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Misaki Matsutomo
Japanese badminton player

Misaki Matsutomo

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Intro
Japanese badminton player
A.K.A.
Matsutomo Misaki
Places
Japan
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Athlete Badminton player
Work field
Sports
Gender
Female
Birth
8 February 1992 People who share this birthday
Place of birth
Tokushima, Japan
Star sign
AquariusAquarius People who share this birthday
Age
32 years
Stats
Height:
1.60 m
Weight:
50 kg
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Biography

Misaki Matsutomo (松友 美佐紀, Matsutomo Misaki, born 8 February 1992) is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist.Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in Mexico.

Career overview

In 2016, she won the women's doubles gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She and her women's doubles partner Ayaka Takahashi were also honoured with the Female Player of the Year award. They have been playing together for more than ten years, ever since they were schoolmates. Matsutomo and Takahashi became the first pair from outside China to win the women’s Olympic doubles title since the 1996 Atlanta Games, giving Japan its second medal in the event after Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa took silver at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult

Asian Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 6 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 (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Korea MastersSuper 300 Ayaka Takahashi Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida		21–15, 17–21, 18–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019China OpenSuper 1000 Ayaka Takahashi Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		14–21, 18–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019Indonesia OpenSuper 1000 Ayaka Takahashi Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota		16–21, 18–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019New Zealand OpenSuper 300 Ayaka Takahashi Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong		15–21, 18–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019German OpenSuper 300 Ayaka Takahashi Du Yue
Li Yinhui		20–22, 15–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019Indonesia MastersSuper 500 Ayaka Takahashi Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong		21–19, 21–151st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018BWF World Tour FinalsWorld Tour Finals Ayaka Takahashi Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan		21–12, 22–201st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018Korea OpenSuper 500 Ayaka Takahashi Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota		21–11, 21–181st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018China OpenSuper 1000 Ayaka Takahashi Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara		21–16, 21–121st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018Thailand OpenSuper 500 Ayaka Takahashi Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu		13–21, 10–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018Malaysia OpenSuper 750 Ayaka Takahashi Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		21–12, 21–121st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018Indonesia MastersSuper 500 Ayaka Takahashi Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu		21–17, 21–121st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Superseries (9 titles, 13 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). 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
2017Japan Open Ayaka Takahashi Kim Ha-na
Kong Hee-yong		21–18, 21–161st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017Australian Open Ayaka Takahashi Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Christinna Pedersen		21–10, 21–131st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017Singapore Open Ayaka Takahashi Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Christinna Pedersen		18–21, 21–14, 15–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016Super Series Finals Ayaka Takahashi Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		15–21, 21–13, 17–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016Denmark Open Ayaka Takahashi Jung Kyung-eun
Shin Seung-chan		19–21, 21–11, 21–161st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016Japan Open Ayaka Takahashi Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl		21–19, 18–21, 12–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016Indonesia Open Ayaka Takahashi Tang Yuanting
Yu Yang		21–15, 8–21, 21–151st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016Singapore Open Ayaka Takahashi Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii		Walkover2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016India Open Ayaka Takahashi Naoko Fukuman
Kurumi Yonao		21–18, 21–181st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016All England Ayaka Takahashi Tang Yuanting
Yu Yang		21–10, 21–121st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015China Open Ayaka Takahashi Tang Yuanting
Yu Yang		21–18, 13–21, 12–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015Singapore Open Ayaka Takahashi Ou Dongni
Yu Xiaohan		17–21, 16–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015India Open Ayaka Takahashi Luo Ying
Luo Yu		21-19, 21-191st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014Super Series Finals Ayaka Takahashi Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		21–17, 21–141st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014Hong Kong Open Ayaka Takahashi Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		13–21, 13–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014Denmark Open Ayaka Takahashi Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		14–21, 14–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014Australian Open Ayaka Takahashi Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		15–21, 9–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014Japan Open Ayaka Takahashi Reika Kakiiwa
Miyuki Maeda		21-13, 21-171st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014Malaysia Open Ayaka Takahashi Bao Yixin
Tang Jinhua		19-21, 21-14, 13-212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013Singapore Open Ayaka Takahashi Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		19-21, 16-212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013Malaysia Open Ayaka Takahashi Bao Yixin
Tian Qing		16–21, 14–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012Denmark Open Ayaka Takahashi Ma Jin
Tang Jinhua		8–21, 12–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Superseries Finals tournament
     BWF Superseries Premier tournament
     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Malaysia Masters Ayaka Takahashi Tang Yuanting
Yu Yang		21–18, 22–201st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014German Open Ayaka Takahashi Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na		23–21, 24–221st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012Indonesian Masters Ayaka Takahashi Eom Hye-won
Jang Ye-na		21–12, 12–21, 21–131st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012Canada Open Ayaka Takahashi Koharu Yonemoto
Yuriko Miki		21–15, 15–21, 21–121st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012U.S. Open Ayaka Takahashi Valeri Sorokina
Nina Vislova		21–19, 21–171st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011Russian Open Ayaka Takahashi Valeri Sorokina
Nina Vislova		20–22, 18–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009Syed Modi Memorial Ayaka Takahashi Nadya Melati
Devi Tika Permatasari		21–14, 15–21, 21–151st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012U.S. Open Kenichi Hayakawa Tony Gunawan
Vita Marissa		13–21, 10–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2009Belgian International Yao Jie14–21, 21–14, 16–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008North Shore City International Sayaka Sato18–21, 20–222nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Osaka International Ayaka Takahashi Mizuki Fujii
Reika Kakiiwa		19–21, 16–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009Osaka International Ayaka Takahashi Kaori Mori
Aya Wakisaka		21–16, 16–21, 24–221st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009Belgian International Ayaka Takahashi Emma Mason
Samantha Ward		21–8, 18–21, 21–131st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Waikato International Naomasa Senkyo Henry Tam
Donna Haliday		13–21, 18–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Japanese team

