Kento Momota's career in numbers: Records, Stats and Titles

Published at :April 20, 2024 at 9:14 AM

Modified at :April 20, 2024 at 9:14 AM

(Courtesy : BWF Youtube Channel (Screenshot))

Kento Momota will retire after the Thomas Cup 2024.

Kento Momota is undoubtedly one of the greatest shuttlers to have graced the court. He is the first in the decade to have won two consecutive World Championship titles, a two-time Asia Champion, and a World Junior and Asia Junior Champion.

The only medal missing from his cabinet is an Olympic medal. In 2016, he was involved in a gambling scandal, which led to a ban from the National Federation, preventing him from participating in the Rio Olympics. Later, he suffered a serious accident before the Tokyo Olympics and was eliminated in the group stage. Subsequently, he did not qualify for the Paris Olympics.

In 2019, he won a total of 11 titles from 12 finals across 16 tournaments played—a record in men’s singles. After his return to international competition in 2017, up until his car accident in 2020, he played 200 matches with a 184-16 win-loss record. This impressive streak included 39 individual tournaments, where he reached 29 finals and won 24 titles. Additionally, he has won his first 17 matches in either the Thomas Cup or Sudirman Cup.

Kento Momota’s BWF World Tour titles

Super 300

2019 German Open – Winner
2023 Korea Masters – Winner

Super 500

2019 Indonesia Masters – Runner-up
2019 Singapore Open – Winner
2019 Korea Open – Winner
2020 Malaysia Masters – Winner

Super 750

2018 Malaysia Open – Runner-up
2018 Japan Open – Winner
2018 Denmark Open – Winner
2018 Fuzhou China Open – Winner
2019 Japan Open – Winner
2019 Denmark Open – Winner
2019 Fuzhou China Open – Winner
2021 Indonesia Masters – Winner
2022 Malaysia Open – Runner-up

Super 1000

2018 Indonesia Open – Winner
2018 China Open – Runner-up
2019 All England Open – Winner
2019 China Open – Winner
2021 Denmark Open – Runner-up

BWF World Tour Finals

2018 World Tour Finals – Runner-up
2019 World Tour Finals – Winner

Kento Momota’s BWF Superseries titles

2015 Singapore Open – Winner
2015 Indonesia Open – Winner
2015 Superseries Finals – Winner
2016 India Open – Winner

Kento Momota’s BWF Grand Prix titles

2017 Canada Open – Runner-up
2017 Dutch Open – Winner
2017 Macau Open – Winner

Kento Momota’s BWF International Challenge & Series titles

2013 Estonian International – Winner
2013 Swedish Masters – Winner
2013 Austrian International – Winner
2017 K&D Graphics International – Winner
2017 Belgian International – Winner
2017 Czech Open – Winner
2018 Vietnam International – Winner

Kento Momota’s major titles

2015 World Championships – Bronze
2018 Asian Championships – Gold
2018 World Championships – Gold
2019 Asian Championships – Gold
2019 World Championships – Gold

Kento Momota’s other achievements

2011 Junior Asian Championships- Bronze
2011 Junior World Championships – Gold
2012 Junior Asian Championships – Bronze
2012 Junior World Championships – Gold

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