| Sankar Subramanian | ||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian | |||||||||||||
| Country | India | |||||||||||||
| Born | 13 January 2004 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | |||||||||||||
| Handedness | Left | |||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 55 (6 May 2025) | |||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 82 (31 March 2026) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian (born 13 January 2004)[1] is an Indian badminton player from Tamil Nadu. He is a former world junior number 1 in the boys' singles.[2]
Subramanian is from Chennai. He trains under Aravindan Samiappan at the Fireball Badminton Academy in Chennai which he joined in 2009.[2]
At the age of 17, he reached the finals of a senior tournament, the 2021 Uganda International.[3] In November 2022, he won the silver medal at the 2022 World Junior Championships at Santander, Spain.[4][5]
In 2021, he won the Junior White Nights tournament in Russia. In the same year, he also won the Iran Junior international series.[2]
In March 2025, being ranked only 64th in the world, he beat the then world No. 2 Anders Antonsen 18-21, 21-12, 21-5 in 66 minutes.[6][7]
Achievements[edit | edit source]
World Junior Championships[edit | edit source]
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2022 | Palacio de Deportes de Santander, Santander, Spain | Chinese Taipei Kuo Kuan-lin | 14–21, 20–22 |  Silver
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BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)[edit | edit source]
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2021 | Uganda International |  Varun Kapur
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18–21, 21–16, 17–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2023 | Luxembourg Open |  Ade Resky Dwicahyo
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21–11, 21–19 |  Winner
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| 2023 | Scottish Open |  Mads Christophersen
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16–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
BWF Junior International (2 titles)[edit | edit source]
Boys' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2021 | Russian Junior International | Saneeth Dayanand
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21–10, 21–13 | Winner
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| 2022 | Iran Junior International |  Ali Hayati
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21–17, 21–17 | Winner
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- BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
- BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
- BWF Junior International Series tournament
- BWF Junior Future Series tournament
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "S.Sankar Muthusamy SUBRAMANIAN | Profile". bwfworldtourfinals.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 M. Ratnakar (16 August 2022). "New junior World No.1 Sankar wants to make it big at senior". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Varun Kapur, Malvika Bansod Beat Compatriots to Clinch Gold at 2021 Uganda International". News 18. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sankar bags silver in BWF World Junior Championships". New Indian Express. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ↑ Keerthivasan, K. (31 October 2022). "Relive Sankar Muthusamy's BWF World Junior Championships silver in Spain, through eyes of his family in Chennai". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Swiss Open badminton: Sankar Subramanian stuns world No 2 Anders Antonsen in a huge upset in Basel". The Indian Express. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "India's Sankar Subramanian Stuns World No. 2 Anders Antonsen In Swiss Open Quarter-Finals". NDTV. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
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