Saena Kawakami
Saena Kawakami (川上 紗惠奈, Kawakami Saena, born 5 December 1997) is a Japanese badminton
player.[2][3]
Awards and nominations
Award Year Category Result Ref.
BWF Awards 2015 Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year Nominated [4]
Achievements
BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]
Women's singles
Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2019 Swiss Open Super 300 Chen Yufei 9–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Kirsty Gilmour 21–8, 18–21, 21–16 Winner
2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Tai Tzu-ying 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 4 runners-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 (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's singles
Saena Kawakami
川上紗恵奈
Personal information
Country Japan
Born 5 December 1997
Shimane Prefecture,
Japan
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 50 kg (110 lb)
Retired 15 February 2024[1]
Handedness Right
Coach Kaori Imabeppu
Women's singles
Career record 136 wins, 79 losses
Highest ranking 15 (19 April 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
Sudirman Cup
2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Uber Cup
2022 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Asian Junior Championships
2015 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile ([Link]
8FC13F3E-7CCA-4226-AE33-0599D335F077)
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 New Zealand Open He Bingjiao 21–16, 21–18 Winner
2015 Vietnam Open Fitriani 26–24, 18–21, 21–10 Winner
Runner-
2016 U.S. Open Ayumi Mine 21–16, 11–21, 15–21
up
Chinese Taipei 10–12, 11–7, 9–11, 10– Runner-
2016 Ayumi Mine
Masters 12 up
Runner-
2017 China Masters Aya Ohori 9–21, 21–9, 18–21
up
2017 Chinese Taipei Open Goh Jin Wei 21–17, 21–17 Winner
2017 Canada Open Kirsty Gilmour 19–21, 21–19, 21–18 Winner
Ratchanok Runner-
2017 New Zealand Open 14–21, 21–16, 15–21
Intanon up
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Vietnam International Vũ Thị Trang 21–19, 19–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2019 Osaka International Lee Se-yeon 21–14, 21–10 Winner
BWF International Challenge tournament
References
1. "北都バドミントン川上が現役引退 「感謝のひと言に尽きる」" ([Link]
ws/article/20240215AK0023/?utm_source=[Link]&utm_medium=twitter&fbclid=PAAaarhKzr
RNlGSwzh80P-e7FmzVW6CW9lO6_o5u1rc_lcu-z2E-wDsgEj4DI) (in Japanese).
[Link]. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
2. "Players: Saena Kawakami" ([Link]
Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
3. "川上紗恵奈" ([Link]
6%81%B5%E5%A5%88/) (in Japanese). Badminton Spirit. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
4. Sukumar, Dev (8 December 2015). "Chen, Marin Crowned BWF Players of the Year" (http
s://[Link]/news-single/2015/12/08/chen-marin-crowned-bwf-players-of-the-yea
r/). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure" ([Link]
[Link]/web/20171201164159/[Link]
-new-event-structure/). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original ([Link]
[Link]/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/) on 1 December
2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!" ([Link]
news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/). Badminton World Federation.
Archived ([Link]
e/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/) from the original on 13 January 2018.
Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
Saena Kawakami ([Link] at [Link]
Saena Kawakami ([Link]
-profile/8FC13F3E-7CCA-4226-AE33-0599D335F077) at [Link]
(alternate link ([Link]
a=8&oid=209B123F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&q=61568)) (archived)
Retrieved from "[Link]