Borja Golán

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]

Borja Golán

Country	Spain
Residence	Santiago de Compostela
Born	6 January 1983 Santiago de Compostela
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (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. 13 (July, 2016)
Title(s)	29
Tour final(s)	40
World Open	QF (2012, 2014)
Last updated on: July, 2016.

Career overview

In August 2009, in the Colombian Open final, Borja suffered serious injury to his right knee which kept 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 Grégory 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

1. PSA Player Profile
2. SquashInfo: Borja Golan
3. "Borja estará seis meses de baja" (in Spanish). October 2, 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2010.

External links

• Borja Golan – PSA World Tour profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-07-27)
• Borja Golan at PSA
• Borja Golan at Squash Info