Anahat Singh

Singh was born in New Delhi on 13 March 2008 to Tani Vadehra and Gursharan Singh. While her mother is an interior designer, her father is a lawyer. Both her parents used to play field hockey.^[7] Her uncle used to play tennis.^[8] Inspired by P. V. Sindhu, a five year old Singh began playing badminton.^[9] Singh watched her and dreamt of victory at the Olympics.^[10]

She used to accompany her sister Amira who played squash.^[11] After playing a few squash tournaments where she performed well, she grew fond of it and switched to the sport.^[12]

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Singh first rose to prominence after winning the U11 title at the British Junior Open in 2019.^[13] This was followed by the European Junior Open, the Dutch Junior Open and the Scottish Junior Open titles the same year.^[14] In 2021, she won the US Junior Open title by defeating Jayda Marei from Egypt. The next year, she won the German Junior Open, the Dutch Junior Open and the U15 title at the Asian Junior Championships.^[15] At the age of 14, she became the youngest to represent India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[16]

Singh started off her year by winning the 2023 edition of the British Junior Open in the U15 category after beating Egypt's Sohaila Hazem.^[17] In August, she won the U17 title at the Asian Junior Championships held in Dalian, China.^[18] She then won two bronze at the 2022 Asian Games in both the mixed doubles category with Abhay Singh and in the women's team event.^[19] Singh became the senior national champion in November after Tanvi Khanna retired in the finals due to an injury.^[20] She is the youngest national champion and the youngest Indian to win a medal at the Asian Games.^[21] Singh ended the year on a high by winning the U19 title at the Scottish Junior Open by defeating home player Robyn McAlpine 11-6, 11-1, 11-5.^[22]

In January, Singh finished as a runner-up in Girls U17 category at the British Junior Open after a loss to Nadien Elhammamy.^[23] In the same month, she won her first PSA Tour title at the JSW Willingdon LMS Tournament after defeating Japan's Erisa Sano Herring 11-4, 11-3, 11-7.^[24] This was followed by a win at the Hamdard Squashters Northern Slam in April where she defeated Korean Hwayeong Eum 11-6, 11-4, 11-5.^[25] Her third title came in June at the HCL Squash Tour Chennai on defeating compatriot Rathika Seelan 11-5, 11-3, 11-3.^[26] During the final of the Dynam Cup SQ-Cube Open, she gave her opponent Ruqayya Salem from Egypt a walkover due an injury.^[27] Singh proceeded to win the PSA Challenge 3 against Sri Lankan Chanithma Sinaly scoring 11-0, 11-1, 11-4 in the final.^[28]

Her fifth title was HCL Squash Tour Kolkata where she defeated Filipino Jemyca Aribado 11-5, 11-3, 11-7. Then, she won Costa North Coast Open by defeating Akari Midorikawa from Japan by 11-6, 11-6, 11-7. She won the NSW Open 8-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-4 against Hong Kong's Helen Tang.^[29] Singh defeated compatriot Shameena Riaz 11-4, 11-3, 11-1 to win the Sunil Verma Memorial. Her last title of the year was Western India Slam where she defeated higher ranked compatriot Akanksha Salunkhe 11-8, 11-8, 11-8. She won nine tour titles in a year, becoming the first woman to do so since Nicol David back in 2010.^[30] She had 38 wins of 40 matches, 31 of them with a dominant 3–0 scoreline. She was also featured in PSA Squash Tour's list of players to watch out for.^[31] Singh broke into the top 100 and jumped 51 total spots to reach her highest world ranking of 82.^[32]

Singh started off the year by winning the British Junior Open again at the 2025 edition.^[33] She defeated Egyptian Malika Elkaraksy with a score of 4-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-3. This was her third title at the tournament.^[34] At the 2025 Asian Junior Team Championships, she won every match without losing a single set.^[35] Since her fellow members lost their matches, the team settled for a bronze.^[36]

In March, she won the SRFI Indian Tour 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5 against compatriot Akanksha Salunkhe in the final.^[37] In the same month, she won the Indian Open with a dominant 11-9, 11-5, 11-8 win against Helen Tang of Hong Kong.^[38] Winning back-to-back challenger 15 titles placed her at 62 in world rankings, a career high for her.^[39] During the WSC Asia qualifier, she defeated Hong Kong's Toby Tse 11-4, 9-11, 11-2, 11-8 to qualify for her first World Squash Championships.^[40] She is the youngest Indian to contest the WSC.^[41]

