Yuta Watanabe (badminton)

Japanese badminton player (born 1997)

For the basketball player, see Yuta Watanabe. For the baseball player, see Yuta Watanabe (baseball).

The native form of this personal name is Watanabe Yūta. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Badminton player

Yuta Watanabe
渡辺 勇大

Watanabe with Hiroyuki Endo

Personal information
Country| Japan
Born|  (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27)
Suginami, Japan
Height| 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight| 56 kg (123 lb)
Handedness| Left
Coach| Jeremy Gan
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking| 4 (MD with Hiroyuki Endo, 5 March 2019)
1 (XD with Arisa Higashino, 8 November 2022)
Current ranking| 5 (XD with Arisa Higashino, 13 August 2024)

Medal record

Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
|  2020 Tokyo | Mixed doubles
|  2024 Paris | Mixed doubles
World Championships
|  2019 Basel | Mixed doubles
|  2021 Huelva | Mixed doubles
|  2022 Tokyo | Mixed doubles
|  2023 Copenhagen | Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
|  2019 Nanning | Mixed team
|  2021 Vantaa | Mixed team
|  2017 Gold Coast | Mixed team
|  2023 Suzhou | Mixed team
Thomas Cup
|  2018 Bangkok | Men's team
|  2020 Aarhus | Men's team
|  2022 Bangkok | Men's team
Asian Games
|  2022 Hangzhou | Mixed doubles
|  2018 Jakarta–Palembang | Men's team
|  2022 Hangzhou  | Men's team
Asian Championships
|  2019 Wuhan | Men's doubles
|  2022 Manila | Mixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
|  2017 Ho Chi Minh | Mixed team
|  2019 Hong Kong | Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
|  2020 Manila | Men's team
World Junior Championships
|  2014 Alor Setar | Mixed doubles
|  2014 Alor Setar  | Mixed team
|  2015 Lima | Boys' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
|  2014 Taipei | Boys' doubles
|  2014 Taipei  | Mixed team
|  2015 Bangkok | Boys' singles
|  2015 Bangkok  | Mixed team

BWF profile

Yuta Watanabe (渡辺 勇大, Watanabe Yūta, born 13 June 1997) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He is a member of the Nihon Unisys team, and national team A representative.[2] Known for his quick and explosive movements with signature drop shots on court, Watanabe, together with Arisa Higashino, had won 2 consecutive bronze medals in the mixed doubles event at the 2020[3] and 2024 Summer Olympics,[4] as well as being four-time BWF World Championships medalists.

## Career

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### Early years

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Watanabe started his career in badminton when he joined the Kodaira junior club in Tokyo in 2005. He had shown his talent in badminton when he won some national event when he was in the elementary school. He made a partnership with Arisa Higashino as his senior in Tomioka Dai-ichi Junior High School in 2012.[2]

Watanabe was selected to join national junior team competed at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships, and helped the team win the mixed team bronze medal. He also settled for another bronze medal in the boys' doubles event partnered with Kenya Mitsuhashi. At the World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia, he won the bronze medals in the mixed doubles event with Arisa Higashino and in the mixed team event.[5][6] In June 2014, he made his first appearance in the senior international event at the Japan Open, competed in the mixed doubles with Higashino, but the duo was defeated in the first round. He captured two titles at the 2014 Korea Junior Open in the boys' and mixed doubles event teamed-up with Mitsuhashi and Chiharu Shida respectively.

Watanabe started the 2015 season, by winning the boys' doubles title at the Dutch Junior tournament with Kenya Mitsuhashi, and finished as the semi-finalists in the mixed doubles with Chiharu Shida, and later won the mixed doubles title in German Junior tournament. In July, he competed at the Asian Junior Championships, clinched the bronze medals in the boys' singles and mixed team events. He reached his first final in the senior international event at the 2015 Russian Open a BWF Grand Prix tournament. At the Danish Junior Cup, he clinched two titles by winning the boys' singles and doubles events. In November, he won the boys' doubles bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru.

In 2016, Watanabe won his first senior title at Vietnam International Challenge in the mixed doubles paired-up with Higashino, besides that he became a runner-up in the men's doubles with Mitsuhashi.[7] In 2017, Watanabe started a new partnership with Hiroyuki Endo in the men's doubles. The notional points they both have managed them to compete in the Superseries event; while he and Higashino also have sufficient ranking to entered the Superseries stage. The best achievement during the season is to reach the semi-finals at German Open and Malaysia Masters in the men's doubles, and also semi-finals at the All England Open in the mixed doubles.

