Keigo Sonoda

Keigo Sonoda
園田 啓悟
Personal information
Country  Japan
Born (1990-02-20) 20 February 1990
Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness Right
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking 69 (MS 1 December 2011)
2 (MD 9 March 2017)
19 (XD 31 March 2016)
Current ranking 3 (MD 13 September 2018)
BWF profile

Keigo Sonoda (園田 啓悟, Sonoda Keigo, born 20 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player.[1][2] He competed at the 2014 Asian Games.[3]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, China Japan Takeshi Kamura China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen		 12–21, 19–21 Silver
2017 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Rian Agung Saputro		 12–21, 15–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Japan Takeshi Kamura China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen		 21–11, 10–21, 13–21 Silver
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Japan Takeshi Kamura China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen		 15–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Japan Takeshi Kamura South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong		 17–21, 18–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] 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.[5]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe		 21–17, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Malaysia Open Super 750 Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe		 21–8, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Australia Open Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong		 21–17, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Dubai World Superseries Finals Japan Takeshi Kamura Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong		 14–21, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Hong Kong Open Japan Takeshi Kamura Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen		 21–19, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Singapore Open Japan Takeshi Kamura China Fu Haifeng
China Zhang Nan		 11–21, 20–22 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     Superseries Finals Tournament
     Superseries Premier Tournament
     Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 German Open Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa		 21–19, 14–21, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 U.S. Open Japan Takeshi Kamura Chinese Taipei Liang Jui-wei
Chinese Taipei Liao Kuan-hao		 21–16, 27–25 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Canada Open Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Saeki
Japan Ryota Taohata		 12–21, 21–16, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 Osaka International Japan Sho Zeniya 18–21, 21–16, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Austrian International Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Saeki
Japan Ryota Taohata		 18–21, 21–15, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Scottish International Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Hiroyuki Saeki
Japan Ryota Taohata		 16–21, 21–11, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Osaka International Japan Takeshi Kamura Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Agripina Prima Rahmanto		 21–17, 21–23, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Malaysia International Japan Takeshi Kamura Chinese Taipei Chen Chung-jen
Chinese Taipei Lin Yen-jui		 21–13, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Osaka International Japan Takatoshi Kurose Japan Shu Wada
Japan Tatsuya Watanabe		 21–14, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Keigo Sonoda". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Badminton player: 園田　啓悟　Keigo Sonoda". www.tonami.co.jp (in Japanese). Tonami. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Men's Team - Entry List by Event". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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