Misaki_Matsutomo Knowpia

Misaki Matsutomo
Misaki Matsutomo
	Matsutomo at the 2013 French Super Series
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	8 February 1992 (age 32); Aizumi, Tokushima, Japan
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (WD with Ayaka Takahashi 20 October 2014); 12 (XD with Kenichi Hayakawa 19 June 2014); 12 (XD with Yuki Kaneko 27 December 2022)
Current ranking	21 (XD with Yuki Kaneko 2 January 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Uber Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Asia Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Misaki Matsutomo (松友美佐紀, Matsutomo Misaki, born 8 February 1992) is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist.^[2] She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic women's doubles alongside Ayaka Takahashi. Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in Mexico.

Career overview edit

In 2016, she won the women's doubles gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[3] She and her women's doubles partner Ayaka Takahashi were also honoured with the Female Player of the Year award.^[4] 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 edit

Olympic Games edit

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Ayaka Takahashi	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	18–21, 21–9, 21–19	Gold

BWF World Championships edit

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Ayaka Takahashi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	17–21, 15–21	Bronze

Asian Games edit

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Ayaka Takahashi	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	15–21, 9–21	Silver
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Ayaka Takahashi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	20–22, 20–22	Silver

Asian Championships edit

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Ayaka Takahashi	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	18–21, 21–18, 15–21	Bronze
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Ayaka Takahashi	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	21–13, 21–15	Gold
2017	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Ayaka Takahashi	Kim Hye-rin Yoo Hae-won	21–19, 16–21, 21–10	Gold
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Ayaka Takahashi	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	18–21, 21–18, 15–21	SIlver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Kenichi Hayakawa	Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah	17–21, 19–21	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships edit

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Ratchanok Intanon	13–21, 21–16, 10–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 8 runners-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[5] 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.^[6]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Ayaka Takahashi	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2018	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Ayaka Takahashi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2018	Thailand Open	Super 500	Ayaka Takahashi	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	13–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2018	China Open	Super 1000	Ayaka Takahashi	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2018	Korea Open	Super 500	Ayaka Takahashi	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–11, 21–18	Winner
2018	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Ayaka Takahashi	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–12, 22–20	Winner
2019	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Ayaka Takahashi	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2019	German Open	Super 300	Ayaka Takahashi	Du Yue Li Yinhui	20–22, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	New Zealand Open	Super 300	Ayaka Takahashi	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Ayaka Takahashi	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	China Open	Super 1000	Ayaka Takahashi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Korea Masters	Super 300	Ayaka Takahashi	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–15, 17–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	All England Open	Super 1000	Yuki Kaneko	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Yuki Kaneko	Dejan Ferdinansyah Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	22–20, 19–21, 23–25	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (9 titles, 13 runners-up) edit

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[7] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[8] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Denmark Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Ma Jin Tang Jinhua	8–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2013	Malaysia Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Bao Yixin Tian Qing	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	Singapore Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	19–21, 16-21	Runner-up
2014	Malaysia Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua	19–21, 21–14, 13-21	Runner-up
2014	Japan Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Reika Kakiiwa Miyuki Maeda	21–13, 21-17	Winner
2014	Australian Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	15–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2014	Denmark Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2014	Hong Kong Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2014	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Ayaka Takahashi	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2015	India Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Luo Ying Luo Yu	21–19, 21-19	Winner
2015	Singapore Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	China Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Tang Yuanting Yu Yang	21–18, 13–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	All England Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Tang Yuanting Yu Yang	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2016	India Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2016	Singapore Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	Walkover	Runner-up
2016	Indonesia Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Tang Yuanting Yu Yang	21–15, 8–21, 21–15	Winner
2016	Japan Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–19, 18–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Denmark Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	19–21, 21–11, 21–16	Winner
2016	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Ayaka Takahashi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	15–21, 21–13, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Singapore Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	18–21, 21–14, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	Australian Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–10, 21–13	Winner
2017	Japan Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Kim Ha-na Kong Hee-yong	21–18, 21–16	Winner