### 2018: Break to top 5 BWF rankings in both mixed and men's doubles; All England Open title

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Significant progress occurs in 2018 season. Watanabe with his partner Higashino in the mixed doubles and Endo in the men's doubles are able to break the international doubles stage by reaching third and five place in the BWF rankings. Watanabe and Higashino became the first mixed doubles from Japan to win the All England Open since the tournament was first contested in 1899.[8] En route to the finals, they beating the top three seeds,[9] and then clinched the title after defeating the fifth seeded pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the rubber game.[8] Both also finished in the semi-finals at the Malaysia, Japan, French, and Fuzhou China Opens; and in the year-end tournament BWF World Tour Finals. Meanwhile, paired with Endo, they won the Korean Open title; and finished as finalists in the Malaysia Open, Thailand Open and World Tour Finals.

### 2021

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In March, Watanabe won both the men's and mixed doubles disciplines in the All England Open with Hiroyuki Endo and Arisa Higashino. He was the first player in over 19 years to accomplish such a feat.[10] In July, he competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Endo, and in the mixed doubles with Higashino. Watanabe and Endo's pace was stopped in the quarter-finals to eventual gold medalists Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin, while in the mixed doubles, Watanabe and Higashino clinched a bronze medal after winning the bronze medal game against Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet in straight games.[11][12]

## Achievements

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### Olympic Games

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Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2020 | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan  |  Arisa Higashino |  Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet | 21–17, 23–21  |  Bronze
2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung | 21–13, 22–20  |  Bronze

### World Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2019 | St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland  |  Arisa Higashino |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong | 11–21, 15–21  |  Bronze
2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 13–21, 14–21  |  Silver
2022 | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 13–21, 16–21  |  Silver
2023 | Royal Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung | 15–21, 13–21  |  Bronze

### Asian Games

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Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2022 | Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China  |  Arisa Higashino |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong | 15–21, 14–21  |  Silver

### Asian Championships

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Men's doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2019 | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China  |  Hiroyuki Endo |  Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | 21–18, 21–3  |  Gold

Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2022 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines  |  Arisa Higashino |  Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping | 12–21, 22–24  |  Bronze

### World Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2015 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru  |  Kenya Mitsuhashi |  He Jiting
Zheng Siwei | 13–21, 16–21  |  Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2014 | Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia  |  Arisa Higashino |  Huang Kaixiang
Chen Qingchen | 19–21, 12–21  |  Bronze

### Asian Junior Championships

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Boys' singles

Year  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2015 | CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand  |  Lin Guipu | 10–21, 12–21  |  Bronze

Boys' doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2014 | Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan  |  Kenya Mitsuhashi |  Huang Kaixiang
Zheng Siwei | 10–21, 8–21  |  Bronze

### BWF World Tour (15 titles, 15 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[13] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[14]

Men's doubles

Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result

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2018 | Malaysia Open | Super 750  |  Hiroyuki Endo |  Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda | 8–21, 10–21  |  Runner-up
2018 | Thailand Open | Super 500  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda  | 17–21, 19–21  |  Runner-up
2018 | Korea Open | Super 500  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi | 9–21, 21–15, 21–10  |  Winner
2018 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen | 15–21, 11–21  |  Runner-up
2019 | German Open | Super 300  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda  | 15–21, 21–11, 21–12  |  Winner
2019 | New Zealand Open | Super 300  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan | 22–20, 15–21, 17–21  |  Runner-up
2019 | BWF World Tour Finals  | World Tour Finals  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan  | 22–24, 19–21  |  Runner-up
2020 | All England Open | Super 1000  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | 21–18, 12–21, 21–19  |  Winner
2021 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Hiroyuki Endo  |  Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda  | 21–15, 17–21, 21–11  |  Winner

