title: 2014 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
text: # 2014 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
  
  The 2014 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 22 and 28 September 2014.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | JPN | Kei Nishikori | 8 | 1 |
  | LAT | Ernests Gulbis | 13 | 2 |
  | ARG | Leonardo Mayer | 25 | 3 |
  | FRA | Julien Benneteau | 29 | 4 |
  | URU | Pablo Cuevas | 38 | 5 |
  | POR | João Sousa | 39 | 6 |
  | ESP | Pablo Andújar | 44 | 7 |
  | AUS | Nick Kyrgios | 51 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings are as of 15 September 2014
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Taro Daniel
  * Omar Jasika
  * Filip Krajinović
  
  The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
  
  * Philipp Oswald
  * Philipp Petzschner
  * Kento Takeuchi
  * James Ward
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Kevin Anderson
  * Juan Martín del Potro
  * Marcel Granollers
  * Mikhail Kukushkin
  * Milos Raonic
  * Dominic Thiem
  * Dmitry Tursunov
  
  ## Doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | Eric Butorac | RSA | Raven Klaasen | 42 | 1 |
  | GBR | Jamie Murray | AUS | John Peers | 63 | 2 |
  | GBR | Dominic Inglot | ROU | Florin Mergea | 67 | 3 |
  | POL | Marcin Matkowski | IND | Leander Paes | 67 | 4 |
  
  * Rankings are as of 15 September 2014
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Nick Kyrgios / Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naguib
  * Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Marin Draganja (back injury)
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Kei Nishikori defeated Julien Benneteau, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 6–4
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Marcin Matkowski / Leander Paes defeated Jamie Murray / John Peers, 3–6, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ [10–5]
  