Tanisha Crasto

Tanisha Crasto (born 5 May 2003) is an Indian badminton player who specialises in mixed doubles. She won the gold at the Asia Team Championships in 2024 and the bronze medal at the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships. With her doubles partner Dhruv Kapila, she touched her highest world ranking of 16 in May 2025.

She represented Bahrain and United Arab Emirates before switching to India in 2017. She represented India at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics in the Women's Doubles event, but didn't advance past the group stage.

Early life Crasto was born in Dubai to Tulip and Clifford Crasto from Goa, India, and studied at The Indian High School, Dubai.

Career UAE and Bahrain In 2013, Crasto made her international debut for Bahrain in junior tournaments and won her first major BWF international title representing Bahrain at the 2016 Bahrain International Challenge tournament partnered with Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella. She is ranked among the top UAE based badminton players. She also became the youngest winner of the UAE Open tournament.

In 2017, when she was 14 years old while representing UAE, she created history by winning the Indian Club UAE Open tournament in the women's singles event after beating Negin Amiripour of Iran. She was also part of the Prime Star Sports Academy club that won the Shuttle Time Dubai Club Badminton Championship.

India In 2017, after participating in Gulf-based tournaments, she shifted to India and represented Goa in Indian tournaments. She then represented India at the 2019 Badminton Asia Junior Championships and the 2018 and 2019 BWF World Junior Championships.

In 2021, Crasto joined the India national badminton team and participated in the Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup tournaments. She was the runners-up in the mixed doubles event while partnering with Ishaan Bhatnagar at the 2021 Scottish Open.

In 2022, Crasto played her first ever BWF World Tour 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 Gayatri 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.

Achievements World Tour (5 titles, 3 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 Ashwini Ponnappa Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow 21–16, 16–21, 21–8 Winner 2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Ashwini Ponnappa Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi 14–21, 21–17, 15–21 Runner-up 2023 Guwahati Masters Super 100 Ashwini Ponnappa Sung Shuo-yun Yu Chien-hui 21–13, 21–19 Winner 2023 Odisha Masters Super 100 Ashwini Ponnappa Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari Rachel Allessya Rose 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2024 Guwahati Masters Super 100 Ashwini Ponnappa Li Huazhou Wang Zimeng 21–18, 21–12 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Syed Modi International Super 300 Ishaan Bhatnagar Hemanagendra Babu Srivedya Gurazada 21–16, 21–12 Winner 2023 Odisha Masters Super 100 Dhruv Kapila Terry Hee Jessica Tan 17–21, 21–19, 23–21 Winner 2024 Syed Modi International Super 300 Dhruv Kapila Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran 21–18, 14–21, 8–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Bahrain International Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella Farha Mather Ashna Roy 21–12, 21–18 Winner 2021 India International Rutaparna Panda Treesa Jolly Gayatri Gopichand 21–23, 14–21 Runner-up 2023 Nantes International Ashwini Ponnappa Hung En-tzu Lin Yu-pei 21–15, 21–14 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 India International Ishaan Bhatnagar Sai Pratheek K. Gayatri Gopichand 21–16, 21–19 Winner 2021 Scottish Open Ishaan Bhatnagar Callum Hemming Jessica Pugh 15–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2023 Nantes International Sai Pratheek K. Mads Vestergaard Christine Busch 21–14, 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2024 India International Hariharan Amsakarunan Rohan Kapoor Ruthvika Gadde 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

Junior International (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Girls' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Bulgarian Junior International Aditi Bhatt Bengisu Erçetin Zehra Erdem 21–15, 18–21, 21–18 Winner 2019 Dubai Junior International Aditi Bhatt Treesa Jolly Vishwanath Sri 21–17, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 India Junior International Ishaan Bhatnagar Benyapa Aimsaard Ratchapol Makkasasithorn 12–21, 22–20, 20–22 Runner-up BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament