Yuki Fukushima


Yuki Fukushima is a Japanese badminton player. She and her partner Sayaka Hirota won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. The duo were ranked as world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Sayaka Hirota Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
11–21, 22–20, 21–23 Silver
2018Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China
Sayaka Hirota Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
21–19, 19–21, 20–22 Silver
2017Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland
Sayaka Hirota Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
18–21, 21–17, 15–21 Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Istora Gelora Bung Karno,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Sayaka Hirota Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
17–21, 8–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Sayaka Hirota Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
16–21, 24–26 Bronze
2018Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Sayaka Hirota Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
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
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020All England OpenSuper 1000 Sayaka Hirota Du Yue
Li Yinhui
21–13, 21–15 Winner
2019Fuzhou China OpenSuper 750 Sayaka Hirota Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–17, 21–15 Winner
2019Indonesia OpenSuper 1000 Sayaka Hirota Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
21–16, 21–18 Winner
2019Australian OpenSuper 300 Sayaka Hirota Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
21–10, 21–16 Winner
2019Malaysia MastersSuper 500 Sayaka Hirota Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
18–21, 21–16, 21–16 Winner
2018Hong Kong OpenSuper 500 Sayaka Hirota Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–18, 21–17 Winner
2018Denmark OpenSuper 750 Sayaka Hirota Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
21–19, 21–16 Winner
2018Korea OpenSuper 500 Sayaka Hirota Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
11–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2018Japan OpenSuper 750 Sayaka Hirota Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
21–15, 21–12 Winner
2018Indonesia OpenSuper 1000 Sayaka Hirota Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
21–14, 16–21, 21–14 Winner
2018All England OpenSuper 1000 Sayaka Hirota Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Christinna Pedersen
19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2018German OpenSuper 300 Sayaka Hirota Huang Dongping
Zheng Yu
18–21, 21–14, 21–6 Winner

BWF Superseries (1 title, 1 runner-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
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Dubai World Superseries Finals Sayaka Hirota Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2017Malaysia Open Sayaka Hirota Huang Yaqiong
Tang Jinhua
21–17, 18–21, 21–12 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runner-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
2017German Open Sayaka Hirota Huang Dongping
Li Yinhui
15–21, 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2016Chinese Taipei Masters Sayaka Hirota Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
11–10, 11–5, 11–7 Winner
2016New Zealand Open Sayaka Hirota Chang Ye-na
Lee So-hee
21–13, 21–16 Winner
2015Scottish Open Sayaka Hirota Samantha Barning
Iris Tabeling
21–14, 14–11 Retired Winner
2015New Zealand Open Sayaka Hirota Xia Huan
Zhong Qianxin
21–17, 22–24, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014Sydney International Kana Ito14–21, 21–13, 19–21 Winner

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Spanish International Chiharu Shida Sayaka Hirota
Nao Ono
14–21, 21–13, 19–21 Runner-up
2016Vietnam International Chiharu Shida Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
28–26, 21–15 Winner
2015Osaka International Sayaka Hirota Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2014Sydney International Sayaka Hirota Sylvina Kurniawan
Susan Wang
11–5, 11–5, 11–2 Winner
2012Singapore International Yui Miyauchi Asumi Kugo
Megumi Yokoyama
21–12, 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up

Performance timeline

National team