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BADMINTON · SUPER 1000 · KUALA LUMPUR

2023 Malaysia Open prize money

$1,250,000 paid across five draws in Kuala Lumpur, 10-15 January 2023. Viktor Axelsen and Akane Yamaguchi won the singles and were paid $87,500 each, and each winning doubles pair took $92,500.

PRIZE MONEY $1,250,000
SINGLES WINNER $87,500
DOUBLES PAIR $92,500
PLAYERS PAID 239

What each round paid

One singles player, or one doubles pair, for going out at each stage

Super 1000

Went out Singles Doubles pair All five draws
WINNER $87,500 $92,500 $452,500
Runner-up $42,500 $43,750 $216,250
Semi-finals $17,500 $17,500 $175,000
Quarter-finals $6,875 $7,812 $148,750
Last 16 $3,750 $4,062 $157,500
Last 32 $1,250 $1,250 $100,000

Where the money went, round by round

Winner $452k
Runner-up $216k
Semi-finals $175k
Quarter-finals $149k
Last 16 $157k
Last 32 $100k

The five champions took $452,500 between them, 36% of the pot. Everyone out in the last 32 took 8%. A Super 1000 pays every player or pair who reaches the last 32 of the main draw, which is everyone who plays in it.

Doubles money is paid to the pair. On every player page it is counted half to each partner, so a doubles title here is worth $46,250 to each of them.

Men's singles

Every player paid, by the round reached

32 players

Player Country Went out Prize money
Viktor Axelsen Denmark WINNER $87,500
Kodai Naraoka Japan Runner-up $42,500
Kanta Tsuneyama Japan Semi-finals $17,500
Kunlavut Vitidsarn Thailand Semi-finals $17,500
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Indonesia Quarter-finals $6,875
Kenta Nishimoto Japan Quarter-finals $6,875
Loh Kean Yew Singapore Quarter-finals $6,875
Prannoy H. S. India Quarter-finals $6,875
Anders Antonsen Denmark Last 16 $3,750
Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo Indonesia Last 16 $3,750
Chou Tien-chen Chinese Taipei Last 16 $3,750
Jonatan Christie Indonesia Last 16 $3,750
Kantaphon Wangcharoen Thailand Last 16 $3,750
Liew Daren Malaysia Last 16 $3,750
Ng Tze Yong Malaysia Last 16 $3,750
Zhao Junpeng China Last 16 $3,750
Brian Yang Canada Last 32 $1,250
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Denmark Last 32 $1,250
Lakshya Sen India Last 32 $1,250
Lee Cheuk Yiu Hong Kong Last 32 $1,250
Lee Zii Jia Malaysia Last 32 $1,250
Li Shifeng China Last 32 $1,250
Lu Guangzu China Last 32 $1,250
Ng Ka Long Hong Kong Last 32 $1,250
Nhat Nguyen Ireland Last 32 $1,250
Rasmus Gemke Denmark Last 32 $1,250
Shesar Hiren Rhustavito Indonesia Last 32 $1,250
Shi Yuqi China Last 32 $1,250
Srikanth Kidambi India Last 32 $1,250
Toma Junior Popov France Last 32 $1,250
Wang Tzu-wei Chinese Taipei Last 32 $1,250
Weng Hongyang China Last 32 $1,250

Women's singles

Every player paid, by the round reached

32 players

Player Country Went out Prize money
Akane Yamaguchi Japan WINNER $87,500
An Se-young South Korea Runner-up $42,500
Chen Yufei China Semi-finals $17,500
Tai Tzu-ying Chinese Taipei Semi-finals $17,500
Carolina Marín Spain Quarter-finals $6,875
Hsu Wen-chi Chinese Taipei Quarter-finals $6,875
Mia Blichfeldt Denmark Quarter-finals $6,875
Wang Zhiyi China Quarter-finals $6,875
Aya Ohori Japan Last 16 $3,750
Busanan Ongbamrungphan Thailand Last 16 $3,750
Goh Jin Wei Malaysia Last 16 $3,750
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Indonesia Last 16 $3,750
Han Yue China Last 16 $3,750
Michelle Li Canada Last 16 $3,750
Pai Yu-po Chinese Taipei Last 16 $3,750
Pornpawee Chochuwong Thailand Last 16 $3,750
Aakarshi Kashyap India Last 32 $1,250
Beiwen Zhang United States Last 32 $1,250
Clara Azurmendi Spain Last 32 $1,250
He Bingjiao China Last 32 $1,250
Kim Ga-eun South Korea Last 32 $1,250
Kirsty Gilmour Scotland Last 32 $1,250
Line Christophersen Denmark Last 32 $1,250
Line Kjærsfeldt Denmark Last 32 $1,250
Malvika Bansod India Last 32 $1,250
Nozomi Okuhara Japan Last 32 $1,250
P. V. Sindhu India Last 32 $1,250
Saina Nehwal India Last 32 $1,250
Sim Yu-jin South Korea Last 32 $1,250
Yeo Jia Min Singapore Last 32 $1,250
Yvonne Li Germany Last 32 $1,250
Zhang Yiman China Last 32 $1,250

Men's doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

32 pairs

Pair Country Went out Per pair
Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Indonesia WINNER $92,500
Liang Weikeng
Wang Chang
China Runner-up $43,750
Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Semi-finals $17,500
Kang Min-hyuk
Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Semi-finals $17,500
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Kim Astrup
Denmark Quarter-finals $7,812
Hendra Setiawan
Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Quarter-finals $7,812
Liu Yuchen
Ou Xuanyi
China Quarter-finals $7,812
Ong Yew Sin
Teo Ee Yi
Malaysia Quarter-finals $7,812
Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik
Malaysia Last 16 $4,062
Bagas Maulana
Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
Indonesia Last 16 $4,062
Daniel Marthin
Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Last 16 $4,062
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Last 16 $4,062
Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
Chinese Taipei Last 16 $4,062
Lu Ching-yao
Yang Po-han
Chinese Taipei Last 16 $4,062
Mark Lamsfuß
Marvin Seidel
Germany Last 16 $4,062
Pramudya Kusumawardana
Yeremia Rambitan
Indonesia Last 16 $4,062
Adam Hall
Alexander Dunn
Scotland Last 32 $1,250
Akira Koga
Taichi Saito
Japan Last 32 $1,250
Ben Lane
Sean Vendy
England Last 32 $1,250
Choi Sol-gyu
Kim Won-ho
South Korea Last 32 $1,250
Christo Popov
Toma Junior Popov
France Last 32 $1,250
Goh Sze Fei
Nur Izzuddin
Malaysia Last 32 $1,250
He Jiting
Zhou Haodong
China Last 32 $1,250
Keiichiro Matsui
Yoshinori Takeuchi
Japan Last 32 $1,250
Kittinupong Kedren
Supak Jomkoh
Thailand Last 32 $1,250
Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
South Korea Last 32 $1,250
Krishna Prasad Garaga
Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala
India Last 32 $1,250
Lee Jhe-huei
Yang Po-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Last 32 $1,250
Man Wei Chong
Tee Kai Wun
Malaysia Last 32 $1,250
Ren Xiangyu
Tan Qiang
China Last 32 $1,250
Ruben Jille
Ties van der Lecq
Netherlands Last 32 $1,250
Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi
Japan Last 32 $1,250

Women's doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

32 pairs

Pair Country Went out Per pair
Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
China WINNER $92,500
Baek Ha-na
Lee Yu-lim
South Korea Runner-up $43,750
Apriyani Rahayu
Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
Indonesia Semi-finals $17,500
Zhang Shuxian
Zheng Yu
China Semi-finals $17,500
Crystal Wong
Jin Yujia
Singapore Quarter-finals $7,812
Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
Bulgaria Quarter-finals $7,812
Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
South Korea Quarter-finals $7,812
Li Wenmei
Liu Xuanxuan
China Quarter-finals $7,812
Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi
Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma
Indonesia Last 16 $4,062
Benyapa Aimsaard
Nuntakarn Aimsaard
Thailand Last 16 $4,062
Du Yue
Xia Yuting
China Last 16 $4,062
Gayatri Gopichand
Treesa Jolly
India Last 16 $4,062
Go Pei Kee
Teoh Mei Xing
Malaysia Last 16 $4,062
Ishika Jaiswal
Srivedya Gurazada
United States Last 16 $4,062
Jeong Na-eun
Kim Hye-jeong
South Korea Last 16 $4,062
Puttita Supajirakul
Supissara Paewsampran
Thailand Last 16 $4,062
Anne Tran
Margot Lambert
France Last 32 $1,250
Ashwini Bhat
Shikha Gautam
India Last 32 $1,250
Beatriz Corrales
Clara Azurmendi
Spain Last 32 $1,250
Chloe Birch
Lauren Smith
England Last 32 $1,250
Ciara Torrance
Julie MacPherson
Scotland Last 32 $1,250
Debora Jillie
Cheryl Seinen
Netherlands Last 32 $1,250
Isabel Lohau
Linda Efler
Germany Last 32 $1,250
Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
Thailand Last 32 $1,250
Kie Nakanishi
Rin Uesaka
Japan Last 32 $1,250
Lee Chia-hsin
Teng Chun-hsun
Chinese Taipei Last 32 $1,250
Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
South Korea Last 32 $1,250
Lim Chiew Sien
Vivian Hoo
Malaysia Last 32 $1,250
Ng Tsz Yau
Tsang Hiu Yan
Hong Kong Last 32 $1,250
Pearly Tan
Thinaah Muralitharan
Malaysia Last 32 $1,250
Sayaka Hirota
Yuki Fukushima
Japan Last 32 $1,250
Yeung Nga Ting
Yeung Pui Lam
Hong Kong Last 32 $1,250

