Tasnim Mir

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Tasnim Mir
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 (age 18)
Mehsana, Gujarat, India
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Years active2021–present
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Career record99 wins, 33 losses
Highest ranking49 (13 June 2023)
Current ranking73 (6 February 2024)
BWF profile

Tasnim Mir (born 13 May 2005) is an Indian badminton player. [1] She is a former BWF World Junior Number 1. [2] [3]

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Early life

Mir was born in Mehsana, where her father Irfan Ali Mir worked in the police department. He was also a badminton coach, and introduced Mir to the sport when she was seven or eight years old. [4] When twelve, she stopped attending daily classes in school to focus on badminton training. [5]

Career

2018

Mir won the U-15 singles and doubles titles at national sub-junior tournaments in Hyderabad and Nagpur in January and July 2018 respectively. In October of that year, she again won an U15 title and then the U17 title as well. [6] The following year, she broke through the domestic junior ranks by winning the national U-19 girls' title while still 14 years of age. [4] In 2018, Mir also played her first international event, the Badminton Asia Junior U17 and U15 Championships, in Mandalay, Myanmar. While she lost in the quarter-finals in the U15 singles event, she partnered Meghana Reddy to win the gold in the U15 doubles.

2019

In 2019, she excelled at the Badminton Asia Junior U17 and U15 Championships held in Surabaya, Indonesia, winning the U15 singles crown. Besides, she won the singles and mixed doubles titles in the Dubai Junior International Series, and got to the quarter-final stage of the Korea Junior Open International Challenge. [7]

2020

In 2020, she earned a bronze at the Dutch Junior International. [6]

2021

Mir represented India at the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup held in October 2021 in Aarhus, Denmark. She won one and lost one of her two singles matches in the group stage. [8]

2022

Mir claimed the women's title at the India International Challenge badminton tournament in Raipur, Chhattisgarh in September 2022, upsetting several seeded players on her path to the win. [9]

Mir trained briefly at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in 2018, before making the move to Guwahati where she is coached by Edwin Iriawan at the Assam Badminton Academy. [6] [10]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2022 Iran Fajr International Flag of Indonesia.svg Yulia Yosephine Susanto 21–11, 11–21, 21–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 India Chattisgarh International Flag of India.svg Samiya Imad Farooqui 14–21, 21–17, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023Iran Fajr International Flag of India.svg Tanya Hemanth 7–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Maldives International Flag of India.svg Ashmita Chaliha 21–19, 17–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 (II)India International Flag of India.svg Unnati Hooda 18–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024Iran Fajr International Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lo Sin Yan 14–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

Girls' singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Dubai Junior International Flag of India.svg Treesa Jolly 21–15, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2020Nepal Junior International Flag of Malaysia.svg Letshanaa Karupathevan 21–17, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021Bulgarian Junior International Flag of Russia.svg Mariia Golubeva 21–10, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021Alpes Junior International Flag of France.svg Emilie Drouin 21–14, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021Belgian Junior International Flag of Germany.svg Antonia Schaller 21–10, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Dubai Junior International Flag of India.svg Ayan Rashid Flag of Indonesia.svg Galuh Dwi Putra
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Zainaba Reem Siraj
21–16, 22–24, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2020Nepal Junior International Flag of India.svg Ayan Rashid Flag of India.svg Murugappa KS
Flag of India.svg Sania Sikkandar
17–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-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
WFSFQF#RRRQ#AGSBNHN/ADNQ
(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

Team events2020
Uber Cup QF

Individual competitions

Tournament BWF World Tour Best
2022 2023
German Open A 1R 1R ('23)
Orléans Masters A 1R 1R ('23)
Korea Open A 1R 1R ('23)
Australian Open A 1R 1R ('23)
Vietnam Open A 1R 1R ('23)
Syed Modi International A 1R 1R ('23)
Guwahati Masters NH 1R 1R ('23)
Odisha Masters 2R 2R 2R ('22, '23)

Awards and recognition

Others

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