Saena Kawakami
Kawakami at the2022 Taipei Open
Personal information
Country	Japan (2014–2024) Australia (since 2025)
Born	(1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (age 27) Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Kaori Imabeppu
Women's singles
Career record	136 wins, 79 losses
Highest ranking	15 (19 April 2018)
Medal record Women'sbadminton Representing Japan Sudirman Cup 2023 Suzhou Mixed team Uber Cup 2022 Bangkok Women's team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Women's team Asian Junior Championships 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Saena Kawakami (川上 紗惠奈,Kawakami Saena; born 5 December 1997) is a Japanese-born Australianbadminton player.^[1][2]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[4] 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.^[5]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Swiss Open	Super 300	Chen Yufei	9–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Kirsty Gilmour	21–8, 18–21, 21–16	Winner
2022	Taipei Open	Super 300	Tai Tzu-ying	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up

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 singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2015	New Zealand Open	He Bingjiao	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2015	Vietnam Open	Fitriani	26–24, 18–21, 21–10	Winner
2016	U.S. Open	Ayumi Mine	21–16, 11–21, 15–21	Runner-up	[6]
2016	Chinese Taipei Masters	Ayumi Mine	10–12, 11–7, 9–11, 10–12	Runner-up	[7]
2017	China Masters	Aya Ohori	9–21, 21–9, 18–21	Runner-up	[8]
2017	Chinese Taipei Open	Goh Jin Wei	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2017	Canada Open	Kirsty Gilmour	19–21, 21–19, 21–18	Winner
2017	New Zealand Open	Ratchanok Intanon	14–21, 21–16, 15–21	Runner-up	[9]

 BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

 BWF Grand Prix tournament

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2016	Vietnam International	Vũ Thị Trang	21–19, 19–21, 13–21	Runner-up	[10]
2019	Osaka International	Lee Se-yeon	21–14, 21–10	Winner	[11]

 BWF International Challenge tournament

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• Saena Kawakami – Hangzhou 2022 atTeam Japan(in Japanese) (in English)

• Living people
• 1997 births
• Sportspeople from Shimane Prefecture
• Japanese female badminton players
• Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
• Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
• Asian Games bronze medalists in badminton
• Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
• Asian Games badminton players for Japan
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen

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