
Wakana NAGAHARA 
Biography
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:
Opponent:
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 |
WD
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Best |
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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) |
XD
Tournament | 2013 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 | Best |
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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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