Anahat Singh Height, Age, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anahat Singh

• Anahat Singh was born in New Delhi to Tani Vadehra and Gursharan Singh. Her mother works as an interior designer, and her father works as a lawyer in New Delhi.

• Both her parents played field hockey during their school and college years. Her uncle earlier played tennis at a competitive young age.

• She started playing badminton at age five after watching P. V. Sindhu compete at international events. She regularly accompanied her sister Amira to nearby squash courts for her practice sessions.

• She performed well in early junior squash events and decided to switch from badminton to squash fully. In January 2019, Singh won the U11 British Junior Open in Birmingham as her first major title.

• She won the European Junior Open in June 2019 in the Czech Republic after consistent match wins. She won the Dutch Junior Open in July 2019 in Amsterdam by beating several higher-ranked juniors.

• She won the Scottish Junior Open in December 2019 in Edinburgh to close the year strongly. In December 2021, she won the US Junior Open in Philadelphia by defeating Jayda Marei of Egypt.

• In February 2022, she won the German Junior Open in Hamburg after a straight-games final. In July 2022, she won the Dutch Junior Open again in Amsterdam. In June 2022, she won the U15 Asian Junior Championships in Pattaya by defeating top Asian juniors.

• In July 2022, she became the youngest Indian squash player to participate at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In January 2023, Singh won the British Junior Open U15 title in Birmingham after defeating Sohaila Hazem.

• In August 2023, she won the U17 Asian Junior Championship held in Dalian, China. She won two bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou during September and October 2023.

• In November 2023, she became national champion after Tanvi Khanna retired injured during the final. In December 2023, she won the U19 Scottish Junior Open in Edinburgh by winning all her matches.

• In January 2024, she finished runner-up at the British Junior Open U17 event in Birmingham. Later in January 2024, she won her first PSA title at the JSW Willingdon LMS Tournament in Mumbai.

• In April 2024, she won the Hamdard Squashters Northern Slam in Karachi by defeating Hwayeong Eum. In June 2024, she won the HCL Squash Tour Chennai event after beating Rathika Seelan.

• In July 2024, she withdrew from the Dynam Cup SQ-Cube Open final due to an injury.

• In August 2024, she won the PSA Challenge 3 in Colombo by defeating Chanithma Sinaly. In August 2024, she won the HCL Squash Tour Kolkata by defeating Jemyca Aribado.

• In September 2024, she won the Costa North Coast Open in Australia against Akari Midorikawa. In September 2024, she won the NSW Open in Sydney by beating Helen Tang.

• From October to December 2024, she dominated the domestic PSA circuit by winning the Sunil Verma Memorial in Pune and the Western India Slam in Mumbai.

• She finished the year with nine PSA titles, the highest by any woman since 2010, ending 2024 with 38 wins in 40 matches and a world ranking of 82.

• In January 2025, she claimed her third British Junior Open title in Birmingham and then won all her matches at the Asian Junior Team Championships, though India settled for bronze.

• Between March and April 2025, she produced one of the strongest phases of her career. She won the SRFI Indian Tour in Chennai and the Indian Open in Mumbai, pushing her ranking to 62.

• She then qualified for her first World Squash Championships, becoming the youngest Indian to do so, and defeated world number 28 Marina Stefanoni in the first round.

• At the British Open qualifiers, she overcame Marie Stephan to enter the main draw and later beat Lisa Aitken in the first round before bowing out to world number 9 Sivasangari Subramaniam.

• In May 2025, she received the PSA Young Player of the Year and Challenger Player of the Year awards and won gold medals in both women’s doubles and mixed doubles at the Asian Doubles Championships.

• Across June and July 2025, she won the U19 Asian Junior Championship, completing a sweep of U15, U17 and U19 titles.

• She entered the World Junior Championships as the second seed and reached the semi-finals, finishing with a bronze medal.

• In August and September 2025, she made her first deep runs in major senior PSA events.

• She finished runner-up at the Bega Open after retiring injured, then delivered breakthrough wins at the Canadian Open, defeating world number 20 Mélissa Alves and world number 7 Tinne Gilis to reach the semi-finals.

• From October to December 2025, she continued rising on the senior tour. She defeated Menna Hamed at the China Open and won the SRFI Indian Open in Chennai by beating Joshna Chinappa in a five-game final.

• She entered the top 30 at world number 29, received a World Book of Records Certificate of Excellence, and won her 14th PSA title at the HCL Squash Tour Chennai, again defeating Chinappa.

• She was initially coached by Amjad Khan and Ashraf Hussain, then trained under Ritwick Bhattacharya during her junior progression, followed later by joint training under Stéphane Galifi and Grégory Gaultier.

• Indian squash star Saurav Ghosal, who began mentoring her earlier, formally joined her coaching team in 2024.