The 2019 Akita Masters (officially known as the Yonex Akita Masters 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at
CNA Arena Akita in
Japan
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from 13 to 18 August 2019 and had a total purse of $75,000.
Tournament
The 2019 Akita Masters was the sixth Super 100 tournament of the
2019 BWF World Tour
The 2019 BWF World Tour (officially known as the 2019 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 26 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. The 27 tour ...
and also part of the
Akita Masters championships, which had been held since 2018. This tournament was organized by the
Nippon Badminton Association and sanctioned by the
BWF.
Venue
This international tournament was held at
CNA Arena Akita in
Akita,
Akita Prefecture
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Japan
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.
Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the
BWF points system for the
BWF Tour Super 100 event.
Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
Men's singles
Seeds
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Sitthikom Thammasin ''(third round)''
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Suppanyu Avihingsanon
Suppanyu Avihingsanon ( th, สัพพัญญู อวิหิงสานนท์; ; born 24 October 1989) is a Thai badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2011 Summer Universiade.
Achievements
Summer Univers ...
''(third round)''
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Subhankar Dey ''(withdrew)''
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Kazumasa Sakai ''(third round)''
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Firman Abdul Kholik (champion)
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Kunlavut Vitidsarn ''(withdrew)''
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Koki Watanabe ''(quarter-finals)''
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Ihsan Maulana Mustofa
Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (born 18 November 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player who plays in singles event. He is from PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has joined the club since 2010. He was a boys' singles bronze medalis ...
''(second round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles
Seeds
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Nitchaon Jindapol ''(withdrew)''
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Saena Kawakami
is a Japanese badminton player.
Achievements
BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton ...
''(withdrew)''
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An Se-young (champion)
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Ayumi Mine ''(first round)''
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Ruselli Hartawan ''(quarter-finals)''
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Zhang Yiman ''(quarter-finals)''
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Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky ''(first round)''
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Sim Yu-jin
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''(first round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
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Akira Koga /
Taichi Saito ''(final)''
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Lee Jhe-huei /
Yang Po-hsuan ''(semi-finals)''
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Hiroki Okamura /
Masayuki Onodera ''(second round)''
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Keiichiro Matsui
is a Japanese badminton player who affiliated with the Hitachi team. Born in Ishikawa, he graduated from the Tomioka senior high school, and later educated at the Nippon Sport Science University. He was part of the national junior team that wo ...
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Yoshinori Takeuchi
is a Japanese badminton player.
Career summary
In 2013, he competed at the Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. In 2014, he became the runner-up at the U.S. Open Grand Prix tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Taiki Shimad ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Ricky Karanda Suwardi /
Angga Pratama ''(second round)''
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Ou Xuanyi /
Zhang Nan (champions)
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Huang Kaixiang /
Liu Cheng ''(semi-finals)''
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Kang Min-hyuk /
Kim Jae-hwan ''(quarter-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
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Nami Matsuyama /
Chiharu Shida ''(quarter-finals)''
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Ayako Sakuramoto /
Yukiko Takahata (champions)
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Chayanit Chaladchalam /
Phataimas Muenwong ''(withdrew)''
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Miki Kashihara /
Miyuki Kato ''(first round)''
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Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istirani
Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani (born 12 September 1994) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles, from PB. Jaya Raya Suryanaga Surabaya she later affiliated with Djarum club. She was the women's doubles bronze medalist at the 2015 S ...
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Tania Oktaviani Kusumah
Tania Oktaviani Kusumah (born 13 October 1998) was an Indonesian badminton player. She is a women's doubles specialist, and has trained at the Djarum club since 2010. In 2015, she won the Maybank Malaysia Youth International. One year later, she ...
''(first round)''
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Putri Syaikah
Putri Syaikah Ulima Hidayat (born 1 September 2001) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Exist Jakarta club. She was part of the national junior team that won the first Suhandinata Cup for Indonesia in 2019 BWF World Junior Champion ...
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Nita Violina Marwah
Nita Violina Marwah (born 25 March 2001) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Exist Jakarta club. She was part of the national junior team that won the first Suhandinata Cup for Indonesia in 2019 BWF World Junior Championships. She a ...
''(final)''
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Natsuki Sone
is a common Japanese given name. While it is a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can also be used as a surname.
Possible writings
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*夏稀, " ...
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Sayaka Hobara ''(quarter-finals)''
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Li Zi-qing
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Teng Chun-hsun ''(first round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
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Chen Tang Jie /
Peck Yen Wei ''(semi-finals)''
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Hoo Pang Ron /
Cheah Yee See ''(second round)''
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Ko Sung-hyun /
Eom Hye-won (champions)
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Mathew Fogarty
Mathew Fogarty (born 30 October 1956) is an American male badminton player who has specialized in doubles events. He has shared the men's double title in four U.S. National Badminton Championships (1980, 1984, 1986, 2000) with three different pa ...
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Isabel Zhong ''(second round)''
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Kim Won-ho /
Kim Hye-rin
Kim Hye-rin (Hangul: 김혜린; born 19 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. In 2013, she won the mixed doubles title at the Romanian International tournament partnered with Choi Sol-gyu. In 2017, she won the silver medal at the Asia ...
''(withdrew)''
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Park Kyung-hoon /
Baek Ha-na ''(withdrew)''
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Guo Xinwa /
Zhang Shuxian ''(quarter-finals)''
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Parinyawat Thongnuam /
Kittipak Dubthuk ''(withdrew)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
External links
Tournament Link
{{2019 BWF World Tour
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