Kenichi Hayakawa

Kenichi Hayakawa
Kenichi Hayakawa at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1986-04-05) 5 April 1986 Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	2 with Hiroyuki Endo (June 19, 2014)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2015 Jakarta Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Thomas Cup 2014 New Delhi Men's team 2012 Wuhan Men's team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team Asia Championships 2012 Qingdao Men's doubles 2015 Wuhan Mixed doubles 2013 Taipei Men's doubles Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Men's team
BWF profile

Kenichi Hayakawa (早川賢一, born 5 April 1986) is a male Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.^[1]

Career

Endo won the 1st point in the Thomas Cup finals with Kenichi Hayakawa beating 2004 World Junior Champion Tan Boon Heong and Hoon Thien How and lead the momentum for the Japanese Team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Hiroyuki Endo	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	16–21, 23–21, 20–22	Bronze

Badminton Asia Championships

Men's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hiroyuki Endo	Kim Sa-rang Kim Gi-jung	21–19, 13–21, 14–21	Bronze
2012	Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium, Qingdao, China	Hiroyuki Endo	Kim Sa-rang Kim Gi-jung	12–21, 16–21	Silver

Men's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Misaki Matsutomo	Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah	17–21, 19–21	Bronze

BWF Superseries

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

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	All England	Hiroyuki Endo	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	23–21, 18–21, 16–21	02 ! Runner-up
2014	French Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–18, 9–21, 7–21	02 ! Runner-up
2014	All England	Hiroyuki Endo	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	19–21, 19–21	02 ! Runner-up
2013	China Masters	Hiroyuki Endo	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	23–25, 19–21	02 ! Runner-up
2013	All England	Hiroyuki Endo	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	11–21, 9–21	02 ! Runner-up
2012	Super Series Masters Finals	Hiroyuki Endo	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	17–21, 19–21	02 ! Runner-up
2012	China Masters	Hiroyuki Endo	Chai Biao Zhang Nan	18–21, 17–21	02 ! Runner-up

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	German Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	19–21, 21–14, 14–21	02 ! Runner-up
2012	U.S. Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Yoshiteru Hirobe Kenta Kazuno	21–15, 21–10	01 ! Winner
2011	Indonesian Masters	Hiroyuki Endo	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	13–21, 14–21	02 ! Runner-up
2011	Russian Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	17–21, 18–21	02 ! Runner-up
2011	Australian Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	21–17, 21–18	01 ! Winner
2010	Australian Open	Hiroyuki Endo	Kang Woo-kyum Park Tae-sang	21–15, 21–16	01 ! Winner
2009	German Open	Kenta Kazuno	Lee Yong-dae Shin Baek-cheol	13–21, 16–21	02 ! Runner-up

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	U.S. Open	Misaki Matsutomo	Tony Gunawan Vita Marissa	13–21, 10–21	02 ! Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Victorian International	Kenta Kazuno	Chad Whitehead Mark Prior	21–7, 21–15	01 ! Winner
2007	Banuinvest International	Kenta Kazuno	Julian Hristov Konstantin Dobrev	21–10, 21–13	01 ! Winner

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Osaka International	Shizuka Matsuo	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mizuki Fujii	21–14, 21–11	01 ! Winner

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

References

External links

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