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles, 2 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 doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	India Grand Prix	Ayaka Takahashi	Nadya Melati Devi Tika Permatasari	21–14, 15–21, 21–15	Winner
2011	Russian Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Valeri Sorokina Nina Vislova	20–22, 18–21	Runner-up
2012	U.S. Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Valeri Sorokina Nina Vislova	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2012	Canada Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto	21–15, 15–21, 21–12	Winner
2012	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Ayaka Takahashi	Eom Hye-won Jang Ye-na	21–12, 12–21, 21–13	Winner
2014	German Open	Ayaka Takahashi	Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	23–21, 24–22	Winner
2016	Malaysia Masters	Ayaka Takahashi	Tang Yuanting Yu Yang	21–18, 22–20	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	U.S. Open	Kenichi Hayakawa	Tony Gunawan Vita Marissa	13–21, 10–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	North Shore City International	Sayaka Sato	18–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2009	Belgian International	Yao Jie	14–21, 21–14, 16–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Belgian International	Ayaka Takahashi	Emma Mason Samantha Ward	21–8, 18–21, 21–13	Winner
2009	Osaka International	Ayaka Takahashi	Kaori Mori Aya Wakisaka	21–16, 16–21, 24–22	Winner
2010	Osaka International	Ayaka Takahashi	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Waikato International	Naomasa Senkyo	Henry Tam Donna Haliday	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up

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

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team edit

Junior level

Team event	2007
Asian Junior Championships	B

Senior level

Team events	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Asia Team Championships	NH				S	NH	G	NH	A	NH	A
Asia Mixed Team Championships	NH					G	NH	A	NH
Asian Games	NH		B	NH			G	NH
Uber Cup	B	NH	S	NH	B	NH	G	NH	S	NH	B
Sudirman Cup	NH	QF	NH	S	NH	B	NH	S	NH	S	NH

Individual competitions edit

Junior level edit

Girls' singles

Event	2010
World Junior Championships	S

Mixed doubles

Event	2010
World Junior Championships	2R

Senior level edit

Women's singles edit

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix		Best
Tournament	2009	2010	Best
Malaysia Masters	A	QF	QF ('10)
Australian Open	A	2R	2R ('10)
Japan Open	1R	A	1R ('09)
Syed Modi International	2R	A	2R ('09)
China Masters	1R	A	1R ('09)
Year-end ranking	134	142	58
Tournament	2009	2010	Best

Women's doubles edit

Event	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Asian Championships	1R	A	1R	A	B	G	G	S	1R
Asian Games	NH			S	NH			S	NH
World Championships	3R	NH	2R	3R	3R	NH	B	3R	QF
Olympic Games	NH	DNQ	NH			G	NH

