Tanisha Crasto

Crasto was born in Dubai to Tulip and Clifford Crasto from Goa, India, and studied at The Indian High School, Dubai.^[6][7][8]

In 2013, Crasto made her international debut for Bahrain in junior tournaments^[9] and won her first major BWF international title representing Bahrain at the 2016 Bahrain International Challenge tournament partnered with Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella.^[10][11][12] She is ranked among the top UAE based badminton players.^[13][14] She also became the youngest winner of the UAE Open tournament.^[15]

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.^[16][17] She was also part of the Prime Star Sports Academy club that won the Shuttle Time Dubai Club Badminton Championship.^[18]

In 2017, after participating in Gulf-based tournaments, she shifted to India and represented Goa in Indian tournaments.^[19][20][21] She then represented India at the 2019 Badminton Asia Junior Championships and the 2018 and 2019 BWF World Junior Championships.^[22]

In 2021, Crasto joined the India national badminton team and participated in the Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup tournaments.^[23] She was the runners-up in the mixed doubles event while partnering with Ishaan Bhatnagar at the 2021 Scottish Open.^[24][25][26]

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.^[27]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[28] 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.^[29]

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

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

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