Keita Masuda

Keita Masuda
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1979-02-27) February 27, 1979
Tokyo
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)

Keita Masuda (舛田圭太; born 27 February 1979 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan[1]) is a male badminton player from Japan.

Career

Masuda competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Tadashi Ohtsuka. They had a bye in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun of China.

Matsuda played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Tadashi Ohtsuka, and were defeated in the third round by the eventual champions Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan, of Indonesia, 22–20, 21–19. He also played in mixed doubles with Miyuki Maeda and they lost in the second round against He Hanbin and Yu Yang, 21–17, 21–18.

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 1 runner-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. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Dutch Open Tadashi Ōtsuka Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
7–15, 4–15 Runner-up
2007 U.S. Open Tadashi Ōtsuka Howard Bach
Khan Malaythong
21–18, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 U.S. Open Miyuki Maeda Howard Bach
Eva Lee
19–21, 21–11, 21–19 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix tournament
  IBF World Grand Prix tournament

IBF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2003 Mauritius International Hidetaka Yamada 15–4, 15–11 Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Mexico International Tadashi Ōtsuka Ma Che Kong
Yau Tsz Yuk
7–15, 15–13, 10–15 Runner-up
2000 Cuba International Tadashi Ōtsuka José Antonio Crespo
Sergio Llopis
15–9, 15–2 Winner
2000 French International Tadashi Ōtsuka Takuya Katayama
Yuzo Kubota
15–6, 15–11 Winner
2003 Waikato International Tadashi Ōtsuka Hendri Saputra
Denny Setiawan
7–15, 15–12, 3–15 Runner-up
2003 Guatemala International Tadashi Ōtsuka Howard Bach
Kevin Han
15–6, 15–12 Winner
2004 Iran Fajr International Keita Masuda Liu Kwok Wa
Albertus Susanto Njoto
4–15, 11–15 Runner-up
2004 Mauritius International Tadashi Ōtsuka Liu Kwok Wa
Albertus Susanto Njoto
15–11, 15–8 Winner
  BWF International Series tournament

References