Mixed doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

32 pairs

Pair Country Went out Per pair
Huang Yaqiong
Zheng Siwei
China WINNER $92,500
Arisa Igarashi
Yuta Watanabe
Japan Runner-up $43,750
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Thailand Semi-finals $17,500
Dejan Ferdinansyah
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
Indonesia Semi-finals $17,500
Chae Yoo-jung
Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Quarter-finals $7,812
Chen Tang Jie
Toh Ee Wei
Malaysia Quarter-finals $7,812
Delphine Delrue
Thom Gicquel
France Quarter-finals $7,812
Jeong Na-eun
Kim Won-ho
South Korea Quarter-finals $7,812
Goh Soon Huat
Shevon Jemie Lai
Malaysia Last 16 $4,062
Hoo Pang Ron
Teoh Mei Xing
Malaysia Last 16 $4,062
Huang Dongping
Wang Yilyu
China Last 16 $4,062
Jessica Tan
Terry Hee
Singapore Last 16 $4,062
Lee Chia-hsin
Ye Hong-wei
Chinese Taipei Last 16 $4,062
Lisa Ayu Kusumawati
Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto
Indonesia Last 16 $4,062
Misaki Matsutomo
Yuki Kaneko
Japan Last 16 $4,062
Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet
Hong Kong Last 16 $4,062
Adam Hall
Julie MacPherson
Scotland Last 32 $1,250
Alexandra Bøje
Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Last 32 $1,250
Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
Malaysia Last 32 $1,250
Gregory Mairs
Jenny Mairs
England Last 32 $1,250
Hediana Julimarbela
Zachariah Josiahno Sumanti
Indonesia Last 32 $1,250
Hsu Ya-ching
Lee Jhe-huei
Chinese Taipei Last 32 $1,250
Hu Ling-fang
Yang Po-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Last 32 $1,250
Isabel Lohau
Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Last 32 $1,250
Jones Ralfy Jansen
Linda Efler
Germany Last 32 $1,250
Kyohei Yamashita
Naru Shinoya
Japan Last 32 $1,250
Lai Pei Jing
Tan Kian Meng
Malaysia Last 32 $1,250
Lee Chih-chen
Chang Ko-chi
Chinese Taipei Last 32 $1,250
Lee Chun Hei
Ng Tsz Yau
Hong Kong Last 32 $1,250
Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
Rinov Rivaldy
Indonesia Last 32 $1,250
Robin Tabeling
Selena Piek
Netherlands Last 32 $1,250
Supak Jomkoh
Supissara Paewsampran
Thailand Last 32 $1,250

2023 Malaysia Open by country

What each country's players took home, doubles money split between the partners

21 countries

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money was there at the 2023 Malaysia Open?

$1,250,000, across the five draws in Kuala Lumpur, 10-15 January 2023.

How much did Viktor Axelsen win at the 2023 Malaysia Open?

$87,500 for the men's singles title. Akane Yamaguchi was paid the same $87,500 for the women's.

How much did the doubles winners get at the 2023 Malaysia Open?

$92,500 a pair, $46,250 each. That went to Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in the men's doubles, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan in the women's and Huang Yaqiong and Zheng Siwei in the mixed.

How much did a first-round loser get at the 2023 Malaysia Open?

$1,250 in singles and $1,250 to a doubles pair, for going out in the last 32.

Did the 2023 Malaysia Open pay more than 2022?

Yes. It paid $1,250,000 against $675,000 at the 2022 Malaysia Open.

Which country won the most at the 2023 Malaysia Open?

China, with $311,875, 25% of the pot.

Where to next

Every other Malaysia Open, and the rest of the 2023 season