Mayu Matsumoto

Mayu Matsumoto (松本 麻佑, Matsumoto Mayu, born 7 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player.^[2] Born in Hokkaido, she graduated from Shiritsu Towanomorisanai High School.^[3] She was part of the Hokuto Bank team.^[4] Matsumoto was awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF together with her partner Wakana Nagahara. They obtained the honor after their win in the 2018 BWF World Championships title and improving their ranking from 14 to 3 in the world.^[5] In 30 April 2019, she reached a career high as a women's doubles world No. 1.

Mayu Matsumoto
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 29) Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Residence	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)[1]
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	150 (WS, 13 August 2015) 1 (WD with Wakana Nagahara, 30 April 2019) 148 (XD with Yuki Kaneko, 19 July 2018)
Current ranking	36 (WD with Yuki Fukushima, 21 January 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2018 Nanjing Women's doubles 2019 Basel Women's doubles 2021 Huelva Women's doubles 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2019 Nanning Mixed team 2021 Vantaa Mixed team 2023 Suzhou Mixed team Uber Cup 2020 Aarhus Women's team 2022 Bangkok Women's team Asian Championships 2019 Wuhan Women's doubles 2023 Dubai Women's doubles Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team Asian Junior Championships 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

2013–2016

In 2013, Matsumoto was selected to join the national junior team compete in the Asian Junior Championships. Played in three categories women's singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, she unable to win a single medal in the individual event. She won a bronze medal after Japanese team finished in the semi-finals. In 2014, she captured two title, winning the women's doubles title in the Smiling Fish International with Wakana Nagahara, and the women's singles title in the Indonesia International.^[6] She and Nagahara also reached the finals in a Grand Prix event, Russian Open.^[7] In 2015, she finished runner-up in the women's singles in the Russian Open, losing to Czechia Kristína Gavnholt.^[8]

In 2016, Matsumoto and Nagahara reached two finals in the Grand Prix event, the U.S. and Thailand Opens.^[9][10] She claimed her first ever Grand Prix title in the 2017 Canada Open, winning the women's doubles with Nagahara.^[11] They then matched their previous year's achievement in the U.S. Open by becoming runners-up.^[12]

2018–2019

Matsumoto focused on competing in the women's doubles event in 2018. Together with Nagahara, she showed significant achievements. They won the gold medal in the 2018 World Championships,^[13] won two World Tour title in the Spain Masters and French Open,^[14][15] as well three runners-up in the Indonesia, China, and Fuzhou China Opens.^[16][17][18] During the season, the duo was improving their ranking from 14 to 3 in the world and then awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF.^[5]

Matsumoto and her partner, Nagahara, started the year as a semi-finalists in the Malaysia Masters, Indonesia Masters, and German Open.^[19] They only won a title in the BWF World Tour event, in the Singapore Open,^[20] and became a finalists at the historical All England Open,^[21] Japan Open, Asian Championships, as well at the BWF World Tour Finals, where they was beaten by Chinese pairing Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan in three finals (All England, Asian Championships, and World Tour Finals). She was selected to join Japan Sudirman Cup team, where the team won the silver medal at that competition.^[22] Matsumoto and Nagahara successfully defended their World Championships title, after battling in a close rubber games against last year finalists Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota.^[23]

2021

In March, Matsumoto and her partner Nagahara won their first World Tour Super 1000 title in the All England Open defeating their compatriots, the defending champion, and current world number 1, Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in the final.^[24] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnering Nagahara as 3rd seeds, and her pace was stopped by Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong of South Korea in the quarter-finals.^[25]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
BWF Awards	2018	Most Improved Player of the Year with Wakana Nagahara	Won	[26]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	19–21, 21–19, 22–20	Gold
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–11, 20–22, 23–21	Gold
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Wakana Nagahara	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	15–21, 12–21	Bronze
2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Wakana Nagahara	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	13–21, 14–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Wakana Nagahara	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–19, 14–21, 19–21	Silver
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Wakana Nagahara	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–16, 8–21, 13–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 11 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[27] 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.^[28]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	14–21, 21–16, 14–21	Runner-up
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Wakana Nagahara	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2018	China Open	Super 1000	Wakana Nagahara	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2018	French Open	Super 750	Wakana Nagahara	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2018	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Wakana Nagahara	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–23, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	All England Open	Super 1000	Wakana Nagahara	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–18, 20–22, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Singapore Open	Super 500	Wakana Nagahara	Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2019	Japan Open	Super 750	Wakana Nagahara	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Wakana Nagahara	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2020	Denmark Open	Super 750	Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	10–21, 21–16, 18–21	Runner-up
2021	All England Open	Super 1000	Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2022	Thailand Open	Super 500	Wakana Nagahara	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–17, 15–21, 24–26	Runner-up
2022	French Open	Super 750	Wakana Nagahara	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	19–21, 21–18, 15–21	Runner-up
2023	Canada Open	Super 500	Wakana Nagahara	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	20–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2024	India Open	Super 750	Wakana Nagahara	Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2024	Japan Masters	Super 500	Yuki Fukushima	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	15–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2025	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Yuki Fukushima	Jia Yifan Zhang Shuxian	17–21, 21–15, 21–15	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 5 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 singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Russian Open	Kristína Gavnholt	10–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Russian Open	Wakana Nagahara	Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto	17–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2016	U.S. Open	Wakana Nagahara	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	22–20, 15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Thailand Open	Wakana Nagahara	Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Canada Open	Wakana Nagahara	Chisato Hoshi Naru Shinoya	21–16, 16–21, 21–18	Winner
2017	U.S. Open	Wakana Nagahara	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Indonesia International	Hera Desi	11–10, 10–11, 11–6, 10–11, 11–9	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Smiling Fish International	Wakana Nagahara	Pacharapun Chochuwong Chanisa Teachavorasinskun	21–17, 21–11	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series 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

