2020 Malaysia Masters


The 2020 Malaysia Masters was a badminton tournament that took place at the Axiata Arena in Malaysia from 7 to 12 January 2020 and had a total purse of $400,000.

Tournament

The 2020 Malaysia Masters was the first tournament of the BWF World Tour and also part of the Malaysia Masters championships, which had been held since 2009. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/128
9,2007,8006,4205,0403,6002,220880430

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$400,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16
Singles$30,000$15,200$5,800$2,400$1,400
Doubles$31,600$15,200$5,600$2,900$1,500

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Kento Momota
  2. Chou Tien-chen '
  3. Anders Antonsen '
  4. Chen Long '
  5. Viktor Axelsen '
  6. Jonatan Christie '
  7. Shi Yuqi '
  8. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ''''

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Tai Tzu-ying '
  2. Chen Yufei
  3. Nozomi Okuhara '
  4. Akane Yamaguchi '
  5. Ratchanok Intanon '
  6. P. V. Sindhu '
  7. He Bingjiao '
  8. An Se-young ''''

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo '
  2. Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan '
  3. Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen '
  4. Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda '
  5. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto '
  6. Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe '
  7. Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin
  8. Han Chengkai / Zhou Haodong ''''

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan '
  2. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota '
  3. Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara '
  4. Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi '
  5. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan '
  6. Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong '
  7. Du Yue / Li Yinhui
  8. Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu ''''

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong
  2. Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping '
  3. Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino '
  4. Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai '
  5. Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti '
  6. Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying '
  7. Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung '
  8. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai ''''