Mami Naito Explained

Mami Naito
内藤 真実
Birth Name:内藤 真実
Country:Japan
Birth Date:1986 12, df=y
Birth Place:Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan[1]
Height:1.72 m
Weight:67 kg
Handedness:Left
Event:Women's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:3 (WD 25 April 2013)
86 (XD 22 October 2009)
Bwf Id:BEA95DD2-881A-4665-8119-DA780CE58C2B

is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team, who competed at the 2014 Asian Games. She educated physical education at the Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo. Her older brother, Yusuke Naito is a badminton coach.[2] Naito and her women's doubles partner Shizuka Matsuo have reached the career high as world number 3 in the BWF World ranking.[1]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[4] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Denmark Open Shizuka Matsuo Miyuki Maeda
Satoko Suetsuna
17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2012Japan Open Shizuka Matsuo Poon Lok Yan
Tse Ying Suet
17–21, 20–22 Runner-up

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

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.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Australian Open Shizuka Matsuo Chin Eei Hui
Wong Pei Tty
21–18, 21–11 Winner
2011Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Shizuka Matsuo Miyuki Maeda
Satoko Suetsuna
18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2014New Zealand Open Shizuka Matsuo Tang Hetian
Renuga Veeran
13–21, 21–10, 18–21 Runner-up
2015Mexico City Grand Prix Shizuka Matsuo Puttita Supajirakul
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–17, 16–21, 21–10 Winner
2016Swiss Open Shizuka Matsuo Naoko Fukuman
Kurumi Yonao
21–16, 12–21, 21–12 Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Austrian International Shizuka Matsuo Mizuki Fujii
Reika Kakiiwa
21–15, 21–18 Winner
2014Osaka International Shizuka Matsuo Kugo Asumi
Yui Miyauchi
24–22, 21–6 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.[5]

Shizuka Matsuo

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 選手国内女子 内藤真実 . www.badspi.jp . 3 May 2015 . 17 January 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190506192627/https://www.badspi.jp/players/%E5%86%85%E8%97%A4%E7%9C%9F%E5%AE%9F/ . 6 May 2019 . ja.
  2. Web site: Profile: Naito Mami . https://web.archive.org/web/20150710174119/https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5104558&lang=en . dead . www.incheon2014ag.org . 10 July 2015 . 9 June 2017.
  3. Web site: BWF Launches Super Series . Badminton Australia . 15 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071006123828/http://www.badminton.org.au/index.php?id=22&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=136&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2&cHash=26fb36d8a5 . dead . 6 October 2007.
  4. Web site: Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event . www.ibadmintonstore.com . 29 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002005757/http://www.ibadmintonstore.com/iBADMINTONstore-News/Yonex-All-England-Elevated-To-BWF-Premier-Super-Se.aspx . dead . 2 October 2013.
  5. Web site: Mami Naito Head to Head . Badminton World Federation . 9 June 2017.