Hitomi Sato (table tennis)

Hitomi Sato
Personal information
Born (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan[1]
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking9 (April 2017)[3]
Current ranking36 (24 June 2025)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2022 Chengdu Team
2019 Budapest Doubles
World Cup
2019 Tokyo Team
Asian Championships
2021 Doha Team
2017 Wuxi Team
2019 Yogyakarta Team
2017 Wuxi Doubles
2019 Yogyakarta Doubles
2023 Pyeongchang Team

Hitomi Sato (佐藤 瞳, Satō Hitomi; born 23 December 1997) is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal with Honoka Hashimoto at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships.[4]

Finals

Women's singles

Result Year Tournament Opponent Score Ref
Winner 2016 ITTF World Tour, Croatia Open Miu Hirano 4–1 [5]
Winner 2017 ITTF Challenge, Belarus Open Honoka Hashimoto 4–1 [6]
Winner 2017 ITTF Challenge, Thailand Open Honoka Hashimoto 4–1 [7]
Winner 2017 ITTF Challenge, Slovenian Open Georgina Póta 4–0 [8]
Runner-up 2018 ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open Saki Shibata 2–4 [9]
Winner 2019 ITTF Challenge, Thailand Open Saki Shibata 4–3 [10]
Winner 2020 ITTF Challenge Plus, Oman Open Miyu Kato 4–2 [11]
Runner-up 2024 WTT Feeder Cappadocia Satsuki Odo 0–3 [12]
Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Doha Yashaswini Ghorpade 3–1 [13]
Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Otocec II Choi Hyo-joo 3–2 [14]
Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Havirov Saki Shibata 3–2 [15]
Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Prishtina Camille Lutz 3–0 [16]

Women's doubles

Result Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Ref
Winner 2016 ITTF World Tour, Australian Open Honoka Hashimoto Jian Fang Lay / Miao Miao 3–1 [17]
Winner 2016 ITTF World Tour, Belarus Open Jung Yu-mi / Park Se-ri 3–1 [18]
Winner 2016 ITTF World Tour, Austrian Open Miyu Kato / Hina Hayata 3–2 [19]
Winner 2017 ITTF Challenge, Thailand Open Doo Hoi Kem / Mak Tze Wing 3–0 [7]
Winner 2017 ITTF Challenge, Croatia Open Nadezhda Bogdanova / Daria Trigolos 3–0 [20]
Runner-up 2017 ITTF World Tour, Austrian Open Chen Xingtong / Sun Yingsha 2–3 [21]
Winner 2017 ITTF Challenge, Belgium Open Lee Zi-on / Song Ma-eum 3–2 [22]
Winner 2018 ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open Sarah De Nutte / Ni Xialian 3–0 [23]
Winner 2018 ITTF Challenge, Croatia Open Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta 3–1 [24]
Runner-up 2018 ITTF World Tour, Australian Open Hina Hayata / Mima Ito 0–3 [25]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Oman Open Saki Shibata / Satsuki Odo 1–3 [26]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF Challenge, Croatia Open Miyuu Kihara / Miyu Nagasaki 1–3 [27]
Winner 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Canada Open Che Xiaoxi / Li Jiayi 3–0 [28]
Winner 2020 ITTF Challenge Plus, Oman Open Lin Ye / Zeng Jian 3–0 [11]
Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Cappadocia Poymantee Baisya / Krittwika Roy 3–0 [29]
Winner 2024 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro Cheng Hsien-tzu / Chien Tung-chuan 3–0 [30]
Winner 2024 WTT Star Contender Bangkok Shin Yu-bin / Jeon Ji-hee 3–1 [31]
Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Olomouc Yang Yiyun / Zhu Sibing 3–0 [32]
Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Panagyurishte Satsuki Odo / Sakura Yokoi 3–0 [33]
Runner-up 2024 WTT Feeder Doha Yuna Ojio / Anne Uesawa 1–3 [34]
Winner 2024 WTT Finals Satsuki Odo / Sakura Yokoi 3–0 [35]
Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Otocec Saki Shibata Tee Ai Xin / Lyne Karen 3–2 [36]
Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Havirov Choi Hyo-joo / Lee Da-eun 3–1 [37]
Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Prishtina Sakura Yokoi Kaho Akae / Misuzu Takeya 3–2 [38]
Runner-up 2025 WTT Contender Zagreb Miwa Harimoto / Satsuki Odo 2–3 [39]

References

  1. ^ "佐藤 瞳". www.nittaku.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  2. ^ "佐藤 瞳 Hitomi Sato". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ^ 2019 World Table Tennis Championships Women's doubles results
  5. ^ Marshall, Ian (28 May 2016). "Landmark Win, Hitomi Sato Clinches Croatian Women's Singles Title". ITTF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. ^ Daish, Simon (19 March 2017). "Living up to expectations, top seed Hitomi Sato lifts Women's Singles trophy". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b Marshall, Ian (2 April 2017). "Final Day Review: Japan completes clean sweep". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  8. ^ Marshall, Ian (30 April 2017). "Belarus, Thailand; now Hitomi Sato adds Slovenia to list". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  9. ^ Marshall, Ian (1 April 2018). "Review Day Three: Titles decides, Japan and Korea share spoils". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Update day three: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Thailand Open". ITTF. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  11. ^ a b "2020 Oman Open: Five things learnt from final day". ittf.com. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  12. ^ "WTT Feeder Cappadocia 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  13. ^ "WTT Feeder Doha 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  14. ^ "WTT Feeder Otocec II 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  15. ^ "WTT Feeder Havirov 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  16. ^ "WTT Feeder Prishtina 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  17. ^ Etchells, Daniel (12 June 2016). "Fifteen-year-old claims women's singles title on golden day for Japan at ITTF Australian Open". Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  18. ^ Marshall, Ian (12 September 2016). "Sato and Hashimoto partner up for success". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  19. ^ Daish, Simon (13 November 2016). "All-Japanese Women's Doubles final comes down to dramatic finish". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  20. ^ Daish, Simon (7 May 2017). "Review: titles decided, Zagreb Open draws to close". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  21. ^ Daish, Simon (25 September 2017). "Reigning champions defeated, Chen Xingtong and Sun Yingsha triumph in Linz". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  22. ^ Marshall, Ian (4 November 2017). "Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato clinch title but tested by spirited Korean duo". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  23. ^ Marshall, Ian (1 April 2018). "Status justified, Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato add to collection". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  24. ^ Marshall, Ian (15 April 2018). "Milestone win for Hungarians, yet another for Japanese duo". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  25. ^ Marshall, Ian (29 July 2018). "Silver for Melbourne champions, top seeds prevail". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  26. ^ Marshall, Ian (24 March 2019). "Oman Highlights Final Day: talent shines through". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  27. ^ "Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Croatia Open". ITTF. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  28. ^ Marshall, Ian (9 December 2019). "Markham review: China and Japan share spoils". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  29. ^ "WTT Feeder Cappadocia 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  30. ^ "WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  31. ^ "WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  32. ^ "WTT Feeder Olomouc 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  33. ^ "WTT Feeder Panagyurishte 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  34. ^ "WTT Feeder Doha 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  35. ^ "WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  36. ^ "WTT Feeder Otocec 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  37. ^ "WTT Feeder Havirov 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  38. ^ "WTT Feeder Prishtina 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  39. ^ "WTT Contender Zagreb 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 29 June 2025.