Yuta Watanabe (渡辺 勇大,Watanabe Yūta; born 13 June 1997) is a Japanesebadminton player.[2] He is a former member of theJapanese national team and joinedJ-Power in April 2025.[3][4] He is known for his quick and explosive movements with signature drop shots. Partnered withArisa Higashino, Watanabe won consecutive mixed doubles bronze medals at the2020[5] and2024 Olympics.[6] The pair has also secured four medals at theBWF World Championships.
Watanabe started his career in badminton when he joined the Kodaira junior club in Tokyo in 2005. He had shown his talent in badminton when he won some national event when he was in the elementary school. He made a partnership withArisa Higashino as his senior in Tomioka Dai-ichi Junior High School in 2012.[7]
Watanabe was selected to join national junior team competed at the2014 Asian Junior Championships, and helped the team win the mixed team bronze medal.[8] He also settled for another bronze medal in the boys' doubles event partnered withKenya Mitsuhashi.[9] At theWorld Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia, he won the bronze medals in the mixed doubles event withArisa Higashino and in the mixed team event.[10][11] In June 2014, he made his first appearance in the senior international event at theJapan Open, competed in the mixed doubles with Higashino, but the duo was defeated in the first round. He captured two titles at the 2014 Korea Junior Open in the boys' and mixed doubles event teamed-up with Mitsuhashi andChiharu Shida respectively.
Watanabe started the 2015 season, by winning the boys' doubles title at the Dutch Junior tournament withKenya Mitsuhashi, and finished as the semi-finalists in the mixed doubles withChiharu Shida, and later won the mixed doubles title in German Junior tournament. In July, he competed at theAsian Junior Championships, clinched the bronze medals in the boys' singles and mixed team events.[12][13] He reached his first final in the senior international event at the2015 Russian Open aBWF Grand Prix tournament, where he and his partner Higashino defeated by Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying.[14] At the Danish Junior Cup, he clinched two titles by winning the boys' singles and doubles events. In November, he won the boys' doubles bronze medal at theWorld Junior Championships in Lima, Peru.[15]
In 2016, Watanabe won his first senior title atVietnam International Challenge in the mixed doubles paired-up with Higashino, besides that he became a runner-up in the men's doubles with Mitsuhashi.[16] In 2017, Watanabe started a new partnership withHiroyuki Endo in the men's doubles. The notional points they both have managed them to compete in the Superseries event; while he and Higashino also have sufficient ranking to entered the Superseries stage. The best achievement during the season is to reach the semi-finals atGerman Open andMalaysia Masters in the men's doubles,[17] and also semi-finals at theAll England Open in the mixed doubles.[18]
Significant progress occurs in 2018 season. Watanabe with his partner Higashino in the mixed doubles and Endo in the men's doubles are able to break the international doubles stage by reaching third and five place in the BWF rankings. Watanabe and Higashino became the first mixed doubles from Japan to win theAll England Open since the tournament was first contested in 1899.[19] En route to the finals, they beat the top three seeds,[20] and then clinched the title after defeating the fifth seeded pairZheng Siwei andHuang Yaqiong in the rubber game.[19] Both also won theHong Kong Open after beating Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping in the finals. It was their first win over the world silver medallists in six meetings.[21] Besides that, the duo finished in the semi-finals at theMalaysia,Japan,French, andFuzhou China Opens;[22][23][24][25] and in the year-end tournamentBWF World Tour Finals.[26] Meanwhile, paired with Endo, they won theKorea Open title;[27] and finished as finalists in the Malaysia Open,Thailand Open, and World Tour Finals.[28][29][30] Watanabe also part of the Japanese national team that won the silver medal in theThomas Cup and the bronze in theAsian Games.[31][32][33]
In the first half of the 2019 season, Watanabe has collected three titles, two in the men's doubles at theGerman Open andAsian Championships;[34][35] and also a title in the mixed doubles at theMalaysia Masters.[36] At the Asian Championships, Watanabe and Endo beating the top seeds and current World number 1, Gideon and Sukamuljo with a landslide score of 21–18, 21–3.[35] He reached the finals in the mixed doubles at theAll England Open,[37] and the finals in the men's doubles at theNew Zealand Open.[38] Together with the National team, he won the silver medal at theAsia Mixed Team Championships and at theSudirman Cup.[39][40]
