Singapore Open 2026: France's A. Lanier denies Loh Kean Yew a home title
On 31 May 2026 the 21-year-old Frenchman won 17-21, 21-15, 21-14 in the Super 750 final; the same day An Se-young and Satwik/Chirag also won.
The final
France's A. Lanier, ranked 9th, beat Singapore's Loh Kean Yew, ranked 14th, 17-21, 21-15, 21-14 in the Singapore Open (Super 750) men's singles final at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday 31 May 2026, according to The Star and Free Malaysia Today. FMT says it was his second World Tour title of 2026 and that he is 21; The Star recalls he is the 2025 European champion.
Loh's week
The Star reports that Loh was the first Singaporean in the men's singles final since Ronald Susilo in 2002 and needed three games to beat each of Srikanth, Prannoy, Chi Yu-jen and Koki Watanabe. He earned 34,000 dollars. The two articles word the local-champion record differently (The Star mentions the last local winners in 2010 in women's doubles; FMT mentions Wee Choon Seng in 1962 for singles); we give no figure.
The other finals
FMT adds: An Se-young beat Akane Yamaguchi 21-11, 17-21, 21-19; Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian beat their compatriots Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning 22-20, 21-19; Denmark's Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje beat Japan's Yuichi Shimogami and Sayaka Hobara 17-21, 21-12, 21-12; and Satwik and Chirag won men's doubles, as we reported separately.
Why it matters
A French champion in a Super 750 is a sign of the depth of French men's singles, as seen again at the World Championships in August.