Mixed doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Level  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2018 | All England Open | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong | 15–21, 22–20, 21–16  |  Winner
2018 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping | 21–18, 21–14  |  Winner
2019 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 21–18, 21–18  |  Winner
2019 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 17–21, 20–22  |  Runner-up
2019 | Thailand Open | Super 500  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping  | 22–24, 21–23  |  Runner-up
2019 | Hong Kong Open  | Super 500  |  Arisa Higashino  |  He Jiting
Du Yue | 22–20, 21–16  |  Winner
2021 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Yuki Kaneko
Misaki Matsutomo | 21–14, 21–13  |  Winner
2021 | Denmark Open | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  | 21–18, 21–9  |  Winner
2021 | French Open | Super 750  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Mathias Christiansen
Alexandra Bøje | 21–8, 21–17  |  Winner
2021 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  | 12–21, 13–21  |  Runner-up
2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  | 19–21, 11–21  |  Runner-up
2022 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping  | 21–19, 21–19  |  Winner
2022 | Indonesia Open  | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 14–21, 16–21  |  Runner-up
2022 | Japan Open | Super 750  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  | 21–16, 21–23, 18–21  |  Runner-up
2023 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 19–21, 11–21  |  Runner-up
2023 | India Open | Super 750  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping  | Walkover  |  Winner
2023 | Singapore Open | Super 750  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Mathias Christiansen
Alexandra Bøje  | 14–21, 22–20, 16–21  |  Runner-up
2023 | Indonesia Open  | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 14–21, 11–21  |  Runner-up
2023 | Japan Open  | Super 750  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  | 17–21, 21–16, 21–15  |  Winner
2024 | Malaysia Open  | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Kim Won-ho
Jeong Na-eun | 21–18, 21–15  |  Winner
2024 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Arisa Higashino  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 16–21, 11–21  |  Runner-up

### BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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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.

Mixed doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2015 | Russian Open |  Arisa Higashino |  Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying | 13–21, 21–23  |  Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament

### BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2016  | Austrian Open |  Kenya Mitsuhashi |  Marcus Ellis
Chris Langridge | 14–21, 16–21  |  Runner-up
2016  | Vietnam International |  Kenya Mitsuhashi  |  Ong Yew Sin
Teo Ee Yi | 19–21, 14–21  |  Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2016  | Vietnam International |  Arisa Higashino |  Tinn Isriyanet
Pacharapun Chochuwong  | 21–16, 21–14  |  Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament

## Performance timeline

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Key
W | F  | SF  | QF  | #R  | RR  | Q#  | A  | G | S  | B  | NH  | N/A  | DNQ

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(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

### National team

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* Junior level

Team events | 2014 | 2015 | Ref

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Asian Junior Championships | B | B |
World Junior Championships | B | 4th | [6]

* Senior level

Team events | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

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Asia Team Championships | NH  | QF | NH  | A  | NH  | A  | NH
Asia Mixed Team Championships | G | NH  | S | NH  | QF
Asian Games | NH  | B | NH  | B | NH
Thomas Cup | NH  | S | NH  | B | B | NH
Sudirman Cup | B | NH  | S | NH  | S | NH  | B

### Individual competitions

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#### Junior level

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* Boys' singles

Event | 2015

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Asia Junior Championships | B
World Junior Championships | 2R

* Boys' doubles

Event | 2014 | 2015

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Asia Junior Championships | B | 1R
World Junior Championships | 1R | B

* Mixed doubles

Event | 2014 | Ref

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Asia Junior Championships | 3R |
World Junior Championships | B | [5]

#### Senior level

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##### Men's singles

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Tournament | Grand Prix | Best

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2015
Russian Open | 1R | 1R ('15)
Year-end ranking | 1,091  | 973

##### Men's doubles

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Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Ref

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Asian Championships | 2R | QF | G | NH  |
World Championships | 2R | 3R | 2R | NH  |
Olympic Games | NH  | QF | [11]
Tournament | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref

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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021
Syed Modi International | A  | 1R | A  | NH  | 1R ('18)
German Open | A  | SF | 1R | W | NH  | W ('19)
All England Open | A  | 1R | SF | 2R | W | W | W ('20, '21)  | [10]
Korea Open | A  | W | 2R | NH  | W ('18)
Korea Masters | A  | QF | A  | NH  | QF ('16)
Thailand Open | A  | F | SF | NH  | F ('18)
Indonesia Masters | A  | NH  | 1R | QF | A  | QF ('19)
Indonesia Open | A  | 1R | 2R | QF | NH  | A  | QF ('19)
Malaysia Open | A  | 1R | F | 1R | NH  | F ('18)
Malaysia Masters | A  | SF | 2R | QF | A  | NH  | SF ('17)
Singapore Open | A  | 1R | A  | 2R | NH  | 2R ('19)
Japan Open | A  | 2R | A  | 1R | QF | NH  | QF ('19)
U.S. Open | A  | 2R | A  | NH  | 2R ('16)
Denmark Open | A  | 1R | QF | w/d | A  | QF ('19)
French Open | A  | 2R | SF | NH  | A  | SF ('19)
Hong Kong Open | A  | 2R | A  | 1R | SF | NH  | SF ('19)
Australian Open | A  | 2R | A  | 1R | NH  | 2R ('17)
New Zealand Open | A  | F | NH  | F ('19)
China Open | A  | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | NH  | QF ('19)
China Masters | A  | 2R | 2R | NH  | 2R ('18, '19)
Russian Open | 2R | A  | NH  | 2R ('15)
U.S. Grand Prix | 1R | N/A  | NH  | 1R ('15)
Superseries / World Tour Finals | DNQ | F | F | DNQ | F ('18, '19)
Year-end ranking | 224  | 62  | 27  | 5  | 6  | 5  | 5  | 4
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Best