During the first round of the 2025 WSC, she caused an upset by defeating world number 28, Marina Stefanoni of the United States, by 10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6.^[42] At the British Open qualifiers, Singh defeated higher ranked Marie Stephan of France 11-9, 11-8, 11-6 to enter the main draw. She was the youngest to do so since Nour El Sherbini in 2012.^[43] The first round saw a win over Lisa Aitken of Scotland 11-3, 6-11, 11-8, 11-3.^[44]

Singh won her first end of the season PSA Award after being voted Young Player of the Year and Challenger Player of the Year.^[45] At the 2025 Asian Doubles Championships, she clinched gold in the women's and mixed events with Joshna Chinappa and Abhay Singh respectively.^[46] She won the Asian Junior Championship in the U19 category, having previously won U15 and U17 titles.^[47]

Singh was seeded second at the 2025 World Junior Championships.^[48] She became the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of the event in 15 years.^[49] She clinched the bronze after losing the semi-finals to Nadien Elhammamy 11-6, 14-12, 12-10.^[50] She was featured in PSA's list of women to watch out for.^[51] She cruised into the final of the 2025 Bega Open, but an ankle injury led to her having to retire hurt.^[52] This became the runners up of her first copper-level event.^[53]

At the Canadian Open, her first silver tour event, she defeated WR 20 Mélissa Alves to reach the quarterfinals.^[54] She then stunned WR 7 Tinne Gilis to enter the semi-finals.^[55] During the China Open, she defeated Menna Hamed of Egypt by 11-6, 11-8, 11-3.^[56] At the SRFI Indian Open, she defeated veteran compatriot Joshna Chinappa 11-8, 11-13, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9 to win the home title.^[57] This also boosted her to WR 29, breaking into top 30. Singh was felicitated with the Certificate of Excellence and included in the World Book of Records for her squash achievements.^[58]

At the HCL Squash Tour Chennai, she won her 14th title, defeating Chinappa with a scoreline of 11-8, 11-13, 11-13, 11-6, 11-8.^[59] Singh ended the year by being a part of the team that won the 2025 World Cup, bringing home the first SWC title for India.^[60]

She started off 2026, by making it to round two of the Tournament of Champions.^[61] Singh proceeded to win the Squash on Fire Open, her first bronze-level title.^[62] She then made it to round two of the Windy City Open and defended her Indian Open title, winning it back to back.^[63] Her victories led to her breakthrough into the world top 20, making her the youngest Asian to do so.^[64] This broke Nicol David's previous record.^[65]

At the start of her career, Singh was coached by Amjad Khan and Ashraf Hussain, followed by Ritwick Bhattacharya.^[66] Since a couple of years, she is coached by both Stéphane Galifi and Grégory Gaultier.^[67] Indian squash icon Saurav Ghosal is her mentor and helps her decide which tournaments to play.^[68] He joined her team consisting of both Galifi and Gaultier in 2024.^[69] She credited the three of them for shaping her as a player.^[70]

Duration	Coach	Ref
2019	Amjad Khan	[71]
2019	Ashraf Hussain	[72]
2019–2022	Ritwick Bhattacharya	[73]
2020	Dharmender Wenwal	[74]
2023–present	Stéphane Galifi	[75]
2023–present	Grégory Gaultier	[76]
2024–present	Saurav Ghosal	[77]

Year	Tournament	Venue	Category	Result	Ref
2022	Asian Games	Hangzhou	Team	3rd	[78]
2022	Asian Games	Hangzhou	Mixed Doubles	3rd	[79]
2022	Asian Championships	Cheongju	Team	3rd
2023	Asian Championships	Hangzhou	Mixed Doubles	3rd
2024	World Championships	Hong Kong Island	Team	7th
2025	World Championships	Chicago	Singles	R32	[80]
2025	Asian Championships	Kuala Lumpur	Doubles	1st	[81]
2025	Asian Championships	Kuala Lumpur	Mixed Doubles	1st	[82]
2025	World Cup	Chennai	Mixed Team	1st	[60]

Year	Tournament	Venue	Category	Result	Ref
2019	Asian Championships	Macau	Singles	3rd
2022	Asian Championships	Na Chom Thian	Singles	1st	[83]
2022	World Championships	Maxéville	Singles	QF
2023	Asian Championships	Chennai	Team	3rd
2023	World Championships	Melbourne	Singles	QF
2023	World Championships	Melbourne	Team	8th
2023	Asian Championships	Dalian	Singles	1st	[84]
2024	World Championships	Houston	Singles	QF	[85]
2024	World Championships	Houston	Team	7th
2025	Asian Championships	Tsim Sha Tsui	Team	3rd	[86]
2025	Asian Championships	Gimcheon	Singles	1st	[87]
2025	World Championships	Cairo	Singles	3rd	[88]
2025	World Championships	Cairo	Team	6th

