2014 Malaysian Open

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{{TennisEventInfo|2014|Malaysian Open| | date=April 14 – 20 | edition=5th | draw=32S / 16D | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] | prize_money=$250,000 | location=[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] | venue=[[Royal Selangor Golf Club]] | category=[[WTA International tournaments]] | champs={{flagicon|CRO}} [[Donna Vekić]] | champd={{flagicon|HUN}} [[Tímea Babos]] / {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Hao-ching]] }}

The '''2014 BMW Malaysian Open''' was a women's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Hardcourt|outdoor hard courts]]. It was the 5th edition of the [[Malaysian Open (tennis)|Malaysian Open]] and was an [[WTA International tournaments|International tournament]] on the [[2014 WTA Tour]]. The tournament took place from April 14 to 20 at the [[Royal Selangor Golf Club]]. This tournament had been discontinued, but was restarted when the rights were bought off the tournament in [[Internazionali Femminili di Palermo|Palermo, Italy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WTA Palermo moves away from Italy.|url=http://www.tennisworldusa.org/WTA-Palermo-moves-away-from-Italy-In-2014-the-tournament-will-be-played-in-Kuala-Lumpur-articolo13261.html|publisher=TennisWorld|date=28 Sep 2013}}</ref>

== Finals ==

=== Singles === {{main|2014 Malaysian Open – Singles}} * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Donna Vekić]] defeated {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominika Cibulková]], 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)

=== Doubles === {{main|2014 Malaysian Open – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Tímea Babos]] / {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Hao-ching]] defeated {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Yung-jan]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Saisai]], 6–3, 6–4

==Points and prize money==

=== Point distribution === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- |style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' |style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' |style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85|Q |width=85|Q3 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style="background:#ededed;"|Singles |rowspan=2|280 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|110 |rowspan=2|60 |30 |1 |18 |14 |10 |1 |- !style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles |1 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

=== Prize money === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9|'''Event''' |width=80 bgcolor=lime|'''W''' |width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F |width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF |width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16 |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32 |width=85|Q3 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style=background:#ededed|Singles |$43,000 |$21,400 |$11,300 |$5,900 |$3,310 |$1,925 |$1,005 |$730 |$530 |- !style=background:#ededed|Doubles |$12,300 |$6,400 |$3,435 |$1,820 |$960 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

==Singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Ranking1 ! Seeds |- | {{flag|SVK}} | [[Dominika Cibulková]] | 10 | 1 |- | {{flag|CHN}} | [[Zhang Shuai]] | 46 | 2 |- | {{flag|CZE}} | [[Karolína Plíšková]] | 67 | 3 |- | {{flag|AUT}} | [[Patricia Mayr-Achleitner]] | 81 | 4 |- | {{flag|JPN}} | [[Kimiko Date-Krumm]] | 83 | 5 |- | {{flag|KAZ}} | [[Zarina Diyas]] | 93 | 6 |- | {{flag|CRO}} | [[Donna Vekić]] | 95 | 7 |- | {{flag|JPN}} | [[Ayumi Morita]] | 112 | 8 |}

*1 Rankings are as of April 7, 2014.

=== Other entrants === The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Eleni Daniilidou]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jarmila Gajdošová]] * {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Zhang Ling (tennis)|Zhang Ling]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Duan Yingying]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giulia Gatto-Monticone]] * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Eri Hozumi]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lyudmyla Kichenok]] * {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Pemra Özgen]] * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ana Vrljić]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Melinda Czink]] → replaced by {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Danka Kovinić]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Andrea Hlaváčková]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Kristýna Plíšková]] * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jovana Jakšić (tennis)|Jovana Jakšić]] → replaced by {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Akgul Amanmuradova]] * {{flagicon|THA}} [[Luksika Kumkhum]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Saisai]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]] → replaced by {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Aleksandra Krunić]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kimiko Date-Krumm]] (left calf injury)

== Doubles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|HUN}} |[[Tímea Babos]] |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Chan Hao-ching]] |59 |1 |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Darija Jurak]] |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Megan Moulton-Levy]] |101 |2 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Jarmila Gajdošová]] |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Hsieh Su-wei]] |108 |3 |- |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Chan Yung-jan]] |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Zheng Saisai]] |142 |4 |} * Rankings are as of April 7, 2014.

=== Other entrants === The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Alyssa Boey]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yang Zi (tennis)|Yang Zi]] * {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Çağla Büyükakçay]] / {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Pemra Özgen]]

The following pair received entry as alternates: * {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Hsieh Shu-ying]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Arina Rodionova]]

=== Withdrawals === ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kimiko Date-Krumm]] (left calf injury)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160821091652/http://www.bmwmalaysianopen.com/ Official website]

[[Category:2014 WTA Tour|Malaysian Open]] [[Category:Malaysian Open (tennis)]] [[Category:2014 in Malaysian tennis]]