The Malaysia Masters 2025 is an international badminton tournament under the 2025 BWF World Tour. It is scheduled from 20 May 2025 to 25 May 2025 and falls under the BWF’s Super 500 category. As the name suggests, Malaysia will host the tournament at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur. It’s the sixteenth season of the tournament and the twelfth Edition under the BWF.
The Malaysia Masters 2025 will feature five categories: Men’s and Women’s Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. Each category has seeded eight players (singles) and eight pairs (doubles).
Each category is divided into four sections, each consisting of three rounds. The first round has four games, from which four players advance to the second round. The second round follows the same pattern, and the two winners are forwarded to the quarterfinals.
From the four quarterfinal games, four winners will enter the semifinal rounds. The semifinal winners will be the finalists, who will engage in a battle of skills to claim the championship and win the prize money waiting for them.
Malaysia Masters 2025 Prize Money Breakdown And Past Winners
The prize money for the Malaysia Masters 2025 is a few thousand more than the previous season. The prize pool for the 2023 Malaysia Masters was $420,000. However, in the upcoming Edition, the purse consists of $475,000. There’s an increase of $55,000 from the previous Edition, which means more money for the winners.
Prize Money Breakdown
The prize of $475,000 is split into each category. The winner of the singles category receives $35,625, whereas the doubles category winners receive $37,525. While the doubles category seems to have an advantage, that’s not the case. The Doubles players have to split the given amount between each other since it was a collective effort.
The runner-ups for each category are awarded almost half of what the winners receive for making it to the finals. The prize money decreases as they go down the ranks. The players who made it to the Last 16 are the final ranks to receive some compensation.
| Stage | Singles | Doubles |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $35,625 | $37,525 |
| Runner-up | $18,050 | $18,050 |
| Semi-finalists | $6,887.50 | $6,650 |
| Quarter-finalists | $2,850 | $3,443.75 |
| Last 16 | $1,662.50 | $1,781.25 |
Past Winners
Since its first competition in 2009, Malaysia Masters has had fifteen Editions, excluding the 2025 season. We will list the 2023 Malaysia Masters winners for each category. The remaining winners of each season will be compiled in a table.
The singles category for men and women was taken over by Viktor Axelsen and Wang Zhiyi, respectively. For the men’s doubles, we had the Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen duo, whereas for the women’s category, the winning pair was Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi. The Mixed Doubles was stormed by the dynamic duo of Goh Soon Huat / Lai Shevon Jemie.
Singles
| Year | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lee Chong Wei | Wang Shixian |
| 2010 | Lee Chong Wei | Yip Pui Yin |
| 2011 | Lee Chong Wei | Wang Xin |
| 2012 | Lee Chong Wei | Busanan Ongbamrungphan |
| 2013 | Alamsyah Yunus | P. V. Sindhu |
| 2014 | Simon Santoso | Yao Xue |
| 2015 | Lee Hyun-il | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 2016 | Lee Chong Wei | P. V. Sindhu |
| 2017 | Ng Ka Long | Saina Nehwal |
| 2018 | Viktor Axelsen | Ratchanok Intanon |
| 2019 | Son Wan-ho | Ratchanok Intanon |
| 2020 | Kento Momota | Chen Yufei |
| 2022 | Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo | An Se-young |
| 2023 | Prannoy H. S. | Akane Yamaguchi |
Doubles
| Year | Men’s Doubles | Women’s Doubles |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Li Yongbo / Tian Bingyi | Han Aiping / Li Lingwei |
| 2010 | Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong | Ma Jin / Wang Xiaoli |
| 2011 | Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan | Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul |
| 2012 | Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong | Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna |
| 2013 | Goh V Shem / Lim Khim Wah | Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei Tty |
| 2014 | Danny Bawa Chrisnanta / Chayut Triyachart | Rizki Amelia Pradipta / Pia Zebadiah Bernadet |
| 2015 | Kenta Kazuno / Kazushi Yamada | Huang Yaqiong / Yu Xiaohan |
| 2016 | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Christinna Pedersen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
| 2017 | Berry Angriawan / Hardianto | Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi |
| 2018 | Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto | Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai |
| 2019 | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Christinna Pedersen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
| 2020 | Kim Gi-jung / Lee Yong-dae | Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota |
| 2022 | Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto | Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan |
| 2023 | Kang Min-hyuk / Seo Seung-jae | Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee |
| 2024 | Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi |
| Year | Mixed Doubles |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Steen Fladberg / Nora Perry |
| 2010 | Zheng Bo / Ma Jin |
| 2011 | Devin Lahardi Fitriawan / Liliyana Natsir |
| 2012 | Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir |
| 2013 | Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying |
| 2014 | Praveen Jordan / Vita Marissa |
| 2015 | Lu Kai / Huang Yaqiong |
| 2016 | Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen |
| 2017 | Zheng Siwei / Li Yinhui |
| 2018 | Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing |
| 2019 | Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet |
| 2020 | Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino |
| 2021 | — (No competition) |
| 2022 | Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong |
| 2023 | Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
| 2024 | Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai |
