Borja Golán
Country | Spain |
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Residence | Santiago de Compostela |
Born | Santiago de Compostela |
6 January 1983
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Weight | 77 kilograms (170 lb) |
Turned Pro | 2002 |
Retired | Active |
Plays | Right Handed |
Coached by | Jesus Souto |
Racquet used | Eye Rackets |
Website | www.borjagolan.com |
Men's singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 5 (April, 2014) |
Current ranking | No. 19 (January, 2016) |
Title(s) | 29 |
Tour final(s) | 40 |
World Open | QF (2012, 2014) |
Last updated on: January, 2016. |
Borja Golán, (born 6 January 1983 in Santiago de Compostela) is a professional squash player who represents Spain. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in April 2014.[1][2]
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Career overview
In August 2009, in the Colombian Open final, Borja suffered serious injury to his right knee that will keep him out of action for six months.[3] He reached the top ten World Ranking the month following the tournament.
About three years later, in 2013, he succeeded to climb back into the top 10. In November, he reached the semi-final of the Qatar Classic winning in quarter-final against the seed No. 1 Gregory Gaultier in a tense and controversial match. And in December, he was runner-up of the Hong Kong Open against Nick Matthew, his first PSA World Series final.
Major World Series final appearances
Hong Kong Open: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 2013 | Nick Matthew | 11-1, 11-8, 5-11, 11-5 |
References
- ↑ PSA Player Profile
- ↑ SquashInfo: Borja Golan
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Borja Golán profile on the PSA official website
- Borja Golán profile on SquashInfo
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