Tasnim Mir

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

Tasnim Mir
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (2005-05-13) 13 May 2005
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

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

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2022 Iran Fajr International Yulia Yosephine Susanto 21–11, 11–21, 21–7 Winner
2022 India Chattisgarh International 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
  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 events2020
Uber Cup QF

Individual competitions
  • Senior level
TournamentBWF World TourBest
20222023
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

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. "Tasnim Mir wins Emerging Hero award at Sportstar West Sports Conclave 2022". Sportstar. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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