• Thongchai Jaidee, winner in 2004 and 2005 will be aiming for his third win in the event. Should he succeed, the Thai player would be only the second player in European Tour history to win the same event for their first three European Tour titles, following Tom Watson (1975, 77, 80 Open Championship).
• The Maybank Malaysian Open became part of The European Tour International Schedule in 1999 and was the first co-sanctioned event between The European Tour and Asian Tour, played at the Saujana Golf and Country Club, won by American Gerry Norquist. To date this will be the 38th official tournament hosted between the two Tours.
• Since 1999, five of the eight years have been won by players claiming their maiden European Tour International Schedule victory. They are: Norquist (1999), Yeh Wei-Tze (2000), Alastair Forsyth (2002), Jaidee (2004) and Charlie Wi (2006).
• Since 1999 players from seven different nations have won the event, United States (Norquist 1999), Taiwan (Yeh Wei-Tze 2000), Fiji (Vijay Singh 2001), Scotland (Forsyth 2002), India (Atwal 2003), Thailand (Jaidee 2004-05) and Korea (Wi 2006).
