Sayaka Hirota
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1994-08-01)1 August 1994 (age 31) Kumamoto, Japan
Residence	Gifu, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (withYuki Fukushima 21 June 2018)
Medal record Women'sbadminton 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

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

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

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

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

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 theBadminton 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

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[10] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels wereSuperseries 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	Ref
2017	Japan Open	Takuro Hoki	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	13–21, 8–21	Runner-up	[12][13]

 BWF Superseries Finals tournament

 BWF Superseries Premier tournament

 BWF Superseries tournament

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, theGrand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton 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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
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	[14]
2016	Spanish International	Nao Ono	Yuki Fukushima Chiharu Shida	21–14, 13–21, 21–19	Winner
2025	Thailand International	Maiko Kawazoe	Mio Konegawa An Uesugi	24–22, 21–17	Winner

 BWF International Challenge tournament

Key

• Senior level

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• 1994 births
• Living people
• Badminton players from Kumamoto Prefecture
• Japanese female badminton players
• Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic badminton players for Japan
• Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games
• Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
• Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
• Asian Games badminton players for Japan
• Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
• Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
• World No. 1 badminton players
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
• Asian Games gold medalists in badminton
• Asian Games bronze medalists in badminton

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