Sayaka Hirota

Sayaka Hirota
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994
Kumamoto, Japan
ResidenceGifu, Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Yuki Fukushima 21 June 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2017 Glasgow Women's doubles
2018 Nanjing Women's doubles
2019 Basel Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2019 Nanning Mixed team
2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Uber Cup
2018 Bangkok Women's team
2022 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's doubles
2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles
2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Asian Championships
2018 Wuhan Women's doubles
2023 Dubai Women's doubles
2019 Wuhan Women's doubles
2022 Manila Women's doubles
Asia Team Championships
2018 Alor Setar Women's team
2020 Manila Women's team
BWF profile

Sayaka Hirota (廣田 彩花, Hirota Sayaka; born 1 August 1994) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Gifu Bluvic 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 on 21 June 2018.[4]

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Result Ref.
BWF Awards 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year with Yuki Fukushima Won [5]
2018 Female Player of the Year with Yuki Fukushima Nominated [6]
2019 [7]

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
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Yuki Fukushima Baek Ha-na
Lee So-hee 		14–21, 12–21 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
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines 		Yuki Fukushima Rin Iwanaga
Kie Nakanishi 		21–16, 15–21, 19–21 Bronze
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 		Yuki Fukushima Baek Ha-na
Lee So-hee 		21–7, 21–14 Gold

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is 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.[9]

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
2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Yuki Fukushima Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida 		21–18, 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2023 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Yuki Fukushima Liu Shengshu
Zhang Shuxian 		20–22, 19–21 Runner-up
2023 Swiss Open Super 300 Yuki Fukushima Rena Miyaura
Ayako Sakuramoto 		Walkover Runner-up
2023 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Yuki Fukushima Baek Ha-na
Lee So-hee 		20–22, 10–21 Runner-up
2023 China Masters Super 750 Yuki Fukushima Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida 		18–21, 11–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[10] 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 consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[11] 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 Ref
2017 Japan Open Takuro Hoki Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping 		13–21, 8–21 Runner-up [12][13]
  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 Ref
2014 Sydney International Yuki Fukushima Sylvina Kurniawan
Susan Wang 		11–5, 11–5, 11–2 Winner
2015 Osaka International Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan 		17–21, 15–21 Runner-up [14]
2016 Spanish International Nao Ono Yuki Fukushima
Chiharu Shida 		21–14, 13–21, 21–19 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#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; (DNQ) did not qualify.
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 2022 2023 2024
Asia Team Championships G NH G NH A NH A
Asian Games G NH B NH
Uber Cup G NH A NH B NH A
Sudirman Cup NH S NH A NH B NH

Individual competitions

Senior level

Women's singles
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix Best
2013 2014 2015
Korea Masters 1R A 1R ('13)
Scottish Open A 1R 1R ('15)
Year-end ranking 351 396 337 239
Women's doubles
Events 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Asian Championships 2R 1R G B NH B G 1R
Asian Games NH B NH B NH
World Championships NH S S S NH A w/d QF NH
Olympic Games DNQ NH QF NH DNQ
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Malaysia Open A W 2R QF NH w/d 1R A W ('17)
India Open A 1R SF A NH A 2R A SF ('17)
Indonesia Masters A NH A 1R 2R A F A F ('23)
German Open A 2R W W SF NH A QF A W ('17, '18)
All England Open A QF F SF W F 1R 2R QF W ('20)
Swiss Open A NH A F A F ('23)
Malaysia Masters A 1R 1R QF A SF W 2R NH 2R QF A W ('19)
Thailand Open A NH A QF 2R w/d NH QF A QF ('18, '22)
w/d
Singapore Open A 2R 1R A SF NH A 2R A SF ('19)
Indonesia Open A QF W W NH A F F A W ('18, '19)
Chinese Taipei Open A 2R A NH A 2R ('15)
Canada Open A NH A SF A SF ('23)
Korea Open A 2R F 2R NH A 2R A F ('18)
Japan Open A 1R 1R 2R SF W QF NH w/d SF A W ('18)
Australian Open A SF A W NH QF SF A W ('19)
China Open A QF QF SF NH QF A SF ('19)
Hong Kong Open A 2R A QF W 2R NH 2R A W ('18)
Vietnam Open A 2R A NH A 2R ('16)
Denmark Open A 2R W SF W A QF 1R A W ('18, '20)
French Open A 2R 2R SF NH A SF QF 2R SF ('19, '22)
Korea Masters QF QF SF 1R A NH A SF ('15)
Japan Masters NH 1R A 1R ('23)
China Masters A QF A 2R W NH F A W ('19)
Syed Modi International NH A NH A SF A SF ('23)
BWF Superseries /
World Tour Finals 		DNQ F DNQ SF DNQ F ('17)
Chinese Taipei Masters NH SF W NH W ('16)
Macau Open A SF A NH A SF ('15)
New Zealand Open A SF F W A SF NH W ('16)
Scottish Open A W A N/A NH N/A NH N/A W ('15)
Year-end ranking 142 61 23 20 4 1 2 2 4 13 5 102 1
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Best
Mixed doubles
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix Best
2015 2016 2017
Australian Open A 1R 1R ('17)
Korea Open A QF QF ('17)
China Open A 2R 2R ('17)
Japan Open A F F ('17)
Denmark Open A 2R 2R ('17)
Hong Kong Open A SF SF ('17)
Chinese Taipei Masters 1R A NH 1R ('15)
Year-end ranking 734 1.159 38 32
Tournament 2015 2016 2017 Best

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