The 2022 Malaysia Open (officially known as the Petronas Malaysia Open 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the
Axiata Arena
Putra Indoor Stadium (Malay: ''Stadium Putra''), currently named as Axiata Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Background
The stadium is located in the premise of the National Sports Compl ...
,
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
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.
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
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.
Tournament
The 2022 Malaysia Open was the twelfth tournament of the
2022 BWF World Tour
The 2022 BWF World Tour (officially known as 2022 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 20 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. The 20 tournam ...
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
Putra Indoor Stadium (Malay: ''Stadium Putra''), currently named as Axiata Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Background
The stadium is located in the premise of the National Sports Compl ...
inside the
KL Sports City
The KL Sports City (formerly known as ''Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex''; Kompleks Sukan Negara in Malay) in Malaysia is the largest sports complex in the country. It is located in Bukit Jalil, 20 km south of Kuala Lumpur. Described as ...
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.
Prize pool
The total prize money was US$650,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.
Men's singles
Seeds
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Viktor Axelsen (champion)
#
Kento Momota ''(final)''
#
Anders Antonsen ''(withdrew)''
#
Chou Tien-chen
Chou Tien-chen (Chinese: 周天成; born 8 January 1990) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won i ...
''(second round)''
#
Lee Zii Jia ''(second round)''
#
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ''(quarter-finals)''
#
Jonatan Christie ''(semi-finals)''
#
Lakshya Sen ''(withdrew)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles
Seeds
#
Akane Yamaguchi
is a Japanese badminton player who is the reigning two-time World Champion, winning gold in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was on the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and won var ...
''(first round)''
#
Tai Tzu-ying ''(semi-finals)''
#
An Se-young ''(second round)''
#
Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei (; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She is the reigning Olympic champion. She won the girls' singles junior titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first se ...
''(final)''
#
Carolina Marín ''(second round)''
#
Nozomi Okuhara
is a Japanese badminton player. A former World's number 1 in the BWF rankings for the women's singles, she is well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and gold medal at the 2017 World Cha ...
''(quarter-finals)''
#
P. V. Sindhu
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian badminton player. Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at th ...
''(quarter-finals)''
#
Ratchanok Intanon (champion)
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
#
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon /
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo ''(withdrew)''
#
Takuro Hoki /
Yugo Kobayashi (champions)
#
Mohammad Ahsan /
Hendra Setiawan ''(quarter-finals)''
#
Lee Yang /
Wang Chi-lin ''(second round)''
#
Aaron Chia /
Soh Wooi Yik ''(semi-finals)''
#
Fajar Alfian /
Muhammad Rian Ardianto ''(final)''
#
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy /
Chirag Shetty ''(second round)''
#
Kim Astrup /
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen ''(first round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
#
Chen Qingchen /
Jia Yifan ''(quarter-finals)''
#
Lee So-hee /
Shin Seung-chan ''(second round)''
#
Kim So-yeong /
Kong Hee-yong ''(withdrew)''
#
Yuki Fukushima /
Sayaka Hirota ''(withdrew)''
#
Mayu Matsumoto /
Wakana Nagahara ''(semi-finals)''
#
Nami Matsuyama /
Chiharu Shida ''(second round)''
#
Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Jongkolphan Kititharakul ( th, จงกลพรรณ กิติธรากุล; born 1 March 1993) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in doubles. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, also ...
/
Rawinda Prajongjai ''(first round)''
#
Gabriela Stoeva /
Stefani Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva ( bg, Стефани Стоева; born 23 September 1995) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. The d ...
''(second round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
#
Dechapol Puavaranukroh /
Sapsiree Taerattanachai ''(final)''
#
Zheng Siwei /
Huang Yaqiong (champions)
#
Yuta Watanabe
is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials, becoming the first Japanese-born student at ...
/
Arisa Higashino ''(first round)''
#
Wang Yilyu /
Huang Dongping ''(semi-finals)''
#
Praveen Jordan /
Melati Daeva Oktavianti ''(withdrew)''
#
Tang Chun Man /
Tse Ying Suet ''(quarter-finals)''
#
Tan Kian Meng
Tan Kian Meng () is a Malaysian badminton player who specializes in the doubles events. He is currently playing with Lai Pei Jing in mixed doubles. Originally a singles player, he switched to play in the doubles events since August 2014 due to ...
/
Lai Pei Jing ''(first round)''
#
Thom Gicquel /
Delphine Delrue
Delphine Aurore Delrue (born 6 November 1998) is a French badminton player. Delrue started playing badminton at aged seven, and she affiliate with the USEE Badminton club in 2006. Delrue was selected to join the national team in INSEP in 2016. In ...
''(quarter-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
External links
Tournament Link
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