Mayu Matsumoto

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.

Mayu Matsumoto
松本 麻佑
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 28)
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 ranking7 (WD with Wakana Nagahara 16 April 2024)
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
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou 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
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Dubai 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

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

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

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Wakana Nagahara Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
21–19, 14–21, 19–21 Silver
2023Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Wakana Nagahara Baek Ha-na
Lee So-hee
21–16, 8–21, 13–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 10 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

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Indonesia OpenSuper 1000 Wakana Nagahara Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
14–21, 21–16, 14–21 Runner-up
2018Spain MastersSuper 300 Wakana Nagahara Ayako Sakuramoto
Yukiko Takahata
21–17, 21–13 Winner
2018China OpenSuper 1000 Wakana Nagahara Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018French OpenSuper 750 Wakana Nagahara Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
21–14, 21–19 Winner
2018Fuzhou China OpenSuper 750 Wakana Nagahara Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–23, 18–21 Runner-up
2019All England OpenSuper 1000 Wakana Nagahara Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
21–18, 20–22, 11–21 Runner-up
2019Singapore OpenSuper 500 Wakana Nagahara Kim Hye-jeong
Kong Hee-yong
21–17, 22–20 Winner
2019Japan OpenSuper 750 Wakana Nagahara Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
12–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2019BWF World Tour FinalsWorld Tour Finals Wakana Nagahara Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
14–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2020Denmark OpenSuper 750 Wakana Nagahara Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
10–21, 21–16, 18–21 Runner-up
2021All England OpenSuper 1000 Wakana Nagahara Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
21–18, 21–16 Winner
2022Thailand OpenSuper 500 Wakana Nagahara Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
21–17, 15–21, 24–26 Runner-up
2022French OpenSuper 750 Wakana Nagahara Pearly Tan
Thinaah Muralitharan
19–21, 21–18, 15–21 Runner-up
2023Canada OpenSuper 500 Wakana Nagahara Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
20–22, 16–21 Runner-up
2024India OpenSuper 750 Wakana Nagahara Zhang Shuxian
Zheng Yu
21–12, 21–13 Winner

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

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015Russian Open Kristína Gavnholt10–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Russian Open Wakana Nagahara Yuriko Miki
Koharu Yonemoto
17–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2016U.S. Open Wakana Nagahara Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
22–20, 15–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016Thailand Open Wakana Nagahara Puttita Supajirakul
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2017Canada Open Wakana Nagahara Chisato Hoshi
Naru Shinoya
21–16, 16–21, 21–18 Winner
2017U.S. Open Wakana Nagahara Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014Indonesia International Hera Desi11–10, 10–11, 11–6, 10–11, 11–9 Winner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Smiling Fish International Wakana Nagahara Pacharapun Chochuwong
Chanisa Teachavorasinskun
21–17, 21–11 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#AGSBNHN/ADNQ
(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

  • Junior level
Team events2013
Asian Junior ChampionshipsB
  • Senior level
Team events201920202021202220232024
Asia Team ChampionshipsNHGNHANHA
Uber CupNHSNHBNHB
Sudirman CupSNHSNHBNH

Individual competitions

Senior level

Women's doubles
Event2018201920202021202220232024
Asian ChampionshipsASNHABQF
World ChampionshipsGGNHBB3RNH
Olympic GamesNHQFNHQ
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBWF World TourBest
20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Malaysia OpenAQFQFNHSFA2RSF ('22)
India OpenANHAWW ('24)
Indonesia MastersANHASF2R2RAw/dw/dSF ('19)
German OpenA2RSFNHw/dQFASF ('19)
French OpenASFWSFNHAFSFSFW ('18)
All England OpenASFFQFWw/dQF1RW ('21)
Spain MastersNHWANHAW ('18)
Thailand OpenNHAFAQFQFw/dNHFAF ('16, '22)
w/d
Malaysia MastersA1RASFw/dNH2RSFASF ('19, '23)
Singapore OpenAWNHAQFQFW ('19)
Indonesia OpenAFQFNHQF1RSFSFF ('18)
Australian OpenAQFNHQFQFAQF ('19, '22, '23)
Chinese Taipei Open2R1RASFANHASF ('17)
Canada OpenAQFAWANHAFW ('17)
U.S. OpenA1RFFANHAF ('16, '17)
Korea OpenAQFQF2RNHASFSF ('23)
Japan OpenA1R1R1RQFFNHQFSFF ('19)
China OpenAF2RNHQFF ('18)
Hong Kong OpenAQF1RSFNHQFSF ('19)
Denmark OpenA1RSFFA1RSFF ('20)
Korea MastersAQFANHAQF ('16)
Japan MastersNHSFSF ('23)
China MastersA2R1RFSFNHQFF ('18)
BWF Superseries /
World Tour Finals
DNQSFFDNQw/dF ('19)
Macau OpenAQFANHQF ('17)
New Zealand OpenA2R2RAQFNHQF ('19)
Russian OpenFw/dANHF ('14)
Year-end ranking1019432143335891
Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Best
Mixed doubles
TournamentSS / GPBWF World TourBest
201620172018
German OpenA1R1R ('18)
Malaysia OpenA1R1R ('18)
Korea Masters1RA1R ('16)
Thailand OpenAQFQF ('18)
Year-end ranking521N/A160148
Tournament201620172018Best

References