# List of Malaysia Open women's singles champions

Malaysia Open is an annual Malaysian badminton tournament created in 1937 and played at the Axiata Arena in the Bukit Jalil suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## History

The Malaysia Open is played in the second week of January (prior to this it was first week in April or first week in July) and is chronologically the first of the four BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournaments of the badminton season. In between 2014 and 2017, it has been chronologically the first or second (after the All England Open Badminton Championships) of the five BWF Super Series Premier tournaments. The event was not held from 1942 to 1946 because of World War II and again from 1967 to 1982.

## Finalists

Amateur era :
| Year | Country | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Score |
| 1937 | SGP | Alice Pennefather | MAS | Lee Chee Neo | 6–11, 11–4, 11–8 |
| 1938 | MAS | Moey Chwee Lan | MAS | Chan Koh Nyong | 11–8, 11–6 |
| 1939 | MAS | Cecilia Chan | MAS | Lee Chee Neo | 12–11, 11–4 |
| 1940 | MAS | Cecilia Chan | MAS | Lee Chee Neo | 11–0, 11–1 |
| 1941 | MAS | Lee Cheo Neo | MAS | Ong Eok Eam | 11–2, 11–2 |
| 1942 | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) |
| 1943 | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) |
| 1944 | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) |
| 1945 | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) |
| 1946 | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) |
| 1947 | MAS | Cecilia Samuel | SGP | Alice Pennefather | 11–3, 11–0 |
| 1948 | SGP | Helen Heng | MAS | Amy Choong | 11–7, 11–4 |
| 1949 | SGP | Helen Heng | MAS | Cecilia Samuel | 11–8, 11–7 |
| 1950 | MAS | Cecilia Samuel | SGP | Helen Heng | 10–12, 12–10, 11–7 |
| 1951 | MAS | Cecilia Samuel | SGP | Helen Heng | 11–3, 11–12, 11–8 |
| 1952 | MAS | Cecilia Samuel | SGP | Helen Heng | 11–9, 9–12, 12–9 |
| 1953 | MAS | Cecilia Samuel | SGP | Baby Low | 11–0, 11–3 |
| 1954 | MAS | Cecilia Samuel | MAS | Tan Eng Looi | 11–4, 11–0 |
| 1955 | MAS | Cecilia Samuel | MAS | Tan Eng Looi | 11–0, 11–4 |
| 1956 | INA | Yang Weng Ching | MAS | Tan Gaik Bee | 4–11, 12–10, 11–6 |
| 1957 | MAS | Tan Gaik Bee | MAS | Lam Kit Lin | 11–7, 11–8 |
| 1958 | THA | Pratuang Pattabongs | MAS | Tan Gaik Bee | 12–11, 11–6 |
| 1959 | THA | Pratuang Pattabongs | MAS | Tan Gaik Bee | 11–4, 11–0 |
| 1960 | INA | Minarni | INA | Retno Koestijah | Walkover |
| 1961 | MAS | Tan Gaik Bee | MAS | Jean Moey | 11–5, 12–9 |
| 1962 | MAS | Tan Gaik Bee | MAS | Jean Moey | 11–1, 11–2 |
| 1963 | MAS | Tan Gaik Bee | MAS | Annie Keong | 11–2, 11–3 |
| 1964 | MAS | Sylvia Tan | MAS | Teoh Siew Yong | 11–6, 11–0 |
| 1965 | MAS | Rosalind Singha Ang | MAS | Teoh Siew Yong | 11–5, 10–12, 11–8 |
| 1966 | INA | Minarni | INA | Retno Koestijah | 11–5, 8–11, 11–1 |
| 1967 | INA | Minarni | INA | Retno Koestijah | 11–4, 11–7 |
| 1968 | JPN | Hiroe Yuki | SWE | Eva Twedberg | 11–1, 11–6 |
| 1969 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1970 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1971 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1972 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1973 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1974 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1975 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1976 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1977 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1978 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1979 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
