Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | 15 September 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turned Pro | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Hadrian Stiff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Racquet used | Harrow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | No. 10 (July 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 33 (December 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour final(s) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 13 April 2022. |
Joshna Chinappa (born 15 September 1986) is an Indian professional squash player.[1] She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 10 in July 2016. She was the first Indian to win the British Junior Squash Championship title in 2005 in the under-19 category and was also the youngest Indian women's national champion. She is the current record-holder of most national championship wins, with 18 titles. In 2024, she was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, by the Government of India.[2]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Joshna, along with Dipika Pallikal Karthik, won the squash women's doubles gold medal, India's first-ever Commonwealth Games medal in the sport.[3][4] The pair won a silver medal at the event's 2018 Gold Coast edition, losing to team New Zealand, Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy, in straight games 9-11, 8-11 in just over 20 minutes.[5] Joshna trains at the Indian Squash Academy, Chennai. At the 2017 Women's Asian Individual Squash Championships, she won the gold medal, becoming the first Asian Squash Champion from India.[6]
In April 2018, Joshna upset Nicol David in the second round, in straight games, of the El Gouna World Series Event. This was one of her more prominent upsets.[7]
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