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Shōji Satō

Japan · Men's doubles, men's singles and mixed doubles · 2002 to 2012

Born 19 September 1982 · Right-handed · 168 cm

213: matches
51%: won
3: senior titles
5: finals

World ranking

9career high
Men's doubles, 22 Mar 2012

With Naoki Kawamae. Mixed doubles: best 12, 20 Sep 2012. Not on the full weekly lists we keep, which start in September 2026.

Our ratingHow it works

1,637Men's doubles
last rated 2012

Highest 1,647. Men's singles: 1,592. Mixed doubles: 1,585.

Form

4/10won of the last
10 matches

Latest: lost to Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong, Japan Open 2012, round of 16. Newest on the left.

Season by season

Matches played and won, year by year.

Played
Won
A title that year

'02

'04

'06

'08

'10

1 '12

Show the numbers

Year	Played	Won	Titles
2012	55	31	1
2011	63	33	2
2010	10	3	0
2009	3	2	0
2008	13	6	0
2007	37	18	0
2006	17	10	0
2005	8	4	0
2004	4	2	0
2003	2	0	0
2002	1	0	0

Titles

3 senior titles.

Every final won, newest first. Each opens that edition's draw.

2012 Swiss Open Men's doubles, with Naoki Kawamae beat Fang Chieh-min / Lee Sheng-mu 21–13 21–14
2011 India Open Grand Prix Gold Men's doubles, with Naoki Kawamae beat Andrei Adistia / Christopher Rusdianto 21–17 12–21 23–21
Russian Open Men's doubles, with Naoki Kawamae beat Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa 21–18 21–17

Recent matches

The last 20 matches.

Scores read from Shōji Satō's side.

Japan Open 2012Men's doubles, with Naoki Kawamae Round of 16 Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong 10–21 21–17 10–21 Lost

Japan Open 2012Mixed doubles, with Shizuka Matsuo Round of 32 Anders Kristiansen / Julie Houmann 18–21 21–16 16–21 Lost

Japan Open 2012Men's doubles, with Naoki Kawamae Round of 32 S Hoshino / A Kobayashi 21–12 21–8 Won

Round of 64 Tarun Kona / Arun Vishnu 21–16 26–24 Won

Olympic Games 2012Men's doubles, with Naoki Kawamae Group D Howard Bach / Tony Gunawan 21–15 21–15 Won

Group D Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae 16–21 15–21 Lost

Group D Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong 12–21 14–21 Lost

German Open 2012Mixed doubles, with Shizuka Matsuo Semi-final Lee Yong-dae / Ha Jung-eun 23–21 16–21 10–21 Lost

Quarter-final Kim Gi-jung / Jung Kyung-eun 21–13 23–21 Won

German Open 2012Men's doubles, with Naoki Kawamae Quarter-final Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa 14–21 16–21 Lost

German Open 2012Mixed doubles, with Shizuka Matsuo Round of 16 Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 21–18 21–14 Won

German Open 2012Men's doubles, with Naoki Kawamae Round of 16 Ruud Bosch / Koen Ridder 21–16 21–18 Won

German Open 2012Mixed doubles, with Shizuka Matsuo Round of 32 Sam Magee / Chloe Magee 21–11 21–12 Won

German Open 2012Men's doubles, with Naoki Kawamae Round of 32 Fang Chieh-min / Lee Sheng-mu 21–17 21–18 Won

Singapore Open 2012Mixed doubles, with Shizuka Matsuo Quarter-final Shintaro Ikeda / Reiko Shiota 18–21 16–21 Lost

Round of 16 Fran Kurniawan / Shendy Puspa Irawati 19–21 21–14 21–19 Won

Round of 32 Robert Mateusiak / Nadieżda Zięba 21–19 21–16 Won

Singapore Open 2012Men's doubles, with Naoki Kawamae Round of 32 Goh V Shem / Lim Khim Wah 15–21 21–17 16–21 Lost

Round of 64 P S Atmaja / H C J Wong 21–12 21–19 Won

Indonesia Open 2012Mixed doubles, with Shizuka Matsuo Round of 64 Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen 21–18 12–21 14–21 Lost

Partners and rivals

Who with, and who against.

Head to head counts every draw match between them, in any event.

Partners

Naoki KawamaeMen's doubles · 2009 to 201244–38
Shizuka MatsuoMixed doubles · 2011 to 201223–23
Sho SasakiMen's doubles · 2005 to 20060–2

Rivals

Lee Yong-daeSouth Korea · last met 20121–5
Koo Kien KeatMalaysia · last met 20120–5
Tan Boon HeongMalaysia · last met 20120–5
Kim Gi-jungSouth Korea · last met 20122–3
Lee Sheng-muChinese Taipei · last met 20124–1
Cai YunChina · last met 20121–4
Fu HaifengChina · last met 20121–4
Chen Hung-lingChinese Taipei · last met 20122–3