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{{short description|Indian squash player}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox squash player
| image = Dipika Pallikal (India) defeated Jaclyn Hawkes (New Zealand) in the women's semifinals 06 (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| fullname = Dipika Rebecca Pallikal Karthik<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-padma-awardees/article5617946.ece|title=List of Padma awardees |work=The Hindu|date=25 January 2014|access-date=13 January 2021|language=en}}</ref>
| birth_name = Dipika Pallikal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1991|09|21}}<ref name=squashinfo>{{cite web|title=Dipika Pallikal (India) Profile|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/953-dipika-pallikal|website=squashinfo.com|access-date=19 August 2015}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]], India
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Dinesh Karthik]]|2015}}
| height = 164 cm
| weight = 69 kg
| event = Women's singles
| country = {{IND}}
| turnedpro = 2006
| plays = Right-handed
| racquet = [[Tecnifibre]]
| coach = [[Sarah Fitz-Gerald]]
| highest_ranking = No. 10
| date_of_highest_ranking = December 2012
| current_ranking = No. 19
| date_of_current_ranking = August 2016
| WorldOpenresult = '''QF''' ([[2011 Women's World Open Squash Championship|2011]])
| titles = 11
| finals =
| psa_id = dipika-pallikal-karthik
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[squash (sport)|squash]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalComp|[[World Squash Doubles Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Glasgow|Doubles}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Glasgow|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Glasgow|Doubles}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Glasgow|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Darwin|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Darwin|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Manchester|Doubles}}
{{MedalComp|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Squash at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]]|[[Squash at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalComp|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Squash at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Squash at the 2022 Asian Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Squash at the 2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]|[[Squash at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Squash at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Squash at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Squash at the 2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]|[[Squash at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's singles|Singles]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Squash at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Squash at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's singles|Singles]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Squash at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Squash at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's team|Team]]}}
{{MedalComp|[[Asian Squash Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Asian Team Squash Championships|2012 Kuwait]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[Asian Doubles Squash Championships|2023 Hangzhou]]|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2017 Women's Asian Individual Squash Championships|2017 Chennai]]|Singles}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[South Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati]] | [[Squash at the 2016 South Asian Games|Team]]}}
| updated = 13 April 2022
}}

'''Dipika Pallikal''' (born 21 September 1991) is an Indian professional [[Squash (sport)|squash]] player. She was the first Indian player to break into the top 10 in the [[Official Women's Squash World Ranking|world rankings]].<ref name="top10ranking">{{cite web| url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dipika-pallikal-is-first-indian-to-break-into-top-10/1039028/| publisher=[[The Indian Express]]| date=1 January 2012| title=Dipika Pallikal is first Indian to break into top 10}}</ref>

==Early life==
Pallikal was born in [[Kottayam]] into a Malayali family.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ukmalayalee.com/local-sports-news/news.php?id=NTU2 |title=Local Sports News – Malayalee Dipika Pallikal wins in straight games to net sixth WSA title (Picture Album) |publisher=Ukmalayalee.com |date=21 September 1991 |access-date=30 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002347/http://ukmalayalee.com/local-sports-news/news.php?id=NTU2 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is the daughter of Sanjiv Pallikal and [[Susan Itticheria|Susan Pallikal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=17284975&programId=1073752205&BV_ID=@@@&channelId=-1073750705&tabId=3|title=Manorama Online – Home|work=ManoramaOnline|access-date=2 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806093801/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=17284975&programId=1073752205&BV_ID=@@@&channelId=-1073750705&tabId=3|archive-date=6 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/print/news/dipika-pallikal-the-hot-girl-of-indian-squash-982-10.html |title= Dipika Pallikal, the hot girl of Indian squash |publisher=Indiatvnews.com |date=21 September 1991 |access-date=30 November 2013}}</ref> Her mother played international cricket for the [[India women's national cricket team|Indian women's team]], including India's inaugural [[Women's Test cricket|women's Test match]], in 1976.<ref name="Cricinfo profile2">{{cite web |title=Susan Itticheria |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/susan-itticheria-54255 |accessdate=2024-07-07 |publisher=[[Cricinfo]]}}</ref><ref>Abishek Mukherjee (20 August 2015). [http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/susan-itticheria-dinesh-karthik-and-other-cricket-in-laws-319653 "Susan Itticheria-Dinesh Karthik and other cricket in-laws"] – Cricket Country. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref>

