Tanisha Crasto

Tanisha Crasto (born 5 May 2003) is an Indian

badminton player. She won the gold at the Asia Team Tanisha Crasto
Championships in 2024 and the bronze at the 2023
Asia Mixed Team Championships. She formerly
represented Bahrain and United Arab Emirates before
switching to India in 2017.[1]

Early life
Crasto was born in Dubai to Indian parents Tulip and
Clifford Crasto from Goa and attended The Indian
High School, Dubai.[2][3][4]

Crasto at the 2022 Taipei Open

Career Personal information
Country India (2017–present)

UAE and Bahrain United Arab Emirates

(2017)
In 2013, Crasto made her international debut for
Bahrain (2013–2016)
Bahrain in junior tournaments[5] and won her first
major BWF international title representing Bahrain at Born 5 May 2003
the 2016 Bahrain International Challenge tournament Dubai, United Arab
partnered with Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella.[6][7][8] Emirates
She is ranked among the top UAE based badminton Residence Goa, India
players.[9][10] She also became the youngest winner of Years active 2013–present
the UAE Open tournament.[11]
Handedness Right
In 2017, when she was 14 years old while representing Coach Pullela Gopichand
UAE, she created history by winning the Indian Club Arun Vishnu
UAE Open tournament in the women's singles event Women's & mixed doubles
after beating Negin Amiripour of Iran.[12][13] She was
Highest ranking Women's doubles
also part of the Prime Star Sports Academy club that
won the Shuttle Time Dubai Club Badminton 13 with Ashwini Ponnappa

Championship.[14] (November 2024)

Mixed doubles
18 with Ishaan Bhatnagar
(January 2023)

Current ranking Women's doubles

India 19 with Ashwini Ponnappa

In 2017, after participating in Gulf-based tournaments, Mixed doubles

she shifted to India and represented Goa in Indian 30 with Dhruv Kapila
tournaments.[15][16][17] She then represented India at (February 2025)
the 2019 Badminton Asia Junior Championships and Medal record
the 2018 and 2019 BWF World Junior
Women's badminton
Championships.[18]
Representing India
In 2021, Crasto joined the India national badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships
team and participated in the Uber Cup and Sudirman 2023 Dubai Mixed team
Cup tournaments.[19] She was the runners-up in the
Asia Team Championships
mixed doubles event while partnering with Ishaan
2024 Selangor Women's team
Bhatnagar at the 2021 Scottish Open.[20][21][22]
BWF profile ([Link]
In 2022, Crasto played her first ever BWF World Tour 94165/tanisha-crasto)
Super 500 event at the India Open, participating in
both the women's doubles (with Rutaparna Panda) and the mixed doubles (with Ishaan Bhatnagar) events.
However, she and her respective partners lost in the first rounds of both disciplines, going down to fourth
seeds Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard in the women's doubles and compatriots Gayathri
Gopichand and Sai Pratheek K in the mixed doubles. In her next tournament, the 2022 Syed Modi
International, she participated in the mixed doubles, where she and Ishaan Bhatnagar clinched their
maiden Super 300 title, beating compatriots Srivedya Gurazada and T. Hema Nagendra Babu in the
final.[23]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[24] is a series
of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World
Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the
BWF Tour Super 100.[25]

Women's doubles
 Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
Julie Finne-
Abu Dhabi Super Ashwini 21–16, 16– Winner
2023 Ipsen
Masters 100 Ponnappa 21, 21–8
Mai Surrow

Syed Modi Super Ashwini Rin Iwanaga 14–21, 21–

2023 Runner-
International 300 Ponnappa Kie Nakanishi 17, 15–21
up

Sung Shuo-
Guwahati Super Ashwini 21–13, 21–
2023 yun Winner
Masters 100 Ponnappa 19
Yu Chien-hui

Meilysa Trias
Super Ashwini Puspita Sari 14–21, 17–
2023 Odisha Masters Runner-
100 Ponnappa Rachel 21
up
Allessya Rose

Guwahati Super Ashwini Li Huazhou 21–18, 21–

2024 Winner
Masters 100 Ponnappa Wang Zimeng 12

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result

T. Hema
Syed Modi Super Ishaan Nagendra Babu 21–16, 21–
2022
International 300 Bhatnagar Srivedya 12 Winner
Gurazada

Super Dhruv Terry Hee 17–21, 21–

2023 Odisha Masters
100 Kapila Jessica Tan 19, 23–21 Winner

Dechapol
Syed Modi Super Dhruv Puavaranukroh 21–18, 14–
2024 Runner-
International 300 Kapila Supissara 21, 8–21
up
Paewsampran

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

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result

Bahrain Aprilsasi Putri Farha Mather 21–12,

2016 Winner
International Lejarsar Variella Ashna Roy 21–18

Treesa Jolly
India 21–23, Runner-
2021 Rutaparna Panda Gayatri
International 14–21 up
Gopichand

Nantes Hung En-tzu 21–15,

2023 Ashwini Ponnappa Winner
International Lin Yu-pei 21–14

Mixed doubles
 Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
K. Sai Pratheek
India Ishaan Winner
2021 Gayatri 21–16, 21–19
International Bhatnagar
Gopichand
Callum
Ishaan
2021 Scottish Open Hemming 15–21, 17–21
Bhatnagar Jessica Pugh Runner-up

Mads
Nantes K. Sai Pratheek 21–14, 14–
2023 Vestergaard
International 21, 17–21 Runner-up
Christine Busch

Rohan Kapoor
India Hariharan
2024 Gadde Ruthvika 17–21, 19–21
International Amsakarunan Runner-up
Shivani

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result

Bengisu
Bulgarian Junior Aditi 21–15, 18–21,
2019 Erçetin
International Bhatt 21–18 Winner
Zehra Erdem

Treesa Jolly
Dubai Junior Aditi
2019 Vishwanath 21–17, 21–17
International Bhatt Winner
Sri

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result

Benyapa Aimsaard
India Junior Ishaan 12–21, 22–
2019 Ratchapol
International Bhatnagar 20, 20–22 Runner-up
Makkasasithorn

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
BWF Junior International Series tournament
BWF Junior Future Series tournament

See also
Badminton in India
India national badminton team
 List of Indian sportswomen

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