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{{Short description|Indian snooker player (born 2002)}}
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'''Anupama Ramachandran''' (born 19 May 2002) is an Indian [[snooker]] and [[English billiards]] player. She won the Asian snooker championship for women in 2024 and the 2025 women's [[IBSF World Snooker Championship]].

==Biography==
Anupama Ramachandran was born on 21 May 2002.<ref name="CSI">{{cite web |title=Anupama Ramachandran |website=Cue Sports India |url=https://cuesportsindia.com/profiles/players/Women/38/anupama-ramachandran |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810002905/https://cuesportsindia.com/profiles/players/Women/38/anupama-ramachandran |archive-date=10 August 2024 |access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref> She attended Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School.<ref name="SCALING"/> When she was 13, she started playing [[English billiards]] at a workshop at the Mylapore Club.<ref name="SCALING"/> She has played competitively at snooker since she was 15,<ref name="SCALING"/> and won eight national junior titles.<ref>{{cite news |last=Surana |first=Neha |title=Cueist Anupama eyes senior Nationals gold |newspaper=Times of India |date=1 December 2023 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/cueist-anupama-eyes-senior-nationals-gold/articleshow/105651400.cms |access-date=11 October 2025}}</ref>

In 2017 she defeated Keerthana Pandian 3–1 to win the [[International Billiards and Snooker Federation]] (IBSF) Under-16 Women's Snooker Open,<ref name="2017U16"/> and she was runner-up at the women's [[IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship]] in 2022 and 2023.<ref name="2022U21"/><ref name="2023U21"/> In 2023 she lost 1–4 to [[Vidya Pillai]] in the final of the IBSF women's [[six-red snooker]] championship<ref>{{cite news |title=Vidya Pilai clinches six-red |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/vidya-pillai-clinches-6-red-snooker-world-title/articleshow/105508586.cms |date=26 November 2023 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref> Later that year, she won the Indian national title in English billiards, recovering from 0–2 (sets of 100-up) to defeat [[Amee Kamani]] 3–2.<ref name="BILL23"/>

At the 2024 Asian Championship for women, Ramachandran beat Panchaya Channoi 3–1 to take the title.<ref name="ASIAN24"/> She reached her first ranking final on the [[World Women's Snooker]] tour at the 2024 US Open, with wins against world number 1 [[Mink Nutcharut]] in the quarter-finals and fourth-ranked [[Rebecca Kenna]] in the semi-finals.<ref name="WWSUS24">{{cite web |title=Outstanding On Yee Is US Open Champion! |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/outstanding-on-yee-is-us-open-champion/ |website=World Women's Snooker |date=12 August 2024 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="WWSQA">{{cite web |title=Anupama Ramachandran Q&A |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/anupama-ramachandran-qa/ |website=World Women's Snooker |date=4 September 2024 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref> She lost the final 0–4 to [[Ng On-yee]].<ref name="WWSUS24"/>

She progressed to the final of the 2025 IBSF Women's World Championship and defeated [[Ng On-yee]] 3-2 to take the title.<ref name="IBSF25">{{cite web|title=WORLD Snooker Championships Women – Doha / Qatar 2025|url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2025/ms/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=517 |publisher=IBSF |access-date=13 November 2025}}</ref>

She has received funds from the Mission International Medals Scheme (MIMS), which supports sportspeople in Tamil Nadu.

Anupama was coached by Mr S A Saleem a former International player. From the summer of 2023 she is being coached by Mr Nigel Bond former professional Snooker Player.<ref name="SCALING"/> Her uncle K. Narayanan, a Sports Performance Specialist helps her with mental toughness.<ref name="SCALING"/> As of February 2025, she was a postgraduate student at MOP Vaishnav College for Women, studying public policy.<ref name="SCALING">{{cite news |first=Rajalakshmi |last=V. |title=From a summer workshop to scaling new heights |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/from-a-summer-workshop-to-scaling-new-heights/article69173604.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2 February 2025 }}</ref>