==Career==
Pallikal turned professional in 2006,<ref name="deepikaHistory">{{cite web|url=http://post.jagran.com/dipika-pallikal-steals-limelight-in-squash-with-three-wispa-titles-in2011-1324374966|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029044756/http://post.jagran.com/dipika-pallikal-steals-limelight-in-squash-with-three-wispa-titles-in2011-1324374966|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2012|publisher=jagran.com|title=Pallikal wins three WISPA titles}}</ref> 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 in the beginning of 2011.<ref name="deepikaHistory"/>

She clinched the first of her three WISPA titles for 2011 in September by winning the Orange County Open in Irvine, California.<ref name="deepikaProfile"/> She notched up her second in the United States with another WISPA tour event victory.<ref name="deepikaProfile"/> The third came in Hong Kong in the Crocodile Challenge Cup in December 2011 and that took her to number 17 in world rankings.<ref name="deepikaProfile"/> However, it was her performance in the [[World Open (squash)|World Open]], where she was beaten in the quarterfinals, that led to her claiming 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nag |first=Utathya |date=2023-11-11 |title=Who is Dipika Pallikal - A squash poster-girl and a supermom |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/who-is-dipika-pallikal-india-squash-player |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref>

In January 2012, she became the first Indian ever to reach the summit clash of a Silver event when she reached the final of the [[Tournament of Champions (squash)|Tournament of Champions]] squash meet in New York.<ref>{{cite web|author=TOI |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Dipika-Pallikal-storms-into-final-of-Tournament-of-Champions/articleshow/11639622.cms |title=Dipika Pallikal storms into final of Tournament of Champions – The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=26 January 2012 |access-date=14 November 2012}}</ref> In August the same year, she went one step further when she reached the semi-finals of a gold event, the 2012 [[Australian Open (squash)|Australian Open]], another first for any Indian.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsquash.org/ws/?p=8931 |title=Dipika reaches Australian Open semi-final |publisher=worldsquash.org |date=17 August 2012}}</ref>

Deepika Pallikal was an integral part of the [[India women's national squash team|Indian squash team]] that finished fifth in the [[2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-18/others/35185663_1_world-team-squash-anaka-alankamony-joshana-chinappa| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521212539/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-18/others/35185663_1_world-team-squash-anaka-alankamony-joshana-chinappa| url-status=dead| archive-date=21 May 2013| work=[[The Times of India]]| date=18 September 2012| title=India finish fifth in World Team Squash}}</ref> India, seeded tenth in the event, defeated higher ranked [[Netherlands women's national squash team|Netherlands]] and [[Ireland women's national squash team|Ireland]] in the process.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sportal.co.in/other-sports-news-display/india-exit-squash-world-championships-209116| publisher=sportal.co.in| date=16 November 2012| title=India exit squash World Championships}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She defeated players like [[Madeline Perry]] in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-13/others/35087252_1_anaka-alankamony-ireland-india| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521223905/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-13/others/35087252_1_anaka-alankamony-ireland-india| url-status=dead| archive-date=21 May 2013| title=India upset Ireland in World Team Squash Championship| date=13 September 2012| work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Joshna Chinappa]] was another key player in the Indian line-up. In February 2013, she won the sixth WSA title of her career after outplaying Joey Chan of Hong Kong 11–9, 11–7, 11–4 in the final of the Meadowood Pharmacy Open in the Canadian city of Winnipeg.<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Dipika-Pallikal-wins-Meadowood-Pharmacy-Open/articleshow/18337153.cms |title=Dipika Pallikal wins Meadowood Pharmacy Open – Times of India |publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=4 February 2013 |access-date=30 November 2013}}</ref>

