Dipika Pallikal Karthik

Born: 21 September 1991

She is an Indian professional squash player.
She is the first Indian to break into the top 10 in the PSA Women’s rankings.
She came to prominence in 2011, when she won three WISPA tour titles to attain a career-best ranking of 13th.
She broke into the top 10 in December 2012.
She turned professional in 2006, but her career was filled with ups and downs initially.
She became more consistent and started notching up winning performances after her brief training stint in Egypt at the beginning of 2011.
She clinched her first of three WISPA titles for 2011 in September by winning the Orange County Open in Irvine, California.
She notched up her second in the United States with another WISPA tour event victory.
The third came in Hong Kong in the Crocodile Challenge Cup in December 2011 and that took her to number 17 in world rankings.
However, it was her performance in the World Open that shot her into the limelight.
She finished in the top eight.
She claimed a ranking of 14 as a result of these victories in February 2012, surpassing the earlier best world ranking by an Indian – 27th by former national champion Misha Grewal in 1995.