Shiori Saito

Shiori Saito
Shiori Saito
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	14 February 1998 (age 26); Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	53 (5 April 2018)
Current ranking	165 (28 March 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Shiori Saito (齋藤栞, Saitō Shiori, born 14 February 1998) is a Japanese badminton player who plays for ACT Saikyo badminton club.^[1]^[2] She was the champion of the women's singles event at the 2016 Sydney International tournament and in 2017, she was chosen to join the B squad of Japan national badminton team.^[3]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[4] 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.^[5]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Minatsu Mitani	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2018	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Mia Blichfeldt	21–18, 21–14	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Sydney International	Xu Wei	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2017	Finnish Open	Mako Urushizaki	21–8, 21–10	Winner
2017	Indonesia International	Asty Dwi Widyaningrum	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2018	Indonesia International	An Se-young	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2022	North Harbour International	Hirari Mizui	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2023	Osaka International	Hina Akechi	21–15, 21–13	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ "Players: Shiori Saito". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
^ "メンバー紹介-選手紹介". act-saikyo.com (in Japanese). The Saikyo Bank, Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
^ "『ACT SAIKYO』齋藤栞選手 2017年日本代表（ナショナルチーム）Ｂ代表メンバーに選出！！". www.saikyobank.co.jp (in Japanese). The Saikyo Bank, Ltd. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

Shiori Saito at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com

[1] "Players: Shiori Saito". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[2] "メンバー紹介-選手紹介". act-saikyo.com (in Japanese). The Saikyo Bank, Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[3] "『ACT SAIKYO』齋藤栞選手 2017年日本代表（ナショナルチーム）Ｂ代表メンバーに選出！！". www.saikyobank.co.jp (in Japanese). The Saikyo Bank, Ltd. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

[4] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[5] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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