##### Mixed doubles

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Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Ref

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Asian Championships | 1R | 2R | QF | NH  | B | w/d | QF |
Asian Games | NH  | QF | NH  | S | NH  |
World Championships | 2R | 3R | B | NH  | S | S | B | NH  |
Olympic Games | NH  | B | NH  | B | [12]
Tournament | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref

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2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
Malaysia Open | A  | 1R | SF | 1R | NH  | 1R | F | W | W ('24)
India Open | A  | 1R | A  | W | QF | W ('23)
Indonesia Masters | A  | NH  | 1R | SF | A  | SF | A  | w/d | A  | SF ('19, '21)
German Open | A  | 1R | 2R | QF | NH  | 1R | 2R | A  | QF ('19)
French Open | A  | SF | SF | NH  | W | w/d | SF | QF | W ('21)
All England Open | A  | SF | W | F | 2R | W | W | 2R | F | W ('18, '21, '22)  | [8][10]
Thailand Open | A  | 1R | F | NH  | SF | A  | F ('19)
Malaysia Masters | A  | 1R | W | A  | NH  | QF | A  | W ('19)
Singapore Open | A  | 1R | A  | 1R | NH  | A  | F | 1R | F ('23)
Indonesia Open | A  | 2R | QF | 1R | NH  | F | F | F | 1R | F ('21, '22, '23)
Australian Open | A  | 1R | A  | SF | NH  | w/d | w/d | A  | SF ('19)
U.S. Open | A  | 2R | A  | NH  | A  | 2R ('16)
Canada Open | A  | NH  | A  | QF | A  | QF ('23)
Japan Open | 1R | Q8 | 2R | A  | SF | QF | NH  | F | W | QF | W ('23)
Korea Open | A  | QF | QF | NH  | A  | SF | A  | SF ('23)
Hong Kong Open | A  | 2R | A  | W | W | NH  | w/d | A  | W ('18, '19)
China Open | A  | QF | 1R | QF | QF | NH  | QF | w/d | QF ('16, '18, '19, '23)
Denmark Open | A  | 1R | 1R | w/d | W | QF | 2R |  | W ('21)
Hylo Open | A  | w/d | A  |  | —
Korea Masters | A  | 2R | A  | NH  | A  |  | 2R ('16)
Japan Masters | NH  | SF |  | SF ('23)
China Masters | A  | SF | A  | SF | SF | NH  | 1R |  | SF ('16, '18, '19)
Superseries / World Tour Finals | DNQ | SF | SF | DNQ | F | w/d | SF |  | F ('21)
New Zealand Open | A  | QF | A  | NH  | QF ('16)
Russian Open | A  | F | A  | NH  | F ('15)
Year-end ranking | 421  | 184  | 22  | 29  | 3  | 3  | 5  | 4  | 4  | 2  |  | 1
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Best

## References

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1. ^ "Players: Yuta Watanabe". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. ^ a b "渡辺 勇大 Yuta Watanabe". Unisys (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2019.
3. ^ "Japan's Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe win bronze in mixed doubles badminton". The Japan Times. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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## External links

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* Yuta Watanabe at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
* Yuta Watanabe at BWFbadminton.com
* Yuta Watanabe at Olympics.com
* Yuta Watanabe at Olympedia
* Official website (in Japanese)
* Yuta Watanabe on Twitter (in Japanese)
* Yuta Watanabe's channel on YouTube (in Japanese)

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All England Open badminton men's doubles champions

* 1899:  Stewart Marsden Massey & D. Oakes (ENG)
* 1900:  Herbert Mellersh & F. S. Collier (ENG)
* 1901:  Herbert Mellersh & F. S. Collier (ENG)
* 1902:  Herbert Mellersh & F. S. Collier (ENG)
* 1903:  Stewart Marsden Massey & Edward Huson (ENG)
* 1904:  Albert Prebble & Henry Norman Marrett (ENG)
* 1905:  C. T. J. Barnes & Stewart Marsden Massey (ENG)
* 1906:  Henry Norman Marrett & George Thomas (ENG)
* 1907:  Albert Prebble & Norman Wood (ENG)
* 1908:  Henry Norman Marrett & George Thomas (ENG)
* 1909:  Frank Chesterton & Albert Prebble (ENG)
* 1910:  Henry Norman Marrett & George Thomas (ENG)
* 1911:  Percy Fitton & Edward Hawthorn (ENG)
* 1912:  Henry Norman Marrett & George Thomas (ENG)
* 1913:  Frank Chesterton & George Thomas (ENG)
* 1914:  Frank Chesterton & George Thomas (ENG)
* 1920:  Archibald Frank Engelbach & Raoul du Roveray (ENG)
* 1921:  George Thomas & Frank Hodge (ENG)
* 1922:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Guy A. Sautter (ENG)
* 1923:  Frank Devlin & Gordon 'Curly' Mack (IRE)
* 1924:  George Thomas & Frank Hodge (ENG)
* 1925:  Arthur Kenneth Jones & Herbert Uber (ENG)
* 1926:  Frank Devlin & Gordon 'Curly' Mack (IRE)
* 1927:  Frank Devlin & Gordon 'Curly' Mack (IRE)
* 1928:  George Thomas & Frank Hodge (ENG)
* 1929:  Frank Devlin & Gordon 'Curly' Mack (IRE)
* 1930:  Frank Devlin & Gordon 'Curly' Mack (IRE)
* 1931:  Frank Devlin & Gordon 'Curly' Mack (IRE)
* 1932:  Donald C. Hume & Raymond M. White (ENG)
* 1933:  Donald C. Hume & Raymond M. White (ENG)
* 1934:  Donald C. Hume & Raymond M. White (ENG)
* 1935:  Donald C. Hume & Raymond M. White (ENG)
* 1936:  Leslie Nichols & Ralph Nichols (ENG)
* 1937:  Leslie Nichols & Ralph Nichols (ENG)
* 1938:  Leslie Nichols & Ralph Nichols (ENG)
* 1939:  Thomas Boyle & James Rankin (IRE)
* 1947:  Poul Holm & Tage Madsen (DEN)
* 1948:  Preben Dabelsteen & Børge Frederiksen (DEN)
* 1949:  Ooi Teik Hock & Teoh Seng Khoon (MAL)
* 1950:  Preben Dabelsteen & Jørn Skaarup (DEN)
* 1951:  David E. L. Choong & Eddy Choong (MAL)
* 1952:  David E. L. Choong & Eddy Choong (MAL)
* 1953:  David E. L. Choong & Eddy Choong (MAL)
* 1954:  Ong Poh Lim & Ooi Teik Hock (MAL)
* 1955:  Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Finn Kobberø (DEN)
* 1956:  Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Finn Kobberø (DEN)
* 1957:  Joseph Cameron Alston (USA) & Heah Hock Aun (MAL)
* 1958:  Erland Kops & Poul-Erik Nielsen (DEN)
* 1959:  Lim Say Hup & Teh Kew San (MAL)
* 1960:  Finn Kobberø & Poul-Erik Nielsen (DEN)
* 1961:  Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Finn Kobberø (DEN)
* 1962:  Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Finn Kobberø (DEN)
* 1963:  Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Finn Kobberø (DEN)
* 1964:  Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Finn Kobberø (DEN)
* 1965:  Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan (MAS)
* 1966:  Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan (MAS)
* 1967:  Henning Borch & Erland Kops (DEN)
* 1968:  Henning Borch & Erland Kops (DEN)
