Saena Kawakami

is a Japanese-born Australian badminton player.

Awards and nominations

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2019 Swiss Open Super 300 Chen Yufei 9–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Kirsty Gilmour 21–8, 18–21, 21–16 Winner 2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Tai Tzu-ying 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 4 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2015 New Zealand Open He Bingjiao 21–16, 21–18 Winner 2015 Vietnam Open Fitriani 26–24, 18–21, 21–10 Winner 2016 U.S. Open Ayumi Mine 21–16, 11–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Ayumi Mine 10–12, 11–7, 9–11, 10–12 Runner-up 2017 China Masters Aya Ohori 9–21, 21–9, 18–21 Runner-up 2017 Chinese Taipei Open Goh Jin Wei 21–17, 21–17 Winner 2017 Canada Open Kirsty Gilmour 19–21, 21–19, 21–18 Winner 2017 New Zealand Open Ratchanok Intanon 14–21, 21–16, 15–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2016 Vietnam International Vũ Thị Trang 21–19, 19–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2019 Osaka International Lee Se-yeon 21–14, 21–10 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament