||
1929 | Kuala Lumpur | Straits Settlements Miss E.M. Aitken | Straits Settlements Mrs Zylstra | 6–4, 6–3 | |||||
1930 | Singapore | United Kingdom Gwendoline Moon Allin | Straits Settlements Mrs E.A. Taylor | 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 | |||||
1931 | Kuala Lumpur | Straits Settlements Elizabeth Oldfield | Straits Settlements Mrs Drew | 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 | |||||
1932 | Singapore | Straits Settlements Elizabeth Oldfield (2) | Straits Settlements Mrs E.A. Taylor | 6-3, 3-6, 9-7 | |||||
1933 | Kuala Lumpur | Straits Settlements Elizabeth Oldfield (3) | Straits Settlements Mrs Eileen Corbett | 6-4, 6-4 | |||||
1934 | Singapore | United Kingdom Gwendoline Moon Allin (2) | Straits Settlements Mrs M. Millar | 6-3, 6-1 | |||||
1935 | Kuala Lumpur | United Kingdom Gwendoline Moon Allin (3) | Straits Settlements Violet Howett Laing | 6-3, 6-1 | |||||
1936 | Ipoh | British Ceylon Doreen Sansoni | United Kingdom Gwendoline Moon Allin | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |||||
1937 | Kuala Lumpur | British Ceylon Doreen Sansoni (2) | Straits Settlements Betty Humphrey | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 | |||||
1938 | Singapore | British Ceylon Doreen Sansoni (3) | United Kingdom Joyce Grenier | 6–4, 6–1 | |||||
1939 | Ipoh | British Ceylon Doreen Sansoni (4) | United Kingdom Gwendoline Moon Allin | 6–2, 6–3 | |||||
1940 | Singapore | United Kingdom Joyce Grenier Carter | Republic of China (1912–1949) Nellie Chia | 6–1, 6–0 | |||||
1941 | Kuala Lumpur | United Kingdom Joyce Grenier Carter (2) | United Kingdom Gwendoline Moon Allin | 6–1, 6–0 | |||||
1942-1947 | Not held (due to world war two) | ||||||||
1948 | Penang City | United Kingdom Joyce Grenier Fraser (3) | Argentina M. Eduardo | 6–3, 6–1 | |||||
1949 | Singapore | United Kingdom Joyce Grenier Fraser (4) | Netherlands Susan de Vries Batten | 6–2, 6–4 | |||||
1950 | Kuala Lumpur | United Kingdom Helen Thackara Dew | Federation of Malaya Gladys Loke Chua | 6–4, 6–3 | |||||
1951 | Ipoh | United Kingdom Helen Thackara Dew (2) | Netherlands Susan de Vries Batten | 6–1, 6–3 | |||||
1952 | Penang City | United Kingdom Helen Thackara Dew (3) | British Hong Kong Mrs Koon Hung Ip | 6–4, 6–3 | |||||
1953 | Singapore | Netherlands Susan de Vries Batten | Federation of Malaya Mrs Martha Young | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | |||||
1954 | Kuala Lumpur | United Kingdom Monica Ereaut Sheridan | Federation of Malaya Gladys Loke Chua | 6–0, 6–0 | |||||
1955 | Ipoh | Federation of Malaya Gladys Loke Chua | United Kingdom Helen Thackara Dew | 6–3 8–6 | |||||
1956 | Penang City | Federation of Malaya Mrs K. Le Mercier | Federation of Malaya Mrs R. Hamilton | 6–3, 6–3 | |||||
1957 | Singapore | Dominion of Ceylon Ranjani Jayasuriya | Federation of Malaya Katherine Leong | 6–0, 6–0 | |||||
1958 | Kuala Lumpur | United Kingdom Heather MacFarlane Stirling | Federation of Malaya Mrs Tan Liep Tjiauw | 14–12, 6–4 | |||||
1959 | Ipoh | United Kingdom Heather MacFarlane Stirling (2) | Thailand Mrs Sanguan Sucharitakul | 6–3, 6–3 | |||||
1960 | Penang City | Thailand Mrs Sanguan Sucharitakul | Federation of Malaya Katherine Leong | 4–0 ret. | |||||
1961 | Kuala Lumpur | Japan Reiko Miyagi | Philippines Desideria Ampon | 6–3, 6–1 | |||||
1962 | Ipoh | New Zealand Ethne Green | New Zealand Judy Davidson | 7–5 6–3 | |||||
1963 | Penang City | Australia Noelene Turner | New Zealand Ethne Green | 8–6, 7–5 | |||||
Malaysian Open Tennis Championship | |||||||||
1964 | Kuala Lumpur | Thailand Phanow Sudsawasdi | British Hong Kong Maisie Lai | 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
1965 | Penang City | Thailand Phanow Sudsawasdi (2) | Thailand Phisamai Samerpong | 7–5, 2–6, 6–0 | |||||
1966 | Ipoh | Thailand Phanow Sudsawasdi (3) | Federation of Malaya Mien Suhadi | 6–8, 6–0, 6–3 | |||||
1967 | Kuala Lumpur | Indonesia Lita Liem | Indonesia Lany Kaligis | 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 | |||||
1968 | Penang City | Indonesia Lita Liem (2) | Indonesia Loanita Rachman | ? | |||||
Open era | |||||||||
1969 | Kuala Lumpur | Federation of Malaya Radhika Menon | Vietnam Nguyen Thi Gioi | 5–7, 6–1, 6-2 | |||||
1970[29] | Kuala Lumpur | Singapore Mrs Philippa Miall | Thailand Mrs Somsri Chotichuti | 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 | |||||
1971 | Kuala Lumpur | New Zealand Cecilie Fleming | Thailand Somsri Klamssombuti | 7–5, 6–4 | |||||
1972 | Kuala Lumpur | Singapore Mrs Philippa Miall (2) | Singapore Mrs Vera Kaspers | 13–11, 6–1 | |||||
1974 | Kuala Lumpur | Indonesia Lany Kaligis | Indonesia Lita Liem Sugiarto | 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 | |||||
1975 | Petaling Jaya | Indonesia Lany Kaligis (2) | Indonesia Lita Liem Sugiarto | 6–2, 6–4 | |||||
1976 | Kuala Lumpur | Indonesia Lita Liem Sugiarto | Thailand Suthasini Sirikaya | 6–0, 6–3 | |||||
1977 | Kuala Lumpur | South Korea Duk-Hee Lee | South Korea Choi Kyung Mie | 6–2, 6–1 | |||||
1978 | Kuala Lumpur | South Korea Chong Soog Yang | Australia Carol Draper | 7–5, 6–2 | |||||
Malaysian Tennis Classic | |||||||||
1992 | Kuala Lumpur | Indonesia Yayuk Basuki | Czechoslovakia Andrea Strnadová | 6–3, 6–0 | |||||
1993 | Kuala Lumpur | Australia Nicole Provis | United States Ann Grossman | 6–3, 6–2 | |||||
Malaysian Open | |||||||||
2010 | Kuala Lumpur | Russia Alisa Kleybanova | Russia Elena Dementieva | 6–3, 6–2 | |||||
BMW Malaysian Open | |||||||||
2011 | Kuala Lumpur | Australia Jelena Dokić | Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová | 2–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4 | |||||
2012 | Kuala Lumpur | Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei | Croatia Petra Martić | 2–6, 7–5, 4–1 ret. | |||||
2013 | Kuala Lumpur | Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková | United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 | |||||
2014 | Kuala Lumpur | Croatia Donna Vekić | Slovakia Dominika Cibulková | 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) | |||||
2015 | Kuala Lumpur | Denmark Caroline Wozniacki | Romania Alexandra Dulgheru | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 | |||||
2016 | Kuala Lumpur | Ukraine Elina Svitolina | Canada Eugenie Bouchard | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5 | |||||
Alya Malaysian Open | |||||||||
2017 | Kuala Lumpur | Australia Ashleigh Barty | Japan Nao Hibino | 6–3, 6–2 |
Women's Doubles
Event names
- Malayan Championships (1921–63) men and women
- Malaysian Open Tennis Championship (1964–78) men and women
- Malaysian Tennis Classic (1992–93) women
- Kuala Lumpur Open (aka Malaysia Salem Open) (1993–95) men
- Proton Malaysian Open (2009-2013) men
- Malaysian Open (2010) women (2014–15) men
- BMW Malaysian Open (2011–16) women[30]
- Alya Malaysian Open (2017) women
See also
References
- ↑ "Lawn Tennis: Tournament Dates". Perth West Australian. Perth, Australia: Newspaper Archive. 10 October 1928. p. 28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Koura, 21, is new Malaysian champion". The Straits Times. 8 September 1964. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Israeli tennis player has flag taken off WTA site before Malaysian Open". Times of Israel. 2 March 2017.
- ↑ "Carbon Worldwide pulls plug on WTA Malaysian Open". NST Online. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ↑ "WTA Kuala Lumpur, Alya Malaysian Open - Women's Singles". www.grandslamhistory.com. Grand Slam History. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ↑ "Lawn Tennis Malayan Championships". Malaya Tribune. 7 August 1923. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Malayan tennis Singapore wins singles and doubles". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 6 August 1924. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Lawn Tennis Malayan Championships Finals". Malaya Tribune. 9 August 1926. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Malayan lawn tennis championships". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 3 August 1927. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Lawn Tennis Malayan Championships Finals". Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle. 8 August 1928. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Malayan meeting". Malaya Tribune. 6 August 1929. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Lim Bong Soo wins Malayan title". The Straits Echo. 12 August 1931. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Lim Bong Soo again champion". The Straits Budget. 4 August 1932. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Malayan tennis finals". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 8 August 1933. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Three Malayan lawn tennis titles go to Ceylon". The Straits Budget. 6 August 1936. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Chin Kee Onn wins tennis title". Morning Tribune. 3 August 1937. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Java tennis champion wins title". Morning Tribune. 4 August 1938. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Miss Sansoni wins triple crown". Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle. 8 August 1939. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Results of finals". The Straits Times. 6 August 1940. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Malayan tennis champions". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 5 August 1941. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Malayan tennis championships". Morning Tribune. 3 August 1948. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Chew Bee Malayan champion". Malaya Tribune. 7 August 1950. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Ip too good for Beaty in 3-set tennis final". The Singapore Free Press. 7 August 1951. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Chew Bee, sick, loses 2 finals". The Straits Times. 3 September 1952. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Chew Bee regains tennis championship". The Straits Budget. 2 September 1954. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Ferdinands, Pinto take doubles in straight sets". The Straits Times. 29 August 1956. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Hip-Hip-Hurrah for Ip (37)". The Straits Times. 26 August 1957. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Mrs. Stirling wins three titles". The Straits Times. 3 August 1959. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ Barrett, John. Tingay, Lance. West, Peter. (1971) World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. Queen Anne Press. London. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7. p.287.
- ↑ "Women's Tennis Association - Official Website". Women's Tennis Association.
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