| Thinaah Muralitharan தீனா முரளிதரன் | |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Birth Date: | 1998 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Klang, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Height: | 1.64 m |
| Years Active: | 2013–present |
| Handedness: | Right |
| Coach: | Lee Meng Yean Hoon Thien How Rexy Mainaky |
| Event: | Women's & mixed doubles |
| Highest Ranking: | 5 (WD with Pearly Tan, 31 January 2023) 282 (XD with Tee Kai Wun, 3 March 2020) |
| Current Ranking: | 10 |
| Date Of Current Ranking: | WD with Pearly Tan, 13 August 2024 |
| Bwf Id: | 4214ba79-2b43-4ae0-bf80-99d8681c43ab |
Thinaah Muralitharan (born 3 January 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player.
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Thinaah and her current (as of August 2024) partner Pearly Tan became gold medalists in the women's doubles and mixed team event.[1] [2]
Thinaah and Tan became the first ever Malaysian women's doubles pair to advance to the semi-finals of an Olympic Games at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Ranked 13th in the world at the time, they were drawn alongside Chen/Jia from China, Matsumoto/Nagahara from Japan, and Rahayu/Ramadhanti from Indonesia, ranked 1st, 6th, and 9th in the world respectively.[3] Having successfully advanced from the group stage with a 2-1 record, they defeated then ranked 7th in the world Kim/Kong from Korea in the quarter-finals in straight sets, before falling to Chen/Jia in the semi-finals and Japan's Matsuyama/Shida in the bronze medal match.
In 2021, Thinaah and Pearly Tan clinched their first BWF World Tour title at the Swiss Open.[4]
In 2022, Thinaah and Tan claimed the French Open title, becoming the first ever Malaysian women's doubles pair to achieve this feat.[5]
Thinaah is the second child of S. Muralitharan and Parimala Devi Kalalingam.[6] She has an older brother and a younger sister, Selinaah Muralitharan, who is a former Selangor state shuttler.[7] She is fluent in all four main languages spoken in Malaysia: Tamil, Malay, English, and Mandarin, in which she picked up from her ethnic Chinese friends whilst studying at Bukit Jalil Sports School.[8] [9] Since May 2020, Thinaah is pursuing a Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) at Open University Malaysia.[10]
Women's doubles
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[13]
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | Pearly Tan | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | 21–19, 21–12 | Winner | [14] | |
| 2022 | French Open | Super 750 | Pearly Tan |  Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | 21–19, 18–21, 21–15 | Winner | [15] | |
| 2023 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | Pearly Tan |  Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee | 20–22, 21–8, 17–21 | Runner-up | ||
| 2023 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | Pearly Tan | Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti | 21–14, 22–24, 9–21 | Runner-up | [16] |
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Iran Fajr International | Lee Ying Ying | 11–8, 11–6, 9–11, 11–9 | Winner | |
| 2018 | Dutch International | Julie Dawall Jakobsen | 21–17, 15–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Malaysia International | Payee Lim Peiy Yee | Cheng Yu-chieh Chung Kan-yu | 21–17, 21–14 | Winner | |
| 2019 | Malaysia International | Pearly Tan | Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma Ribka Sugiarto | 21–16, 11–21, 21–18 | Winner | |
| 2019 | Sydney International | Pearly Tan | Cheng Yu-chieh Tseng Yu-chi | 17–21, 21–17, 13–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2019 | India International | Pearly Tan | Teoh Mei Xing Yap Ling | 21–18, 21–14 | Winner | |
| 2019 | Bangladesh International | Pearly Tan |  K. Maneesha Rutaparna Panda | 22–20, 21–19 | Winner |
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
| 2022 | Selangor Sports Awards | 2021-2022 Selangor Sportswoman | [17] | |
| National Sports Awards | National women's team (with Pearly Tan) | [18] | ||
| 2023 | Nambikkai Star Icon Awards | Best Sports Personality | [19] | |
| 2024 | Dr. Ambedkar International Award | [20] |