Yukiko Takahata

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Yukiko Takahata
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Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 23)
Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.592 m (5 ft 3 in)
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking9 (5 February 2019)
Current ranking17 (17 March 2020)
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Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
BWF profile

Yukiko Takahata (高畑 祐紀子, Takahata Yukiko, born 18 March 1998) is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team.[1][2] In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Ayako Sakuramoto.[3] She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Sakuramoto.[4]

Takahata started to represented national team in 2015 World Junior Championships held in Lima, Peru, and helps the team reached in to the semifinals stage. At the BWF Grand Prix events, her best results was a runner-up at the 2017 New Zealand Open.

Teamed-up with Sakuramoto, Takahata won seven of eight finals of the 2018 BWF World Tour, with a title of Super 500 tournament from Singapore Open, three titles of Super 300 tournament from Swiss, New Zealand, and Australia Open; and three titles of Super 100 tournament. She participated at the 2019 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and won the silver medal after the team lost to Chinese in the final.

Achievements[]

BWF World Tour[]

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

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Swiss Open Super 300 Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		19–21, 21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Japan Ayako Sakuramoto China
China Zheng Yu 		21–9, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Australian Open Super 300 Japan Ayako Sakuramoto South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee Yu-rim 		23–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Canada Open Super 100 Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Germany Isabel Herttrich
Germany Carla Nelte 		21–13, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Singapore Open Super 500 Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		16–21, 24–22, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Akita Masters Super 100 Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		23–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara 		17–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters Super 100 Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		11–21, 21–19, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Indonesia Nita Violina Marwah
Indonesia Putri Syaikah 		21–17, 14–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Grand Prix[]

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 Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Malaysia Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
Malaysia Woon Khe Wei 		21–18, 16–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series[]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Osaka International Japan Ayako Sakuramoto South Korea Kim So-yeong
South Korea Yoo Hae-won 		21–16, 17–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Spanish International Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Japan Misato Aratama
Japan Akane Watanabe 		21–10, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Osaka International Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Japan Naoko Fukuman
Japan Kurumi Yonao 		21–17, 19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "Players: Yukiko Takahata". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ^ "ヨネックス バドミントンチーム 選手紹介" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. ^ "ヨネックス大阪インターナショナルチャレンジ2017" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. ^ "バドミントンスペインインターナショナル2017" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. ^ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.

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