Saki Shibata

Saki Shibata
Born	(1997-08-25) 25 August 1997 (age 27) Asahi, Chiba, Japan[1]
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed shakehand grip[1]
Highest ranking	13 (June 2019)[3]
Current ranking	54 (17 May 2022)[4]
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  Japan Asian Championships 2021 Doha Team 2019 Yogyakarta Team 2019 Yogyakarta Doubles 2021 Doha Singles

Saki Shibata (芝田 沙季, Shibata Saki, born 25 August 1997) is a Japanese table tennis player.[2]

During the 2018 ITTF Challenge Series season she won unprecedented ten titles, including four senior singles titles.[5]

Achievements

ITTF Tours

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Final opponent	Score	Rank
2016	Belarus Open	World Tour	Viktoria Pavlovich	4–2[6]
2017	Polish Open	Challenge	Mima Ito	1–4[7]
	Belgium Open		Polina Mikhailova	4–1[8]
2018	Spanish Open		Hitomi Sato	4–2[9]
	Croatia Open		Elizabeta Samara	4–2[10]
	Belgium Open		Honoka Hashimoto	4–0[11]
	Belarus Open		Polina Mikhailova	4–0[12]
2019	Thailand Open		Hitomi Sato	3–4[13]
2020	Portugal Open		Kasumi Ishikawa	0–4[14]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Final opponents	Score	Rank
2018	Belgium Open	Challenge	Satsuki Odo	Sarah De Nutte Ni Xialian	3–0[11]
	Thailand Open			Orawan Paranang Suthasini Sawettabut	2–3[15]
	Belarus Open			Barbora Balážová Hana Matelová	3–0[16]
2019	Oman Open			Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato	3–1[17]
	Slovenia Open			Miyu Nagasaki Miyuu Kihara	0–3[18]
	Thailand Open			Ayane Morita Yuka Umemura	3–0[13]
	Bulgaria Open	World Tour	Miu Hirano	Gu Yuting Mu Zi	0–3[19]
	Czech Open				1–3[20]
	Belarus Open	Challenge	Satsuki Odo	Anna Węgrzyn Katarzyna Węgrzyn	3–1[21]
2020	Spanish Open			Honoka Hashimoto Maki Shiomi	3–0[22]
	Portugal Open			Orawan Paranang Suthasini Sawettabut	3–0[14]

References

1. Hayashi, Naofumi (12 January 2019). "芝田沙季、日本勢５番手３強崩す「一つ一つクリアできれば五輪が見えてくる」". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 January 2020.
2. "芝田 沙季 Saki Shibata". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
3. "ITTF World ranking profile - Shibata Saki". ITTF. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
4. "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
5. Marshall, Ian (24 December 2018). "Review 2018: Saki Shibata deserving an opportunity". ITTF. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
6. Daish, Simon (12 September 2016). "Saki Shibata ends Belarusian dream with Women's Singles triumph". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
7. Marshall, Ian (8 October 2017). "Form maintained, Mima Ito wins in Poland". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
8. Daish, Simon (4 November 2017). "Review Day Three: Podium positions decided, Kim Donghyun and Saki Shibata finish on top in De Haan". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
9. Marshall, Ian (1 April 2018). "Review Day Three: Titles decides, Japan and Korea share spoils". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
10. Marshall, Ian (15 April 2018). "Incredible run of form maintained, Saki Shibata wins in Zagreb". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
11. Daish, Simon (27 October 2018). "Japan and Korea share the spoils on dramatic final day in De Haan". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
12. Marshall, Ian (18 November 2018). "Title regained, Saki Shibata for the fourth time". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
13. "Update day three: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Thailand Open". ITTF. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
14. "2020 ITTF Challenge Plus Portugal Open: Final Day". ITTF. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
15. Marshall, Ian (20 May 2018). "First ever for Thailand, Orawan Paranang and Suthasini Sawettabut history makers". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
16. Marshall, Ian (18 November 2018). "Satsuki Odo and Saki Shibata at full speed, title secured". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
17. Marshall, Ian (24 March 2019). "Oman Highlights Final Day: talent shines through". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
18. "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Slovenia Open Results (12 May)". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
19. Francis, James (19 August 2019). "The big winners in Bulgaria..." ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
20. "China's Gu/Mu win women's doubles title at ITTF Czech Open". Xinhua. 25 August 2019. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
21. "2019 ITTF Challenge Belgosstrakh Belarus Open". European Table Tennis Union. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
22. Marshall, Ian (9 February 2020). "Kirill Gerassimenko and Honoka Hashimoto win in Granada". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.