Mayu Matsumoto

Japanese badminton player (born 1995) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 plays for the Honegori Sagamihara 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] On 30 April 2019, she reached a career high as a women's doubles world No. 1.

Born (1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 31)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)[1]
CountryJapan
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Mayu Matsumoto
Matsumoto in 2018
Personal information
Born (1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 31)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byKei Nakashima
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 ranking2 (WD with Yuki Fukushima, 28 July 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 NanjingWomen's doubles
Gold medal – first place2019 BaselWomen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2021 HuelvaWomen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2022 TokyoWomen's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place2019 NanningMixed team
Silver medal – second place2021 VantaaMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2023 SuzhouMixed team
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place2020 AarhusWomen's team
Bronze medal – third place2022 BangkokWomen's team
Bronze medal – third place2026 HorsensWomen's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 WuhanWomen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 DubaiWomen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2026 NingboWomen's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 ManilaWomen's team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 Kota KinabaluMixed team
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Career

2013–2016

In 2013, Matsumoto was selected to join the national junior team compete in the Asian Junior Championships. Played in three categories women's singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, she unable to win a single medal in the individual event. She won a bronze medal after Japanese team finished in the semi-finals. In 2014, she captured two title, winning the women's doubles title in the Smiling Fish International with Wakana Nagahara, and the women's singles title in the Indonesia International.[6][7] She and Nagahara also reached the finals in a Grand Prix event, Russian Open.[8] In 2015, she finished runner-up in the women's singles in the Russian Open, losing to Czechia Kristína Gavnholt.[9]

In 2016, Matsumoto and Nagahara reached two finals in the Grand Prix event, the U.S. and Thailand Opens.[10][11] She claimed her first ever Grand Prix title in the 2017 Canada Open, winning the women's doubles with Nagahara.[12] They then matched their previous year's achievement in the U.S. Open by becoming runners-up.[13]

2018–2019

Matsumoto focused on competing in the women's doubles event in 2018. Together with Nagahara, she showed significant achievements. They won the gold medal in the 2018 World Championships,[14] won two World Tour title in the Spain Masters and French Open,[15][16] as well three runners-up in the Indonesia, China, and Fuzhou China Opens.[17][18][19] During the season, the duo was improving their ranking from 14 to 3 in the world and then awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF.[5]

Matsumoto and her partner, Nagahara, started the year as a semi-finalists in the Malaysia Masters, Indonesia Masters, and German Open.[20] They only won a title in the BWF World Tour event, in the Singapore Open,[21] and became a finalists at the historical All England Open,[22] Japan Open,[23] Asian Championships, as well at the BWF World Tour Finals, where they was beaten by Chinese pairing Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan in three finals (All England, Asian Championships, and World Tour Finals).[24] She was selected to join Japan Sudirman Cup team, where the team won the silver medal at that competition.[25] Matsumoto and Nagahara successfully defended their World Championships title, after battling in a close rubber games against last year finalists Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota.[26]

2021

In March, Matsumoto and her partner 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.[27] 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.[28]

2024

Matsumoto and Nagahara won the India Open title in January, defeating Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu in the final.[29] The pair also reached the semi-finals of the French Open and the Indonesia Open. At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, they were eliminated in the group stage. Later in the season, Matsumoto formed a partnership with Yuki Fukushima. The new pair reached the final of the Japan Masters, finishing as runners-up to Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning,[30] and advanced to the semi-finals of the China Masters.

2025

Matsumoto and Fukushima began the season by winning the Super 1000 Malaysia Open, defeating Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian in the final.[31] In March, the pair reached the final of the All England Open but finished as runners-up to compatriots Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida.[32] Following a third-round exit at the World Championships in August, the duo reached the semi-finals at the Korea Open, Denmark Open, and Japan Masters. In October, Matsumoto and Fukushima secured their second title of the year at the French Open, defeating Li Yijing and Luo Xumin.[33] In December, the pair had risen to No. 5 in the world rankings. The pair also managed to reach the final of BWF World Tour Finals but losing out in the end against Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee of Korea.[34]

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Result Ref.
BWF Awards 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year with Wakana Nagahara Won [35]
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Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles

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Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
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 [14]
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota		 21–11, 20–22, 23–21 Gold Gold [26][36]
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Japan Wakana Nagahara China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan		 15–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze [37]
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Japan Wakana Nagahara China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan		 13–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze [38]
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Asian Championships

Women's doubles

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Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Japan Wakana Nagahara China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan		 21–19, 14–21, 19–21 Silver Silver [39]
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Japan Wakana Nagahara South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee So-hee		 21–16, 8–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze [40]
2026 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Japan Yuki Fukushima China Li Yijing
China Luo Xumin		 17–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze [41]
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BWF World Tour (8 titles, 15 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[42] 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.[43]

