Machiko Aizawa

Machiko Aizawa

Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Badminton
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan Uber Cup 1972 Tokyo Women's team 1975 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 1970 Bangkok Women's doubles 1970 Bangkok Women's team 1974 Tehran Women's team

Machiko Aizawa (相沢 マチ子, Aizawa Machiko) is a former badminton player from Japan who won Japanese national and major international titles from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s.

Though highly competitive in singles, Machiko's greatest success came in women's doubles with Etsuko Takenaka Toganoo. They shared the prestigious All-England Championships in 1972, 1973, and 1975.^[1] They won the Danish Open women's doubles title in 1970 and 1974, the quadrennial Asian Games championship in 1970, and the U.S. Open women's doubles title, on their only try, in 1970.^[2] Aizawa played on Japan's 1972 Uber Cup (women's international) team which retained the world championship, and its 1975 team which lost the title to Indonesia.^[3]

Achievements

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Etsuko Takenaka	Retno KustijahNurhaena	15–11, 15–6	Gold

International tournaments (7 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1968	Malaysia Open	Etsuko Takenaka	Noriko TakagiHiroe Yuki	15–11, 15–10	Winner
1970	Denmark Open	Etsuko Takenaka	Hiroe Amano Noriko Takagi	15–17, 15–12, 15–9	Winner
1970	U.S. Open	Etsuko Takenaka	Susan WhetnallMargaret Boxall	15–10, 15–11	Winner
1971	Denmark Open	Etsuko Takenaka	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki	10–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1972	Denmark Open	Etsuko Takenaka	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki	11–15, 15–11, 15–17	Runner-up
1972	All England Open	Etsuko Takenaka	Margaret BeckJulie Rickard	9–15, 15–8, 15–12	Winner
1973	All England Open	Etsuko Takenaka	Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks	15–10, 10–15, 15–11	Winner
1974	Denmark Open	Etsuko Takenaka	Pernille KaagaardUlla Strand	18–15, 15–12	Winner
1975	All England Open	Etsuko Takenaka	Theresia WidiastutiImelda Wiguna	15–11, 17–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	US Open	Ippei Kojima	Paul WhetnallMargaret Boxall	8–15, 2–15	Runner-up

Invitational tournament

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1974 (Glasgow)	World Invitational Championships	Etsuko Takenaka	Margaret BeckNora Perry	15–7, 15–8	Gold

References

1. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton Enfield, Middlesex, England (Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108. (
2. "The U.S. National Open," Badminton USA, May 1970, 5.
3. Davis, 135.