Sayaka Hirota

Sayaka Hirota (廣田 彩花, Hirota Sayaka, born 1 August 1994) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Gifu Bluvic team.^[1][2] She and her partner Yuki Fukushima won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award.^[3] Hirota and Fukushima were ranked world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking on 21 June 2018.^[4]

Sayaka Hirota
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 30) Kumamoto, Japan
Residence	Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Yuki Fukushima 21 June 2018)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2017 Glasgow Women's doubles 2018 Nanjing Women's doubles 2019 Basel Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2019 Nanning Mixed team 2023 Suzhou Mixed team Uber Cup 2018 Bangkok Women's team 2022 Bangkok Women's team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's doubles 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles 2022 Hangzhou Women's team Asian Championships 2018 Wuhan Women's doubles 2023 Dubai Women's doubles 2019 Wuhan Women's doubles 2022 Manila Women's doubles Asia Team Championships 2018 Alor Setar Women's team 2020 Manila Women's team
BWF profile

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
BWF Awards	2017	Most Improved Player of the Year with Yuki Fukushima	Won	[5]
	2018	Female Player of the Year with Yuki Fukushima	Nominated	[6]
	2019			[7]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Yuki Fukushima	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	18–21, 21–17, 15–21	Silver
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Yuki Fukushima	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–19, 19–21, 20–22	Silver
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Yuki Fukushima	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	11–21, 22–20, 21–23	Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Yuki Fukushima	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	17–21, 8–21	Bronze
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Yuki Fukushima	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	14–21, 12–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Yuki Fukushima	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–18, 18–21, 21–15	Gold
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Yuki Fukushima	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	16–21, 24–26	Bronze
2022	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines	Yuki Fukushima	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	21–16, 15–21, 19–21	Bronze
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Yuki Fukushima	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–7, 21–14	Gold

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 8 runners-up)

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
2018	German Open	Super 300	Yuki Fukushima	Huang Dongping Zheng Yu	18–21, 21–14, 21–6	Winner
2018	All England Open	Super 1000	Yuki Fukushima	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Yuki Fukushima	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–14, 16–21, 21–14	Winner
2018	Japan Open	Super 750	Yuki Fukushima	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2018	Korea Open	Super 500	Yuki Fukushima	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Denmark Open	Super 750	Yuki Fukushima	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2018	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Yuki Fukushima	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2019	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Yuki Fukushima	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	18–21, 21–16, 21–16	Winner
2019	Australian Open	Super 300	Yuki Fukushima	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2019	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Yuki Fukushima	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2019	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Yuki Fukushima	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2020	All England Open	Super 1000	Yuki Fukushima	Du Yue Li Yinhui	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2020	Denmark Open	Super 750	Yuki Fukushima	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–10, 16–21, 21–18	Winner
2021	All England Open	Super 1000	Yuki Fukushima	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Yuki Fukushima	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–18, 14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Yuki Fukushima	Liu Shengshu Zhang Shuxian	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Swiss Open	Super 300	Yuki Fukushima	Rena Miyaura Ayako Sakuramoto	Walkover	Runner-up
2023	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Yuki Fukushima	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	20–22, 10–21	Runner-up
2023	China Masters	Super 750	Yuki Fukushima	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[10] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[11] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Malaysia Open	Yuki Fukushima	Huang Yaqiong Tang Jinhua	21–17, 18–21, 21–12	Winner
2017	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Yuki Fukushima	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Japan Open	Takuro Hoki	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	13–21, 8–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 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 doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	New Zealand Open	Yuki Fukushima	Xia Huan Zhong Qianxin	21–17, 22–24, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Scottish Open	Yuki Fukushima	Samantha Barning Iris Tabeling	21–14, 14–11 Retired	Winner
2016	New Zealand Open	Yuki Fukushima	Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2016	Chinese Taipei Masters	Yuki Fukushima	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	11–10, 11–5, 11–7	Winner
2017	German Open	Yuki Fukushima	Huang Dongping Li Yinhui	15–21, 21–17, 21–15	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Sydney International	Yuki Fukushima	Sylvina Kurniawan Susan Wang	11–5, 11–5, 11–2	Winner
2015	Osaka International	Yuki Fukushima	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Spanish International	Nao Ono	Yuki Fukushima Chiharu Shida	21–14, 13–21, 21–19	Winner

  BWF International Challenge 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

• Senior level

Team events	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asia Team Championships	G	NH	G	NH	A	NH	A
Asian Games	G	NH			B	NH
Uber Cup	G	NH	A	NH	B	NH	A
Sudirman Cup	NH	S	NH	A	NH	B	NH

