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Keita Masuda

Keita Masuda
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1979-02-27) February 27, 1979 (age 46)
Tokyo
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)

Keita Masuda (舛田圭太; born 27 February 1979 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan[1]) is a male badminton player from Japan.

Career

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Masuda competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Tadashi Ohtsuka. They had a bye in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun of China.

Matsuda played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Tadashi Ohtsuka, and were defeated in the third round by the eventual champions Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan, of Indonesia, 22–20, 21–19. He also played in mixed doubles with Miyuki Maeda and they lost in the second round against He Hanbin and Yu Yang, 21–17, 21–18.

Achievements

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BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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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. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Dutch Open Japan Tadashi Ōtsuka Malaysia Choong Tan Fook
Malaysia Lee Wan Wah
7–15, 4–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 U.S. Open Japan Tadashi Ōtsuka United States Howard Bach
United States Khan Malaythong
21–18, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 U.S. Open Japan Miyuki Maeda United States Howard Bach
United States Eva Lee
19–21, 21–11, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix tournament
  IBF World Grand Prix tournament

IBF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2003 Mauritius International Japan Hidetaka Yamada 15–4, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Mexico International Japan Tadashi Ōtsuka Hong Kong Ma Che Kong
Hong Kong Yau Tsz Yuk
7–15, 15–13, 10–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2000 Cuba International Japan Tadashi Ōtsuka Spain José Antonio Crespo
Spain Sergio Llopis
15–9, 15–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2000 French International Japan Tadashi Ōtsuka Japan Takuya Katayama
Japan Yuzo Kubota
15–6, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Waikato International Japan Tadashi Ōtsuka Singapore Hendri Saputra
Singapore Denny Setiawan
7–15, 15–12, 3–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2003 Guatemala International Japan Tadashi Ōtsuka United States Howard Bach
United States Kevin Han
15–6, 15–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Iran Fajr International Japan Keita Masuda Hong Kong Liu Kwok Wa
Hong Kong Albertus Susanto Njoto
4–15, 11–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Mauritius International Japan Tadashi Ōtsuka Hong Kong Liu Kwok Wa
Hong Kong Albertus Susanto Njoto
15–11, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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