* 1969:  Henning Borch & Erland Kops (DEN)
* 1970:  Tom Bacher & Poul Petersen (DEN)
* 1971:  Punch Gunalan & Ng Boon Bee (MAS)
* 1972:  Ade Chandra & Christian Hadinata (INA)
* 1973:  Ade Chandra & Christian Hadinata (INA)
* 1974:  Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi (INA)
* 1975:  Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi (INA)
* 1976:  Bengt Fröman & Thomas Kihlström (SWE)
* 1977:  Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi (INA)
* 1978:  Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi (INA)
* 1979:  Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi (INA)
* 1980:  Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi (INA)
* 1981:  Rudy Heryanto & Hariamanto Kartono (INA)
* 1982:  Jalani Sidek & Razif Sidek (MAS)
* 1983:  Stefan Karlsson & Thomas Kihlström (SWE)
* 1984:  Rudy Heryanto & Hariamanto Kartono (INA)
* 1985:  Kim Moon-soo & Park Joo-bong (KOR)
* 1986:  Kim Moon-soo & Park Joo-bong (KOR)
* 1987:  Li Yongbo & Tian Bingyi (CHN)
* 1988:  Li Yongbo & Tian Bingyi (CHN)
* 1989:  Lee Sang-bok & Park Joo-bong (KOR)
* 1990:  Kim Moon-soo & Park Joo-bong (KOR)
* 1991:  Li Yongbo & Tian Bingyi (CHN)
* 1992:  Rudy Gunawan & Eddy Hartono (INA)
* 1993:  Jon Holst-Christensen & Thomas Lund (DEN)
* 1994:  Rudy Gunawan & Bambang Suprianto (INA)
* 1995:  Rexy Mainaky & Ricky Subagja (INA)
* 1996:  Rexy Mainaky & Ricky Subagja (INA)
* 1997:  Ha Tae-kwon & Kang Kyung-jin (KOR)
* 1998:  Lee Dong-soo & Yoo Yong-sung (KOR)
* 1999:  Tony Gunawan & Candra Wijaya (INA)
* 2000:  Ha Tae-kwon & Kim Dong-moon (KOR)
* 2001:  Tony Gunawan & Halim Haryanto (INA)
* 2002:  Ha Tae-kwon & Kim Dong-moon (KOR)
* 2003:  Sigit Budiarto & Candra Wijaya (INA)
* 2004:  Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen (DEN)
* 2005:  Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (CHN)
* 2006:  Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen (DEN)
* 2007:  Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong (MAS)
* 2008:  Jung Jae-sung & Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
* 2009:  Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (CHN)
* 2010:  Lars Paaske & Jonas Rasmussen (DEN)
* 2011:  Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
* 2012:  Jung Jae-sung & Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
* 2013:  Liu Xiaolong & Qiu Zihan (CHN)
* 2014:  Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan (INA)
* 2015:  Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
* 2016:  Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov (RUS)
* 2017:  Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)
* 2018:  Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)
* 2019:  Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan (INA)
* 2020:  Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe (JPN)
* 2021:  Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe (JPN)
* 2022:  Muhammad Shohibul Fikri & Bagas Maulana (INA)
* 2023:  Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto (INA)
* 2024:  Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto (INA)

