MALAYSIAN OPEN: SEEDINGS LIST

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July 8, 1997 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are the seedings for the Proton-Eon Malaysian Open which starts tomorrow in the city of Kota Kinabalu (seedings are shown in their relative position in the draw; number before the name indicates the seeding):

Men's Singles

1 - Joko Suprianto (Indonesia)
9-16 - Thomas Stavngaard (Denmark)

5-8 - Luo Yigang (China)
9-16 - Yong Hock Kin (Malaysia)

3-4 - Rashid Sidek (Malaysia)
9-16 - Salim (Indonesia)

5-8 - Fung Permadi (Taipei)
9-16 - Hermawan Susanto (Indonesia)

9-16 - Jason Wong (Malaysia)
5-8 - Allan Budi Kusuma (Indonesia)

9-16 - Wong Choon Hann (Malaysia)
3-4 - Peter Gade Christensen (Denmark)

9-16 - Hwang Sun Ho (Korea)
5-8 - Budi Santoso (Indonesia)

9-16 - Jeroen van Dijk (Netherlands)
2 - Ong Ewe Hock (Malaysia)

Women's Singles

1 - Ye Zhaoying (China)
5-8 - Julia Mann (England)

3-4 - Kim Ji Hyun (Korea)
5-8 - Meiluawati (Indonesia)

5-8 - Lee Joo Hyun (Korea)
3-4 - Dai Yun (China)

5-8 - Yasuko Mizui (Japan)
2 - Susi Susanti (Indonesia)

Men's Doubles

1 - Rexy Mainaky/Ricky Subagja (Indonesia)
5-8 - Zhang Wei/Liu Yong (China)

3-4 - Lee Wan Wah/Choong Tan Fook (Malaysia)
5-8 - Rudy Wijaya/Seng Kok Keong (Indonesia)

5-8 - Jesper Larsen/Jens Eriksen (Denmark)
3-4 - Yoo Yung Sung/Lee Dong Soo (Korea)

5-8 - Cheah Soon Kit/Chew Choon Eng (Malaysia)
2 - Antonius Iriantho/Denny Kantono (Indonesia)

Women's Doubles

1 - Gu Jun/Ge Fei (China)
5-8 - Chor Hooi Yee/Lim Pek Siah (Malaysia)

3-4 - Marlene Thomsen/Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen (Denmark)
5-8 - Nonong Denis Zanati/Carmelita (Indonesia)

5-8 - Cynthia Tuwankota/Etty Tantri (Indonesia)
3-4 - Liu Lu/Qian Hong (China)

5-8 - Huang Nanyan/Liu Zhong (China)
2 - Rikke Olsen/Helene Kirkegaard (Denmark)

Mixed Doubles

1 - Liu Yong/Ge Fei (China)
5-8 - Sandiarto/Finarsih (Indonesia)

3-4 - Imam Tohari/Ema Ermawati (Indonesia)
5-8 - Chris Hunt/Donna Kellogg (England)

5-8 - Lee Dong Soo/Yim Kyung Jin (Korea)
3-4 - Trikus Heryanto/Minarti Timur (Indonesia)

5-8 - Nick Ponting (England)/Rikke Olsen (Denmark)
2 - Jens Eriksen/Marlene Thomsen (Denmark)

Non-seeds worth noting are:

Men's Singles

Dicky Palyama (Netherlands)
Ji Xinpeng (China)
Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia)
Fumihiko Machida (Japan)
Peter Knowles (England)

Women's Singles

Takako Ida (Japan)
Zarinah Abdullah (Singapore)
Aparna Popat (India)
Yuli Marfuah (Indonesia)
Brenda Beenhakker (Netherlands)

Men's Doubles

Pramote Teerawiwatana/Siripong Siripol (Thailand)
Chris Hunt/James Anderson (England)
Kitipon Kitikul/Khunakorn Sudhisodhi (Thailand)
Nick Ponting/John Quinn (England)

Women's Doubles

Park So Yun/Cha Yoon Suk (Korea)
Yu Hua/Zhou Mi (China)
Yim Kyung Jin/Chung Jae Hee (Korea)
Finarsih/Minarti Timur (Indonesia)

Mixed Doubles

Jesper Larsen/Helene Kirkegaard (Denmark)
Yoo Yong Sung/Chung Jae Hee (Korea)
Kim Dong Moon/Park So Yun (Korea)
Zhang Wei/Liu Lu (China)