• Junior level

Team events	2013
Asian Junior Championships	B

• Senior level

Team events	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asia Team Championships	NH	G	NH	A	NH	A
Uber Cup	NH	S	NH	B	NH	B
Sudirman Cup	S	NH	S	NH	B	NH

Individual competitions

Senior level

Women's doubles

Event	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asian Championships	A	S	NH		A	B	QF
World Championships	G	G	NH	B	B	3R	NH
Olympic Games	NH		QF	NH			RR

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix				BWF World Tour								Best
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Malaysia Open	A				QF	QF	NH		SF	A	2R	W	W ('25)
India Open	A						NH		A		W	QF	W ('24)
Indonesia Masters	A			NH	A	SF	2R	2R	A	w/d	w/d	Q	SF ('19)
German Open	A				2R	SF	NH		w/d	QF	A		SF ('19)
French Open	A			SF	W	SF	NH	A	F	SF	SF		W ('18)
All England Open	A				SF	F	QF	W	w/d	QF	1R		W ('21)
Spain Masters	NH				W	A			NH	A			W ('18)
Thailand Open	NH	A	F	A	QF	QF	w/d	NH	F	A			F ('16, '22)
							w/d
Malaysia Masters	A		1R	A		SF	w/d	NH	2R	SF	A		SF ('19, '23)
Singapore Open	A					W	NH		A	QF	QF		W ('19)
Indonesia Open	A				F	QF	NH	QF	1R	SF	SF		F ('18)
Australian Open	A					QF	NH		QF	QF	A		QF ('19, '22, '23)
U.S. Open	A	1R	F	F	A		NH			A			F ('16, '17)
Canada Open	A	QF	A	W	A		NH		A	F	A		W ('17)
Japan Open	A	1R	1R	1R	QF	F	NH		QF	SF	1R		F ('19)
Korea Open	A			QF	QF	2R	NH		A	SF	A		SF ('23)
Chinese Taipei Open	2R	1R	A	SF	A		NH		A				SF ('17)
China Open	A				F	2R	NH			QF	A		F ('18)
Hong Kong Open	A			QF	1R	SF	NH			QF	A		SF ('19)
Denmark Open	A				1R	SF	F	A	1R	SF	A		F ('20)
Korea Masters	A		QF	A			NH		A				QF ('16)
Japan Masters	NH									SF	F		F ('24)
China Masters	A		2R	1R	F	SF	NH			QF	SF		F ('18)
BWF Superseries / World Tour Finals	DNQ				SF	F	DNQ			w/d	DNQ		F ('19)
Macau Open	A			QF	A		NH				A		QF ('17)
New Zealand Open	A		2R	2R	A	QF	NH						QF ('19)
Russian Open	F	w/d	A				NH						F ('14)
Year-end ranking	101	94	32	14	3	3	3	5	8	9	93		1
Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Best

Mixed doubles

Tournament	SS / GP		BWF World Tour	Best
	2016	2017	2018
German Open	A		1R	1R ('18)
Malaysia Open	A		1R	1R ('18)
Korea Masters	1R	A		1R ('16)
Thailand Open	A		QF	QF ('18)
Year-end ranking	521	N/A	160	148
Tournament	2016	2017	2018	Best

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External links

• Mayu Matsumoto at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Mayu Matsumoto at BWFBadminton.com
• Mayu Matsumoto at Olympics.com
• Mayu Matsumoto at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics