Siddharth Suchde
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||
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Residence | Harrogate, England | ||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2007 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
Racquet used | Black Knight | ||||||||||||||
Men's singles | |||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 39 (September 2012) | ||||||||||||||
Title(s) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Tour final(s) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on October 2017. |
Siddharth Suchde (born 20 January 1985, in Mumbai) is a professional squash player from India. He grew up in India, Scotland and Switzerland. He studied in Cathedral School in Bombay and completed his high school education from Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, Scotland. Later, he attended Harvard University from 2003-2007 as an undergraduate, where he received a degree in Economics.
The year that he graduated from Harvard, Suchde became national champion of college level squash in the US, after the title had eluded him during the first three years of his undergraduate life. His freshman year he placed fourth, Sophomore year third and Junior Year he was runner-up in the same championship. He held the number one spot on the team for most of his time there.
After completing his education, Suchde moved to Harrogate, England, where he lived and trained and travelled all over the world to play squash.
His highest world ranking to date was 39 in 2012. He was the second highest ranked Indian squash player in the world.
In 2012, Suchde retired from professional squash and founded LiveYourSport.com, an online sports e-commerce company.
PSA Tour Titles
[edit]Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
2008 | Regions Racquet Club Pro Series | César Salazar | 11-9, 11-6, 11-4 |
PSA Tour Finals (Runner-Up)
[edit]Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
2009 | BC Open | Laurence Delasaux | 10-12, 3-11, 1-11 |
2005 | Chennai Open | Ritwik Bhattacharya | 5-11, 5-11, 7-11 |
2007 | Saskatoon Boast | Arturo Salazar | 10-11, 7-11, 7-11 |
External links
[edit]- Siddharth Suchde – PSA World Tour profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-09-17)
- Siddharth Suchde at Squash Info
- Suchde Gains 10 Spots in International Squash Rankings at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-03)
- Eight Indians in Top 100 of World Squash Rankings at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-03)
- Suchde wins his first PSA title
- Suchde becomes CSA national Champion
- Ivy League Rookie of the Year
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Indian male squash players
- Harvard Crimson men's squash players
- People educated at Merchiston Castle School
- Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Asian Games medalists in squash
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Squash players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Harvard University alumni
- Commonwealth Games competitors for India
- Asian squash biography stubs
- Indian sportspeople stubs