Borja Golán Explained

Borja Golán
Residence:Santiago de Compostela
Birth Date:1983 1, df=y
Birth Place:Santiago de Compostela
Weight:77kg (170lb)
Turnedpro:2002
Retired:2023
Plays:Right Handed
Coach:Jesus Souto
Racquet:Eye Rackets
Website:www.borjagolan.com
Event:Men's singles
Highest Ranking:No. 5
Date Of Highest Ranking:April, 2014
Worldopenresult:QF (2012, 2014)
Titles:33
Finals:44
Updated:May 2023

Borja Golán (born 6 January 1983 in Santiago de Compostela) is a Spanish retired professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in April 2014.[1]

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.[2] 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. He announced his retirement in May 2023.[3]

Major World Series final appearances

Hong Kong Open

1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)

Notes and References

  1. http://www.psa-squash.com/entry/ranking.php?player=T02952 PSA Player Profile
  2. Web site: Borja estará seis meses de baja. October 2, 2009. 5 March 2010. es. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708084026/http://www.borjagolan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=57. 8 July 2011.
  3. https://thesquashsite.com/a-warrior-on-court-borja-golan-retires ‘A warrior on court’: Borja Golan retires