Yukiko Takahata

Yukiko Takahata (高畑 祐紀子, Takahata Yukiko, born 18 March 1998) is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team.^[1][2] In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Ayako Sakuramoto.^[3] She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Sakuramoto.^[4]

Yukiko Takahata
Takahata in Taipei, Taiwan in October 2018
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26) Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	9 (with Ayako Sakuramoto 5 February 2019)
Current ranking	26 (with Ayako Sakuramoto 19 April 2022)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan Asia Mixed Team Championships 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
BWF profile

Takahata started to represent the national team in the 2015 World Junior Championships held in Lima, Peru, and helped the team reach the semifinals. At the BWF Grand Prix events, her best result was a runner-up at the 2017 New Zealand Open.

Teamed-up with Sakuramoto, Takahata won seven of eight finals of the 2018 BWF World Tour, with a title of Super 500 tournament from Singapore Open, three titles of Super 300 tournament from Swiss, New Zealand, and Australia Open; and three titles of Super 100 tournament. She participated at the 2019 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and won the silver medal after the team lost to the Chinese in the final.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 1 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[6]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Swiss Open	Super 300	Ayako Sakuramoto	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	19–21, 21–15, 21–18	Winner
2018	New Zealand Open	Super 300	Ayako Sakuramoto	Cao Tongwei Zheng Yu	21–9, 21–19	Winner
2018	Australian Open	Super 300	Ayako Sakuramoto	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim	23–21, 21–18	Winner
2018	Canada Open	Super 100	Ayako Sakuramoto	Isabel Herttrich Carla Nelte	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2018	Singapore Open	Super 500	Ayako Sakuramoto	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	16–21, 24–22, 21–13	Winner
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Ayako Sakuramoto	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	23–21, 21–11	Winner
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Ayako Sakuramoto	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Ayako Sakuramoto	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	11–21, 21–19, 22–20	Winner
2019	Akita Masters	Super 100	Ayako Sakuramoto	Nita Violina Marwah Putri Syaikah	21–17, 14–21, 21–15	Winner

BWF Grand Prix

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
2017	New Zealand Open	Ayako Sakuramoto	Vivian Hoo Woon Khe Wei	21–18, 16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Osaka International	Ayako Sakuramoto	Kim So-yeong Yoo Hae-won	21–16, 17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Spanish International	Ayako Sakuramoto	Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2018	Osaka International	Ayako Sakuramoto	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	21–17, 19–21, 16–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Yukiko Takahata". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
2. "ヨネックス バドミントンチーム 選手紹介" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
3. "ヨネックス大阪インターナショナルチャレンジ2017" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
4. "バドミントンスペインインターナショナル2017" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Yukiko Takahata at BWFBadminton.com
• Yukiko Takahata at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)