Sayaka Hirota
Sayaka Hirota is a Japanese badminton player. She and her partner Yuki Fukushima won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. Hirota and Fukushima were ranked world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
Women's doublesYear | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2019 | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 11–21, 22–20, 21–23 | Silver |
2018 | Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–19, 19–21, 20–22 | Silver |
2017 | Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 18–21, 21–17, 15–21 | Silver |
Asian Games
Women's doublesYear | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2018 | Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 17–21, 8–21 | Bronze |
Asian Championships
Women's doublesYear | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2019 | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 16–21, 24–26 | Bronze |
2018 | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–18, 18–21, 21–15 | Gold |
BWF World Tour (10 titles, 2 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
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2020 | All England Open | Super 1000 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–13, 21–15 | Winner |
2019 | Fuzhou China Open | Super 750 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–17, 21–15 | Winner |
2019 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–16, 21–18 | Winner |
2019 | Australian Open | Super 300 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–10, 21–16 | Winner |
2019 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 18–21, 21–16, 21–16 | Winner |
2018 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–18, 21–17 | Winner |
2018 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–19, 21–16 | Winner |
2018 | Korea Open | Super 500 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 11–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | Japan Open | Super 750 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–15, 21–12 | Winner |
2018 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–14, 16–21, 21–13 | Winner |
2018 | All England Open | Super 1000 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 19–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | German Open | Super 300 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 18–21, 21–14, 21–6 | Winner |
BWF Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up)
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2017 | Dubai World Superseries Finals | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 16–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2017 | Malaysia Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–17, 18–21, 21–12 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2017 | Japan Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 13–21, 8–21 | Runner-up |
BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 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
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2017 | German Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 15–21, 21–17, 21–15 | Winner |
2016 | Chinese Taipei Masters | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 11–10, 11–5, 11–7 | Winner |
2016 | New Zealand Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–13, 21–16 | Winner |
2015 | Scottish Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–14, 14–11 Retired | Winner |
2015 | New Zealand Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–17, 22–24, 19–21 | Runner-up |
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Women's doublesYear | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2016 | Spanish International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 21–14, 13–21, 21–19 | Winner |
2015 | Osaka International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 17–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2014 | Sydney International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 11–5, 11–5, 11–2 | Winner |
Performance timeline
National team
- Senior level
Individual competitions
- Senior level