Atsuko Tokuda

Atsuko Tokuda

Personal information
Native name	徳田 敦子
Born	(1955-09-15) 15 September 1955
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Badminton
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (1978)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Japan World Championships 1980 Jakarta Women's doubles World Cup 1980 Kyoto Women's doubles 1979 Tokyo Women's doubles Uber Cup 1978 Auckland Women's team 1981 Tokyo Women's team 1975 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 1982 New Delhi Women's team 1986 Seoul Women's team 1982 New Delhi Women's doubles 1978 Bangkok Women's team

Atsuko Tokuda (徳田 敦子, Tokuda Atsuko; born 15 September 1955) is a retired badminton player of Japan who won Japanese national and international titles in the late 1970s and the 1980s. Her international victories included the All-England women's doubles with Mikiko Takada in 1978 and the Danish Open women's doubles in 1978 and 1987 with Takada and Yoshiko Yonekura Tago respectively. Though most of Tokuda's international success came in doubles, she won the Japanese national singles title in 1978. She earned a bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Yonekura. Tokuda helped Japan win world team titles in the Uber Cup competitions of 1978 and 1981 with a strong winning record in her individual matches. Tokuda and Takada were the first ever women's doubles world number ones in the first IBF world rankings released in 1978.

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
Asahi Sports Award	1978	Victory at the 1978 Uber Cup with the Japanese women's national team	Won
Asahi Sports Award	1981	Victory at the 1981 Uber Cup with the Japanese women's national team	Won

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Yoshiko Yonekura	Nora Perry Jane Webster	12–15, 17–15, 6–15	Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Mikiko Takada	Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna	6–15, 15–18	Bronze
1980	Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Yoshiko Yonekura	Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna	15–12, 17–14	Gold

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Indraprastha Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Yoshiko Yonekura	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	12–15, 8–15	Bronze

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Scandinavian Cup	Yoshiko Yonekura	Chen Ruizhen Zheng Jian	15–12, 15–8	Winner
1984	Denmark Open	Yoshiko Yonekura	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	15–3, 5–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1984	Swedish Open	Yoshiko Yonekura	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	11–15, 15–8, 9–15	Runner-up
1987	Denmark Open	Yoshiko Yonekura	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15–7, 15–10	Winner

International tournaments

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Denmark Open	Lene Køppen	4–11, 11–9, 9–11	Runner-up
1981	Japan Open	Hwang Sun-ai	10–12, 12–10, 7–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1978	All England Open	Mikiko Takada	Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura	18–16, 15–6	Winner
1979	Denmark Open	Mikiko Takada	Anne Statt Nora Perry	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1979	All England Open	Mikiko Takada	Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna	3–15, 15–10, 5–15	Runner-up
1979	English Masters	Yoshiko Yonekura	Nora Perry Jane Webster	2–15, 15–8, 10–15	Runner-up
1980	Denmark Open	Yoshiko Yonekura	Gillian Gilks Nora Perry	15–18, 15–9, 9–15	Runner-up
1980	Swedish Open	Yoshiko Yonekura	Karen Bridge Barbara Sutton	15–8, 15–6	Winner
1980	All England Open	Yoshiko Yonekura	Gillian Gilks Nora Perry	15–11, 7–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1980	English Masters	Yoshiko Yonekura	Nora Perry Jane Webster	18–14, 6–15, 15–12	Winner
1981	Denmark Open	Yoshiko Yonekura	Nora Perry Jane Webster	12–15, 15–18	Runner-up
1981	Japan Open	Yoshiko Yonekura	Nora Perry Jane Webster	15–6, 7–15, 15–8	Winner
1982	Indonesia Open	Yoshiko Yonekura	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks	14–17, 17–14, 12–15	Runner-up
1982	Scandinavian Cup	Yoshiko Yonekura	Nora Perry Jane Webster	15–11, 9–15, 4–15	Runner-up

Invitational tournament

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1977	Asian Invitational Championships	Mikiko Takada	Liang Qiuxia Liu Xia	7–15, 6–15	Silver

External links

• Atsuko Tokuda at InterSportStats