{{Short description|Indian badminton player (born 2004)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Sankar Subramanian | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian | country = India | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|01|13}} | birth_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India | residence = | height = | weight = | years_active = | handedness = Left | event = Men's singles | highest_ranking = 55 | date_of_highest_ranking = 6 May 2025 | current_ranking = 72 | date_of_current_ranking = 26 May 2026 | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[BWF World Junior Championships|World Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver| [[2022 BWF World Junior Championships|2022 Santander]] | [[2022 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' singles|Boys' singles]] }} | bwfbadminton_id = 91814 | bwf_id = FAB33451-6397-4D5F-A520-E578682807F6 }}
'''S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian''' (born 13 January 2004)<ref>{{Cite web |title=S.Sankar Muthusamy SUBRAMANIAN {{!}} Profile |url=https://bwfworldtourfinals.bwfbadminton.com/zh-cn/player/91814/s-sankar-muthusamy-subramanian |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=bwfworldtourfinals.bwfbadminton.com}}</ref> is an Indian [[badminton]] player from Tamil Nadu. He is a former [[BWF World Junior Ranking|world junior]] number 1 in the boys' singles.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=M. Ratnakar |title=New junior World No.1 Sankar wants to make it big at senior |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/new-junior-world-no-1-sankar-wants-to-make-it-big-at-senior-level/articleshow/93598725.cms |publisher=The Times of India |date=16 August 2022 |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref>
Subramanian is from Chennai. He trains under Aravindan Samiappan at the Fireball Badminton Academy in Chennai which he joined in 2009.<ref name=":0" />
At the age of 17, he reached the finals of a senior tournament, the 2021 [[Uganda International]].<ref name="uga21">{{cite web |title=Varun Kapur, Malvika Bansod Beat Compatriots to Clinch Gold at 2021 Uganda International |url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/varun-kapur-malvika-bansod-beat-compatriots-to-clinch-gold-at-2021-uganda-international-3487550.html |publisher=News 18 |date=1 March 2021 |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref> In November 2022, he won the silver medal at the [[2022 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' singles|2022 World Junior Championships]] at Santander, Spain.<ref name="wjc22">{{cite web |title=Sankar bags silver in BWF World Junior Championships |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2022/oct/31/sankar-bags-silver-in-bwf-world-junior-championships-2513438.html |publisher=New Indian Express |date=31 October 2022 |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Keerthivasan |first=K. |date=2022-10-31 |title=Relive Sankar Muthusamy’s BWF World Junior Championships silver in Spain, through eyes of his family in Chennai |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/badminton/sankar-muthusamy-subramanian-family-watches-2022-bwf-world-junior-championships-final-silver-medal-spain/article66075383.ece |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, he won the Junior White Nights tournament in Russia. In the same year, he also won the Iran Junior international series.<ref name=":0" />
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-21 |title=Swiss Open badminton: Sankar Subramanian stuns world No 2 Anders Antonsen in a huge upset in Basel |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/swiss-open-badminton-sankar-subramanian-stuns-world-2-anders-antonsen-9897415/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 March 2025 |title=India's Sankar Subramanian Stuns World No. 2 Anders Antonsen In Swiss Open Quarter-Finals |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/badminton/indias-sankar-subramanian-stuns-world-no-2-anders-antonsen-in-swiss-open-quarter-finals-7973591 |access-date=27 April 2026 |website=NDTV}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
=== World Junior Championships === ''Boys' singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result ! Ref |- style="background:#98FB98" | align="center" | [[2022 BWF World Junior Championships - Boys' singles|2022]] | align="left" | [[Palacio de Deportes de Santander]], [[Santander, Spain|Santander]], Spain | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Kuo Kuan-lin]] | align="left" | 14–21, 20–22 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref name="wjc22"/> |}
=== BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up) === ''Men's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result ! Ref |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2021 | align="left" | [[Uganda International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Varun Kapur | align="left" | 18–21, 21–16, 17–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | <ref name="uga21"/> |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | [[Luxembourg Open (badminton)|Luxembourg Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Ade Resky Dwicahyo]] | align="left" | 21–11, 21–19 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | [[Scottish Open (badminton)|Scottish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mads Christophersen]] | align="left" | 16–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' | style="text-align:center; background:white" | |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament
=== BWF Junior International (2 titles) === ''Boys' singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#BDB8AD" | align="center" | 2021 | align="left" | Russian Junior International | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Saneeth Dayanand]] | align="left" | 21–10, 21–13 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#BDB8AD" | align="center" | 2022 | align="left" | Iran Junior International | align="left" | {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Hayati]] | align="left" | 21–17, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |} : {{Color box|#AE9C45|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : {{Color box|#C6D4E1|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : {{Color box|#BDB8AD|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Series tournament : {{Color box|#EBE7E0|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior Future Series tournament
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