Aoi Matsuda (松田 蒼, Matsuda Aoi, born 26 February 1996) is a Japanese badminton player. Born in Osaka Prefecture, Matsuda graduated from the Toyama University of International Studies High School.[1] She was a former Tricky Panders team and later affiliated with the Amer Sports Japan since April 2018.[1][2] Matsuda was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2013 Asian Junior Championships. Teamed-up with Akane Araki, they won the women's doubles title at the 2017 Russia Open.[3]

Aoi Matsuda
松田蒼
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28)
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking44 (WD with Chisato Hoshi 9 November 2021)
635 (XD with Masato Takano 19 July 2018)
Current ranking44 (WD with Chisato Hoshi 9 November 2021)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

BWF World Tour (1 title) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[5]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Hylo Open Super 500   Chisato Hoshi   Rin Iwanaga
  Kie Nakanishi
22–20, 21–18   Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-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
2017 Bitburger Open   Akane Araki   Jongkolphan Kititharakul
  Rawinda Prajongjai
19–21, 6–21   Runner-up
2017 Russian Open   Akane Araki   Yuho Imai
  Minami Kawashima
11–6, 6–11, 11–7, 7–11, 11–5   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title) edit

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Polish Open   Chisato Hoshi   Alexandra Bøje
  Mette Poulsen
21–18, 15–21, 21–17   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ a b "ウイルソン所属選手 国内/大会参戦のお知らせ/松田蒼". Wilson (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  2. ^ "岐阜トリッキーパンダース" (PDF). Badminton Spirit (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Top seed Cheah suffers defeat in final at BWF Russian Grand Prix". Inside the Games. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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