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Mayu Matsumoto
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 29)
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 ranking53 (WD with Yuki Fukushima, 14 January 2025)
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

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.

Career

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2013–2016

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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] She and Nagahara also reached the finals in a Grand Prix event, Russian Open.[7] In 2015, she finished runner-up in the women's singles in the Russian Open, losing to Czechia Kristína Gavnholt.[8]

In 2016, Matsumoto and Nagahara reached two finals in the Grand Prix event, the U.S. and Thailand Opens.[9][10] She claimed her first ever Grand Prix title in the 2017 Canada Open, winning the women's doubles with Nagahara.[11] They then matched their previous year's achievement in the U.S. Open by becoming runners-up.[12]

2018–2019

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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,[13] won two World Tour title in the Spain Masters and French Open,[14][15] as well three runners-up in the Indonesia, China, and Fuzhou China Opens.[16][17][18] 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.[19] They only won a title in the BWF World Tour event, in the Singapore Open,[20] and became a finalists at the historical All England Open,[21] Japan Open, 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). She was selected to join Japan Sudirman Cup team, where the team won the silver medal at that competition.[22] 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.[23]

2021

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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.[24] 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.[25]

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 [26]

Achievements

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BWF World Championships

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Women's doubles

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

Asian Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Japan Wakana Nagahara China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		21–19, 14–21, 19–21 Silver Silver
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

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 11 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[27] 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.[28]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
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
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Japan Wakana Nagahara Japan Ayako Sakuramoto
Japan Yukiko Takahata 		21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
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
2018 French Open Super 750 Japan Wakana Nagahara Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2024 India Open Super 750 Japan Wakana Nagahara China Zhang Shuxian
China Zheng Yu 		21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
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
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

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 5 runners-up)

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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
2015 Russian Open Czech Republic Kristína Gavnholt 10–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Indonesia International Indonesia Hera Desi 11–10, 10–11, 11–6, 10–11, 11–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

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

Performance timeline

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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

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  • Junior level
Team events 2013
Asian Junior Championships B
  • Senior level
Team events 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Asia Team Championships NH G NH A NH A
Uber Cup NH S NH B NH B
Sudirman Cup S NH S NH B NH

Individual competitions

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Senior level

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Women's doubles
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Event 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Asian Championships A S NH A B QF
World Championships G G NH B B 3R NH
Olympic Games NH QF NH RR
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Malaysia Open A QF QF NH SF A 2R W W ('25)
India Open A NH A W Q W ('24)
Indonesia Masters A NH A SF 2R 2R A w/d w/d Q SF ('19)
German Open A 2R SF NH w/d QF A SF ('19)
French Open A SF W SF NH A F SF SF W ('18)
All England Open A SF F QF W w/d QF 1R W ('21)
Spain Masters NH W A NH A W ('18)
Thailand Open NH A F A QF QF w/d NH F A F ('16, '22)
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 W ('19)
Indonesia Open A F QF NH QF 1R SF SF F ('18)
Australian Open A QF NH QF QF A QF ('19, '22, '23)
U.S. Open A 1R F F A NH A F ('16, '17)
Canada Open A QF A W A NH A F A W ('17)
Japan Open A 1R 1R 1R QF F NH QF SF 1R F ('19)
Korea Open A QF QF 2R NH A SF A SF ('23)
Chinese Taipei Open 2R 1R A SF A NH A SF ('17)
China Open A F 2R NH QF A F ('18)
Hong Kong Open A QF 1R SF NH QF A SF ('19)
Denmark Open A 1R SF F A 1R SF A F ('20)
Korea Masters A QF A NH A QF ('16)
Japan Masters NH SF F F ('24)
China Masters A 2R 1R F SF NH QF SF F ('18)
BWF Superseries /
World Tour Finals 		DNQ SF F DNQ w/d DNQ F ('19)
Macau Open A QF A NH A QF ('17)
New Zealand Open A 2R 2R A QF NH QF ('19)
Russian Open F w/d A NH F ('14)
Year-end ranking 101 94 32 14 3 3 3 5 8 9 93 1
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Best
Mixed doubles
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Tournament SS / GP BWF World Tour Best
2016 2017 2018
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
Tournament 2016 2017 2018 Best

References

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