2019 Malaysia Masters Explained

Dates:15–20 January
Level:G2L4
Prize Money:350000
Venue:Axiata Arena
Location:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ms:Son Wan-ho
Country Ms:KOR
Ws:Ratchanok Intanon
Country Ws:THA
Md1:Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Country Md1:INA
Md2:Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Country Md2:INA
Wd1:Yuki Fukushima
Country Wd1:JPN
Wd2:Sayaka Hirota
Country Wd2:JPN
Xd1:Yuta Watanabe
Country Xd1:JPN
Xd2:Arisa Higashino
Country Xd2:JPN
Previous:2018
Next:2020

The 2019 Malaysia Masters (officially known as the Perodua Malaysia Masters 2019 presented by Daihatsu for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Axiata Arena in Malaysia from 15 to 20 January 2019 and had a total purse of $350,000.

Tournament

The 2019 Malaysia Masters was the second tournament of the 2019 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.[1]

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1]

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 500 event.[2]

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Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$350,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.[1]

EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16
Singles$26,250$13,300$5,075$2,100$1,225
Doubles$27,650$13,300$4,900$2,537.50$1,312.50

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Kento Momota (first round)
  2. Shi Yuqi (quarter-finals)
  3. Chen Long (final)
  4. Son Wan-ho (champion)
  5. Viktor Axelsen (semi-finals)
  6. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (quarter-finals)
  7. Srikanth Kidambi (quarter-finals)
  8. Tommy Sugiarto (first round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Tai Tzu-ying (quarter-finals)
  2. Nozomi Okuhara (quarter-finals)
  3. Akane Yamaguchi (first round)
  4. Carolina Marín (final)
  5. He Bingjiao (quarter-finals)
  6. Ratchanok Intanon (champion)
  7. Saina Nehwal (semi-finals)
  8. Sung Ji-hyun (quarter-finals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (champions)
  2. Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (quarter-finals)
  3. Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe (quarter-finals)
  4. Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (quarter-finals)
  5. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (second round)
  6. Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (second round)
  7. Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko (quarter-finals)
  8. Liao Min-chun / Su Ching-heng (first round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (champions)
  2. Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (semi-finals)
  3. Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (semi-finals)
  4. Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (final)
  5. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (withdrew)
  6. Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto (first round)
  7. Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (first round)
  8. Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (second round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (champions)
  2. Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (final)
  3. Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (semi-finals)
  4. Chris Adcock / Gabby Adcock (quarter-finals)
  5. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (quarter-finals)
  6. Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung (quarter-finals)
  7. Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (second round)
  8. Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (first round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prospectus Malaysia Masters 2019. Badminton World Federation. 7 December 2018.
  2. Web site: World Ranking System . . 27 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190510005434/https://system.bwfbadminton.com/documents/folder_1_81/folder_1_82/New-Regulations-2018/5.3.3.1%20World%20Ranking%20System.pdf . 10 May 2019 . live .