Kana Ito

Kana Ito (伊東可奈, Itō Kana, born 15 September 1985) is a Japanese badminton player who affiliated with Saishunkan team.^[1]^[2]

Kana Ito 伊東可奈

Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1985-09-15) 15 September 1985 (age 38) Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	38 (WS 9 April 2015) 91 (WD 2 December 2010)
BWF profile

Career edit

Kana Ito won the 2010 Polish Open, 2012 Croatioan International, 2012 Banuinvest International, and 2015 Vietnam International tournaments in women's singles event.^[2] She participated in the 2016 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold, and many more. She was there the runner up and lost to Zhang Beiwen of United States in the final.

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	New Zealand Open	Nozomi Okuhara	15–21, 3–21	Runner-up
2014	U.S. Open	Beiwen Zhang	8–21, 17–21	Runner-up

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Polish International	Chan Tsz Ka	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2010	Croatian International	Nicole Grether	21–11, 17–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2011	Brazil International	Michelle Li	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2012	Croatian International	Neslihan Yigit	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2012	Banuinvest International	Ayumi Mine	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2014	Sydney International	Yuki Fukushima	11–2, 6–11, 9–11, 9–11	Runner-up
2015	Vietnam International	Aprilia Yuswandari	14–21, 21–18, 18–11 retired	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Polish Open	Asumi Kugo	Rie Eto Yu Wakita	16–21, 9–21	Runner-up

^ "Players: Kana Ito". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b . www.saishunkan-badminton.jp (in Japanese). Saishunkan Co.Ltd. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

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