Sayaka Hirota

Sayaka Hirota (廣田 彩花, Hirota Sayaka, born 1 August 1994) is a Japanese badminton player.[1][2] She and her partner Yuki Fukushima won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award.[3] Hirota and Fukushima were ranked world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.[4]

In this Japanese name, the family name is Hirota.
Sayaka Hirota
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994
Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking1 (21 June 2018)
Current ranking2 (17 March 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2017 Glasgow Women's doubles
2018 Nanjing Women's doubles
2019 Basel Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2019 Nanning Mixed team
Uber Cup
2018 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang Women's team
2018 Jakarta-Palembang Women's doubles
Asian Championships
2018 Wuhan Women's doubles
2019 Wuhan Women's doubles
Asia Team Championships
2018 Alor Setar Women's team
2020 Manila Women's team
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland		 Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		 11–21, 22–20, 21–23 Silver
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China		 Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		 21–19, 19–21, 20–22 Silver
2017 Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland		 Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 18–21, 21–17, 15–21 Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 17–21, 8–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		 16–21, 24–26 Bronze
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Yuki Fukushima Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 21–18, 18–21, 21–15 Gold

BWF World Tour (10 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 All England Open Super 1000 Yuki Fukushima Du Yue
Li Yinhui		 21–13, 21–15 Winner
2019 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 Yuki Fukushima Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan		 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2019 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Yuki Fukushima Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 21–16, 21–18 Winner
2019 Australian Open Super 300 Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 21–10, 21–16 Winner
2019 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Yuki Fukushima Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu		 18–21, 21–16, 21–16 Winner
2018 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Yuki Fukushima Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan		 21–18, 21–17 Winner
2018 Denmark Open Super 750 Yuki Fukushima Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto		 21–19, 21–16 Winner
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Yuki Fukushima Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 11–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2018 Japan Open Super 750 Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 21–15, 21–12 Winner
2018 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		 21–14, 16–21, 21–13 Winner
2018 All England Open Super 1000 Yuki Fukushima Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Christinna Pedersen		 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2018 German Open Super 300 Yuki Fukushima Huang Dongping
Zheng Yu		 18–21, 21–14, 21–6 Winner

BWF Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up)

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.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Dubai World Superseries Finals Yuki Fukushima Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto		 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2017 Malaysia Open Yuki Fukushima Huang Yaqiong
Tang Jinhua		 21–17, 18–21, 21–12 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Japan Open Takuro Hoki Wang Yilv
Huang Dongping		 13–21, 8–21 Runner-up
     BWF Superseries Finals tournament
     BWF Superseries Premier tournament
     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runners-up)

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

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 German Open Yuki Fukushima Huang Dongping
Li Yinhui		 15–21, 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Yuki Fukushima Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto		 11–10, 11–5, 11–7 Winner
2016 New Zealand Open Yuki Fukushima Chang Ye-na
Lee So-hee		 21–13, 21–16 Winner
2015 Scottish Open Yuki Fukushima Samantha Barning
Iris Tabeling		 21–14, 14–11 Retired Winner
2015 New Zealand Open Yuki Fukushima Xia Huan
Zhong Qianxin		 21–17, 22–24, 19–21 Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Spanish International Nao Ono Yuki Fukushima
Chiharu Shida		 21–14, 13–21, 21–19 Winner
2015 Osaka International Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2014 Sydney International Yuki Fukushima Sylvina Kurniawan
Susan Wang		 11–5, 11–5, 11–2 Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team
  • Senior level
Team events201820192020
Asia Team Championships Gold N/A Gold
Asian Games Gold N/A
Uber Cup Gold N/A
Sudirman Cup N/A Silver N/A

Individual competitions
  • Senior level
Events2016201720182019
Asian Championships R2 R1 Gold Bronze
Asian Games N/A Bronze N/A
World Championships N/A Silver Silver Silver
Tournament201820192020Best
BWF World Tour
Malaysia Masters SF W R2 W (2019)
Indonesian Masters A R1 R2 R2 (2020)
German Open W SF A W (2017, 2018)
All England Open F SF W W (2020)
Malaysia Open R2 QF Q W (2017)
Singapore Open A SF SF (2019)
New Zealand Open A SF W (2016)
Australian Open A W W (2019)
Indonesia Open W W W (2018, 2019)
Japan Open W QF W (2018)
Thailand Open QF R2 QF (2018)
China Open QF SF SF (2019)
Korea Open F R2 F (2018)
Denmark Open W SF W (2018)
French Open R2 SF SF (2019)
Fuzhou China Open R2 W W (2019)
Hong Kong Open W R2 W (2018)
BWF World Tour Finals A SF F (2017)
Year-end Ranking[7] 1 2 1
Tournament201820192020Best
Tournament2014201520162017Best
BWF Super Series
All England Open A QF QF (2017)
India Open A R1 SF SF (2017)
Malaysia Open A W W (2017)
Singapore Open A R2 R1 R2 (2016)
Australian Open A SF (WD)
R1 (XD)		 SF (2017)
Indonesia Open A QF QF (2017)
Korea Open A R2 (WD)
QF (XD)		 QF (2017)
Japan Open R1 R1 R2 SF (WD)
F (XD) 		F (2017)
Denmark Open A R2 (WD)
R2 (XD)		 R2 (2017)
French Open A R2 R2 (2017)
China Open A QF (WD)
R2 (XD)		 QF (2017)
Hong Kong Open R2 A QF (WD)
SF (XD)		 SF (2017)
BWF Super Series Finals NQ F (WD) F (2017)
Year-end Ranking 61 (WD) 337 (WS)
23 (WD)
734 (XD)		 20 (WD) 4 (WD)
38 (XD)		 4
Tournament2014201520162017Best
Tournament20132014201520162017Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Masters A R1 R1 (WD) QF A QF (2016)
German Open A R2 W W (2017)
New Zealand Open A SF F W A W (2016)
China Masters A QF A QF (2016)
Chinese Taipei Open A R2 A R2 (2015)
Vietnam Open A R2 A R2 (2016)
Chinese Taipei Masters N/A SF (WD)
R1 (XD)		 W N/A W (2016)
Scottish Open A R1 (WS)
W (WD)		 A W (2015)
Korea Masters R1 (WS)
QF (WD)		 QF SF R1 A SF (2015)
Macau Open A SF A SF (2015)
Year-end Ranking 351 (WS)
142 (WD)		 61 (WD) 337 (WS)
23 (WD)
734 (XD)		 20 (WD) 4 (WD)
38 (XD)		 4
Tournament20132014201520162017Best

References
  1. "Players: Sayaka Hirota". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. "選手・スタッフ紹介: 選手・スタッフ紹介" (in Japanese). Saishunkan Co.Ltd. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. "最も成長した選手」は福島・広田組が受賞／バドミントン" (in Japanese). Sanspo. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. "【世界ランキング】福島＆廣田が初の世界ランク１位に輝く！" (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  6. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
  7. "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
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