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix										BWF World Tour			Best
Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Best
Malaysia Masters	NH	A	2R	1R	A				W	A	QF	SF	QF	W ('16)
Indonesia Masters	NH		A		W	A				NH	W	W	SF	W ('12, '18, '19)
German Open	A			2R	QF	SF	W	2R	SF	A	w/d	F	NH	W ('14)
All England Open	A		1R	2R	2R	1R	SF	1R	W	2R	QF	1R	SF	W ('16)
Swiss Open	A		1R	2R	2R	A							NH	2R ('11, '12)
Singapore Open	A		1R	2R	2R	F	SF	F	F	F	A	2R	NH	F ('13, '15, '16, '17)
Australian Open	N/A	A	QF	QF	QF	A	F	SF	QF	W	A	SF	NH	W ('17)
U.S. Open	A			1R	W	A							NH	W ('12)
Canada Open	NH		A		W	A							NH	W ('12)
Russian Open	A			F	A								NH	F ('11)
Chinese Taipei Open	A	1R	A					SF	A				NH	SF ('15)
Korea Open	A		QF	2R	A	QF	QF	w/d	A	SF	W	QF	NH	W ('18)
China Open	A		QF	QF	QF	QF	SF	F	2R	QF	W	F	NH	W ('18)
Japan Open	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	SF	W	2R	F	W	2R	SF	NH	W ('14, '17)
Dutch Open	A		1R	A									NH	1R ('10)
Denmark Open	A		2R	QF	F	SF	F	2R	W	2R	2R	1R	A	W ('16)
French Open	A			1R	QF	QF	QF	2R	SF	QF	QF	2R	NH	SF ('16)
New Zealand Open	A		NH	N/A	NH	A						F	NH	F ('19)
Fuzhou China Open	A	1R	A	1R	A	QF	A				SF	2R	NH	SF ('18)
Hong Kong Open	A			2R	QF	SF	F	QF	QF	1R	QF	QF	NH	F ('14)
Syed Modi International	NH	W	A			NH	A				1R	A	NH	W ('09)
Indonesia Open	A		1R	1R	A	QF	2R	2R	W	1R	SF	F	NH	W ('16)
Malaysia Open	A		1R	2R	A	F	F	1R	QF	SF	W	2R	NH	W ('18)
Korea Masters	N/A		A									F	NH	F ('19)
India Open	A			2R	QF	SF	QF	W	W	A			NH	W ('15, '16)
Thailand Open	A		NH	A			NH	A			F	QF	A	F ('18)
Superseries / World Tour Finals	DNQ				RR	RR	W	SF	F	DNQ	W	DNQ		W ('14, '18)
Year-end ranking		41	21	17	7	4	2	4	1	2	2	4	7	1
Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Best

Mixed doubles edit

Event	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Asian Championships	1R	A	1R	A	B	A			QF	NH		QF	1R
Asian Games	NH			2R	NH			A	NH				NH
World Championships	A	NH	QF	2R	2R	NH	A	2R	2R	NH	QF	2R	1R

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix								BWF World Tour						Best
Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Best
Malaysia Open	A	2R	A	1R	1R	1R	A		2R	1R	NH		1R	2R	2R ('11, '18, '23)
India Open	A	1R	A	2R	1R	QF	A				NH		A	2R	QF ('15)
Indonesia Masters	A							NH	A	1R	A	1R	A	SF	SF ('23)
German Open	A	2R	A	QF	2R	1R	A			2R	NH		2R	2R	QF ('13)
All England Open	1R	A		1R	QF	2R	A			1R	A	F	QF	QF	F ('21)
Swiss Open	1R	1R	QF	A							NH	A			QF ('12)
Malaysia Masters	A	1R	A							2R	A	NH	2R	2R	2R ('19, '22, '23)
Thailand Open	NH	A			NH	A			2R	QF	A	NH	2R	QF	QF ('19, '23)
Singapore Open	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	A		2R	A	QF	NH		A	1R	QF ('19)
Indonesia Open	A	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	A		2R	1R	NH	1R	1R	1R	2R ('11, '15, '18)
Canada Open	A		QF	A							NH		A	QF	QF ('12, '23)
U.S. Open	A	1R	F	A							NH			A	F ('12)
Korea Open	1R	A		2R	1R	A		1R	2R	QF	NH		A	1R	QF ('19)
Japan Open	A	1R	QF	1R	SF	2R	A	2R	2R	1R	NH		2R	1R	SF ('14)
Australian Open	A	2R	SF	A		1R	A	QF	A		NH		QF	1R	SF ('12)
Denmark Open	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	1R	A	1R	2R		2R ('13, '14, '17, '22)
French Open	A		1R	QF	1R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	NH	2R	QF		QF ('13, '22)
Hong Kong Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	QF	NH				QF ('19)
China Open	A		1R	1R	1R	1R	A	QF	1R	QF	NH				QF ('17, '19)
Fuzhou China Open	A	1R	A	1R	A				1R	1R	NH				1R ('11, '13, '18, '19)
Dutch Open	QF	A									NH	N/A			QF ('10)
Russian Open	A	SF	A								NH				SF ('11)
Year-end ranking	132	40	26	19	25	20	260	40	75	23	19	17	12	21	12
Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Best

References edit

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