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All England Open badminton mixed doubles champions

* 1899:  D. Oakes & Daisy St. John (ENG)
* 1900:  D. Oakes & Daisy St. John (ENG)
* 1901:  F. S. Collier & Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown (ENG)
* 1902:  Leonard Ransford & E. Moseley (ENG)
* 1903:  George Thomas & Ethel Thomson (ENG)
* 1904:  Henry Norman Marrett & Dorothea Douglass (ENG)
* 1905:  Henry Norman Marrett & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1906:  George Thomas & Ethel Thomson (ENG)
* 1907:  George Thomas & G. L. Murray (ENG)
* 1908:  Norman Wood & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
* 1909:  Albert Prebble & Dora Boothby (ENG)
* 1910:  Dorothy Cundall & Guy A. Sautter (ENG)
* 1911:  George Thomas & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1912:  Edward Hawthorn & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1913:  M. E. Mayston & Guy A. Sautter (ENG)
* 1914:  George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1920:  George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1921:  George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1922:  George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1923:  Gordon 'Curly' Mack (IRE) & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1924:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Kathleen McKane (ENG)
* 1925:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Kathleen McKane (ENG)
* 1926:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Eveline Peterson (ENG)
* 1927:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Eveline Peterson (ENG)
* 1928:  Albert Harbot & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1929:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Marian Horsley (ENG)
* 1930:  Herbert Uber & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1931:  Herbert Uber & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1932:  Herbert Uber & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1933:  Donald C. Hume & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1934:  Donald C. Hume & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1935:  Donald C. Hume & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1936:  Donald C. Hume & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1937:  Ian Maconachie (IRE) & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
* 1938:  Raymond M. White & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1939:  Ralph Nichols & Bessie Shearlaw (ENG)
* 1947:  Poul Holm & Tonny Ahm (DEN)
* 1948:  Jørn Skaarup & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1949:  Clinton Stephens & Patricia Stephens (USA)
* 1950:  Poul Holm & Tonny Ahm (DEN)
* 1951:  Poul Holm & Tonny Ahm (DEN)
* 1952:  Poul Holm & Tonny Ahm (DEN)
* 1953:  David E. L. Choong (MAL) & June White (ENG)
* 1954:  John Best & Iris Cooley (ENG)
* 1955:  Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1956:  Anthony D. Jordan & June Timperley (ENG)
* 1957:  Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1958:  Anthony D. Jordan & June Timperley (ENG)
* 1959:  Poul-Erik Nielsen & Inge Birgit Hansen (DEN)
* 1960:  Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1961:  Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1962:  Finn Kobberø & Ulla Rasmussen (DEN)
* 1963:  Finn Kobberø & Ulla Rasmussen (DEN)
* 1964:  Anthony D. Jordan & Jenny Pritchard (ENG)
* 1965:  Finn Kobberø & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1966:  Finn Kobberø & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1967:  Svend Pri & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1968:  Anthony D. Jordan & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
* 1969:  Roger J. Mills & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1970:  Per Walsøe & Pernille Mølgaard Hansen (DEN)
* 1971:  Svend Pri & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1972:  Svend Pri & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1973:  Derek Talbot & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1974:  David Eddy & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
* 1975:  Elliot Stuart & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1976:  Derek Talbot & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1977:  Derek Talbot & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1978:  Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1979:  Christian Hadinata & Imelda Wiguna (INA)
* 1980:  Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1981:  Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1982:  Martin Dew & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1983:  Thomas Kihlström (SWE) & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1984:  Martin Dew & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1985:  Billy Gilliland (SCO) & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1986:  Park Joo-bong & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
* 1987:  Lee Deuk-choon & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
* 1988:  Wang Pengren & Shi Fangjing (CHN)
* 1989:  Park Joo-bong & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
* 1990:  Park Joo-bong & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
* 1991:  Park Joo-bong & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
* 1992:  Thomas Lund & Pernille Dupont (DEN)
* 1993:  Jon Holst-Christensen & Grete Mogensen (DEN)
* 1994:  Nick Ponting & Joanne Goode (ENG)
* 1995:  Thomas Lund & Marlene Thomsen (DEN)
* 1996:  Park Joo-bong & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 1997:  Liu Yong & Ge Fei (CHN)
* 1998:  Kim Dong-moon & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 1999:  Simon Archer & Joanne Goode (ENG)
* 2000:  Kim Dong-moon & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 2001:  Zhang Jun & Gao Ling (CHN)
* 2002:  Kim Dong-moon & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 2003:  Zhang Jun & Gao Ling (CHN)
* 2004:  Kim Dong-moon & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 2005:  Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms (ENG)
* 2006:  Zhang Jun & Gao Ling (CHN)
* 2007:  Zheng Bo & Gao Ling (CHN)
* 2008:  Zheng Bo & Gao Ling (CHN)
* 2009:  He Hanbin & Yu Yang (CHN)
* 2010:  Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
* 2011:  Xu Chen & Ma Jin (CHN)
* 2012:  Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir (INA)
* 2013:  Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir (INA)
* 2014:  Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir (INA)
* 2015:  Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
* 2016:  Praveen Jordan & Debby Susanto (INA)
* 2017:  Lu Kai & Huang Yaqiong (CHN)
* 2018:  Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino (JPN)
* 2019:  Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong (CHN)
* 2020:  Praveen Jordan & Melati Daeva Oktavianti (INA)
* 2021:  Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino (JPN)
* 2022:  Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino (JPN)
* 2023:  Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong (CHN)
* 2024:  Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong (CHN)

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Asian badminton men's doubles champions

