Sayaka Hirota

Sayaka Hirota (廣田 彩花, Hirota Sayaka, born 1 August 1994) is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Saishunkan 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 in 21 June 2018.[4]

The native form of this personal name is Hirota Sayaka. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Sayaka Hirota
廣田 彩花
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994
Kumamoto, Japan
ResidenceGifu, Gifu, Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking1 (21 June 2018)
Current ranking4 (18 January 2022)
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
Uber Cup
2018 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's doubles
Asian Championships
2018 Wuhan 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

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

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

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]

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

BWF Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[7] 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.[8] 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
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline
Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#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 events20182019202020212022
Asia Team Championships G NH G NH A
Asian Games G NH
Uber Cup G NH A NH Q
Sudirman Cup NH S NH A NH
Women's singles
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBest
201320142015
Korea Masters 1R A 1R ('13)
Scottish Open A 1R 1R ('15)
Year-end ranking 351 396 337 239
Women's doubles
Events2016201720182019202020212022
Asian Championships 2R 1R G B NH B
Asian Games NH B NH
World Championships NH S S S NH A
Olympic Games DNQ NH QF NH
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBWF World TourBest
2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
India Open A 1R SF A NH A SF ('17)
German Open A 2R W W SF NH A W ('17, '18)
All England Open A QF F SF W F 1R W ('20)
Korea Open A 2R F 2R NH A F ('18)
Korea Masters QF QF SF 1R A NH A SF ('15)
Thailand Open A NH A QF 2R w/d NH Q QF ('18)
w/d
Indonesia Masters A NH A 1R 2R A 2R ('20)
Indonesia Open A QF W W NH A W ('18, '19)
Malaysia Open A W 2R QF NH W ('17)
Malaysia Masters A 1R 1R QF A SF W 2R NH W ('19)
Singapore Open A 2R 1R A SF NH SF ('19)
Chinese Taipei Open A 2R A NH 2R ('15)
Japan Open A 1R 1R 2R SF W QF NH W ('18)
Denmark Open A 2R W SF W A W ('18, '20)
French Open A 2R 2R SF NH A SF ('19)
Macau Open A SF A NH SF ('15)
Hong Kong Open A 2R A QF W 2R NH W ('18)
Australian Open A SF A W NH W ('19)
New Zealand Open A SF F W A SF NH W ('16)
China Open A QF QF SF NH SF ('19)
Fuzhou China Open A QF A 2R W NH W ('19)
Superseries /
World Tour Finals		 DNQ F DNQ SF DNQ F ('17)
Chinese Taipei Masters NH SF W NH W ('16)
Scottish Open A W A NA NH NA W ('15)
Vietnam Open A 2R A NH 2R ('16)
Year-end ranking 142 61 23 20 4 1 2 2 4 1
Tournament2013201420152016201720182019202020212022Best
Mixed doubles
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBest
201520162017
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
Tournament201520162017Best

References
  1. "Players: Sayaka Hirota". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. "選手・スタッフ紹介: 選手・スタッフ紹介". Saishunkan Badminton (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  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. 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.
  6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  8. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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