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| 1980 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1981 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1982 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1983 | CHN | Pan Zhenli | CHN | Qian Ping | 11–9, 11–5 |
| 1984 | CHN | Li Lingwei | CHN | Wu Jianqiu | 6–11, 11–8, 11–8 |
| 1985 | ENG | Gillian Gowers | ENG | Helen Troke | Walkover |
| 1986 | CHN | Shi Wen | CHN | Wu Jianqiu | 7–11, 12–10, 11–9 |
| 1987 | CHN | Li Lingwei | CHN | Han Aiping | 11–3, 2–11, 12–9 |
| 1988 | CHN | Han Aiping | CHN | Li Lingwei | 11–7, 11–3 |
| 1989 | CHN | Han Aiping | CHN | Luo Yun | 6–11, 11–6, 11–7 |
| 1990 | CHN | Huang Hua | KOR | Lee Jung-mi | 11–3, 7–11, 11–1 |
| 1991 | INA | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | CHN | Tang Jiuhong | 12–11, 11–1 |
| 1992 | CHN | Huang Hua | INA | Yuni Kartika | 11–3, 7–11, 11–7 |
| 1993 | INA | Susi Susanti | SWE | Lim Xiaoqing | 11–6, 11–2 |
| 1994 | INA | Susi Susanti | CHN | Ye Zhaoying | 11–3, 11–8 |
| 1995 | INA | Susi Susanti | KOR | Bang Soo-hyun | 11–1, 11–6 |
| 1996 | CHN | Zhang Ning | CHN | Wang Chen | 11–7, 11–8 |
| 1997 | INA | Susi Susanti | CHN | Ye Zhaoying | 11–5, 11–7 |
| 1998 | CHN | Zhang Ning | CHN | Dai Yun | 11–5, 1–11, 11–3 |
| 1999 | CHN | Dai Yun | CHN | Gong Ruina | 11–6, 11–3 |
| 2000 | CHN | Gong Zhichao | CHN | Dai Yun | 11–6, 11–9 |
| 2001 | CHN | Gong Ruina | CHN | Zhou Mi | 7–3, 7–2, 7–4 |
| 2002 | CHN | Hu Ting | DEN | Camilla Martin | 11–8, 11–6 |
| 2003 | CHN | Zhou Mi | DEN | Camilla Martin | 11–1, 7–11, 11–5 |
| 2004 | CHN | Zhang Ning | CHN | Zhou Mi | 9–11, 11–7, 11–8 |
| 2005 | CHN | Zhang Ning | CHN | Zhu Lin | 11–6, 11–2 |
| 2006 | CHN | Zhang Ning | ENG | Tracey Hallam | 21–12, 21–13 |
| 2007 | CHN | Zhu Lin | MAS | Wong Mew Choo | 21–15, 21–12 |
| 2008 | DEN | Tine Rasmussen | CHN | Zhu Lin | 18–21, 21–19, 21–18 |
| 2009 | DEN | Tine Rasmussen | HKG | Zhou Mi | 21–16, 21–18 |
| 2010 | CHN | Wang Xin | KOR | Bae Yeon-ju | 19–21, 21–17, 21–6 |
| 2011 | CHN | Wang Shixian | CHN | Wang Yihan | 21–18, 21–14 |
| 2012 | CHN | Wang Yihan | CHN | Wang Xin | 21–19, 21–11 |
| 2013 | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | CHN | Yao Xue | 21–17, 21–14 |
| 2014 | CHN | Li Xuerui | CHN | Wang Shixian | 21–16, 21–17 |
| 2015 | ESP | Carolina Marín | CHN | Li Xuerui | 19–21, 21–19, 21–17 |
| 2016 | THA | Ratchanok Intanon | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | 21–14, 21–15 |
| 2017 | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | ESP | Carolina Marín | 23–25, 22–20, 21–13 |
| 2018 | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | CHN | He Bingjiao | 22–20, 21–11 |
| 2019 | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | JPN | Akane Yamaguchi | 21–16, 21–19 |
| 2020 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 2021 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 2022 | THA | Ratchanok Intanon | CHN | Chen Yufei | 21–15, 13–21, 21–16 |
| 2023 | JPN | Akane Yamaguchi | KOR | An Se-young | 12–21, 21–19, 21–11 |
| 2024 | KOR | An Se-young | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | 10–21, 21–10, 21–18 |