* 1962:  Ng Boon Bee & Tan Yee Khan (MAL)
* 1965:  Narong Bhornchima & Chavalert Chumkum (THA)
* 1969:  Punch Gunalan & Ng Boon Bee (MAS)
* 1971:  Indra Gunawan & Nara Sudjana (INA)
* 1976:  Ade Chandra & Tjun Tjun (INA)
* 1983:  He Shangquan & Jiang Guoliang (CHN)
* 1985:  Kim Moon-soo & Park Joo-bong (KOR)
* 1991:  Kim Moon-soo & Park Joo-bong (KOR)
* 1992:  Jalani Sidek & Razif Sidek (MAS)
* 1994:  Chen Hongyong & Chen Kang (CHN)
* 1995:  Cheah Soon Kit & Yap Kim Hock (MAS)
* 1996:  Ade Sutrisna & Candra Wijaya (INA)
* 1997:  Antonius Ariantho & Denny Kantono (INA)
* 1998:  Ha Tae-kwon & Kang Kyung-jin (KOR)
* 1999:  Ha Tae-kwon & Kim Dong-moon (KOR)
* 2000:  Tony Gunawan & Rexy Mainaky (INA)
* 2001:  Tri Kusharjanto & Bambang Suprianto (INA)
* 2002:  Ha Tae-kwon & Kim Dong-moon (KOR)
* 2003:  Lee Dong-soo & Yoo Yong-sung (KOR)
* 2004:  Sigit Budiarto & Tri Kusharjanto (INA)
* 2005:  Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan (INA)
* 2006:  Choong Tan Fook & Lee Wan Wah (MAS)
* 2007:  Choong Tan Fook & Lee Wan Wah (MAS)
* 2008:  Jung Jae-sung & Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
* 2009:  Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan (INA)
* 2010:  Cho Gun-woo & Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR)
* 2011:  Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (CHN)
* 2012:  Kim Gi-jung & Kim Sa-rang (KOR)
* 2013:  Ko Sung-hyun & Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
* 2014:  Shin Baek-cheol & Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR)
* 2015:  Lee Yong-dae & Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR)
* 2016:  Lee Yong-dae & Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR)
* 2017:  Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen (CHN)
* 2018:  Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen (CHN)
* 2019:  Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe (JPN)
* 2022:  Pramudya Kusumawardana & Yeremia Rambitan (INA)
* 2023:  Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty (IND)
* 2024:  Liang Weikeng & Wang Chang (CHN)

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Asian Badminton mixed team champions

* 2017:  Hiroyuki Endo, Arisa Higashino, Takuro Hoki, Takeshi Kamura, Kenta Kazuno, Ayane Kurihara, Misaki Matsutomo, Kenta Nishimoto, Kazumasa Sakai, Sayaka Sato, Keigo Sonoda, Ayaka Takahashi, Shiho Tanaka, Yuta Watanabe, Akane Yamaguchi, Koharu Yonemoto (JPN)
* 2019:  Cai Yanyan, Chen Xiaofei, Dong Wenjing, Du Yue, Feng Xueying, Han Chengkai, Han Yue, He Jiting, Li Yinhui, Lu Guangzu, Ou Xuanyi, Tan Qiang, Zhao Junpeng, Zhou Haodong (CHN)
* 2023:  Cai Yanyan, Feng Yanzhe, Gao Fangjie, He Jiting, Huang Dongping, Jiang Zhenbang, Lei Lanxi, Li Yijing, Liu Shengshu, Luo Xumin, Ren Xiangyu, Tan Ning, Tan Qiang, Wei Yaxin, Zhao Junpeng, Zhou Haodong (CHN)

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World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of 24 September 2024

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1. Shi
2. Axelsen
3. Antonsen 2
4. Naraoka 2
5. Lee 2
6. Li 2
7. Christie 1
8. Vitidsarn 1
9. Chou
10. Ginting

1. An
2. Chen
3. Wang 2
4. Marín 1
5. Tai 1
6. Yamaguchi 2
7. Han 1
8. Tunjung 1
9. Ohori
10. Zhang

1. Liang / Wang
2. Astrup / Rasmussen
3. Kang / Seo
4. Rankireddy / Shetty
5. Chia / Soh
6. He / Ren 1
7. Alfian / Ardianto 1
8. Goh / Izzuddin 4
9. Hoki / Kobayashi 1
10. Lee / Wang 1

1. Chen / Jia
2. Baek / Lee
3. Liu / Tan
4. Matsuyama / Shida
5. Zhang / Zheng
6. Iwanaga / Nakanishi
7. Matsumoto / Nagahara
8. Tan / Thinaah
9. Kim / Kong
10. Jeong / Kim 1

1. Zheng / Huang
2. Feng / Huang 1
3. Jiang / Wei 1
4. Seo / Chae
5. Watanabe / Higashino
6. Kim / Jeong
7. Puavaranukroh / Taerattanachai
8. Tang / Tse
9. Chen / Toh
10. Goh / Lai 2

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