Mayu Matsumoto
松本 麻佑
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 27)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
ResidenceSapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)[1]
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking150 (WS 13 August 2015)
1 (WD with Wakana Nagahara 30 April 2019)
148 (XD with Yuki Kaneko 19 July 2018)
Current ranking6 (WD with Wakana Nagahara 21 June 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nanjing Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Basel Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Huelva Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Aarhus Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan Women's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Manila Women's team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
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

2021

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

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		19–21, 21–19, 22–20
Gold
Gold
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		21–11, 20–22, 23–21
Gold
Gold
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Japan Wakana Nagahara China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		15–21, 12–21
Bronze
Bronze
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Japan Wakana Nagahara China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		13–21, 14–21
Bronze
Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Japan Wakana Nagahara China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		21–19, 14–21, 19–21
Silver
Silver

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 8 runners-up)

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
2018 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		14–21, 21–16, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Ayako Sakuramoto
Japan Yukiko Takahata 		21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 China Open Super 1000 Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi 		16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 French Open Super 750 Japan Wakana Nagahara Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Fuzhou China Open Super 750 Japan Wakana Nagahara South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		21-23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Wakana Nagahara China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		21–18, 20–22, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Japan Wakana Nagahara South Korea Kim Hye-jeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong 		21–17, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Wakana Nagahara South Korea Kim So-yeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong 		12–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Wakana Nagahara China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		14–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Denmark Open Super 750 Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		10–21, 21–16, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida 		21–17, 15–21, 24–26 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 French Open Super 750 Japan Wakana Nagahara Malaysia Pearly Tan
Malaysia Thinaah Muralitharan 		19–21, 21–18, 0–0

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 5 runners-up)

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
2015 Russian Open Czech Republic Kristína Gavnholt 10–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Russian Open Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Yuriko Miki
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		17–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 U.S. Open Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Shiho Tanaka
Japan Koharu Yonemoto 		22–20, 15–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Thailand Open Japan Wakana Nagahara Thailand Puttita Supajirakul
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Canada Open Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Chisato Hoshi
Japan Naru Shinoya 		21–16, 16–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 U.S. Open Japan Wakana Nagahara South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Indonesia International Indonesia Hera Desi 11–10, 10–11, 11–6, 10–11, 11–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Smiling Fish International Japan Wakana Nagahara Thailand Pacharapun Chochuwong
Thailand Chanisa Teachavorasinskun 		21–17, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

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

Team events 2013
Asian Junior Championships B
Team events 2019 2020 2021 2022
Asia Team Championships NH G NH A
Uber Cup NH S NH B
Sudirman Cup S NH S NH

Individual competitions

Senior level

Women's doubles
Event 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Asian Championships A S NH A
World Championships G G NH B B
Olympic Games NH QF NH
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Spain Masters NH W A NH W ('18)
German Open A 2R SF NH w/d SF ('19)
All England Open A SF F QF W w/d W ('21)
Korea Open A QF QF 2R NH A QF ('17, '18)
Korea Masters A QF A NH A QF ('16)
Thailand Open NH A F A QF QF w/d NH F F ('16, '22)
w/d
Indonesia Masters A NH A SF 2R 2R A SF ('19)
Indonesia Open A F QF NH QF 1R F ('18)
Malaysia Open A QF QF NH SF SF ('22)
Malaysia Masters A 1R A SF w/d NH 2R SF ('19)
Singapore Open A W NH A W ('19)
Chinese Taipei Open 2R 1R A SF A NH A SF ('17)
Japan Open A 1R 1R 1R QF F NH QF F ('19)
Canada Open A QF A W A NH A W ('17)
U.S. Open A 1R F F A NH F ('16, '17)
Denmark Open A 1R SF F A 1R F ('20)
French Open A SF W SF NH A Q W ('18)
Macau Open A QF A NH QF ('17)
Hong Kong Open A QF 1R SF NH SF ('19)
Australian Open A QF NH Q QF ('19)
New Zealand Open A 2R 2R A QF NH QF ('19)
China Open A F 2R NH F ('18)
Fuzhou China Open A 2R 1R F SF NH F ('18)
Superseries /
World Tour Finals 		DNQ SF F DNQ F ('19)
Russian Open F w/d A NH F ('14)
Year-end ranking 101 94 32 14 3 3 3 5 1
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Best
Mixed doubles
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
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 NA 160 148
Tournament 2016 2017 2018 Best

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Players: Mayu Matsumoto". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. ^ "松本 麻佑/ Mayu Matumoto". Smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Mayu Matsumoto 松本 麻佑 No. 5". Hokuto Badminton Club (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. ^ Hearn, Don (11 December 2018). "Big winners awarded on BWF's 'Night of Nights'". Badzine. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Matsumoto Mayu". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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

World badminton women's doubles champions
All England Open badminton women's doubles champions
Asian badminton women's team champions
World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of 25 October 2022
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