Eugenia Tanaka


Eugenia Tanaka is an Indonesian-born Australian badminton player. At the age of fourteen, Tanaka moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she started playing badminton, and obtained a dual citizenship. Tanaka is also a member of Badminton Academy of Victoria, and is coached and trained by Ricky Yu.
Tanaka qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifteenth and receiving a continental spot for Oceania from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Tanaka and her partner Tania Luiz lost the preliminary round match to Japanese pair Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna, with a score of 4–21 and 8–21.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia
Ann-Louise Slee Leanne Choo
Renuga Veeran
16–21, 13–21 Silver
2008Nouméa, New Caledonia Tania Luiz Michelle Chan
Rachel Hindley
10–21, 10–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia
Raymond Tam Glenn Warfe
Leanne Choo
21–17, 21–19 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Miami Pan Am International Tania Luiz Cristina Aicardi
Claudia Rivero
21–13, 21–13 Winner
2008Peru International Tania Luiz Erin Carroll
Leisha Cooper
21–23, 21–17, 21–13 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Auckland International Chad Whitehead Glenn Warfe
Renuga Veeran
12–21, 15–21 Runner-up