Rena Miyaura Explained

Rena Miyaura
宮浦 玲奈
Country:Japan
Birth Date:1995 7, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Saitama Prefecture, Japan[2]
Height:1.60 m
Weight:53 kg
Retired:6 June 2024
Event:Women's doubles
Highest Ranking:11
Date Of Highest Ranking:with Ayako Sakuramoto, 23 January 2024
Bwf Id:F9B9474B-013E-4C5F-A34B-F76748B6EDE1

is a Japanese badminton player.[3]

Career

She won her first World Tour title at the 2022 Canada Open partnering with Ayako Sakuramoto, defeating compatriots Rui Hirokami and Yuna Kato in straight games in the final.[4]

Rena Miyaura announced her retirement on 6 June 2024. The 2024 Uber Cup was her last tournament.[5]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022Canada OpenSuper 100 Ayako Sakuramoto Rui Hirokami
Yuna Kato
21–13, 21–8 Winner
2022Indonesia MastersSuper 100 Ayako Sakuramoto Rui Hirokami
Yuna Kato
21–23, 18–21 Runner-up
2023Swiss OpenSuper 300 Ayako Sakuramoto Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
Walkover Winner
2023Orléans MastersSuper 300 Ayako Sakuramoto Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning
21–19, 16–21, 21–12 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Estonian International Saori Ozaki Vimala Hériau
Margot Lambert
21–18, 21–18 Winner
2020Jamaica International Sayaka Hobara Daniela Macías
Dánica Nishimura
21–3, 21–7 Winner
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Sydney International Tadayuki Urai Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Crystal Wong
21–16, 21–17 Winner
2020Estonian International Tadayuki Urai Yujiro Nishikawa
Saori Ozaki
18–21, 14–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 台北ユニバーシアード競技大会2017. Japanese Olympic Committee. 30 March 2023. ja.
  2. Web site: 選手名鑑一覧 宮浦 玲奈/ Miyaura Rena. Smash-net.tv. 10 July 2018. ja. 5 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200105070633/http://www.smash-net.tv/player/details/id/322/.
  3. Web site: Players: Rena Miyaura . . 3 February 2023.
  4. Web site: Michelle Li wins at home in women's individual . Wire Service Canada . 2 October 2022 . 3 February 2023.
  5. miyauraura . C734NUby4vU . 6 June 2024 . Retirement announcement . 16 August 2024.
  6. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 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.
  7. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . 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.