Ayako Sakuramoto


Ayako Sakuramoto is a Japanese badminton player. She is a member of the Yonex team. She specializes in women's doubles and has achieved success in numerous tournaments. These include the Asian Junior Championships, BWF World Tour, BWF Grand Prix, and BWF International Challenge/Series. Sakuramoto frequently partners with Yukiko Takahata and Rena Miyaura, with whom she has won multiple titles and medals.

Career

Sakuramoto who educated at the Kyushu International University High School, won the girls' doubles bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. She also won 2012 gold and 2013 bronze in the mixed team event. In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Yukiko Takahata. She won her first senior international title at the Spanish International tournament with Takahata.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2011Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium,
Lucknow, India

BWF World Tour (12 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. The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2018Swiss OpenSuper 300

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-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 and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2017New Zealand Open

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2017Osaka International