Anupama Ramachandran

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Anupama Ramachandran
Born (2002-05-19) 19 May 2002 (age 23)
Sport countryIndia

Anupama Ramachandran (born 19 May 2002) is an Indian snooker and English billiards player. She won the Asian snooker championship for women in 2024 and the 2025 women's IBSF World Snooker Championship.

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Biography

Anupama Ramachandran was born on 21 May 2002. [1] She attended Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School. [2] When she was 13, she started playing English billiards at a workshop at the Mylapore Club. [2] She has played competitively at snooker since she was 15, [2] and won eight national junior titles. [3]

In 2017 she defeated Keerthana Pandian 3–1 to win the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) Under-16 Women's Snooker Open, [4] and she was runner-up at the women's IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in 2022 and 2023. [5] [6] In 2023 she lost 1–4 to Vidya Pillai in the final of the IBSF women's six-red snooker championship [7] Later that year, she won the Indian national title in English billiards, recovering from 0–2 (sets of 100-up) to defeat Amee Kamani 3–2. [8]

At the 2024 Asian Championship for women, Ramachandran beat Panchaya Channoi 3–1 to take the title. [9] She reached her first ranking final on the World Women's Snooker tour at the 2024 US Open, with wins against world number 1 Mink Nutcharut in the quarter-finals and fourth-ranked Rebecca Kenna in the semi-finals. [10] [11] She lost the final 0–4 to Ng On-yee. [10]

She progressed to the final of the 2025 IBSF Women's World Championship and defeated Ng On-yee 3-2 to take the title. [12]

She has received funds from the Mission International Medals Scheme (MIMS), which supports sportspeople in Tamil Nadu. [2] She trains with her uncle K. Narayanan, a sports performance specialist. [2] As of February 2025, she was a postgraduate student at MOP Vaishnav College for Women, studying public policy. [2]

Career finals

Snooker

Individual women's snooker finals
OutcomeYearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreRef.
Winner2017IBSF U16 Women's Snooker OpenFlag of India.svg  Keerthana Pandian  (IND)3–1 [4]
Runner-up2021Indian ChampionshipFlag of India.svg  Amee Kamani  (IND)1–3 [13]
Runner-up2022 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship Flag of Thailand.svg  Panchaya Channoi  (THA)1–4 [5]
Runner-up2023 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship Flag of India.svg  Keerthana Pandian  (IND)2–3 [6]
Winner2023Indian ChampionshipFlag of India.svg  Amee Kamani  (IND)3–2 [14]
Winner2024Asian ChampionshipFlag of Thailand.svg  Panchaya Channoi  (THA)3–1 [9]
Runner-up2025Indian Six-red snooker ChampionshipFlag of India.svg  Keerthana Pandian  (IND)3–4 [15]
Winner2025 IBSF World Snooker Championship Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Ng On-yee  (HKG)3–2 [16]
Team finals and titles
OutcomeYearChampionshipTeam/partnerOpponent(s) in the finalScoreRef.
Winner2023Women's Snooker World CupFlag of India.svg  India 1 (with Amee Kamani)Flag of England.svg  England 1 (Reanne Evans and Rebecca Kenna)4–3 [17]

English billiards

Individual English billiards finals
OutcomeYearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreRef.
Winner2023Indian ChampionshipFlag of India.svg  Amee Kamani  (IND)3–2 (100-up) [8]

State titles and junior national titles

Results of finals: [1]

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 "Anupama Ramachandran". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 V., Rajalakshmi (2 February 2025). "From a summer workshop to scaling new heights". The Hindu.
    3. ↑ Surana, Neha (1 December 2023). "Cueist Anupama eyes senior Nationals gold". Times of India. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
    4. 1 2 "U16 Women Snooker Open → Saint Petersburg – Russia 2017". IBSF. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018.
    5. 1 2 "IBSF Snooker Championships U21w – Bucharest / Romania 2022". IBSF. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
    6. 1 2 "2023 World Snooker Championships U21 – Women's". IBSF. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
    7. ↑ "Vidya Pilai clinches six-red". 26 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
    8. 1 2 "National Billiards & Snooker: Anupama rallies to stun Amee for maiden senior national crown". The Statesman. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
    9. 1 2 "Sitwala clinches crown". Times of India. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
    10. 1 2 "Outstanding On Yee Is US Open Champion!". World Women's Snooker. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
    11. ↑ "Anupama Ramachandran Q&A". World Women's Snooker. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
    12. ↑ "WORLD Snooker Championships Women – Doha / Qatar 2025". IBSF. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
    13. ↑ Francis, Laveena (15 December 2021). "Amee Kamani wins senior national snooker championship". Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
    14. ↑ "National Billiards & Snooker: Anupama rallies to stun Amee for maiden senior national crown". The Statesman. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
    15. ↑ "Keerthana Pandian retains National 6-Red Snooker Championship title with 4-3 win". Telegana Today. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
    16. ↑
    17. ↑ "Incredible India Are World Cup Winners". World Women´s Snooker. 27 February 2023. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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