Tanvi Sharma, 17, wins the Taipei Open for her first World Tour title
On 2 August 2026 the Indian teenager beat Vietnam's Nguyen Thuy Linh 21-16, 21-16 in 36 minutes; the two reports differ on which age record she broke.
The final
India's Tanvi Sharma, 17, beat Vietnam's sixth seed Nguyen Thuy Linh 21-16, 21-16 in 36 minutes in the Taipei Open (Super 300) women's singles final on Sunday 2 August 2026, according to Outlook India and the Free Press Journal. Both call it her first World Tour title.
The records
Outlook says she is the youngest Taipei Open champion in any category, the second Indian woman to win the women's singles title after Saina Nehwal in 2008, and the fourth Indian woman to win a Super 300 or higher title, with Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu and Devika Sihag. The Free Press Journal gives her age as 17 years and 222 days and calls her the youngest finalist in the tournament's history, passing a record set in 2006. The two texts disagree on whether the record is champion or finalist; we cannot settle it.
The road to it
The Free Press Journal notes she had been runner-up at the 2025 US Open Super 300 at 16, and at the Odisha Masters and Guwahati Masters before Taipei, and that she is now in the world's top 35.
Why it matters
Reaching several finals before converting one is a common path for young players; her win comes in the same year as other Indian Super 300 titles.