Hiroyuki Saeki Explained

Hiroyuki Saeki
Country:Japan
Birth Date:1987 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Height:1.77 m
Weight:63 kg
Handedness:Right
Event:Men's singles & doubles
Highest Ranking:29
Date Of Highest Ranking:MD 11 July 2013
Bwf Id:2BA5517E-E17A-49E3-B752-907ACF3155AF

is a former Japanese badminton player who affiliated with Unisys team.[1]

Career

Saeki was born in Okayama Prefecture, and in 2005 he won the boys' singles bronze at the Asian Junior Championships.[1] In 2013, he won the men's doubles title at the Austrian International Challenge tournament, and at the same year, he won the men's doubles bronze at the 2013 East Asian Games. He also helps the Japanese men's team to win silver at the 2016 Asia Team Championships.[2] Saeki plays for the Unisys team for seven year, and in March 2017, he announced his retirement.[3]

Achievements

East Asian Games

Men's doubles

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Men's doubles

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2010Polish International Pablo Abián12–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2010Peru International Yuichi Ikeda19–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Peru International Hajime Komiyama Adrian Liu
Derrick Ng
18–21, 21–10, 20–22 Runner-up
2011Austrian International Ryota Taohata Anthony Clark
Chris Langridge
15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2012Austrian International Ryota Taohata K. T. Rupesh Kumar
Sanave Thomas
21–23, 20–22 Runner-up
2012Scottish International Ryota Taohata Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
21–16, 11–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2013Austrian International Ryota Taohata Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
21–18, 15–21, 21–18 Winner
2018Osaka International Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif
Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub
21–19, 15–21, 21–15 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. News: 【岡山IH2016】トッププレーヤーに聞く IHの思い出 佐伯祐行&垰畑亮太 . Badminton Spirit . 22 July 2017 . ja.
  2. Web site: Players: Saeki Hiroyuki . www.smash-net.tv . TMONY Japan Corporation . 27 December 2020 . live . https://archive.today/20201228002525/https://www.smash-net.tv/player/%E4%BD%90%E4%BC%AF-%E7%A5%90%E8%A1%8C/ . 28 December 2020 . ja.
  3. News: 佐伯祐行選手退職のお知らせ . Unisys. 22 July 2017. ja.
  4. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . bwfbadminton.com . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . bwfbadminton.com . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.