Tanvi Sharma

Tanvi Sharma
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(2008-12-22) 22 December 2008 (age 16) Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Years active	2022–present
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Career record	55 wins, 18 losses
Highest ranking	100 (17 December 2024)
Current ranking	100 (17 December 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   India Asia Team Championships 2024 Selangor Women's team
BWF profile

Tanvi Sharma (born 22 December 2008) is an Indian badminton player. ^[1] She was part of the team that won gold at the 2024 Asia Team Championships. ^[2] She was also a part of the 2024 Uber Cup team. ^[3]

Early life

Tanvi was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. She was introduced to badminton at an early age by her mother, Meena Sharma, who also played volleyball at the DC Complex in Hoshiarpur. Inspired to help both Tanvi and her elder sister Radhika pursue the sport, Meena enrolled in a badminton coaching course herself. Tanvi later joined the Gopichand Academy in 2016, where she trained as a non-scholarship trainee for five years until 2021. ^[4]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, ^[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ^[6]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Odisha Masters	Super 100	Cai Yanyan	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Bonn International	Wang Pei-yu	21–19, 22–20	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	India Junior International	Navya Kanderi	20–22, 21–18, 21–13	Winner

Girls' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	India Junior International	Radhika Sharma	Ong Xin Yee Carmen Ting	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

G

S

B

NH

N/A

DNQ

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

• Junior level

Team events	2024	Ref
Asian Junior Championships	QF	[7]
World Junior Championships	6th

• Senior level

Team events	2024	Ref
Asia Team Championships	G	[8]
Uber Cup	QF	[9]

Individual competitions

Junior level

• Girls' singles

Events	2024	Ref
Asia Junior Championships	3R
World Junior Championships	QF	[10]

Senior level

• Women's singles

Tournament	BWF World Tour		Best	Ref
	2024	2025
Indonesia Masters Super 100	2R		2R ('24)
Syed Modi International	1R		1R ('24)
Guwahati Masters	QF		QF ('24)
Odisha Masters	F		F ('24)	[11]
Year-end ranking	100		100

Record against opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 13 December 2024. ^[12]

Player Matches Win Lost Diff. Wang Zhiyi 1 0 1 –1

See also

• Badminton in India
• India national badminton team
• List of Indian sportswomen

References

1. "Players: Tanvi Sharma". Badminton World Federation.
2. Nag, Utathya (9 January 2024). "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024: PV Sindhu returns to spearhead Indian team - full squad". International Olympic Committees. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
3. "India announces Thomas and Uber Cup squad, Sindhu opts out to prepare for Paris 2024 Olympics". Sportstar. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
4. "Tanvi Sharma starts lead-up preparation to World Juniors next month with U19 Krishna Khaitan Memorial title". The Indian Express . 20 September 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
7. "India's campaign in Badminton Asia Junior Championships ends following defeat in quarter-finals". ANI. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
8. "India women clinch Badminton Asia Team Championships title". Hindustan Times. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
9. "Uber Cup 2024 quarterfinal: India loses to Japan 0-3". Sportstar. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
10. "BWF World Junior Championships: Tanvi Sharma lost to China's Xu Wen Jing in Women's Singles U-19 category". News on Air. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
11. "Tanvi falters at final hurdle, Rithvik grabs maiden World Tour crown". The Times of India . 15 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
12. "Tanvi Sharma Head to Head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

External links

• Tanvi Sharma at BWFBadminton.com
• Tanvi Sharma at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Tanvi Sharma on Instagram