| Gogi |
Alauddin | Legendary squash player |
| Miss |
Holloway | Member of the British Indian community |
| Geoff |
Hunt | Retired Australian squash player |
| Hiddy |
Jahan | Legendary Pakistani squash player |
| Jahangir |
Khan | Squash player from Pakistan |
| Roshan |
Khan | Father of Jahangir |
| Azam |
Khan | One of Jahangir's uncles |
| Nasrullah |
Khan | One of Jahangir's uncles |
| Mohibullah |
Khan | Former world squash champion |
| John |
McEnroe | Figure in Gopi's childhood memories |
| Qamar |
Zaman | Legendary Pakistani squash player |
| Alexandra |
| Maria's sister |
| Bala |
| Pa's childhood friend |
| Charu |
| Deceased mother of the three sisters |
| Diwali |
| Hindu festival of lights |
| Gethen |
| Boy Gopi befriends at the squash club |
| Gopi |
| Youngest sister and narrator |
| Grasshopper |
| Gopi's squash opponent |
| Hari |
| Father of the three sisters |
| Hashim |
| One of Jahangir's uncles |
| Jinal |
| Mona's classmate |
| Khush |
| Middle sister, 13 years old |
| Linda |
| Ged's mother |
| Madhulaben |
| Relative in the Gujarati community |
| Maqsud |
| Pakistani businessman and squash player |
| Maria |
| Squash player |
| Mona |
| Eldest of the three sisters |
| Pavan |
| Pa's younger brother |
| Rahmat |
| Jahangir's cousin |
| Ranjan |
| Pavan's wife |
| Shaan |
| Maqsud's nephew |
| Susilaben |
| Jinal's mother |
| Torsam |
| Older brother of Jahangir |