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result	Score	Ref.
2024	JSW Willingdon LMS	Erisa Sano Herring	Win	3–0 (11–4, 11–3, 11–7)	[89]
	Hamdard Squashters Northern Slam	Hwayeong Eum	Win	3–0 (11–6, 11–4, 11–5)	[90]
	HCL Squash Tour Chennai	Rathika Seelan	Win	3–0 (11–5, 11–3, 11–3)	[91]
	Dynam Cup SQ-Cube Open	Ruqayya Salem	W/O	N/A	[92]
	Reliance PSA Challenge 3	Chanithma Sinaly	Win	3–0 (11–0, 11–1, 11–4)	[93]
	HCL Squash Tour Kolkata	Jemyca Aribado	Win	3–0 (11–5, 11–3, 11–7)	[94]
	Costa North Coast Open	Akari Midorikawa	Win	3–0 (11–6, 11–6, 11–7)	[95]
	NSW Open	Helen Tang	Win	3–1 (8–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–4)	[96]
	Sunil Verma Memorial	Shameena Riaz	Win	3–0 (11–4, 11–3, 11–1)	[97]
	Western India Slam	Akanksha Salunkhe	Win	3–0 (11–8, 11–8, 11–8)	[98]
2025	SRFI Indian Tour	Akanksha Salunkhe	Win	3–1 (11–6, 8–11, 11–8, 11–5)	[99]
	JSW Indian Open	Helen Tang	Win	3–0 (11–9, 11–5, 11–8)	[100]
	NSW Bega Open	Habiba Hani	Loss	1–3 (11–9, 5–11, 8–11, 4–10)	[101]
	SRFI Indian Open	Joshna Chinappa	Win	3–2 (11–8, 11–13, 11–9, 6–11, 11–9)	[102]
	HCL Squash Tour Chennai	Joshna Chinappa	Win	3–2 (11–8, 11–13, 11–13, 11–6, 11–8	[103]
2026	Squash on Fire Open	Georgina Kennedy	Win	3–0 (12–10, 11–5, 11–7)	[104]
	JSW Indian Open	Hana Moataz	Win	3–1 (11–5, 11–6, 9–11, 11–6)	[105]

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result	Score	Ref.
2019	British Junior Open	Whitney Wilson	Win	3–1 (13–11, 11–9, 7–11, 11–9)	[106]
	European Junior Open	Avery Park	Win	3–0 (11–7, 11–3, 11–4)	[107]
	Dutch Junior Open	Lauren Baltayan	Win	3–2 (11–6, 11–7, 9–11, 7–11, 11–8)	[108]
	Scottish Junior Open	Keertty Haridharan	Win	3–0 (11–1, 11–1, 11–1)	[109]
2020	British Junior Open	Amina Orfi	Loss	0–3 (11–0, 11–1, 11–4)	[110]
2021	US Junior Open	Jayda Marei	Win	3–1 (11–9 11–5 8–11 11–5)	[111]
2022	German Junior Open	Malak Samir	Win	3–0 (11–1, 11–4, 11–5)	[112]
	Dutch Junior Open	Malak Samir	Win	3–0 (11–4 11–7 11–2)	[113]
2023	British Junior Open	Sohaila Hazem	Win	3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–7, 11–5)	[114]
	Scottish Junior Open	Robyn McAlpine	Win	3–0 (11–6, 11–1, 11–5)	[115]
2024	British Junior Open	Nadien Elhammamy	Loss	2–3 (7–11, 13–11, 12–10, 5–11, 11–9)	[116]
2025	British Junior Open	Malika Elkaraksy	Win	3–2 (4–11, 11–9, 6–11, 11–5, 11–3)	[117]
2026	British Junior Open	Lauren Baltayan	Loss	1–3 (9–11, 11–7, 3–11, 9–11)	[118]

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2023	Times of India Sports Awards	Special Recognition in Squash	Won	[119]
		Emerging Sportsperson of the Year	Nominated	[120]
2024	PSA Awards	Challenger Player of January	Won	[121]
		Challenger Player of August	Won	[122]
	Indian Sports Honours	Sportswoman of the Year	Nominated
2025	Times of India Sports Awards	Squash Player of the Year Female	Won	[123]
	PSA Awards	Challenger Player of January	Won	[124]
	ASF Awards	Outstanding Performance Junior Women	Won	[125]
	PSA Awards	Young Player of the Year	Won	[126]
		Challenger Player of the Year	Won	[127]
2026	PSA Awards	Player of the Month January	Won	[128]
	Times of India Sports Awards	Squash Player of the Year Female	Won	[129]
	ASF Awards	Outstanding Performance Junior Women	Won	[130]