Ayako Sakuramoto

Ayako Sakuramoto
Personal information
Country  Japan
Born (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Handedness Left
Women's doubles
Highest ranking 10 (6 September 2018)
Current ranking 10 (20 September 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asia Junior Championships
2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
2011 Lucknow Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Ayako Sakuramoto (櫻本 絢子, Sakuramoto Ayako, born 19 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team.[1][2] In the junior event, she won the girls' doubles bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships.[3] She also won 2012 gold and 2013 bronze in the mixed team event.[4][5] In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Yukiko Takahata.[6] She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Takahata.[7]

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium,
Lucknow, India		 Japan Ayano Torii Indonesia Suci Rizki Andini
Indonesia Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah		 15–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters Super 100 Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida		 11–21, 21–19, 22–20 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara		 17–21, 13–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Akita Masters Super 100 Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida		 23–21, 21–11 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Singapore Open Super 500 Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida		 16–21, 24–22, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Canada Open Super 100 Japan Yukiko Takahata Germany Isabel Herttrich
Germany Carla Nelte		 21–13, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Australian Open Super 300 Japan Yukiko Takahata South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee Yu-rim		 23–21, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Japan Yukiko Takahata China Cao Tongwei
China Zheng Yu		 21–9, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Swiss Open Super 300 Japan Yukiko Takahata Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva		 19–21, 21–15, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 New Zealand Open Japan Yukiko Takahata Malaysia Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
Malaysia Woon Khe Wei		 21–18, 16–21, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Osaka International Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Naoko Fukuman
Japan Kurumi Yonao		 21–17, 19–21, 16–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Spanish International Japan Yukiko Takahata Japan Misato Aratama
Japan Akane Watanabe		 21–10, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Osaka International Japan Yukiko Takahata South Korea Kim So-yeong
South Korea Yoo Hae-won		 21–16, 17–21, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Ayako Sakuramoto". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "ヨネックス バドミントンチーム 選手紹介" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "China bags 5-gold again while Japan defends 1-bronze only" (in Japanese). BadPaL. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Asian Juniors 2012 Team Final – Japan wins first team title". Badzine.net. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "China regains No.1 in Asia,recovers from last year's loss to Japan" (in Japanese). BadPaL. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "ヨネックス大阪インターナショナルチャレンジ2017" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "バドミントンスペインインターナショナル2017" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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