Kuala Lumpur Open

The Kuala Lumpur Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated men's tennis tournament. It was played from 1993–1995 and held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was played on hard court in 1993 and on indoor carpet courts from 1994 to 1995. It was an event on the ATP World Series, replacing the Singapore Open for this period. Four Malaysian Players was banned for participating in the Bridgestone Open that was simultaneous with the Kuala Lumpur Open as the Bridgestone Tournament wasn't sanctioned by LTAM. The Players that was banned for playing in that ATP unsanctioned Tournament were - V.Selvam , Mon S Sudesh , Martin.A and A.Lourdesamy. V.Selvam's banned was lifted after two years by LTAM.

Kuala Lumpur Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourATP Tour
Founded1993
Abolished1995
Editions4
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SurfaceHard (1993)
Carpet /Indoors (1994–95)

Two tournaments were held in 1993, in January (won by Richie Reneberg) and September (won by Michael Chang). Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won the doubles title together in three successive tournaments - 1993 (twice) and 1994.

Finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993 (Jan.) Richey Reneberg Olivier Delaître6–3, 6–1
1993 (Oct.) Michael Chang Jonas Svensson6–0, 6–4
1994 Jacco Eltingh Andrei Olhovskiy7–6, 2–6, 6–4
1995 Marcelo Ríos Mark Philippoussis7–6, 6–2

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993 (Jan.) Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
Henrik Holm
Bent-Ove Pedersen
7–5, 6–3
1993 (Oct.) Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
Jonas Björkman
Lars-Anders Wahlgren
7–5, 4–6, 7–6
1994 Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
Nicklas Kulti
Lars-Anders Wahlgren
6–0, 7–5
1995 Patrick McEnroe
Mark Philippoussis
Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith
7–5, 6–4

See also

  • ATP Malaysian Open


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