Ayako Sakuramoto

Ayako Sakuramoto (櫻本 絢子, Sakuramoto Ayako, born 19 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team.[1][2]

Ayako Sakuramoto
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessLeft
Women's doubles
Career title(s)9
Highest ranking9 (5 February 2019)
Current ranking17 (17 March 2020)
BWF profile

Career

Sakuramoto who educated at the Kyushu International University High School, 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
Ayano Torii Suci Rizki Andini
Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah
15–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 1 runners-up)

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 Swiss Open Super 300 Yukiko Takahata Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
19–21, 21–15, 21–18 Winner
2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Yukiko Takahata Cao Tongwei
Zheng Yu
21–9, 21–19 Winner
2018 Australian Open Super 300 Yukiko Takahata Baek Ha-na
Lee Yu-rim
23–21, 21–18 Winner
2018 Canada Open Super 100 Yukiko Takahata Isabel Herttrich
Carla Nelte
21–13, 21–15 Winner
2018 Singapore Open Super 500 Yukiko Takahata Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
16–21, 24–22, 21–13 Winner
2018 Akita Masters Super 100 Yukiko Takahata Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
23–21, 21–11 Winner
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Yukiko Takahata Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters Super 100 Yukiko Takahata Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
11–21, 21–19, 22–20 Winner
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Yukiko Takahata Nita Violina Marwah
Putri Syaikah
21–17, 14–21, 21–15 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (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 New Zealand Open Yukiko Takahata Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
Woon Khe Wei
21–18, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Osaka International Yukiko Takahata Kim So-yeong
Yoo Hae-won
21–16, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2017 Spanish International Yukiko Takahata Misato Aratama
Akane Watanabe
21–10, 21–15 Winner
2018 Osaka International Yukiko Takahata Naoko Fukuman
Kurumi Yonao
21–17, 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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