Hiroyuki Saeki


Hiroyuki Saeki is a former Japanese badminton player.

Career

Saeki was born in Okayama Prefecture, and in 2005 he won the boys' singles bronze at the Asian Junior Championships. In 2013, he won the men's doubles title at the Austrian International Challenge tournament, and at the same year, he won the men's doubles bronze at the 2013 East Asian Games. He also helps the Japanese men's team to win silver at the 2016 Asia Team Championships. Saeki plays for the Unisys team for seven year, and in March 2017, he announced his retirement.

Achievements

East Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium,
Tianjin, China		 Ryota Taohata Chen Hung-ling
Lu Chia-pin		19–21, 21–15, 17–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2005Tennis Indoor Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 Hong Ji-hoon9–15, 12–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour

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.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Akita MastersSuper 100 Hirokatsu Hashimoto Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani		16–21, 6–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Canada Open Ryota Taohata Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda		21–12, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2010Peru International Yuichi Ikeda19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2010Polish International Pablo Abián12–21, 10–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Osaka International Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif
Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub		21–19, 15–21, 21–15 Winner
2013Austrian International Ryota Taohata Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda		21–18, 15–21, 21–18 Winner
2012Scottish International Ryota Taohata Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda		21–16, 11–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2012Austrian International Ryota Taohata K. T. Rupesh Kumar
Sanave Thomas		21–23, 20–22 Runner-up
2011Austrian International Ryota Taohata Anthony Clark
Chris Langridge		15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2010Peru International Hajime Komiyama Adrian Liu
Derrick Ng		18–21, 21–10, 20–22 Runner-up