The defending champions were Tarek Momen for the men, who defeated Mohamed Elshorbagy 3-2 last year , and Raneem El Weleily for the women, who defeated Nicol David in four sets. Momen was able to reach the final again this year after victories over Cameron Pilley , Mazen Hesham and Chris Simpson . There he met the Englishman Peter Barker , who previously defeated Omar Abdel Meguid , Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan and Borja Golán . His semi-final against Golán, which was played on Saturday evening, had to be interrupted until the following morning after an injury to Barker, after Golán inflicted a nose fracture on his opponent unintentionally while swinging with his club. In the final, Barker beat Momen in three sets with 11: 5, 9:11, 11: 5 and 11: 3. It was his first title at the Malaysian Open and the second title of the season.
In the women's category, the previous year's final between Nicol David and Raneem El Weleily was reissued. With 11: 8, 11: 7 and 11: 6 Nicol David clearly secured her eighth title at the Malaysian Open. During the entire tournament, she had only given one set against Low Wee Wern in the quarter-finals.
The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 16 players, four of whom were qualifiers. In the women's competition there were 32 players, 16 of whom were seeded. Of the other 16 places, eight were reserved for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan and Rachel Arnold a starting place in the respective main field.
At the tournament, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize money was US $ 50,000 for the men and US $ 70,000 for the women.
K. Darwish
C. Simpson
S. Ghosal
O. Tuominen
C. Pilley
B. Golan
A. Al Muzayen
O. Beng Hee
C. Serme
M. Kobayashi
J. Chan
M. Perry
L. Hansen
J. King
S. Waters
N. Fernandes
L. Khan