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]

Sayaka Hirota
Personal information
CountryJapan
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)
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland
Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
18–21, 21–17, 15–21 Silver
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China
Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
21–19, 19–21, 20–22 Silver
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
11–21, 22–20, 21–23 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
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Yuki Fukushima Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
21–18, 18–21, 21–15 Gold
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
16–21, 24–26 Bronze

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 2 runners-up)

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

Women's doubles

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

BWF Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[8] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

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

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 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 doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 New Zealand Open Yuki Fukushima Xia Huan
Zhong Qianxin
21–17, 22–24, 19–21 Runner-up
2015 Scottish Open Yuki Fukushima Samantha Barning
Iris Tabeling
21–14, 14–11 Retired Winner
2016 New Zealand Open Yuki Fukushima Chang Ye-na
Lee So-hee
21–13, 21–16 Winner
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Yuki Fukushima Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
11–10, 11–5, 11–7 Winner
2017 German Open Yuki Fukushima Huang Dongping
Li Yinhui
15–21, 21–17, 21–15 Winner
  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
2014 Sydney International Yuki Fukushima Sylvina Kurniawan
Susan Wang
11–5, 11–5, 11–2 Winner
2015 Osaka International Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2016 Spanish International Nao Ono Yuki Fukushima
Chiharu Shida
21–14, 13–21, 21–19 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 N/A W (2017, 2018)
All England Open F SF W W (2020)
Singapore Open A SF N/A SF (2019)
Australian Open A W N/A W (2019)
Korea Open F R2 N/A F (2018)
China Open QF SF N/A SF (2019)
Japan Open W QF N/A W (2018)
Denmark Open W SF W W (2018, 2020)
French Open R2 SF N/A SF (2019)
New Zealand Open A SF N/A W (2016)
Fuzhou China Open R2 W N/A W (2019)
Hong Kong Open W R2 N/A W (2018)
Indonesia Open W W N/A W (2018, 2019)
Malaysia Open R2 QF N/A W (2017)
Thailand Open QF R2 w/d QF (2018)
w/d
BWF World Tour Finals DNQ SF DNQ F (2017)
Year-end Ranking[9] 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 DNQ 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

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  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. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  8. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  9. "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
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