Eriko Hirose

Eriko Hirose (廣瀬 栄理子, Eriko Hirose; born 16 March 1985) is a badminton player from Japan.^[1]

Eriko Hirose
Eriko Hirose at the 2013 French Super Series
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1985-03-16) 16 March 1985 (age 40) Inagawa, Hyōgo, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Retired	December 2014
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	7 (23 September 2010)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Women's team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 2012 Wuhan Women's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team 2010 Guangzhou Women's singles Asian Championships 2013 Taipei Women's singles 2005 Hyderabad Women's singles Asian Junior Championships 2002 Kuala Lumpur Girls' singles 2002 Kuala Lumpur Girls' team
BWF profile

Career

She competed at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round before losing to Wang Chen of Hong Kong.^[2] At the same year, she won the women's singles bronze medal at the Asian Championships after lose to her compatriot Kaori Mori in the semi-final.

In the 2010 BWF World Championship, she caused an upset over the world number one ranking player, Wang Yihan in the third round but lost to Wang Lin in the quarterfinals.^[3]

In the 2011 All England Open, she came second in the women's singles, losing in the final to China's Wang Shixian.^[4]

Hirose spent 23 years career in badminton and announced her retirement at the end of National Championships in December 2014.^[5] She then started a career as a coach in Japan National B Team.^[6]

Achievements

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2010	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Wang Xin	7–21, 15–21	Bronze	[7]

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2005	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Kaori Mori	5–11, 11–5, 10–13	Bronze	[8]
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan	Wang Yihan	12–21, 6–21	Bronze	[9]

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2002	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Zhu Lin	7–11, 4–11	Bronze	[10]

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries had two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries featured twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2011	All England Open	Wang Shixian	22–24, 18–21	Runner-up	[4]
2012	Japan Open	Tai Tzu-ying	21–9, 9–21, 14–21	Runner-up	[11][12]

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2004	Indonesia Open	Xie Xingfang	8–11, 0–11	Runner-up	[13]

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2007	Osaka International	Kanako Yonekura	21–14, 21–11	Winner	[14]

  BWF International Challenge tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.^[15]

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Petya Nedelcheva 7 6 1 +5 Gong Ruina 1 1 0 +1 Li Xuerui 5 0 5 –5 Lu Lan 8 2 6 –4 Wang Lin 4 2 2 0 Wang Shixian 10 1 9 –8 Wang Xin 5 0 5 –5 Wang Yihan 9 1 8 –7 Xie Xingfang 4 0 4 –4 Zhang Ning 6 0 6 –6 Zhu Lin 10 3 7 –4 Cheng Shao-chieh 4 2 2 0 Huang Chia-chi 1 1 0 +1 Tai Tzu-ying 6 3 3 0 Tine Baun 3 1 2 –1 Tracey Hallam 2 2 0 +2 Pi Hongyan 7 1 6 –5

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Juliane Schenk 10 4 6 –2 Xu Huaiwen 4 1 3 –2 Wang Chen 4 1 3 –2 Yip Pui Yin 7 4 3 +1 / Zhou Mi 6 2 4 –2 Saina Nehwal 9 5 4 +1 P. V. Sindhu 4 3 1 +2 Lindaweni Fanetri 3 1 2 –1 Maria Kristin Yulianti 3 2 1 +1 Minatsu Mitani 3 1 2 –1 Wong Mew Choo 8 3 5 –2 Bae Yeon-ju 6 4 2 +2 Sung Ji-hyun 7 0 7 –7 Carolina Marín 2 1 1 0 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 8 3 5 –2 Ratchanok Intanon 3 0 3 –3