Sayaka Takahashi

Sayaka Takahashi
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 Kashihara, Nara, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Retired	20 September 2022
Handedness	Left
Women's singles
Career record	256 wins, 120 losses
Highest ranking	10 (12 February 2019)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Japan Sudirman Cup 2021 Vantaa Mixed team Uber Cup 2018 Bangkok Women's team 2014 New Delhi Women's team 2020 Aarhus Women's team 2022 Bangkok Women's team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's team Asian Championships 2013 Taipei Women's singles 2014 Gimcheon Women's singles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team Asian Junior Championships 2009 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Sayaka Takahashi (高橋 沙也加, Takahashi Sayaka, born 29 July 1992) is a retired Japanese badminton player who was a singles specialist. She was the bronze medalist at the 2013 and 2014 Asian Championships. Takahashi reached a career high as world number 10 in the BWF World Ranking in February 2019.

Personal life

Takahashi is the younger sister of Ayaka Takahashi, who is a badminton doubles player.

Achievements

Sayaka Takahashi (left) and Shiho Tanaka (right) at Australia Open Super Series 2017

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan	Li Xuerui	18–21, 21–18, 12–21	Bronze
2014	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea	Sung Ji-hyun	21–23, 13–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Swiss Open	Super 300	Natsuki Nidaira	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2018	New Zealand Open	Super 300	Zhang Yiman	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2018	Canada Open	Super 100	Li Xuerui	20–22, 21–15, 17–21	Runner-up
2018	Singapore Open	Super 500	Gao Fangjie	25–23, 21–14	Winner
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Mako Urushizaki	21–11, 13–21, 21–18	Winner
2021	French Open	Super 750	Akane Yamaguchi	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 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
2012	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2012	Canada Open	Nozomi Okuhara	8–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Australian Open	Nitchaon Jindapol	24–22, 21–10	Winner
2014	German Open	Sung Ji-hyun	21–17, 8–21, 21–12	Winner
2015	Malaysia Masters	Nozomi Okuhara	13–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Vietnam Open	Vũ Thị Trang	21–9, 21–14	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Austrian International	Chan Tsz Ka	21–17, 21–9	Winner
2012	Osaka International	Yui Hashimoto	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2012	Maldives International	Yu Wakita	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2012	Scottish International	Kim Hyo-min	21–6, 21–8	Winner
2015	Portugal International	Aya Ohori	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2015	Osaka International	Sayaka Sato	21–11, 15–21, 29–27	Winner
2016	Malaysia International	Ho Yen Mei	21–17, 21–11	Winner
2017	Portugal International	Chisato Hoshi	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2017	Osaka International	Lee Jang-mi	21–16, 21–18	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 15 March 2022.

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Petya Nedelcheva	3	3	0	+3
Chen Yufei	8	0	8	–8
He Bingjiao	4	1	3	–2
Li Xuerui	8	2	6	–4
Wang Shixian	6	0	6	–6
Wang Xin	1	1	0	+1
Wang Yihan	4	2	2	0
Zhang Yiman	5	3	2	+1
Cheng Shao-chieh	2	0	2	–2
Tai Tzu-ying	7	1	6	–5
Juliane Schenk	1	0	1	–1
Yip Pui Yin	6	6	0	+6
Saina Nehwal	8	4	4	0

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
P. V. Sindhu	8	4	4	0
Lindaweni Fanetri	1	1	0	+1
Maria Kristin Yulianti	1	1	0	+1
Minatsu Mitani	3	3	0	+3
Nozomi Okuhara	9	1	8	–7
Akane Yamaguchi	7	0	7	–7
An Se-young	2	0	2	–2
Bae Yeon-ju	4	2	2	0
Sung Ji-hyun	6	2	4	–2
Carolina Marín	7	1	6	–5
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	2	1	1	0
Ratchanok Intanon	10	4	6	–2

External links

• Sayaka Takahashi at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link) (archived)
• Sayaka Takahashi at BWFBadminton.com