Ayako Sakuramoto

Ayako Sakuramoto (櫻本 絢子, Sakuramoto Ayako, born 19 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team.[1][2]

Ayako Sakuramoto
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessLeft
Women's doubles
Highest ranking9 (with Yukiko Takahata 5 February 2019)
Current ranking26 (with Yukiko Takahata),
378 (with Hinata Suzuki) (19 April 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
World Junior Championships
2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asia Junior Championships
2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
2011 Lucknow Girls' doubles
2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

Sakuramoto who educated at the Kyushu International University High School, won the girls' doubles bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships.[3] She also won 2012 gold and 2013 bronze in the mixed team event.[4][5] In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Yukiko Takahata.[6] She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Takahata.[7]

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium,
Lucknow, India		 Ayano Torii Suci Rizky Andini
Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah		 15–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 1 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 Tours are 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 Swiss Open Super 300 Yukiko Takahata Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		 19–21, 21–15, 21–18 Winner
2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Yukiko Takahata Cao Tongwei
Zheng Yu		 21–9, 21–19 Winner
2018 Australian Open Super 300 Yukiko Takahata Baek Ha-na
Lee Yu-rim		 23–21, 21–18 Winner
2018 Canada Open Super 100 Yukiko Takahata Isabel Herttrich
Carla Nelte		 21–13, 21–15 Winner
2018 Singapore Open Super 500 Yukiko Takahata Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida		 16–21, 24–22, 21–13 Winner
2018 Akita Masters Super 100 Yukiko Takahata Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida		 23–21, 21–11 Winner
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Yukiko Takahata Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters Super 100 Yukiko Takahata Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida		 11–21, 21–19, 22–20 Winner
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Yukiko Takahata Nita Violina Marwah
Putri Syaikah		 21–17, 14–21, 21–15 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (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
2017 New Zealand Open Yukiko Takahata Vivian Hoo
Woon Khe Wei		 21–18, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Osaka International Yukiko Takahata Kim So-yeong
Yoo Hae-won		 21–16, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2017 Spanish International Yukiko Takahata Misato Aratama
Akane Watanabe		 21–10, 21–15 Winner
2018 Osaka International Yukiko Takahata Naoko Fukuman
Kurumi Yonao		 21–17, 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2022 Mexico International Hinata Suzuki Rui Hirokami
Yuna Kato		 21–15, 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Ayako Sakuramoto". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. "ヨネックス バドミントンチーム 選手紹介" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. "China bags 5-gold again while Japan defends 1-bronze only" (in Japanese). BadPaL. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. "Asian Juniors 2012 Team Final – Japan wins first team title". Badzine.net. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. "China regains No.1 in Asia,recovers from last year's loss to Japan" (in Japanese). BadPaL. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. "ヨネックス大阪インターナショナルチャレンジ2017" (in Japanese). Yonex. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. "バドミントンスペインインターナショナル2017" (in Japanese). Nippon Badminton Association. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  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.
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