A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Dates | 10–15 January | ||
| Level | Super 1000 | ||
| Total prize money | US$1,250,000 | ||
| Venue | Axiata Arena | ||
| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||
| Champions | |||
| Men's singles |  Viktor Axelsen | ||
| Women's singles |  Akane Yamaguchi | ||
| Men's doubles |  Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto | ||
| Women's doubles |  Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | ||
| Mixed doubles | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | ||
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The 2023 Malaysia Open (officially known as the Petronas Malaysia Open 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 10 to 15 January 2023 and had a total prize of US$1,250,000. This was the first Malaysia Open to hold a Super 1000 status.
Tournament
The 2023 Malaysia Open was the first tournament of the 2023 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.[1]
Venue
This tournament was held at the Axiata Arena inside the KL Sports City 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 1000 event.[2]
| Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,000 | 10,200 | 8,400 | 6,600 | 4,800 | 3,000 |
Prize pool
The total prize money was US$1,250,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.[1]
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 | Last 32 |
| Singles | $87,500 | $42,500 | $17,500 | $6,875 | $3,750 | $1,250 |
| Doubles | $92,500 | $43,750 | $17,500 | $7,812.50 | $4,062.50 | $1,250 |
Men's singles
Seeds
Viktor Axelsen (champion)
Lee Zii Jia (first round)
Loh Kean Yew (quarter-finals)
Chou Tien-chen (second round)
Jonatan Christie (second round)- Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (quarter-finals)
Lakshya Sen (first round)
Kunlavut Vitidsarn (semi-finals)
Finals
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Viktor Axelsen
| 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Kanta Tsuneyama
| 7 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Viktor Axelsen
| 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Kodai Naraoka
| 6 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 8 |  Kunlavut Vitidsarn
| 17 | 21 | 17 | |||||||||
| Kodai Naraoka
| 21 | 19 | 21 | ||||||||||
Top half
Section 1
| First round | Second round | Quarter-finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | V Axelsen
| 17 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| R Gemke
| 21 | 14 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | V Axelsen
| w | / | o | ||||||||||||||||
| PFR |  Liew D
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 T J Popov
| 15 | 21 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| PFR | Liew D
| 21 | 14 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | V Axelsen
| 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| K Nishimoto
| 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | J Christie
| 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
 Wang T-w
| 19 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | J Christie
| 15 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| K Nishimoto
| 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| K Nishimoto
| 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
 S Kidambi
| 19 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||