Sayaka Hirota

Sayaka Hirota
廣田彩花
Sayaka Hirota; 廣田彩花
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	1 August 1994 (age 27); Kumamoto, Japan
Residence	Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (21 June 2018)
Current ranking	1 (14 September 2021)
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Women's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Uber Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Asia Team Championships
	BWF profile

Sayaka Hirota (廣田彩花, Hirota Sayaka, born 1 August 1994) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Saishunkan team.^[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]

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, 3 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
2021	All England Open	Super 1000	Yuki Fukushima	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up)[]

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[7] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consistde of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[8] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were 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 Yilyu 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 Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 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	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[]

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

G

S

B

NH

N/A

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team[]

Senior level

Team events	2018	2019	2020	2021
Asia Team Championships	G	NH	G	NH
Asian Games	G	NH
Uber Cup	G	NH		NH
Sudirman Cup	NH	S	NH	A

Individual competitions[]

Senior level

Events	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Asian Championships	2R	1R	G	B	NH
Asian Games	NH		B	NH
World Championships	NH	S	S	S	NH
Olympic Games	DNQ	NH			QF	NH

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix					BWF World Tour				Best
Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Best
German Open	A			2R	W (WD)	W	SF	NH		W ('17, '18)
All England Open	A				QF (WD)	F	SF	W	F	W ('20)
Malaysia Masters	A	1R	1R (WD)	QF	A	SF	W	2R		W ('19)
New Zealand Open	A	SF	F (WD)	W	A		SF	NH		W ('16)
Australian Open	A				SF (WD) 1R (XD)	A	W	NH		W ('19)
India Open	A			1R	SF (WD)	A		NH		SF ('17)
Malaysia Open	A				W (WD)	2R	QF	NH		W ('17)
Singapore Open	A			2R	1R (WD)	A	SF	NH		SF ('19)
Korea Masters	1R (WS) QF (WD)	QF	SF (WD)	1R	A			NH		SF ('15)
Thailand Open	A	NH	A			QF	2R	w/d	NH	QF ('18)
Thailand Open	A	NH	A			QF	2R	w/d	NH	QF ('18)
Korea Open	A				2R (WD) QF (XD)	F	2R	NH		F ('18)
Chinese Taipei Open	A		2R (WD)	A				NH		2R ('15)
Vietnam Open	A			2R	A			NH		2R ('16)
China Open	A				QF (WD) 2R (XD)	QF	SF	NH		SF ('19)
Japan Open	A	1R	1R (WD)	2R	SF (WD) F (XD)	W	QF	NH		W ('18)
Denmark Open	A				2R (WD) 2R (XD)	W	SF	W	A	W ('18, '20)
French Open	A				2R (WD)	2R	SF	NH	A	SF ('19)
Macau Open	A		SF (WD)	A				NH		SF ('15)
Fuzhou China Open	A			QF	A	2R	W	NH		W ('19)
Hong Kong Open	A	2R	A		QF (WD) SF (XD)	W	2R	NH		W ('18)
Indonesia Masters	A				NH	A	1R	2R		2R ('20)
Indonesia Open	A				QF (WD)	W	W	NH		W ('18, '19)
Scottish Open	A		1R (WS) W (WD)	A			NA	NH	NA	W ('15)
Chinese Taipei Masters	NH		SF (WD) 1R (XD)	W	NH					W ('16)
Superseries / World Tour Finals	DNQ				F (WD)	DNQ	SF	DNQ		F ('17)
Year-end ranking	351 (WS) 142 (WD)	61 (WD)	337 (WS) 23 (WD) 734 (XD)	20 (WD)	4 (WD) 38 (XD)	1	2	2		1
Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Best

References[]

^ "Players: Sayaka Hirota". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
^ "選手・スタッフ紹介: 選手・スタッフ紹介". Saishunkan Badminton (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
^ "最も成長した選手」は福島・広田組が受賞／バドミントン". Sanspo (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ "【世界ランキング】福島＆廣田が初の世界ランク１位に輝く！". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links[]

Sayaka Hirota at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

[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". Saishunkan Badminton (in Japanese). 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". Sanspo (in Japanese). 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！". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[5] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". 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!". 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". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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1990s	1990: Guan Weizhen • Huang Hua • Lai Caiqin • Nong Qunhua • Shi Fangjing • Tang Jiuhong • Yao Fen • Zhou Lei (CHN) 1994: Bang Soo-hyun • Chung So-young • Gil Young-ah • Jang Hye-ock • Kim Ji-hyun • Lee Heung-soon • Ra Kyung-min • Shim Eun-jung (KOR) 1998: Dai Yun • Ge Fei • Gong Zhichao • Gu Jun • Qin Yiyuan • Tang Yongshu • Ye Zhaoying • Zhang Ning (CHN)
2000s	2002: Dai Yun • Gao Ling • Gong Ruina • Huang Nanyan • Huang Sui • Wei Yili • Yang Wei • Zhang Jiewen • Zhang Ning • Zhou Mi (CHN) 2006: Gao Ling • Huang Sui • Xie Xingfang • Yang Wei • Zhang Jiewen • Zhang Ning • Zhang Yawen • Zhu Lin (CHN)
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