In the second half of 2019 season, Watanabe has won a title in the mixed doubles. Together with Higashino, they defended theHong Kong Open title.[41] Their journey in the remainder of the season does look quite difficult. In four meetings against Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, they only managed to win once, in the group stage of the World Tour Finals;[42] the rest were losses in the finals of theThailand Open,[43] as well in the semi-finals of theWorld Championships,French Open andWorld Tour Finals.[44][45] The head-to-head record between the pairs stood at 2–8.[46] Meanwhile, with Endo, their best result were finalists in the World Tour Finals, where the duo failed for the sixth time to beat the Indonesian veteran pairMohammad Ahsan andHendra Setiawan in their seven meetings.[47][48]
In 2020, Watanabe participated in theBadminton Asia Team Championships, where the Japanese men's team finished in the semi-finals.[49] Watanabe then made history for Japan badminton, as he and his partner Endo, becoming the first Japanese men's doubles champions at theAll England Open, after beating Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in the final. It was their sixth straight win over Gideon and Sukamuljo.[50] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, numerous tournaments on the2020 BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled for later in the year. He competed in the national events in December, and managed to claim his fourth mixed doubles consecutive title at theJapanese National Championships with Higashino, and third title in the men's doubles with Endo.[51]
In March, Watanabe won both the men's and mixed doubles disciplines in theAll England Open withHiroyuki Endo andArisa Higashino. He was the first player in over 19 years to accomplish such a feat.[52] In July, he competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in themen's doubles partnering Endo, and in themixed doubles with Higashino. Watanabe and Endo's pace was stopped in the quarter-finals to eventual gold medalistsLee Yang andWang Chi-lin, while in the mixed doubles, Watanabe and Higashino clinched a bronze medal after winning the bronze medal game againstTang Chun Man andTse Ying Suet in straight games.[53][54] Since Endo decided to retire from international tournaments after the Tokyo Olympics, Watanabe has focused on competing in mixed doubles.[55] After the Olympics, Watanabe and Higashino reached five finals, winning theDenmark andFrench Opens,[56][57] and became a finalist in theIndonesia Open,[58]World Tour Finals,[59] and also at theWorld Championships.[60]
In 2022, Watanebe only won a title, where he and his partner, Higashino, successfully to defend theAll England Open in March.[61] Furthermore, he and his partner won the silver medal in theWorld Championships defeating by Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the finals,[62] and a bronze medal in theAsian Championships defeating by Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping in the semi-finals.[63] Another results that they achieved in 2022 were the finalists in theIndonesia andJapan Opens.[64][65] Watanabe and Higashino then reached their career high as world number 1 in the BWF mixed doubles ranking on 8 November 2022.[66]
Watanabe started the 2023 season by competing in theMalaysia Open, where he and his partner, Higashino, finished as the finalists.[67] In the following week, they emerged as a champion in theIndia Open, after their opponent Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping withdrawn from the final match.[68] In March, they unable to defend theirAll England Open title, since Watanabe struggling with injury in the second round against Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun.[69] Watanabe helps the national team advanced to the knocked out stage in theSudirman Cup,[70] where the team finished in the semi-finals.[71] In June, Watanabe and Higashino reached the finals in theSingapore andIndonesia Opens.[72][73] In the next tournaments, they stopped in the quarter-finals of theCanada Open to Taiwanese pairing Lee Jhe-huei and Hsu Ya-ching,[74] and then in the semi-finals of theKorea Open to Chinese rising star Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin.[75] The duo then won theJapan Open, becoming the first ever Japanaese pairing to claimed the Japan Open title since it was first contested in 1982.[76] They clinched the bronze medal in theWorld Championships defeating by Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung in the semi-finals.[77] He competed in the2022 Asian Games, won a silver in the mixed doubles and a bronze in the men's team event.[78][79] In the rest of the season, Watanabe and Higashino finished as the semi-finalists in theFrench Open,[80]Japan Masters,[81] as well in the year-end finals tournament theWorld Tour Finals.[82]
Watanabe and Higashino opened the 2024 season as a champion in theMalaysia Open.[83] Another result that the duo achieved in the first half of the season were finalists in theAll England Open,[84] quarter-finalists in theIndia Open,[85]French Open,[86] and at theAsian Championships.[87] In two tournaments before the Paris Olympics, they suffered early rounds defeat in theSingapore andIndonesia Opens.[88][89] He then made his second appearance at the Olympics in the2024 Paris Olympics, winning a bronze medal after defeating Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung in the bronze medal match.[6] Watanabe ended his 13 years partnership with Higashino, after the quarter-finals defeat in theJapan Open.[90] He then made a new partnership withMaya Taguchi, and made a debut in theDenmark Open, where they lost in the first round.[91] They suffered a series of defeats in the early rounds in the first round of theJapan Masters and in the second round of theChina Masters.[92][93]
