Hitomi Sato (table tennis)

Hitomi Sato
Sato at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 (age 26)
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan[1]
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking9 (April 2017)[3]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Chengdu Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wuxi Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yogyakarta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Wuxi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Yogyakarta Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Pyeongchang Team

Hitomi Sato (佐藤 瞳, Satō Hitomi, born 23 December 1997) is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal with Honoka Hashimoto at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships.[4]

ITTF results

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Singles

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Year Tournament Level Final opponent Score Rank
2016 Croatia Open Challenge Miu Hirano 4–1[5] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Belarus Open Honoka Hashimoto 4–1[6] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Thailand Open 4–1[7] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Slovenian Open Georgina Póta 4–0[8] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Spanish Open Saki Shibata 2–4[9] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Open 4–3[10] 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Doubles

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Year Tournament Level Partner Final opponents Score Rank
2016 Australian Open Challenge Honoka Hashimoto Jian Fang Lay
Miao Miao 		3–1[11] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Belarus Open Jung Yu-mi
Park Se-ri 		3–1[12] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Austrian Open World Tour Miyu Kato
Hina Hayata 		3–2[13] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Thailand Open Challenge Doo Hoi Kem
Mak Tze Wing 		3–0[7] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Croatia Open Nadezhda Bogdanova
Daria Trigolos 		3–0[14] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Austrian Open World Tour Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha 		2–3[15] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Belgium Open Challenge Lee Zi-on
Song Ma-eum 		3–2[16] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Spanish Open Sarah De Nutte
Ni Xialian 		3–0[17] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Croatia Open Matilda Ekholm
Georgina Póta 		3–1[18] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Australian Open World Tour Hina Hayata
Mima Ito 		0–3[19] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Oman Open Challenge Saki Shibata
Satsuki Odo 		1–3[20] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Croatia Open Miyuu Kihara
Miyu Nagasaki 		2–3[21] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Canada Open Che Xiaoxi
Li Jiayi 		3–0[22] 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Career records

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Doubles
Team

References

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  1. ^ "佐藤 瞳". www.nittaku.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  2. ^ "佐藤 瞳 Hitomi Sato". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ^ 2019 World Table Tennis Championships Women's doubles results
  5. ^ Marshall, Ian (28 May 2016). "Landmark Win, Hitomi Sato Clinches Croatian Women's Singles Title". ITTF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. ^ Daish, Simon (19 March 2017). "Living up to expectations, top seed Hitomi Sato lifts Women's Singles trophy". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b Marshall, Ian (2 April 2017). "Final Day Review: Japan completes clean sweep". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  8. ^ Marshall, Ian (30 April 2017). "Belarus, Thailand; now Hitomi Sato adds Slovenia to list". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  9. ^ Marshall, Ian (1 April 2018). "Review Day Three: Titles decides, Japan and Korea share spoils". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Update day three: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Thailand Open". ITTF. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  11. ^ Etchells, Daniel (12 June 2016). "Fifteen-year-old claims women's singles title on golden day for Japan at ITTF Australian Open". Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  12. ^ Marshall, Ian (12 September 2016). "Sato and Hashimoto partner up for success". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  13. ^ Daish, Simon (13 November 2016). "All-Japanese Women's Doubles final comes down to dramatic finish". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  14. ^ Daish, Simon (7 May 2017). "Review: titles decided, Zagreb Open draws to close". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  15. ^ Daish, Simon (25 September 2017). "Reigning champions defeated, Chen Xingtong and Sun Yingsha triumph in Linz". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  16. ^ Marshall, Ian (4 November 2017). "Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato clinch title but tested by spirited Korean duo". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  17. ^ Marshall, Ian (1 April 2018). "Status justified, Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato add to collection". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  18. ^ Marshall, Ian (15 April 2018). "Milestone win for Hungarians, yet another for Japanese duo". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  19. ^ Marshall, Ian (29 July 2018). "Silver for Melbourne champions, top seeds prevail". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  20. ^ Marshall, Ian (24 March 2019). "Oman Highlights Final Day: talent shines through". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Croatia Open". ITTF. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  22. ^ Marshall, Ian (9 December 2019). "Markham review: China and Japan share spoils". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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