Kuala Lumpur Open
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The Kuala Lumpur Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis
Tennis
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 tournament. It was played from 1993–1995 and held in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, 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.

Two tournaments were held in 1993, in January (won by Richie Reneberg) and September (won by Michael Chang
Michael Chang
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). Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Eltingh
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 and Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...

 won the doubles title together in three successive tournaments - 1993 (twice) and 1994.

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993 (Jan.)   Richey Reneberg
Richey Reneberg
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  Olivier Delaître
Olivier Delaître
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6–3, 6–1
1993 (Oct.)   Michael Chang
Michael Chang
Michael Te-Pei Chang is a former American professional tennis player. He is best remembered for becoming the youngest-ever male player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17....

  Jonas Svensson
Jonas Svensson
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6–0, 6–4
1994   Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...

  Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Olhovskiy
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7–6, 2–6, 6–4
1995   Marcelo Ríos
Marcelo Ríos
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  Mark Philippoussis
Mark Philippoussis
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7–6, 6–2

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993 (Jan.)   Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Eltingh
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  Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
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  Henrik Holm
Henrik Holm
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  Bent-Ove Pedersen
Bent-Ove Pedersen
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7–5, 6–3
1993 (Oct.)   Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...


  Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...

 
  Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
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  Lars-Anders Wahlgren 
7–5, 4–6, 7–6
1994   Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Eltingh
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  Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
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  Nicklas Kulti
Nicklas Kulti
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  Lars-Anders Wahlgren 
6–0, 7–5
1995   John McEnroe
John McEnroe
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  Mark Philippoussis
Mark Philippoussis
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  Grant Connell
Grant Connell
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  Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith
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7–5, 6–4


Kuala Lumpur again started hosting a professional tennis event in 2009, namely the Proton Malaysian Open , which is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour
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