Sayaka Hirota


Sayaka Hirota is a Japanese badminton player. She and her partner Yuki Fukushima won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. Hirota and Fukushima were ranked world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
11–21, 22–20, 21–23 Silver
2018Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China
Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
21–19, 19–21, 20–22 Silver
2017Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland
Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
18–21, 21–17, 15–21 Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Istora Gelora Bung Karno,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
17–21, 8–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
16–21, 24–26 Bronze
2018Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Yuki Fukushima Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
21–18, 18–21, 21–15 Gold

BWF World Tour (10 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020All England OpenSuper 1000 Yuki Fukushima Du Yue
Li Yinhui
21–13, 21–15 Winner
2019Fuzhou China OpenSuper 750 Yuki Fukushima Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–17, 21–15 Winner
2019Indonesia OpenSuper 1000 Yuki Fukushima Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
21–16, 21–18 Winner
2019Australian OpenSuper 300 Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
21–10, 21–16 Winner
2019Malaysia MastersSuper 500 Yuki Fukushima Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
18–21, 21–16, 21–16 Winner
2018Hong Kong OpenSuper 500 Yuki Fukushima Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–18, 21–17 Winner
2018Denmark OpenSuper 750 Yuki Fukushima Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
21–19, 21–16 Winner
2018Korea OpenSuper 500 Yuki Fukushima Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
11–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2018Japan OpenSuper 750 Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
21–15, 21–12 Winner
2018Indonesia OpenSuper 1000 Yuki Fukushima Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
21–14, 16–21, 21–13 Winner
2018All England OpenSuper 1000 Yuki Fukushima Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Christinna Pedersen
19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2018German OpenSuper 300 Yuki Fukushima Huang Dongping
Zheng Yu
18–21, 21–14, 21–6 Winner

BWF Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Dubai World Superseries Finals Yuki Fukushima Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2017Malaysia Open Yuki Fukushima Huang Yaqiong
Tang Jinhua
21–17, 18–21, 21–12 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Japan Open Takuro Hoki Wang Yilv
Huang Dongping
13–21, 8–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runners-up)

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 since 2007.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017German Open Yuki Fukushima Huang Dongping
Li Yinhui
15–21, 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2016Chinese Taipei Masters Yuki Fukushima Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
11–10, 11–5, 11–7 Winner
2016New Zealand Open Yuki Fukushima Chang Ye-na
Lee So-hee
21–13, 21–16 Winner
2015Scottish Open Yuki Fukushima Samantha Barning
Iris Tabeling
21–14, 14–11 Retired Winner
2015New Zealand Open Yuki Fukushima Xia Huan
Zhong Qianxin
21–17, 22–24, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Spanish International Nao Ono Yuki Fukushima
Chiharu Shida
21–14, 13–21, 21–19 Winner
2015Osaka International Yuki Fukushima Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2014Sydney International Yuki Fukushima Sylvina Kurniawan
Susan Wang
11–5, 11–5, 11–2 Winner

Performance timeline

National team