2022 Malaysia Open (badminton)


The 2022 Malaysia Open was a badminton tournament that took place at the Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 28 June to 3 July 2022 and had a total prize of US$675,000. This was the first edition to take place since 2019.
Viktor Axelsen continued his dominance in the men's singles with a third consecutive title in a month, having won the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open. Ratchanok Intanon won her first World Tour tournament title since the 2020 Indonesia Masters. Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi won their first Malaysia Open title, and so did Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti. The latter's win was Indonesia's first title in Malaysia Open women's doubles since 1967. In mixed doubles, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong retained the title for the third consecutive edition; Zheng became the most successful mixed doubles player in the tournament's history with four titles in a row, having also won in 2017.

Tournament

The 2022 Malaysia Open was the twelfth tournament of the BWF World Tour and was part of the Malaysia Open championships, which had been held since 1937. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia with sanction from the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Axiata Arena inside the KL Sports City in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/32
11,0009,3507,7006,0504,3202,660

Prize pool

The total prize money was US$650,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalistSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16Last 32
Singles$47,250$22,950$9,450$3,712.50$2,025$675
Doubles$49,950$23,625$9,450$4218.75$2,193.75$675

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Viktor Axelsen
  2. Kento Momota '
  3. Anders Antonsen '
  4. Chou Tien-chen '
  5. Lee Zii Jia '
  6. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting '
  7. Jonatan Christie '
  8. Lakshya Sen ''''

Women's singles

Seeds

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

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo '
  2. Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi
  3. Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan '
  4. Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin '
  5. Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik '
  6. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto '
  7. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty '
  8. Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen ''''

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan '
  2. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan '
  3. Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong '
  4. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota '
  5. Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara '
  6. Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida '
  7. Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai
  8. Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva ''''

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai '
  2. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong
  3. Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino '
  4. Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping '
  5. Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti '
  6. Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet '
  7. Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing '
  8. Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue ''''