==Career finals==
===Snooker===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Individual women's snooker finals
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|Outcome
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year
! scope="col" |Championship
! scope="col" |Opponent in the final
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Score
! class=unsortable scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| align = "center" | 2017
|IBSF U16 Women's Snooker Open
| {{flagathlete|[[Keerthana Pandian]]|IND}}
| align = "center" | 3–1
| align = "center" |<ref name="2017U16">{{cite web|title=U16 Women Snooker Open → Saint Petersburg – Russia 2017|url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2017/ms16/en/ms16w_2017_knockout.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220601/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2017/ms16/en/ms16w_2017_knockout.php |publisher=IBSF |archive-date=2 September 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| align = "center" | 2021
| Indian Championship
| {{flagathlete|[[Amee Kamani]]|IND}}
| align="center"| 1–3
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |last=Francis |first=Laveena |title=Amee Kamani wins senior national snooker championship |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/snooker/billiards/amee-kamani-wins-senior-national-snooker-championship/articleshow/88305749.cms |newspaper=Times of India |date=15 December 2021 |access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| align="center" |2022
|[[IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Panchaya Channoi]]|THA}}
| align = "center" | 1–4
| align="center"|<ref name="2022U21">{{cite web |title=IBSF Snooker Championships U21w – Bucharest / Romania 2022 |url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2022/ms22/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=357 |website=IBSF |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| align="center" | 2023
|[[IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Keerthana Pandian]]|IND}}
| align = "center" | 2–3
| align="center"|<ref name="2023U21">{{cite web |title=2023 World Snooker Championships U21 – Women's|url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2023/ms21/en/index2.php |website=IBSF |access-date=16 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| align = "center" | 2023
| Indian Championship
| {{flagathlete|[[Amee Kamani]]|IND}}
| align="center"| 3–2
| align="center"|<ref name="BILL23"/>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| align = "center" | 2024
| Asian Championship
| {{flagathlete|[[Panchaya Channoi]]|THA}}
| align="center"| 3–1
| align="center"|<ref name="ASIAN24">{{cite news|title=Sitwala clinches crown |newspaper=Times of India |date=6 July 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/dhruv-sitwala-wins-asian-billiards-championship-anupama-ramachandran-claims-womens-snooker-title/articleshow/111524840.cms |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| align = "center" | 2025
| Indian [[Six-red snooker]] Championship
| {{flagathlete|[[Keerthana Pandian]]|IND}}
| align="center"| 3–4
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Keerthana Pandian retains National 6-Red Snooker Championship title with 4-3 win |website=Telegana Today |url=https://telanganatoday.com/keerthana-pandian-retains-national-6-red-snooker-championship-title-with-4-3-win |date=27 September 2025 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| align = "center" | 2025
| [[IBSF World Snooker Championship]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Ng On-yee]]|HKG}}
| align="center"| 3–2
| align="center"|<ref name="IBSF25"/>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| align = "center" | 2026
| Indian Championship
| {{flagathlete|[[Amee Kamani]]|IND}}
| align="center"| 1-3
| align="center"|<ref name="IWS26">{{cite web |first=Ramendra |last=Singh |title=Amee clinches Women’s Nat’l Snooker crown with 3-1 win |website=Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/amee-clinches-womens-natl-snooker-crown-with-3-1-win/amp_articleshow/126469797.cms|date=12 January 2026 |access-date=13 January 2026 }}</ref>
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Team finals and titles
|-
!scope="col" width="80"|Outcome
!scope="col" |Year
!scope="col" |Championship
!scope="col"|Team/partner
!scope="col" |Opponent(s) in the final
!scope="col" align="center" width="70"|Score
!scope="col" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| align = "center" | 2023
| Women's Snooker World Cup
| {{flagcountry|IND}} 1 (with [[Amee Kamani]])
| {{flagcountry|ENG}} 1 ([[Reanne Evans]] and [[Rebecca Kenna]])
| align="center"|4–3
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/incredible-india-are-world-cup-winners/ |title=Incredible India Are World Cup Winners |date=27 February 2023 |publisher=World Women´s Snooker |access-date=24 August 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228082910/https://www.womenssnooker.com/incredible-india-are-world-cup-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

===English billiards===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Individual English billiards finals
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|Outcome
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year
! scope="col" |Championship
! scope="col" |Opponent in the final
! scope="col" |Score
! class=unsortable scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| align = "center" | 2023
| Indian Championship
| {{flagathlete|[[Amee Kamani]]|IND}}
| align="center"| 3–2 ''(100-up)''
| align="center"|<ref name="BILL23">{{cite news |title=National Billiards & Snooker: Anupama rallies to stun Amee for maiden senior national crown |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/national-billiards-snooker-anupama-rallies-to-stun-amee-for-maiden-senior-national-crown-1503250104.html |newspaper=The Statesman |date=15 December 2023 |access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| align = "center" | 2026
| Indian Championship
| {{flagathlete|[[Amee Kamani]]|IND}}
| align="center"| 197-112
| align="center"|<ref name="IWB26S">{{cite web |first=Ramendra |last=Singh |title=TN’s Anupama cues up a comeback, denies MP’s Kamani double crown |website=Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/tns-anupama-cues-up-a-comeback-denies-mps-kamani-double-crown/amp_articleshow/126491333.cms|date=13 January 2026 |access-date=13 January 2026 }}</ref>
|}

===State titles and junior national titles===
Results of finals:<ref name="CSI"/>
*2017 National Girls U18 Snooker Championship – Winner
*2017 National Girls U18 Billiards Championship – runner-up
*2017 Tamil Nadu State Women Billiards Championship – Winner
*2017 Tamil Nadu State Women Snooker Championship – Winner
*2017 Tamil Nadu State Girls U21 Billiards Championship – Winner
*2017 Tamil Nadu State Girls U21 Snooker Championship – Winner
*2017 Tamil Nadu State Girls U18 Billiards Championship – Winner
*2017 Tamil Nadu State Girls U18 Snooker Championship – Winner
*2016 Tamil Nadu State Girls U21 Billiards Championship – Winner
*2016 Tamil Nadu State Girls U21 Snooker Championship – Winner
*2016 Tamil Nadu State Girls U18 Billiards Championship – Winner
*2016 Tamil Nadu State Girls U18 Snooker Championship – Winner
*2015 Tamil Nadu State Girls U18 Snooker Championship – runner-up

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/anupama-ramachandran/ Anupama Ramachandran at World Women's Snooker]
*[https://snookerscores.net/player/anupama-ramachandran Anupama Ramachandran at WPBSA SnookerScores]
*[https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=3085 Anupama Ramachandran at snooker.org]

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