Wakana NAGAHARA

Biography
Birthday: 09/01/1996 (27)
Height: 170 cm

Wakana Nagahara (永原 和可那, Nagahara Wakana, born 9 January 1996) is a Japanese badminton player. She is a two-time world champion in the women's doubles. Nagahara attended Aomori Yamada High School, and was part of the Japanese national junior team that won the bronze medals at the 2013, 2014 Asian and 2014 World Junior Championships. She won her first senior international title at the 2014 Smiling Fish International in the women's doubles event partnered with Mayu Matsumoto. In national events, she plays for the Hokuto Bank team. Nagahara was awarded as the 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year by the BWF together with her partner Mayu Matsumoto. They obtained the honour after winning the 2018 BWF World Championships title and improving their ranking from 14 to 3 in the world. On 30 April 2019, she reached a career high as the women's doubles world No. 1.
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Win/Loss: 10-4 (Walkovers: 0-0)

All Matches:
*Ranks in brackets and marked with asterisk are unofficial
Category Round Rank* Player Score Player Rank* Duration
Malaysia Masters 2023   23/5/2023-28/5/2023
WD Round 1 10 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 21-17 / 21-18 Meilysa Trisas PUSPITA SARI / Rachel Allessya ROSE 46 42
WD Round 2 10 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 21-12 / 21-10 Maiken FRUERGAARD / Sara THYGESEN 22 43
WD Quarter-final 10 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 16-21 / 21-12 / 21-16 HSU Ya Ching / LIN Wan Ching 33 87
WD Semi-final 6 BAEK Ha Na / LEE So Hee 21-19 / 21-14 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 10 63
BWF Sudirman Cup 2023   14/5/2023-21/5/2023
WD Team Match 7 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 21-17 / 13-21 / 21-11 Chloe BIRCH / Lauren SMITH 27 56
Badminton Asia Championships 2023   25/4/2023-30/4/2023
WD Round 1 9 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 21-13 / 21-9 LUI Lok Lok / NG Wing Yung 86 29
WD Round 2 9 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 21-17 / 20-22 / 21-14 ZHANG Shuxian / ZHENG Yu 3 73
WD Quarter-final 9 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 21-18 / 21-13 JEONG Na Eun / KIM Hye Jeong 7 42
WD Semi-final 12 BAEK Ha Na / LEE So Hee 16-21 / 21-8 / 21-13 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 9 61
All England 2023   14/3/2023-19/3/2023
WD Round 1 11 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 21-13 / 15-21 / 21-15 TAN Pearly Koong Le / Muralitharan THINAAH 7 55
WD Round 2 11 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 21-9 / 21-10 Chloe BIRCH / Lauren SMITH 59 32
WD Quarter-final 3 ZHANG Shuxian / ZHENG Yu 21-13 / 22-20 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 11 47
German Open 2023   7/3/2023-12/3/2023
WD Round 2 11 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 21-12 / 21-16 YEUNG Nga Ting / YEUNG Pui Lam 31 39
WD Quarter-final 6 TAN Pearly Koong Le / Muralitharan THINAAH 21-17 / 18-21 / 21-11 Mayu MATSUMOTO / Wakana NAGAHARA 11 62

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TAN Pearly Koong Le / Muralitharan THINAAH 2 1 1 2023/3/10 2023/3/14
Chloe BIRCH / Lauren SMITH 2 2 0 2023/3/16 2023/5/14
ZHANG Shuxian / ZHENG Yu 2 1 1 2023/3/17 2023/4/27
BAEK Ha Na / LEE So Hee 2 0 2 2023/4/29 2023/5/27
YEUNG Nga Ting / YEUNG Pui Lam 1 1 0 2023/3/9 2023/3/9
LUI Lok Lok / NG Wing Yung 1 1 0 2023/4/26 2023/4/26
JEONG Na Eun / KIM Hye Jeong 1 1 0 2023/4/28 2023/4/28
Meilysa Trisas PUSPITA SARI / Rachel Allessya ROSE 1 1 0 2023/5/24 2023/5/24
Maiken FRUERGAARD / Sara THYGESEN 1 1 0 2023/5/25 2023/5/25
HSU Ya Ching / LIN Wan Ching 1 1 0 2023/5/26 2023/5/26

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Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Best
World Championships - - - - W W - SF SF - W ('18 '19)
All England - - - - SF F QF W - QF W ('21)
Indonesia Open - - - - F QF - - R1 - F ('18)
Malaysia Open - - - - QF QF - - SF - SF ('22)
Japan Open - R1 R1 - QF F - - QF - F ('19)
Denmark Open - - - - - SF F - R1 - F ('20)
French Open - - - SF W SF - - F - W ('18)
Victor China Open - - - - F R2 - - - - F ('18)
Fuzhou China Open - - R2 - F SF - - - - F ('18)
Chinese Taipei Open R2 R1 - SF - - - - - - SF ('17)
Thailand Open - - F - QF QF R1/R1 - F - F ('16 '22)
Hong Kong Open - - - QF - SF - - - - SF ('19)
German Open - - - - R2 SF - - - QF SF ('19)
Russia Open F R1 - - - - - - - - F ('14)
Canada Open - QF - W - - - - - - W ('17)
SINGAPORE OPEN - - - - - W - - - - W ('19)
Olympic Games - - - - - - - QF - - QF ('21)
Australian Open - - - - - QF - - QF - QF ('19 '22)
New Zealand Open - - R2 R2 - QF - - - - QF ('19)
US Open - R1 - F - - - - - - F ('17)
Korea Open - - - QF QF R2 - - - - QF ('17 '18)
Korea Masters - - QF - - - - - - - QF ('16)
Indonesian Masters - - - - - SF R2 - - - SF ('19)
Spain Masters - - - - W - - - - - W ('18)
Season Finals - - - - SF F - - - - F ('19)
Macau Open - - - QF - - - - - - QF ('17)
Malaysia Masters - - R1 - - SF - - R2 SF SF ('19 '23)
Badminton Asia Championships - - - - - F - - - - F ('19)

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Tournament 2013 2016 2017 2018 2020 Best
Japan Open R2 - R1 - - R2 ('13)
Denmark Open - - - R1 - R1 ('18)
Fuzhou China Open - - R1 - - R1 ('17)
Hong Kong Open - - - QF - QF ('18)
US Open - W - - - W ('16)
Malaysia Masters - - - - QF QF ('20)


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