Kuala Lumpur Open Rescheduled to Mid-April with $50,000 Purse, Registration Open

PPA Tour Asia moved the Kuala Lumpur Open to April 13-17, 2026 at 9Pickle in Setia Alam and confirmed a US$50,000 pro prize purse for the event designated a PPA Asia 500 stop. PPA Tour Asia announced the reschedule and prize confirmation in its February 15 post, saying, “Kuala Lumpur Open 2026 is bringing PPA Tour Asia back to Malaysia. The tournament is set to go down April 13-17 at 9Pickle in Setia Alam, right where the tour launched last year.”

The Kuala Lumpur stop arrives a week after the season opener in Hanoi; the MB Hanoi Cup will run April 1-5 at My Dinh Indoor Athletics Arena and will offer 1000 PPA ranking points at the tour launch, creating a compact early-season swing through Southeast Asia before the previously announced Macau dates in late May. PickleballNewsAsia corroborated the April sequencing, noting, “Now, the Malaysian leg will take place from 13 to 17 April 2026, a week after the MB Hanoi Cup.”

Registration logistics carry a minor timing discrepancy across platforms but clear deadlines. PPA Tour Asia instructs that “Registration opens February 20 for both Pro and Amateur divisions. Players have until April 6 to lock in their spots for the PPA Asia 500 stop.” The PickleballTournaments event page lists registration opening Feb 19, 2026 at 11:45 AM SST and ending Apr 06, 2026 at 12:00 PM SST, with a registration cost of $56.00 and an entry text showing “160 players” on the listing. PickleballNewsAsia also published that “Registration for the Kuala Lumpur Open 2026 is now open,” directing players to registration links on the event pages.

The Setia Alam venue returns as a central competitive stage; PPA and regional coverage highlighted that Malaysia hosted PPA Tour Asia’s launch last year and produced the tour’s first gold medals on the Championship Court. Will Daughton’s earlier reporting recalled the 2025 men’s doubles final in Malaysia between Eric Oncins and Tyson McGuffin versus Ben Johns and Christian Alshon as an example of the venue’s charged atmosphere and fan draw.

Competition format and amateur programming are detailed on the PickleballTournaments listing. All matches are listed as side out/traditional scoring; amateur categories include U18, 19+, 35+, and 50+, and skill thresholds are noted as “3.5 and above, 3.499 and below only.” That listing contains a tentative amateur schedule dated May 14-17, which conflicts with PPA’s April 13-17 reschedule and should be treated as a possibly outdated timetable until the tour updates the event page.

Beyond the purse, the Kuala Lumpur Open offers “valuable PPA ranking points” and the Open-tier medal chase that PickleballNewsAsia framed as players’ chance to “claim the Open-tier medal as they chase the dragon around Asia.” PPA Tour Asia also urges players to sign up for the fan email and follow its social channels for registration alerts and final schedule confirmations ahead of the April 6 registration deadline.