Saena Kawakami

Saena Kawakami
川上紗惠奈
Personal information
Country  Japan
Born (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997
Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 50 kg (110 lb)
Handedness Right
Women's Singles
Highest ranking 19 (21 Sep. 2017)
Current ranking 22 [1] (23 Feb. 2018)
BWF profile

Saena Kawakami (川上紗惠奈, Kawakami Saena, born 5 December 1997) is a Japanese female badminton player.[2][3]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

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

Women's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 New Zealand Open Thailand Ratchanok Intanon 14–21, 21–16, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Canada Open Scotland Kirsty Gilmour 19–21, 21–19, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Chinese Taipei Open Malaysia Goh Jin Wei 21–17, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 China Masters Japan Aya Ohori 9–21, 21–9, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Japan Ayumi Mine 10–12, 11–7, 9–11, 10–12 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 U.S. Open Japan Ayumi Mine 21–16, 11–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Vietnam Open Indonesia Fitriani 26–24, 18–21, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 New Zealand Open China He Bingjiao 21–16, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Vietnam International Vietnam Vu Thi Trang 21-19, 19-21, 13-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Saena Kawakami". BWF. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "Players: Saena Kawakami". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. "川上紗恵奈". www.badspi.jp (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit バドミントン スピリット. Retrieved 18 October 2016.


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