  • Junior level
Team Events2007
  • Senior level
Team Events201620172018
Team Events2012201420162018
Team Events2013201520172019

Individual competitions

  • Junior level
Event2010
  • Senior level
Event20112013201420152016201720182019
Tournament201820192020Best
BWF World Tour
Malaysia MastersQFSF
R2		QFW (2016)
Indonesia MastersWW
R1		SFW (2012, 2018, 2019)
German Openw/dF
R2		QW (2014)
All England OpenQFR1
R1		SFW (2016)
India OpenAQW (2015, 2016)
Malaysia OpenW
R2		R2
R1		QW (2018)
Singapore OpenAR2
QF		F (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
New Zealand OpenAFF (2019)
Australian OpenASFW (2017)
Indonesia OpenSF
R2		F
R1		W (2016)
Japan OpenR2
R2		SF
R1		W (2014, 2017)
Thailand OpenF
R2		QF
QF		F (2018)
China OpenW
R1		F
QF		W (2018)
Korea OpenW
R2		QF
QF		W (2018)
Denmark OpenR2R1
R1		W (2016)
French OpenQFR2
R1		SF (2016)
Fuzhou China OpenSF
R1		R2
R1		SF (2018)
Hong Kong OpenQF
R1		QF
QF		F (2017)
Korea MastersAFF (2019)
Syed Modi InternationalR1AW (2009)
BWF World Tour FinalsWNQW (2014, 2018)
Year-end Ranking2
75		4
23		1
12
Tournament201820192020Best
Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017Best
BWF Super Series
All England OpenAR1
R1		R2R2R1
R1		SF
QF		R1
R2		WR2W (2016)
Swiss OpenAR1
R1		GPGQF (2012)
India OpenGPGR2
R1		QFSF
R2		QF
R1		W
QF		WAW (2015, 2016)
Malaysia OpenAR1R2
R2		AF
R1		F
R1		R1
R1		QFSFF (2013, 2014)
Singapore OpenAR1R2
R1		R2
R2		F
R2		SF
R2		FFF
R2		F (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Indonesia OpenAR1R1
R2		AQF
R1		R2
R1		R2
R2		WR1W (2016)
Australian OpenISGPGPGFSF
R1		QFW
QF		W (2017)
Korea OpenAQF
R1		R2AQF
R2		QF
R1		w/dASF
R1		SF (2017)
Japan OpenR2R1
R2		R2R1
R1		R2
QF		SF
R1		W
SF		R2
R2		FW
R2		W (2014, 2017)
Denmark OpenAR2
R1		QFF
R1		SF
R2		F
R2		R2
R1		WR2
R2		W (2016)
French OpenAR1QF
R1		QF
QF		QF
R1		R2
R2		SFQF
R1		SF (2016)
China MastersAR1
R1		AR1
R1		AQF
R1		GPGQF (2013)
China OpenAQFQFQF
R1		QF
R1		SF
R1		F
R1		R2QF
QF		F (2015)
Hong Kong OpenAR2
R1		QF
R1		SF
R1		F
R1		QF
R1		QF
R2		R1
R1		F (2017)
BWF Super Series FinalsNQGSGSWSFFNQW (2014)
Year-end Ranking134
41		142
21
132		17
40		7
26		4
19		2
25		4
20		1
260		2
40		1
Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017Best
Tournament200920102011201220132014201520162017Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia MastersAQF
R2		R1
R1		AWAW (2016)
Syed Modi InternationalR2
W		GPGPGN/AGPGW (2009)
German OpenAR2
R2		QFSF
QF		W
R2		R2
R1		SFAW (2014)
Swiss OpenSSR2
R1		R2
QF		AQF (2012)
Australian OpenAR2
QF		QF
R2		QF
SF		ASSSF (2012)
Chinese Taipei OpenR1ASFASF (2015)
Dutch OpenAR1
QF		AQF (2010)
Russian OpenAF
SF		AF (2011)
U.S. OpenAR1
R1		W
F		AW (2012)
Canadian OpenN/AAW
QF		AW (2012)
Indonesian MastersN/AAWAN/AW (2012)
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http://www.unisys.co.jp/badminton/w/team/matsutomo.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/19/olympics/summer-olympics/misaki-matsutomo-ayaka-takahashi-claim-japans-first-ever-badminton-olympic-gold/
http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/12/12/lee-matsutomotakahashi-win-best-player-awards/
http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/
http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/
https://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?id=10610&category=473
https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/3319278B-2545-4645-902F-16E00D23B3B2
https://bwfbadminton.com/player/43851/misaki-matsutomo
https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/misaki-matsutomo-1.html
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