In December 2012, she achieved a career best of ranking of World No. 10.<ref name="top10ranking"/> She became the first female squash player to be conferred with the [[Arjuna Award]], India's second highest sporting award, in 2012.<ref name="arjunaAward"/> In February 2014 she was back at number 10 in the Women's Squash Association (WSA) rankings despite enduring a tough start to the year.<ref>{{cite web|author= IANS |url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/squash/dipika-pallikal-returns-to-top-10-of-squash-world-rankings |title=Dipika Pallikal returns to top 10 of squash world rankings – Sportskeeda |publisher=Sportskeeda.com |date=5 February 2014 |access-date=30 November 2013}}</ref> At the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] she along with [[Joshna Chinappa]] won the squash women's doubles gold medal, making it India's first ever Commonwealth Games medal in the sport.<ref name="Commonwealth">{{cite web | title = Dipika and Joshna create history |work= The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/joshana-chinappa-dipika-pallikal-win-squash-gold-at-cwg/article6275525.ece |date=2 August 2014| access-date = 3 August 2014 | first = A. | last = Vinod }}</ref> Pallikal picked up her 10th Tour title in January 2015 after triumphing at the Winter Club Open.

Pallikal refused to participate in the National Championship between 2012 and 2015 due to the inequality in prize money where the women's championship winner was awarded only 40% of the prize money of the men's championship winner.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Dipika-Pallikal-wants-equal-prize-money/articleshow/48013742.cms|title=Dipika Pallikal wants equal prize money|work=The Times of India|date=10 July 2015 }}</ref> Equal prize money was agreed for the 2016 championships where she defeated [[Joshna Chinappa]] 4–11, 11–6, 11–2, 11–8, thus winning the title for the second time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Dipika-Pallikal-Saurav-Ghosal-clinch-national-squash-titles/articleshow/53255068.cms|title = Dipika Pallikal, Saurav Ghosal clinch national squash titles | More sports News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]| date=17 July 2016 }}</ref>

At the February 2016 [[South Asian Games]], she was part of the gold medal-winning Indian Women's team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiasquash.com/players-team-india.aspx|title=Squash Rackets Federation of India|website=www.indiasquash.com|access-date=3 June 2016|archive-date=12 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512084155/http://www.indiasquash.com/players-team-india.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/photos-indias-gold-glut-continues-at-south-asian-games/20160210.htm|title=PHOTOS: India's gold-glut continues at South Asian Games - Rediff.com Sports|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportingindia.com/content/india-begin-well-team-event-squash-sag-2016|title=India begin well in the team event of squash in the SAG 2016|date=8 February 2016|website=sportingindia.com|access-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174256/http://sportingindia.com/content/india-begin-well-team-event-squash-sag-2016|archive-date=30 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was then defeated in the first round of the 2016 PSA Women's World Championship in April.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/news/view/3552/wwc-update-au-holds-off-pallikal-to-seal-second-round-spot|title=WWC Update: Au Holds Off Pallikal to Seal Second Round Spot - Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com|date=26 April 2016 }}</ref> In May she was part of the silver medal-winning Indian Women's team at the Asian Team Championship in Taipei, where India were beaten 2–0 in the finals by Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/squash/asian-squash-championships-indian-women-go-down-fighting|title=Asian Squash Championships: Indian women go down fighting|date=15 May 2016}}</ref>

Pallikal Karthik competed under her maiden name (Pallikal) until 2016, adding her married name for the 2016-17 PSA Season commencing August 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/7872/info|title=Dipika Pallikal Karthik - Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com}}</ref> Following her second Indian national Title (see below) she continued her good form winning the Australian Open, her 11th PSA title in August 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/news/view/4013/al-tamimi-and-pallikal-karthik-capture-australian-open-crowns|title=Al Tamimi and Pallikal Karthik Capture Australian Open Crowns - Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com|date=12 August 2016 }}</ref>

==Titles==
[[File:Dipika Pallikal with Joshna Chinappa.jpg|thumb|[[Joshna Chinappa]] with Pallikal Karthik, 2012]]
Following are the highlights of Dipika's [[WSA World Tour|WSA]] tour career.<ref name="deepikaProfile">{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/953-dipika-pallikal |title=Profile at squashinfo.com |publisher=squashinfo.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="text-align:center;"|Event
! style="text-align:center;"|Year
! style="text-align:center;"|Result

