Hitomi Sato (table tennis)

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]

Hitomi Sato
Sato at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997
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 place2022 ChengduTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 BudapestDoubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 DohaTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 WuxiTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 YogyakartaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 WuxiDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2019 YogyakartaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 PyeongchangTeam

ITTF results

Singles
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
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
Doubles
Team

References
  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. 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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