2014 Malaysian Open – Singles

Singles
2014 Malaysian Open
Champion	Donna Vekić
Runner-up	Dominika Cibulková
Final score	5–7, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

Karolína Plíšková was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Dominika Cibulková.

Donna Vekić won her first WTA title, defeating Cibulková in the final, 5–7, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4).

Seeds

01.   Dominika Cibulková (Final) 02.   Zhang Shuai (Semifinals) 03.   Karolína Plíšková (Semifinals) 04.   Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (Quarterfinals)

05.   Kimiko Date-Krumm (First round, retired) 06.   Zarina Diyas (Quarterfinals) 07.   Donna Vekić (Champion) 08.   Ayumi Morita (First round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Dominika Cibulková	6^3	6	6
	3	Karolína Plíšková	7^7	3	3
								1	Dominika Cibulková	7	5	6^4
								7	Donna Vekić	5	7	7^7
	7	Donna Vekić	1	6	6
	2	Zhang Shuai	6	3	4

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	D Cibulková	6	6
	Q	P Özgen	1	3				1	D Cibulková	6	6
		S-w Hsieh	2	6	6				S-w Hsieh	1	2
	WC	J Gajdošová	6	4	3										1	D Cibulková	4	6	6
		O Jabeur	6	4	2										6	Z Diyas	6	2	4
	Q	G Gatto-Monticone	3	6	6			Q	G Gatto-Monticone	1	4
	WC	E Daniilidou	2	2				6	Z Diyas	6	6
	6	Z Diyas	6	6																		1	D Cibulková	6^3	6	6
	3	Ka Plíšková	6	6																		3	Ka Plíšková	7^7	3	3
		A Krunić	2	2				3	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	Q	Y Duan	6	6				Q	Y Duan	1	3
	Q	A Vrljić	3	2											3	Ka Plíšková	6	6
		T Majerič	4	6	6											Ç Büyükakçay	4	4
		A Amanmuradova	6	2	0				T Majerič	4	4
		Ç Büyükakçay	5						Ç Büyükakçay	6	6
	5	K Date-Krumm	3^r

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	D Vekić	3	6	6
		Y-j Chan	6	4	1			7	D Vekić	1	6	7
		T Babos	6^6	6	4				Kr Plíšková	6	3	5
		Kr Plíšková	7^8	3	6										7	D Vekić	6	7
		D Kovinić	6	6											4	P Mayr-Achleitner	4	5
		A-S Mestach	4	2					D Kovinić	4	6	1
	Q	E Hozumi	4	6	3			4	P Mayr-Achleitner	6	3	6
	4	P Mayr-Achleitner	6	2	6																	7	D Vekić	1	6	6
	8	A Morita	4	2																		2	S Zhang	6	3	4
	Q	L Kichenok	6	6				Q	L Kichenok	1	2
		M Linette	6	6					M Linette	6	6
		A Lim	3	0												M Linette	2	6	1
	WC	L Zhang	6	6											2	S Zhang	6	2	6
		O Savchuk	3	2				WC	L Zhang	3	6	0
		S Zheng	6	2	2			2	S Zhang	6	4	6
	2	S Zhang	2	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Eri Hozumi (Qualified) Erika Sema (Qualifying competition) Duan Yingying (Qualified) Lyudmyla Kichenok (Qualified) Pemra Özgen (Qualified) Ana Vrljić (Qualified)

Yurika Sema (First round) Samantha Murray (First round) Wang Qiang (Qualifying competition) Giulia Gatto-Monticone (Qualified) Arina Rodionova (Qualifying competition) Miharu Imanishi (Qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Eri Hozumi Giulia Gatto-Monticone Duan Yingying

Lyudmyla Kichenok Pemra Özgen Ana Vrljić

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Eri Hozumi	6	6
		Chan Chin-wei	3	1
								1	Eri Hozumi	6	1	7
									Rika Fujiwara	1	6	5
		Rika Fujiwara	6	3	7
	8	Samantha Murray	4	6	5

Second qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Erika Sema	6	6
	WC	Chan Hao-Ching	1	3
								2	Erika Sema	3	6	3
								10	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6	2	6
		Xu Yifan	4	3
	10	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6	6

Third qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Duan Yingying	6	6
		Peangtarn Plipuech	1	3
								3	Duan Yingying	6	6
								12	Miharu Imanishi	0	1
		Nicha Lertpitaksinchai	2	6	1
	12	Miharu Imanishi	6	4	6

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Lyudmyla Kichenok	6	7
		Liu Fangzhou	2	5
								4	Lyudmyla Kichenok	6	6
								9	Wang Qiang	2	2
		Yang Zi	3	4
	9	Wang Qiang	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	5	Pemra Özgen	6	6
	WC	Hsieh Shu-ying	0	2
								5	Pemra Özgen	6	7
								WC	Miki Miyamura	0	5
	WC	Miki Miyamura	6	3	6
	7	Yurika Sema	3	6	3

Sixth qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	6	Ana Vrljić	7	6
		Sandra Zaniewska	5	4
								6	Ana Vrljić	6	6^6	6
								11	Arina Rodionova	3	7^8	0
	WC	Alyssa Boey	1	1
	11	Arina Rodionova	6	6

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw