Satoko Suetsuna

Satoko Suetsuna
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1981-01-30) 30 January 1981 (age 40) Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan[1]
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	2 (15 September 2011)
hide Medal record Women's Badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2011 London Women's doubles Uber Cup 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team
BWF profile

Satoko Suetsuna (末綱 聡子, Suetsuna Satoko, born 30 January 1981) is a badminton player from Japan. Born in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, she joined Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She was a bronze medalist at the 2011 BWF World Championships with her partner Miyuki Maeda.^[1]

Career[]

Suetsuna has gained prominence in badminton through her success in women's doubles with her partner Miyuki Maeda, and the partnerships known by the Japanese media as "Suemae". Together they won the 2010 Denmark Open, their first major tournament victory. They went on to win the 2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold and the 2011 India Open. Suetsuna and Maeda also have two bronze medals from major competitions from making the semifinals at the 2011 London World Championships and 2010 Uber Cup in Kuala Lumpur. She competed at the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games as well in 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. In 2008 Beijing Olympics, with her women's doubles partner Maeda, they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics.^[2]

Satoko Suetsuna has competed with several men in mixed doubles, but has not achieved the same level of success as she has in her main event.

Suetsuna retired from the Japan team in September 2013.^[3]

Suetsuna participated at the 2011 U.S. Open

Achievements[]

BWF World Championships[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Miyuki Maeda	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	8–21, 15–21	Bronze

BWF Superseries[]

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[4] 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.^[5] 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
2008	Indonesia Open	Miyuki Maeda	Vita Marissa Liliyana Natsir	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2009	Japan Open	Miyuki Maeda	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2010	Swiss Open	Miyuki Maeda	Tian Qing Yu Yang	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2010	Denmark Open	Miyuki Maeda	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2011	India Open	Miyuki Maeda	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	26–24, 21–15	Winner
2012	China Open	Miyuki Maeda	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	19–21, 7–14 retired	Runner-up
2013	India Open	Miyuki Maeda	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	12–21, 23–21, 21–18	Winner

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix[]

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
2007	U.S. Open	Miyuki Maeda		16–21, 21–14, 21–15	Winner
	German Open	Miyuki Maeda	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2008	India Open	Miyuki Maeda	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2011	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold	Miyuki Maeda	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2011	India Grand Prix Gold	Miyuki Maeda	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Record against selected opponents[]

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.^[6]

Miyuki Maeda[]

References[]