Sports performance can be greatly impacted by a critical component, which is competitive anxiety. Different elements, such as gender, can influence the psychological stress that athletes face during tournaments. To create efficient techniques to control anxiousness and enhance function, it is imperative to comprehend these distinctions. The performance of athletes is correlated with competitive anxiety. Because of this, it's critical to keep it at its best. This study looks into how university-level handball players in Uttar Pradesh, India, differ in terms of their competitive anxiety based on their gender. This study uses the Sinha's Comprehensive Anxiety Test by A.K.P. Sinha and L.N.K. Sinha (1995).to investigate gender variations in competitive anxiety among university-level handball players in Uttar Pradesh. A total of 200 players were evaluated, of which 100 were men and 100 were women. The mean Sinha’s comprehensive anxiety test scores of male and female players did not differ statistically, suggesting that the sample's genders experienced comparable levels of competitive anxiety. According to these results, gender may not have a major impact on competitive anxiety in this particular sporting setting.