The Malaysia Open 2026 badminton tournament is set to take place from January 6 to 11 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
This will be the first tournament of the 2026 BWF World Tour and is part of the Malaysia Open championships, which have been held since 1937.
Organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia with sanction from the BWF, the tournament will be staged at the Axiata Arena inside the KL Sports City in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Malaysia Open is an annual Super 1000 badminton tournament that has been held since 1937. The event’s annual pattern was interrupted three times: from 1942 to 1946, because of World War II, from 1969 to 1982, and from 2020 to 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It became one of the BWF Super Series tournaments from 2007 to 2017 known as the Malaysia Super Series. BWF categorised Malaysia Open as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events in the BWF events structure since 2018. Since 2023, it became a Super 1000 tournament.
Malaysia Open 2026: Top Seeds
Men’s Singles
- Shi Yuqi (China)
- Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)
- Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
- Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)
- Chou Tien-chen (Chinese Taipei)
- Christo Popov (France)
- France Alex Lanier (France)
- Kodai Naraoka (Japan)
Women’s Singles
- An Se-young (South Korea)
- Wang Zhiyi (China)
- Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
- Chen Yufei (China)
- Han Yue (China)
- Putri Kusuma Wardani (Indonesia)
- Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
- Tomoka Miyazaki (Japan)
Men’s Doubles
- Kim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae (South Korea)
- Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty
- Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (China)
- Man Wei Chong / Tee Kai Wun (Malaysia)
- Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (Indonesia)
- Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin (Malaysia)
- Sabar Karyaman Gutama / Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (Indonesia)
Women’s Doubles
- Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (China)
- Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia)
- Kim Hye-jeong / Kong Hee-yong (South Korea)
- Jia Yifan / Zhang Shuxian (China)
- Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto (Japan)
- Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee (South Korea)
- Hsieh Pei-shan / Hung En-tzu (Chinese Taipei)
- Yeung Nga Ting / Yeung Pui Lam (Hong Kong)
Mixed Doubles
- Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (China)
- Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin (China)
- Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Supissara Paewsampran (Thailand)
- Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia)
- Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (France)
- Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui (China)
- Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (Hong Kong)
- Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (Malaysia)
Malaysia Open 2026: Points Distribution
Here is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event:
| Position | Points |
|---|---|
| Winner | 12,000 |
| Runner-up | 10,200 |
| 3/4 | 8,400 |
| 5/8 | 6,600 |
| 9/16 | 4,800 |
| 17/32 | 3,000 |
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Malaysia Open 2026: Prize Money
The tournament carries a total prize money of US$1,450,000. Here is the distribution of the prize fund in accordance with BWF regulations:
Singles
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Winner | $101,500 |
| Finalist | $49,300 |
| Semi-finals | $20,300 |
| Quarter-finals | $7,975 |
| Last 16 | $4,350 |
| Last 32 | $1,450 |
Doubles
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Winner | $107,300 |
| Finalist | $50,750 |
| Semi-finals | $20,300 |
| Quarter-finals | $9,062.50 |
| Last 16 | $4,712.50 |
| Last 32 | $1,450 |
