Ayako Sakuramoto


Ayako Sakuramoto is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. In the junior event, she won the girls' doubles bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. She also won 2012 gold and 2013 bronze in the mixed team event. In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Yukiko Takahata. She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Takahata.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium,
Lucknow, India		 Ayano Torii Suci Rizki Andini
Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah		15–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 1 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Akita MastersSuper 100 Yukiko Takahata Nita Violina Marwah
Putri Syaikah		21–17, 14–21, 21–15 Winner
2018Bangka Belitung Indonesia MastersSuper 100 Yukiko Takahata Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida		11–21, 21–19, 22–20 Winner
2018Spain MastersSuper 300 Yukiko Takahata Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2018Akita MastersSuper 100 Yukiko Takahata Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida		23–21, 21–11 Winner
2018Singapore OpenSuper 500 Yukiko Takahata Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida		16–21, 24–22, 21–13 Winner
2018Canada OpenSuper 100 Yukiko Takahata Isabel Herttrich
Carla Nelte		21–13, 21–15 Winner
2018Australian OpenSuper 300 Yukiko Takahata Baek Ha-na
Lee Yu-rim		23–21, 21–18 Winner
2018New Zealand OpenSuper 300 Yukiko Takahata Cao Tongwei
Zheng Yu		21–9, 21–19 Winner
2018Swiss OpenSuper 300 Yukiko Takahata Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		19–21, 21–15, 21–18 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017New Zealand Open Yukiko Takahata Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
Woon Khe Wei		21–18, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Osaka International Yukiko Takahata Naoko Fukuman
Kurumi Yonao		21–17, 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2017Spanish International Yukiko Takahata Misato Aratama
Akane Watanabe		21–10, 21–15 Winner
2017Osaka International Yukiko Takahata Kim So-yeong
Yoo Hae-won		21–16, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up