Background
In her early life, her father Wasil Khan (a junior world champion) coached her in squash.
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Carla Khan
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She started playing squash in England at age 12. Her highest ranking was 21st. Carla Khan"s first tournament was at the prestigious British Open in 1999.
In November 2002, at the El Salvador Open, she reached her first final against Mexican Samantha Teran.
Carla went on to beat her 9–1, 2–9, 9–3, 9–1. She broke into the top 30.
And in 2005, Carla lost in the final of the Forbes Open to England"s Alison Walters. However, she made it to the final of the 1st POF WISPA tournament in Pakistan, and beat Sharon Wee of Malaysia 9–1, 9–3, 9–4.
Carla never dropped a set throughout the whole tournament.
Carla then ended the year by making it to yet another final, at the 4th Women Islamic Games 2005 in Tehran, but lost to Malaysian Tricia Chuah with a score of 1–9, 9–6, 1–9, 1–9. In late 2005 she was unwell, and struggled in early 2006 until she collapsed during the 2006 South Asian Games on 24 August 2006 while playing against Joshna Chinappa from India. Carla was not expected to be back until 2008, but she returned playing in September 2007.
In 2008, Carla defeated England"s Emma Beddoes 9–2, 9–2, 9–0 to take the Austrian Open.
Carla Khan then retired. She made a come back in 2009.
However, unable to continue she retired again and now has moved on to television presenting. Carla appeared on the Independent Television dating game show Take Maine Out in January 2011.
Achievements
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She has won five titles in her career, which are: El Salvador Open 2002, Ottawa Open 2003, Pakistan Open 2005 and Iranian Open 2007 and Austrian Open in 2008. After an unsuccessful first full season in 2000, she made a breakthrough the following year, but it was not until 2002 that Carla won her first title. Her improvements continued in 2003, her most successful season yet, and won at the Ottawa International, where she came from behind to beat Melissa Martin from Australia, 3–9, 4–9, 9–4, 9–7, 9–3. At the Irish Open in 2004, Carla defeated Nicol David of Malaysia (who was ranked number 9 in the world at that time) on 15 April 2004, and achieved her highest ranking of 21. This had seen her rankings slide outside the top 200 but Carla won her fourth title in 2007, Iranian open beating Donna Urquhart in the finals.