Women's doubles

More information Year, Tournament ...
Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
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 [17]
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Ayako Sakuramoto
Japan Yukiko Takahata		 21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [15]
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 [18]
2018 French Open Super 750 Japan Wakana Nagahara Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva		 21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [16]
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 [19]
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 [22]
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 [21]
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 [23]
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 [24]
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 [44]
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 [27]
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 [45]
2022 French Open Super 750 Japan Wakana Nagahara Malaysia Pearly Tan
Malaysia Thinaah Muralitharan		 19–21, 21–18, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [46]
2023 Canada Open Super 500 Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida		 20–22, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [47]
2024 India Open Super 750 Japan Wakana Nagahara China Zhang Shuxian
China Zheng Yu		 21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [29]
2024 Japan Masters Super 500 Japan Yuki Fukushima China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning		 15–21, 5–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [30]
2025 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Japan Yuki Fukushima China Jia Yifan
China Zhang Shuxian		 17–21, 21–15, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [31]
2025 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Yuki Fukushima Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida		 16–21, 21–14, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [32]
2025 French Open Super 750 Japan Yuki Fukushima China Li Yijing
China Luo Xumin		 17–21, 21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [33]
2025 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Yuki Fukushima South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee So-hee		 17–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [34]
2026 India Open Super 750 Japan Yuki Fukushima China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning		 11–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [48]
2026 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Yuki Fukushima China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning		 21–15, 18–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [49]
2026 China Open Super 1000 Japan Yuki Fukushima China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning		 14–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [50]
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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

More information Year, Tournament ...
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 Russian Open Czech Republic Kristína Gavnholt 10–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [9]
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Women's doubles

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Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Russian Open Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Yuriko Miki
Japan Koharu Yonemoto		 17–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [51]
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 [10]
2016 Thailand Open Japan Wakana Nagahara Thailand Puttita Supajirakul
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai		 12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [11]
2017 Canada Open Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Chisato Hoshi
Japan Naru Shinoya		 21–16, 16–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [12][52]
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 [13]
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  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Women's singles

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Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Indonesia International Indonesia Hera Desi 11–10, 10–11, 11–6, 10–11, 11–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [7]
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Women's doubles

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Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Smiling Fish International Japan Wakana Nagahara Thailand Pacharapun Chochuwong
Thailand Chanisa Teachavorasinskun		 21–17, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [6]
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  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

  • Junior level
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Team events2013
Asian Junior Championships B
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  • Senior level
More information Team events, Ref ...
Team events20192020202120222023202420252026Ref
Asia Team Championships NH G NH A NH A NH A
Asian Games NH A NH Q
Uber Cup NH S NH B NH A NH B [53]
Sudirman Cup S NH S NH B NH A NH [25]
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Individual competitions

Senior level

Women's doubles
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Event20182019202020212022202320242025 2026Ref
Asian Championships A S NH A B QF 2R B [39][40]
Asian Games DNQ NH DNQ NH Q
World Championships G G NH B B 3R NH 3R Q [14][36][37][38]
Olympic Games NH QF NH RR NH [28][54]
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More information Tournament, BWF Superseries / Grand Prix ...
TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBWF World TourBestRef
201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 2026
Malaysia Open A QF QF NH SF A 2R W SF W ('25) [31]
India Open A NH A W QF F W ('24) [29][48]
Indonesia Masters A NH A SF 2R 2R A w/d w/d QF A SF ('19) [20]
German Open A 2R SF NH w/d QF A SF ('19)
All England Open A SF F QF W w/d QF 1R F QF W ('21) [22][27][32]
Orléans Masters A NH A SF A SF ('25)
Thailand Open NH A F A QF QF w/d NH F A F ('16, '22) [11][45]
w/d
Malaysia Masters A 1R A SF w/d NH 2R SF A SF ('19, '23)
Singapore Open A W NH A QF QF 2R QF W ('19) [21]
Indonesia Open A F QF NH QF 1R SF SF QF W W ('26) [17][49]
U.S. Open A 1R F F A NH A F ('16, '17) [10][13]
Canada Open A QF A W A NH A F A W ('17) [12][47]
Japan Open A 1R 1R 1R QF F NH QF SF 1R 1R SF F ('19) [23]
China Open A F 2R NH QF A QF F F ('18, '26) [18][50]
Chinese Taipei Open 2R 1R A SF A NH A SF ('17)
Korea Masters A QF A NH A QF ('16)
China Masters A 2R 1R F SF NH QF SF QF Q F ('18) [19]
Hong Kong Open A QF 1R SF NH QF A SF ('19)
Korea Open A QF QF 2R NH A SF A SF SF ('23, '25)
Denmark Open A 1R SF F A 1R SF A SF F ('20) [44]
French Open A SF W SF NH A F SF SF W W ('18, '25) [16][46][33]
Japan Masters NH SF F SF F ('24)
Australian Open A QF NH QF QF A QF ('19, '22, '23)
BWF Superseries /
World Tour Finals		 DNQ SF F DNQ w/d DNQ F F ('19, '25) [24][34]
Macau Open A QF A NH A QF ('17)
Spain Masters NH W A NH A NH W ('18) [15]
New Zealand Open A 2R 2R A QF NH QF ('19)
Russian Open F w/d A NH F ('14) [51]
Year-end ranking 101 94 32 14 3 3 3 5 8 9 93 5 1
Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026BestRef
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Mixed doubles
More information Tournament, SS / GP ...
TournamentSS / GPBWF World TourBest
201620172018
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 N/A 160 148
Tournament201620172018Best
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