Sivasangari Subramaniam

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Sivasangari Subramaniam

Country	Malaysia
Born	(1999-01-24) January 24, 1999 (age 26) Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia
Residence	Alor Setar, Kedah
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	53 kg (8 st 5 lb)
Retired	Active
Coached by	Greg Gaultier
Racquet used	Dunlop
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 7 (17 February 2025)
Current ranking	No. 8 (4 August 2025)
Title(s)	14
Tour final(s)	18
Medal record Women's squash Representing   Malaysia World Team Championships 2024 Hong Kong Team World Doubles Championships 2022 Glasgow Doubles Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Singles 2022 Hangzhou Team 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Singles 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team Southeast Asian Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur Singles 2017 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles

Sivasangari Subramaniam (born 24 January 1999) is a Malaysian professional squash player. ^[1] She reached a career high ranking of number 9 in the world during July 2024. ^[2] in the world. ^[3]

Career

In 2011, Subramaniam was nominated as MSSM (National Schools Sports Council) 2011 Promising Sportsgirl of the Year. ^[4] On 8 July 2018, she became the youngest women's National Champion by defeating Low Wee Wern in the final at the Ohana 34th National Squash Championships. ^{[5] [6]} Subramaniam became the 2018 British Junior Open champion by defeating Satomi Watanabe.

On 6 March 2022, she won College Squash Association (CSA) National Collegiate Individual Championships to clinch her first individual title for Cornell University. ^[7]

On 1 April 2024, she won the Gillen Market's London Classic Gold event, completing a dream week at the by beating World No. 2 Hania El Hammamy to lift the PSA World Tour Gold-level title.

In December 2024, Subramaniam helped Malaysia win the bronze medal at the 2024 Women's World Team Squash Championships. ^{[8] [9]}

Personal life

Sivasangari was born in Sungai Petani, Kedah to Valli Nagappan and Subramaniam Kaniappan. She started playing squash at the age of eight. She is a former student of SMK Sultanah Asma and obtained her GCE Ordinary Level from Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar. She is currently studying Bachelor of Science (Mass Communications/ Media Studies) at Cornell University. ^[10]

On 26 June 2022, she was involved in a car accident along the Maju Expressway. She sustained fractures on her face and C1 vertebra. ^[11] Due to the injuries, she had to pull out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. ^[12]

See also

• Official Women's Squash World Ranking

References

1. "PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com.
2. PSA WEBSITE
3. Sivasangari Subramaniam at Squash Info
4. "Hero's welcome for Sivasangari". The Star.
5. "Subramanian & Yuen claim Malaysian titles". Squash Site Blog. Squash Site Blog.
6. "OHANA National Squash Championships 2018". Tournament Software. Tournament Software.
7. "Sivasangari wins US collegiate title for Cornell University". Malay Mail. Malay Mail.
8. "Egypt complete historic clean sweep of WSF World Squash Team Championship titles". World Squash. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
9. "Sangari, Aira shine as Malaysia stun England in World Team Squash". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
10. Norzalina (17 January 2022). "Pengganti Nicol David, Sivasangari Kini Ranking Ke-26 Dunia & Pemain Skuasy Terbaik Ivy League" (in Malay). Nona. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
11. Rohit Brijnath (6 October 2023). "From hospital bed to gold medal: The comeback of a squash hero". Straits Times. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
12. Kng Zheng Guan (27 June 2022). "Sivasangari hospitalised after car crash, out of Commonwealth Games". New Straits Times. Retrieved 27 June 2022.