Mayu Matsumoto

Mayu Matsumoto
松本麻佑
Mayu Matsumoto; 松本麻佑
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	7 August 1995; Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Residence	Akita, Akita, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)[1]
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	150 (WS 13 August 2015); 1 (WD 30 April 2019); 148 (XD 19 July 2018)
Current ranking	3 (WD 17 March 2020)
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Asian Championships
Asia Team Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Mayu Matsumoto (松本麻佑, Matsumoto Mayu, born 7 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player.[2] Born in Hokkaido, she graduated from Shiritsu Towanomorisanai High School.[3] She was part of the Hokuto Bank team.[4] Matsumoto was awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF together with her partner Wakana Nagahara. They obtained the honor after their win in the 2018 BWF World Championships title and improving their ranking from 14 to 3 in the world.[5] In 30 April 2019, she reached a career high as a women's doubles world No. 1.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	19–21, 21–19, 22–20	Gold
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–11, 20–22, 23–21	Gold

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Wakana Nagahara	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–19, 14–21, 19–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	14–21, 21–16, 14–21	Runner-up
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Wakana Nagahara	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2018	China Open	Super 1000	Wakana Nagahara	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2018	French Open	Super 750	Wakana Nagahara	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2018	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Wakana Nagahara	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21-23, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	All England Open	Super 1000	Wakana Nagahara	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–18, 20–22, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Singapore Open	Super 500	Wakana Nagahara	Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2019	Japan Open	Super 750	Wakana Nagahara	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Wakana Nagahara	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2020	Denmark Open	Super 750	Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	10–21, 21–16, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Russian Open	Kristína Gavnholt	10–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Russian Open	Wakana Nagahara	Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto	17–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2016	U.S. Open	Wakana Nagahara	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	22–20, 15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Thailand Open	Wakana Nagahara	Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Canada Open	Wakana Nagahara	Chisato Hoshi Naru Shinoya	21–16, 16–21, 21–18	Winner
2017	U.S. Open	Wakana Nagahara	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Indonesia International	Hera Desi	11–10, 10–11, 11–6, 10–11, 11–9	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Smiling Fish International	Wakana Nagahara	Pacharapun Chochuwong Chanisa Teachavorasinskun	21–17, 21–11	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

Junior level

Team events	2013
Asian Junior Championships	Bronze

Senior level

Team events	2019	2020
Asia Team Championships	N/A	Gold
Sudirman Cup	Silver	N/A

Individual competitions

Senior level

Event	2018	2019
Asian Championships	A	Silver
World Championships	Gold	Gold

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	Best
BWF World Tour
Malaysia Masters	A	SF	w/d	SF (2019)
Indonesian Masters	A	SF	R2	SF (2019)
Spain Masters	W	A	A	W (2018)
German Open	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	SF	N/A	SF (2019)
All England Open	SF	F	QF	F (2019)
Singapore Open	A	W	N/A	W (2019)
Australian Open	A	QF	N/A	QF (2019)
Korea Open	QF	R2	N/A	QF (2017, 2018)
China Open	F	R2	N/A	F (2018)
Japan Open	QF	F	N/A	F (2019)
Denmark Open	R1	SF	F	F (2020)
French Open	W	SF	N/A	W (2018)
New Zealand Open	A	QF	N/A	QF (2019)
Fuzhou China Open	F	SF	N/A	F (2018)
Hong Kong Open	R1	SF	N/A	SF (2019)
Indonesia Open	F	QF	N/A	F (2018)
Malaysia Open	QF (WD) R1 (XD)	QF	N/A	QF (2018, 2019)
Thailand Open	QF (WD) QF (XD)	QF	w/d	F (2016)
Thailand Open	QF (WD) QF (XD)	QF	w/d	F (2016)
BWF World Tour Finals	SF	F	DNQ	F (2019)
Year-end Ranking[8]	3 (WD) 160 (XD)	3		1
Tournament	2018	2019	2020	Best

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	Best
BWF Super Series
Korea Open	A		QF	QF (2017)
Japan Open	R1	R1	R1	R1 (2015, 2016, 2017)
French Open	A		SF	SF (2017)
Hong Kong Open	A		QF	QF (2017)
Year-end Ranking	207 (WS) 94 (WD)	32 (WD) 521 (XD)	14

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Masters	A		R1	A	R1 (2016)
China Masters	A		R2	R1	R2 (2016)
New Zealand Open	A		R2	R2	R2 (2016, 2017)
Chinese Taipei Open	R2 (WD)	R1 (WD)	A	SF	SF (2017)
U.S. Open	A	R1 (WD)	F	F	F (2016, 2017)
Canada Open	A	QF (WD)	A	W	W (2017)
Russian Open	F (WD)	F (WS) w/d (WD)	A		F (2014, 2015)
Thailand Open	N/A	A	F	A	F (2016)
Korea Masters	A		QF (WD) R1 (XD)	A	QF (2016)
Macau Open	A			QF	QF (2017)
Year-end Ranking	101 (WD)	207 (WS) 94 (WD)	32 (WD) 521 (XD)	14

References

"松本麻佑 | 選手プロフィール". badminton.or.jp. 日本バドミントン協会 (Nippon Badminton Association). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
"Players: Mayu Matsumoto". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
"松本麻佑/ Mayu Matumoto". www.smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
"Mayu Matsumoto 松本麻佑 No. 5". hokutobadmintonclub.jp (in Japanese). Hokuto Bank. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
Hearn, Don (11 December 2018). "Big winners awarded on BWF's 'Night of Nights'". Badzine.net. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
"BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

External links

Mayu Matsumoto at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Mayu Matsumoto at BWFbadminton.com

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[1] "松本麻佑 | 選手プロフィール". badminton.or.jp. 日本バドミントン協会 (Nippon Badminton Association). Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[2] "Players: Mayu Matsumoto". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[3] "松本麻佑/ Mayu Matumoto". www.smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[4] "Mayu Matsumoto 松本麻佑 No. 5". hokutobadmintonclub.jp (in Japanese). Hokuto Bank. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[5] Hearn, Don (11 December 2018). "Big winners awarded on BWF's 'Night of Nights'". Badzine.net. Retrieved 16 December 2018.

[6] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[7] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[8] "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

Asian Badminton Champions in Women's Team
2010s	2016: Chen Yufei & He Bingjiao & Luo Ying & Luo Yu & Sun Yu & Tang Yuanting & Tian Qing & Wang Shixian & Yu Yang & Zhao Yunlei (CHN) 2018: Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota & Misaki Matsutomo & Aya Ohori & Nozomi Okuhara & Sayaka Sato & Ayaka Takahashi & Shiho Tanaka & Akane Yamaguchi & Koharu Yonemoto (JPN)
2020s	2020: Yuki Fukushima & Riko Gunji & Sayaka Hirota & Mayu Matsumoto & Nami Matsuyama & Wakana Nagahara & Aya Ohori & Chiharu Shida & Sayaka Takahashi & Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)