Kazumasa Sakai

Kazumasa Sakai (坂井一将, Sakai Kazumasa; born 13 February 1990) is a Japanese badminton player who is single specialist. He represented Japan and won a silver medal at the 2017 Indonesia Open.^[1][2]

Kazumasa Sakai
Sakai won a silver medal at the 2017 Indonesia Open
Personal information
Birth name	Kazumasa Sakai
Country	Japan
Born	(1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 (age 35) Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	15 (8 March 2018)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Japan Thomas Cup 2018 Bangkok Men's team Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team East Asian Games 2013 Tianjin Men's singles
BWF profile

Achievements

East Asian Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China	Wang Zhengming	11–21, 17–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[4]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	13–21, 12–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[6]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Indonesia Open	Srikanth Kidambi	11–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Russian Open	Vladimir Malkov	21–17, 21–17	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2012	Osaka International	Kazushi Yamada	Walkover	Winner	[7]
2012	Scottish International	Anand Pawar	21–10, 11–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	China International	Qiao Bin	14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	Portugal International	Marius Myhre	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2015	Osaka International	Jeon Hyeok-jin	21–15, 17–21, 14–21	Runner-up	[8]

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament