| Sivasangari Subramaniam | |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Residence: | Alor Setar, Kedah |
| Birth Date: | 24 January 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Sungai Petani, Malaysia |
| Height: | 160cm (60inches) |
| Weight: | 53kg (117lb) |
| Retired: | Active |
| Coach: | Jesse Engelbrecht |
| Racquet: | Dunlop |
| Event: | Women's singles |
| Highest Ranking: | No. 9 |
| Date Of Highest Ranking: | 29 July 2024 |
| Current Ranking: | No. 9 |
| Date Of Current Ranking: | 1 September 2024 |
| Titles: | 14 |
| Finals: | 18 |
| Updated: | 1 September 2024 |
Sivasangari Subramaniam (born 24 January 1999, in Sungai Petani) is a Malaysian professional squash player.[1] As of May 2022, she was ranked number 20[2] in the world. She became the 2018 British Junior Open Champion by defeating Satomi Watanabe. She has most recently won the Gillen Market's London Classic Gold event, in which she beat current world No. 2 Hania El Hammamy (Egypt). Through the tournament, she had also beaten the likes of current world Champion and world number 1 Nour El Sherbini, as well as the current world number 4 Nele Gilis.
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.[3]
On 26 June 2022, she was involved in a car accident along the Maju Expressway. She sustained fractures on her face and C1 vertebra.[4] Due to the injuries, she had to pull out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[5]
In 2011, she was nominated as MSSM (National Schools Sports Council) 2011 Promising Sportsgirl of the Year.[6]
On July 8, 2018, she became the youngest women's National Champion by defeating Low Wee Wern in the final at the Ohana 34th National Squash Championships.[7] [8]
On March 6, 2022, she won College Squash Association (CSA) National Collegiate Individual Championships to clinch her first individual title for Cornell University.[9]
On 1 April 2024, she completed a dream week at the GillenMarkets London Classic beating World No. 2 Hania El Hammamy to lift the PSA World Tour Gold-level title.