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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 (age 19)
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

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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

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2018

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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

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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

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

2021

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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

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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

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BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

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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)

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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

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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

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  • Senior level
Team events 2020
Uber Cup QF

Individual competitions

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  • Senior level
Tournament BWF World Tour Best
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 1R ('23)
Guwahati Masters NH 1R 1R ('23)
Odisha Masters 2R 2R 2R ('22, '23)
Year-end ranking 54 73 49
Tournament 2022 2023 2024 Best

Awards and recognition

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Others

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References

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "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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