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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 松本 麻佑 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | 7 August 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 167 (WD with Yuki Fukushima) (19 November 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
In March, Matsumoto and her partner Wakana 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.[6] 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.[7]
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 |
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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2015 | Russian Open | Kristína Gavnholt | 10–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 |
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 |
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2014 | Smiling Fish International | Wakana Nagahara | Pacharapun Chochuwong Chanisa Teachavorasinskun |
21–17, 21–11 | Winner |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |
Team events | 2013 |
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Asian Junior Championships | B |
Team events | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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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 |
Event | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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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 | |||||||||
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2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
Malaysia Open | A | QF | QF | NH | SF | A | 2R | SF ('22) | ||||
India Open | A | NH | A | W | W ('24) | |||||||
Indonesia Masters | A | NH | A | SF | 2R | 2R | A | w/d | w/d | 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 | F ('18) | ||||
BWF Superseries / World Tour Finals |
DNQ | SF | F | DNQ | w/d | F ('19) | ||||||
Macau Open | A | QF | A | NH | 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 | 1 | |
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Best |
Tournament | SS / GP | BWF World Tour | Best | |
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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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