Mayu Matsumoto
Mayu Matsumoto 松本 麻佑 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | 7 August 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 150 (WS 13 August 2015) 1 (WD with Wakana Nagahara 30 April 2019) 148 (XD with Yuki Kaneko 19 July 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 6 (WD with Wakana Nagahara 16 July 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Mayu Matsumoto (松本 麻佑, Matsumoto Mayu, born 7 August 1995) is a Japanese badminton player.[2] Born in Hokkaido, she graduated from Shiritsu Towanomorisanai High School.[3] She was part of the Hokuto Bank team.[4] Matsumoto was awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF together with her partner Wakana Nagahara. They obtained the honor after their win in the 2018 BWF World Championships title and improving their ranking from 14 to 3 in the world.[5] In 30 April 2019, she reached a career high as a women's doubles world No. 1.
Career
[edit]2021
[edit]In March, Matsumoto and her partner Wakana Nagahara won their first World Tour Super 1000 title in the All England Open defeating their compatriots, the defending champion, and current world number 1, Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in the final.[6] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnering Nagahara as 3rd seeds, and her pace was stopped by Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong of South Korea in the quarter-finals.[7]
Achievements
[edit]BWF World Championships
[edit]Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China | ![]() |
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19–21, 21–19, 22–20 | ![]() |
2019 | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland | ![]() |
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21–11, 20–22, 23–21 | ![]() |
2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain | ![]() |
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15–21, 12–21 | ![]() |
2022 | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan | ![]() |
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13–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
Asian Championships
[edit]Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China | ![]() |
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21–19, 14–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
2023 | Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ![]() |
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21–16, 8–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
BWF World Tour (5 titles, 10 runners-up)
[edit]The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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14–21, 21–16, 14–21 | ![]() |
2018 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | ![]() |
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21–17, 21–13 | ![]() |
2018 | China Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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16–21, 12–21 | ![]() |
2018 | French Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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21–14, 21–19 | ![]() |
2018 | Fuzhou China Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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21–23, 18–21 | ![]() |
2019 | All England Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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21–18, 20–22, 11–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Singapore Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
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21–17, 22–20 | ![]() |
2019 | Japan Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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12–21, 12–21 | ![]() |
2019 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | ![]() |
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14–21, 10–21 | ![]() |
2020 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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10–21, 21–16, 18–21 | ![]() |
2021 | All England Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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21–18, 21–16 | ![]() |
2022 | Thailand Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
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21–17, 15–21, 24–26 | ![]() |
2022 | French Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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19–21, 21–18, 15–21 | ![]() |
2023 | Canada Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
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20–22, 16–21 | ![]() |
2024 | India Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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21–12, 21–13 | ![]() |
BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 5 runners-up)
[edit]The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Russian Open | ![]() |
10–21, 20–22 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Russian Open | ![]() |
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17–21, 7–21 | ![]() |
2016 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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22–20, 15–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Thailand Open | ![]() |
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12–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
2017 | Canada Open | ![]() |
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21–16, 16–21, 21–18 | ![]() |
2017 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
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16–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)
[edit]Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Indonesia International | ![]() |
11–10, 10–11, 11–6, 10–11, 11–9 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Smiling Fish International | ![]() |
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21–17, 21–11 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
Performance timeline
[edit]- Key
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |
National team
[edit]- Junior level
Team events | 2013 |
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Asian Junior Championships | B |
- Senior level
Team events | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Asia Team Championships | NH | G | NH | A | NH | A |
Uber Cup | NH | S | NH | B | NH | B |
Sudirman Cup | S | NH | S | NH | B | NH |
Individual competitions
[edit]Senior level
[edit]Women's doubles
[edit]Event | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Asian Championships | A | S | NH | A | B | QF | |
World Championships | G | G | NH | B | B | 3R | NH |
Olympic Games | NH | QF | NH | RR |
Tournament | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF World Tour | Best | |||||||||
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2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
Malaysia Open | A | QF | QF | NH | SF | A | 2R | SF ('22) | ||||
India Open | A | NH | A | W | W ('24) | |||||||
Indonesia Masters | A | NH | A | SF | 2R | 2R | A | w/d | w/d | SF ('19) | ||
German Open | A | 2R | SF | NH | w/d | QF | A | SF ('19) | ||||
French Open | A | SF | W | SF | NH | A | F | SF | SF | W ('18) | ||
All England Open | A | SF | F | QF | W | w/d | QF | 1R | W ('21) | |||
Spain Masters | NH | W | A | NH | A | W ('18) | ||||||
Thailand Open | NH | A | F | A | QF | QF | w/d | NH | F | A | F ('16, '22) | |
w/d | ||||||||||||
Malaysia Masters | A | 1R | A | SF | w/d | NH | 2R | SF | A | SF ('19, '23) | ||
Singapore Open | A | W | NH | A | QF | QF | W ('19) | |||||
Indonesia Open | A | F | QF | NH | QF | 1R | SF | SF | F ('18) | |||
Australian Open | A | QF | NH | QF | QF | A | QF ('19, '22, '23) | |||||
Chinese Taipei Open | 2R | 1R | A | SF | A | NH | A | SF ('17) | ||||
Canada Open | A | QF | A | W | A | NH | A | F | W ('17) | |||
U.S. Open | A | 1R | F | F | A | NH | A | F ('16, '17) | ||||
Korea Open | A | QF | QF | 2R | NH | A | SF | SF ('23) | ||||
Japan Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | F | NH | QF | SF | F ('19) | ||
China Open | A | F | 2R | NH | QF | F ('18) | ||||||
Hong Kong Open | A | QF | 1R | SF | NH | QF | SF ('19) | |||||
Denmark Open | A | 1R | SF | F | A | 1R | SF | F ('20) | ||||
Korea Masters | A | QF | A | NH | A | QF ('16) | ||||||
Japan Masters | NH | SF | SF ('23) | |||||||||
China Masters | A | 2R | 1R | F | SF | NH | QF | F ('18) | ||||
BWF Superseries / World Tour Finals |
DNQ | SF | F | DNQ | w/d | F ('19) | ||||||
Macau Open | A | QF | A | NH | QF ('17) | |||||||
New Zealand Open | A | 2R | 2R | A | QF | NH | QF ('19) | |||||
Russian Open | F | w/d | A | NH | F ('14) | |||||||
Year-end ranking | 101 | 94 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | |
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Best |
Mixed doubles
[edit]Tournament | SS / GP | BWF World Tour | Best | |
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2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||
German Open | A | 1R | 1R ('18) | |
Malaysia Open | A | 1R | 1R ('18) | |
Korea Masters | 1R | A | 1R ('16) | |
Thailand Open | A | QF | QF ('18) | |
Year-end ranking | 521 | N/A | 160 | 148 |
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Best |
References
[edit]- ^ "松本 麻佑 | 選手プロフィール". 日本バドミントン協会 (Nippon Badminton Association). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Players: Mayu Matsumoto". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "松本 麻佑/ Mayu Matumoto". Smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Mayu Matsumoto 松本 麻佑 No. 5". Hokuto Badminton Club (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Hearn, Don (11 December 2018). "Big winners awarded on BWF's 'Night of Nights'". Badzine. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev; Pierre, Dianne (22 March 2021). "All England: Watanabe's Double the Highlight of Japan's Sweep". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Badminton - MATSUMOTO Mayu". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Mayu Matsumoto at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Mayu Matsumoto at BWFbadminton.com