Tasnim Mir

Tasnim Mir
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 (age 19) Mehsana, Gujarat, India
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Years active	2021–present
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Career record	99 wins, 33 losses
Highest ranking	49 (13 June 2023)
Current ranking	71 (26 November 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]}

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 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Iran Fajr International	Yulia Yosephine Susanto	21–11, 11–21, 21–7	Winner
2022 (II)	India International Challenge	Samiya Imad Farooqui	14–21, 21–17, 21–11	Winner
2023	Iran Fajr International	Tanya Hemanth	7–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	Maldives International	Ashmita Chaliha	21–19, 17–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2023 (II)	India International	Unnati Hooda	18–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2024	Iran Fajr International	Lo Sin Yan	14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2024	Réunion Open	Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj	21–15, 21–19	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

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

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dubai Junior International	Treesa Jolly	21–15, 21–19	Winner
2020	Nepal Junior International	Letshanaa Karupathevan	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2021	Bulgarian Junior International	Mariia Golubeva	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2021	Alpes Junior International	Emilie Drouin	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2021	Belgian Junior International	Antonia Schaller	21–10, 21–11	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dubai Junior International	Ayan Rashid	Galuh Dwi Putra Zainaba Reem Siraj	21–16, 22–24, 21–19	Winner
2020	Nepal Junior International	Ayan Rashid	Murugappa KS Sania Sikkandar	17–21, 14–21	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

• Senior level

Team events	2020
Uber Cup	QF

Individual competitions

• Senior level

Tournament	BWF World Tour			Best	Ref
	2022	2023	2024
German Open	A	1R	A	1R ('23)
Orléans Masters	A	1R	A	1R ('23)
Australian Open	A	1R	A	1R ('23)
Indonesia Masters Super 100	A		1R	1R ('24)
Korea Open	A	1R	A	1R ('23)
Vietnam Open	A	1R	1R	1R ('23, '24)
Macau Open	NH		2R	2R ('24)
Syed Modi International	A	1R	QF	QF ('24)	[11]
Guwahati Masters	NH	1R	2R	2R ('24)
Odisha Masters	2R	2R	2R	2R ('22, '23, '24)
Year-end ranking	54	73		49
Tournament	2022	2023	2024	Best

Awards and recognition

Others

• Sportstar Emerging Hero Award 2022 ^[12]

References

1. "Players:Tasnim Mir". Badminton World Federation.
2. "Tasnim Mir, first Indian girl to become Junior World No.1". Times Of India. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
3. "BWF Junior Rankings (9/27/2022)".
4. "Tasnim Mir becomes first Indian to claim world no. 1 status in U-19 girls singles". Hindustan Times . 16 January 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
5. "Meet the world's number 1 ranked U-19 Badminton Player - India's Tasnim Mir". The Tribal Box. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
6. "Tasnim Mir takes giant strides to mark her arrival". The Bridge. 10 May 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
7. "Best of Asia's Juniors: Tasnim Mir". Badminton Asia . 11 February 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
8. "Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020". Badminton World Federation . 17 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
9. "Tasnim, Rajawat claim singles crowns in Chhattisgarh International Challenge". Sportstar . 26 September 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
10. "Ex-India coach's bid to propel new badminton stars". The Indian Express . 21 December 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
11. "Syed Modi International 2024 badminton: PV Sindhu to play Unnati Hooda in semi-finals, Lakshya Sen also advances". Olympics. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
12. "Tasnim Mir wins Emerging Hero award at Sportstar West Sports Conclave 2022". Sportstar . Retrieved 24 September 2022.

External links

• Tasnim Mir at BWFBadminton.com
• Tasnim Mir at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)