Individual competitions

Senior level

Women's singles

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix			Best
	2013	2014	2015
Korea Masters	1R	A		1R ('13)
Scottish Open	A		1R	1R ('15)
Year-end ranking	351	396	337	239

Women's doubles

Events	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asian Championships	2R	1R	G	B	NH		B	G	1R
Asian Games	NH		B	NH			B	NH
World Championships	NH	S	S	S	NH	A	w/d	QF	NH
Olympic Games	DNQ	NH			QF	NH			DNQ

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix					BWF World Tour							Best
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Malaysia Open	A				W	2R	QF	NH		w/d	1R	A	W ('17)
India Open	A			1R	SF	A		NH		A	2R	A	SF ('17)
Indonesia Masters	A				NH	A	1R	2R	A		F	A	F ('23)
German Open	A			2R	W	W	SF	NH		A	QF	A	W ('17, '18)
All England Open	A				QF	F	SF	W	F	1R	2R	QF	W ('20)
Swiss Open	A							NH	A		F	A	F ('23)
Malaysia Masters	A	1R	1R	QF	A	SF	W	2R	NH	2R	QF	A	W ('19)
Thailand Open	A	NH	A			QF	2R	w/d	NH	QF	A		QF ('18, '22)
								w/d
Singapore Open	A			2R	1R	A	SF	NH		A	2R	A	SF ('19)
Indonesia Open	A				QF	W	W	NH	A	F	F	A	W ('18, '19)
Chinese Taipei Open	A		2R	A				NH		A			2R ('15)
Canada Open	A							NH		A	SF	A	SF ('23)
Korea Open	A				2R	F	2R	NH		A	2R	A	F ('18)
Japan Open	A	1R	1R	2R	SF	W	QF	NH		w/d	SF	A	W ('18)
Australian Open	A				SF	A	W	NH		QF	SF	A	W ('19)
China Open	A				QF	QF	SF	NH			QF	A	SF ('19)
Hong Kong Open	A	2R	A		QF	W	2R	NH			2R	A	W ('18)
Vietnam Open	A			2R	A			NH		A			2R ('16)
Denmark Open	A				2R	W	SF	W	A	QF	1R	A	W ('18, '20)
French Open	A				2R	2R	SF	NH	A	SF	QF	2R	SF ('19, '22)
Korea Masters	QF	QF	SF	1R	A			NH		A			SF ('15)
Japan Masters	NH										1R	A	1R ('23)
China Masters	A			QF	A	2R	W	NH			F	A	W ('19)
Syed Modi International	NH	A						NH		A	SF	A	SF ('23)
BWF Superseries / World Tour Finals	DNQ				F	DNQ	SF	DNQ					F ('17)
Chinese Taipei Masters	NH		SF	W	NH								W ('16)
Macau Open	A		SF	A				NH				A	SF ('15)
New Zealand Open	A	SF	F	W	A		SF	NH					W ('16)
Scottish Open	A		W	A			N/A	NH	N/A	NH	N/A		W ('15)
Year-end ranking	142	61	23	20	4	1	2	2	4	13	5	102	1
Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Best

Mixed doubles

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix			Best
	2015	2016	2017
Australian Open	A		1R	1R ('17)
Korea Open	A		QF	QF ('17)
China Open	A		2R	2R ('17)
Japan Open	A		F	F ('17)
Denmark Open	A		2R	2R ('17)
Hong Kong Open	A		SF	SF ('17)
Chinese Taipei Masters	1R	A	NH	1R ('15)
Year-end ranking	734	1.159	38	32
Tournament	2015	2016	2017	Best

References

1. "Players: Sayaka Hirota". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
2. "Gifu Bluvic's players" (in Japanese). Gifu Bluvic. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
3. "最も成長した選手」は福島・広田組が受賞／バドミントン". Sanspo (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
4. "【世界ランキング】福島＆廣田が初の世界ランク１位に輝く！". Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 June 2018.
5. Sukumar, Dev (12 December 2017). "Gideon & Sukamuljo Win Top Honour". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
6. "Year-End Honours for Minions, Huang Yaqiong". Badminton World Federation. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
7. "Kento Momota, Huang Ya Qiong Named BWF Players of the Year 2019". Badminton World Federation. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
8. 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.
9. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
10. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
11. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Sayaka Hirota at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Sayaka Hirota at BWFBadminton.com
• Sayaka Hirota at Olympedia
• Sayaka Hirota at Olympics.com