Watanabe and Taguchi continued their partnership in this year which they suffered second round losses in bothIndia Open andIndonesia Masters.[94][95] This pair got better in their next two tournament when they manage to score two finals and win one inSri Lanka International.[96][97] In July, Watanabe reached quarterfinals with new partner,Hina Osawa atMacau Open in which both of them withdrawed due to Watanabe's injury prior to the match.[98] Two months later inHong Kong Open, Watanabe improved his game and grabbed the semifinals spot alongside a veteran shuttler,Misaki Matsutomo where they lost to eventual champion,Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping.[99] In October, Watanabe paired again with Taguchi and finally won their first world tour together,Malaysia Super 100.[100]
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza,Tokyo, Japan | 21–17, 23–21 | [5] | |||
| 2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena,Paris, France | 21–13, 22–20 | [6] |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland | 11–21, 15–21 | Bronze | [44] | ||
| 2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain | 13–21, 14–21 | Silver | [60] | ||
| 2022 | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan | 13–21, 16–21 | Silver | [62] | ||
| 2023 | Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark | 15–21, 13–21 | Bronze | [77] |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Binjiang Gymnasium,Hangzhou, China | 15–21, 14–21 | Silver | [78] |
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China | 21–18, 21–3 | Gold | [35] |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines | 12–21, 22–24 | Bronze | [63] |
Boys' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna, Lima, Peru | 13–21, 16–21 | Bronze | [15] |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia | 19–21, 12–21 | Bronze | [10] |
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | CPB Badminton Training Center,Bangkok, Thailand | 10–21, 12–21 | Bronze | [12] |
Boys' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan | 10–21, 8–21 | Bronze | [9] |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[101] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[102]
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Malaysia Open | Super 750 | 8–21, 10–21 | [28] | |||
| 2018 | Thailand Open | Super 500 | 17–21, 19–21 | [29] | |||
| 2018 | Korea Open | Super 500 | 9–21, 21–15, 21–10 | [27] | |||
| 2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | 15–21, 11–21 | [30] | |||
| 2019 | German Open | Super 300 | 15–21, 21–11, 21–12 | [34] | |||
| 2019 | New Zealand Open | Super 300 | 22–20, 15–21, 17–21 | [38] | |||
| 2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | 22–24, 19–21 | [47] | |||
| 2020 | All England Open | Super 1000 | 21–18, 12–21, 21–19 | [50] | |||
| 2021 | All England Open | Super 1000 | 21–15, 17–21, 21–11 | [52] |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | All England Open | Super 1000 | 15–21, 22–20, 21–16 | [19] | |||
| 2018 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | 21–18, 21–14 | [21] | |||
| 2019 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | 21–18, 21–18 | [36] | |||
| 2019 | All England Open | Super 1000 | 17–21, 20–22 | [37] | |||
| 2019 | Thailand Open | Super 500 | 22–24, 21–23 | [43] | |||
| 2019 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | 22–20, 21–16 | [41] | |||
| 2021 | All England Open | Super 1000 | 21–14, 21–13 | [52] | |||
| 2021 | Denmark Open | Super 1000 | 21–18, 21–9 | [56] | |||
| 2021 | French Open | Super 750 | 21–8, 21–17 | [57] | |||
| 2021 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | 12–21, 13–21 | [58] | |||
| 2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | 19–21, 11–21 | [59] | |||
| 2022 | All England Open | Super 1000 | 21–19, 21–19 | [61] | |||
| 2022 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | 14–21, 16–21 | [64] | |||
| 2022 | Japan Open | Super 750 | 21–16, 21–23, 18–21 | [65] | |||
| 2023 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | 19–21, 11–21 | [67] | |||
| 2023 | India Open | Super 750 | Walkover | [68] | |||
| 2023 | Singapore Open | Super 750 | 14–21, 22–20, 16–21 | [72] | |||
| 2023 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | 14–21, 11–21 | [73] | |||
| 2023 | Japan Open | Super 750 | 17–21, 21–16, 21–15 | [76] | |||
| 2024 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | 21–18, 21–15 | [83] | |||
| 2024 | All England Open | Super 1000 | 16–21, 11–21 | [84] | |||
| 2025 | Malaysia Super 100 | Super 100 | 21–18, 21–12 | [100] |
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.