|-
| |{{flagicon|CAN}} Winnipeg Winter Club Open
| 2015
| style="text-align:center;"|'''Winner'''
|-
| |{{flagicon|CHN}} Macau Squash Open
| 2013
| style="text-align:center;"|'''Winner'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/dipika-triumphs/article5255760.ece |title=Dipika triumphs |work=The Hindu |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=30 November 2013}}</ref>
|-
| |{{flagicon|CAN}} Meadowood Pharmacy Open
| 2013
| style="text-align:center;"|'''Winner'''
|-
| |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australian Open (squash)|Australian Open]]
| 2012
| style="text-align:center;"| Semi-finals
|-
| |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tournament of Champions (squash)|Tournament of Champions]]
| 2012
| style="text-align:center;"| Runner-up
|-
| |{{flagicon|HKG}} Crocodile Challenge Cup
| 2011
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Winner'''
|-
| |{{flagicon|NED}} [[World Open (squash)|World Open]]
| 2011
| style="text-align:center;"| Quarter-final
|-
| |{{flagicon|USA}} Dread Sports Series
| 2011
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Winner'''

|-
| |{{flagicon|USA}} Orange County Open
| 2011
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Winner'''
|}

==Awards==
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2012 to Ms. Deepika Pallikal for Squash, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2012.jpg|thumb|left|Pallikal Karthik receiving the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2012]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:300px; font-size:95%;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;"|Award
! style="text-align:center;"|Year
|-
| |[[Arjuna Award]]<ref name="arjunaAward">{{cite web|title=Arjuna Awardees for 2012|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Vijay-Kumar-Yogeshwar-Dutt-conferred-Khel-Ratna-25-get-Arjuna-awards/articleshow/15947093.cms|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date=29 August 2012}}</ref>
| 2012
|-
| |[[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Paes, Gopichand, Yuvraj, Dipika get Padma awards|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/01/paes-gopichand-yuvraj-dipika-get-padma-awards/|work=IANS|publisher=Biharprabha News|access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref>
| 2014
|}

==Personal life==
Pallikal studied at Ethiraj College for Women, majoring in English from 2012-2013. On 15 November 2013, she got engaged to Indian cricketer [[Dinesh Karthik]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cricket meets squash: Dinesh Karthik is engaged to Dipika Pallikal|date=30 November 2013|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cricket-meets-squash-dinesh-karthik-is-engaged-to-dipika-pallikal/1201299/|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketer-dinesh-karthik-engaged-to-squash-star-dipika-pallikal/436870-5-23.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201230112/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketer-dinesh-karthik-engaged-to-squash-star-dipika-pallikal/436870-5-23.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-12-01|title=Cricketer Dinesh Karthik engaged to squash star Dipika Pallikal|work=IBNLive}}</ref> They married in the traditional Christian wedding style on 18 August 2015 and the Hindu wedding style on 20 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dinesh Karthik Gets Married Twice in Three Days... to Dipika Pallikal! |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/247312-dinesh-karthik-gets-married-twice-in-three-days-to-dipika-pallikal |access-date=22 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701152018/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/247312-dinesh-karthik-gets-married-twice-in-three-days-to-dipika-pallikal |archive-date=1 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The couple became parents to twin boys, Kabir and Zian, on 18 October 2021. And they announced the birth of their daughter on 19th March 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/dinesh-karthik-and-wife-dipika-pallikal-blessed-with-twins-adorable-pictures-of-the-new-parents-will-melt-your-heart/amp_etarticleshow/87355434.cms|work=The Times of India|title=Dinesh Karthik and wife Dipika Pallikal blessed with twins! Adorable pictures of the new parents will melt your heart|date=29 October 2021|access-date=29 October 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Dipika Pallikal}}
* {{Squash Info|953|Dipika Pallikal Karthik}}
* {{PSA|new_id=dipika-pallikal-karthik|name=Dipika Pallikal Karthik|old_id=7872|archive=20210804232642}}
* [http://www.indiasquash.com/player-profile-about.aspx?r=atoz&id=DIPI1353 profile at Squash Rackets Federation of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017193202/http://www.indiasquash.com/player-profile-about.aspx?r=atoz&id=DIPI1353 |date=17 October 2016 }}
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Dipika-Pallikal-Karthik Dipika Pallikal Karthik at Times of India]

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}
{{Padma Award winners of Kerala}}

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Julipfz at 09:26, 19 March 2026