Hitomi Sato (table tennis)

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]

Hitomi Sato
Sato at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born	(1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 (age 26) Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan[1]
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking	9 (April 2017)[3]
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  Japan World Championships 2022 Chengdu Team 2019 Budapest Doubles Asian Championships 2021 Doha Team 2017 Wuxi Team 2019 Yogyakarta Team 2017 Wuxi Doubles 2019 Yogyakarta Doubles 2023 Pyeongchang Team

ITTF results

Singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Final opponent	Score	Rank
2016	Croatia Open	Challenge	Miu Hirano	4–1[5]
2017	Belarus Open		Honoka Hashimoto	4–1[6]
	Thailand Open			4–1[7]
	Slovenian Open		Georgina Póta	4–0[8]
2018	Spanish Open		Saki Shibata	2–4[9]
2019	Thailand Open			4–3[10]

Doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Final opponents	Score	Rank
2016	Australian Open	Challenge	Honoka Hashimoto	Jian Fang Lay Miao Miao	3–1[11]
	Belarus Open			Jung Yu-mi Park Se-ri	3–1[12]
	Austrian Open	World Tour		Miyu Kato Hina Hayata	3–2[13]
2017	Thailand Open	Challenge		Doo Hoi Kem Mak Tze Wing	3–0[7]
	Croatia Open			Nadezhda Bogdanova Daria Trigolos	3–0[14]
	Austrian Open	World Tour		Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha	2–3[15]
	Belgium Open	Challenge		Lee Zi-on Song Ma-eum	3–2[16]
2018	Spanish Open			Sarah De Nutte Ni Xialian	3–0[17]
	Croatia Open			Matilda Ekholm Georgina Póta	3–1[18]
	Australian Open	World Tour		Hina Hayata Mima Ito	0–3[19]
2019	Oman Open	Challenge		Saki Shibata Satsuki Odo	1–3[20]
	Croatia Open			Miyuu Kihara Miyu Nagasaki	2–3[21]
	Canada Open			Che Xiaoxi Li Jiayi	3–0[22]

Career records

Doubles

• World Championships: 3rd (2019).
• Asian Championships: 3rd (2017, 2019).
• Asian Junior and Cadet Championships: 3rd (2015)

Team

• World Team Cup: 2nd (2019)
• Asian Championships: 2nd (2017, 2019).
• Asian Junior and Cadet Championships: 2nd (2014, 2015)

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. 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. 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.
12. Marshall, Ian (12 September 2016). "Sato and Hashimoto partner up for success". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
13. Daish, Simon (13 November 2016). "All-Japanese Women's Doubles final comes down to dramatic finish". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
14. Daish, Simon (7 May 2017). "Review: titles decided, Zagreb Open draws to close". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
15. Daish, Simon (25 September 2017). "Reigning champions defeated, Chen Xingtong and Sun Yingsha triumph in Linz". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
16. Marshall, Ian (4 November 2017). "Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato clinch title but tested by spirited Korean duo". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
17. Marshall, Ian (1 April 2018). "Status justified, Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato add to collection". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
18. Marshall, Ian (15 April 2018). "Milestone win for Hungarians, yet another for Japanese duo". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
19. Marshall, Ian (29 July 2018). "Silver for Melbourne champions, top seeds prevail". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
20. Marshall, Ian (24 March 2019). "Oman Highlights Final Day: talent shines through". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
21. "Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Croatia Open". ITTF. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
22. Marshall, Ian (9 December 2019). "Markham review: China and Japan share spoils". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

External links

• Hitomi Sato at World Table Tennis