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Russian Open | 13–21, 21–23 | [14] |
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Austrian Open | 14–21, 16–21 | [103] | |||
| 2016 | Vietnam International | 19–21, 14–21 | [16] |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Vietnam International | 21–16, 21–14 | [16] | |||
| 2025 | Sri Lanka International | 21–16, 14–21, 18–21 | [96] | |||
| 2025 | Sri Lanka International | 21–15, 21–16 | [97] |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |
| Team events | 2014 | 2015 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Junior Championships | B | B | [8][13] |
| World Junior Championships | B | 4th | [11][104] |
| Team events | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Team Championships | NH | QF | NH | A | NH | A | NH | [105] |
| Asia Mixed Team Championships | G | NH | S | NH | QF | [40] | ||
| Asian Games | NH | B | NH | B | NH | [32][79] | ||
| Thomas Cup | NH | S | NH | B | B | NH | [31] | |
| Sudirman Cup | B | NH | S | NH | S | NH | B | [39][71] |
| Event | 2015 | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Asia Junior Championships | B | [12] |
| World Junior Championships | 2R | [106] |
| Event | 2014 | 2015 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Junior Championships | B | 1R | [9] |
| World Junior Championships | 1R | B | [10][15] |
| Event | 2014 | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Asia Junior Championships | 3R | [107] |
| World Junior Championships | B | [10] |
| Tournament | Grand Prix | Best | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | |||
| Russian Open | 1R | 1R ('15) | [108] |
| Year-end ranking | 1,091 | 973 |
| Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Championships | 2R | QF | G | NH | [35] |
| World Championships | 2R | 3R | 2R | NH | [109] |
| Olympic Games | NH | QF | [53] | ||
| Tournament | BWF Superseries /Grand Prix | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||
| Syed Modi International | A | 1R | A | NH | 1R ('18) | [110] | |||
| German Open | A | SF | 1R | W | NH | W ('19) | [17][34] | ||
| All England Open | A | 1R | SF | 2R | W | W | W ('20, '21) | [50][52][61] | |
| Korea Open | A | W | 2R | NH | W ('18) | [27] | |||
| Korea Masters | A | QF | A | NH | QF ('16) | ||||
| Thailand Open | A | F | SF | NH | F ('18) | [29][111] | |||
| Indonesia Masters | A | NH | 1R | QF | A | QF ('19) | [112] | ||
| Indonesia Open | A | 1R | 2R | QF | NH | A | QF ('19) | [113] | |
| Malaysia Open | A | 1R | F | 1R | NH | F ('18) | [28] | ||
| Malaysia Masters | A | SF | 2R | QF | A | NH | SF ('17) | [114] | |
| Singapore Open | A | 1R | A | 2R | NH | 2R ('19) | |||
| Japan Open | A | 2R | A | 1R | QF | NH | QF ('19) | ||
| U.S. Open | A | 2R | A | NH | 2R ('16) | [115] | |||
| Denmark Open | A | 1R | QF | w/d | A | QF ('19) | |||
| French Open | A | 2R | SF | NH | A | SF ('19) | [116] | ||
| Hong Kong Open | A | 2R | A | 1R | SF | NH | SF ('19) | [117] | |
| Australian Open | A | 2R | A | 1R | NH | 2R ('17) | [118] | ||
| New Zealand Open | A | F | NH | F ('19) | [38] | ||||
| China Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | NH | QF ('19) | [119] | |
| China Masters | A | 2R | 2R | NH | 2R ('18, '19) | [120] | |||
| Russian Open | 2R | A | NH | 2R ('15) | [121] | ||||
| U.S. Grand Prix | 1R | N/A | NH | 1R ('15) | [122] | ||||
| Superseries /World Tour Finals | DNQ | F | F | DNQ | F ('18, '19) | [30][47] | |||
| Year-end ranking | 224 | 62 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Best | Ref |
| Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Championships | 1R | 2R | QF | NH | B | w/d | QF | w/d | [35][63][87] | |
| Asian Games | NH | QF | NH | S | NH | [78] | ||||
| World Championships | 2R | 3R | B | NH | S | S | B | NH | DNQ | [44][60][62][77] |
| Olympic Games | NH | B | NH | B | NH | [5][54][6] | ||||
| Tournament | BWF Superseries /Grand Prix | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| Malaysia Open | A | 1R | SF | 1R | NH | 1R | F | W | A | W ('24) | [22][67][83] | |||
| India Open | A | 1R | A | W | QF | 2R | W ('23) | [68][85] | ||||||
| Indonesia Masters | A | NH | 1R | SF | A | SF | A | w/d | A | 2R | SF ('19, '21) | [123] | ||
| German Open | A | 1R | 2R | QF | NH | 1R | 2R | A | QF ('19) | |||||
| All England Open | A | SF | W | F | 2R | W | W | 2R | F | A | W ('18, '21, '22) | [18][19][37][52][61][69][84] | ||
| Ruichang China Masters | NA | A | NH | A | 2R | 2R ('25) | ||||||||
| Thailand Open | A | 1R | F | NH | SF | A | F ('19) | [43] | ||||||
| Malaysia Masters | A | 1R | W | A | NH | QF | A | W ('19) | [36] | |||||
| Singapore Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | NH | A | F | 1R | 2R | F ('23) | [72][88] | |||
| Indonesia Open | A | 2R | QF | 1R | NH | F | F | F | 1R | A | F ('21, '22, '23) | [58][64][73][89] | ||
| U.S. Open | A | 2R | A | NH | A | 2R ('16) | ||||||||
| Canada Open | A | NH | A | QF | A | QF ('23) | [74] | |||||||
| Japan Open | 1R | Q8 | 2R | A | SF | QF | NH | F | W | QF | 1R | W ('23) | [25][65][76][90] | |
| China Open | A | QF | 1R | QF | QF | NH | QF | w/d | A | QF ('16, '18, '19, '23) | ||||
| Macau Open | A | NH | A | QF | QF ('25) | [98] | ||||||||
| Hong Kong Open | A | 2R | A | W | W | NH | w/d | A | SF | W ('18, '19) | [21][41] | |||
| China Masters | A | SF | A | SF | SF | NH | 1R | 2R | A | SF ('16, '18, '19) | [24][93][124] | |||
| Korea Open | A | QF | QF | NH | A | SF | A | 2R | SF ('23) | [75] | ||||
| Denmark Open | A | 1R | 1R | w/d | W | QF | 2R | 1R | A | W ('21) | [56][91] | |||
| Malaysia Super 100 | N/A | A | W | W ('25) | [100] | |||||||||
| French Open | A | SF | SF | NH | W | w/d | SF | QF | A | W ('21) | [23][57][80][86] | |||
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | N/A | A | NH | A | A | SF ('25 II) | ||||||||
| A | SF | |||||||||||||
| Korea Masters | A | 2R | A | NH | A | 2R ('16) | ||||||||
| Japan Masters | N/A | SF | 1R | w/d | SF ('23) | [81][92] | ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | SF | NH | w/d | w/d | A | SF ('19) | |||||
| Superseries /World Tour Finals | DNQ | SF | SF | DNQ | F | w/d | SF | DNQ | F ('21) | [26][45][59][82] | ||||
| Hylo Open | A | w/d | A | — | ||||||||||
| New Zealand Open | A | QF | A | NH | QF ('16) | [125] | ||||||||
| Russian Open | A | F | A | NH | F ('15) | [14] | ||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 421 | 184 | 22 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | [66] | |
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Best | Ref |