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 got back into the top 10. In November, he reached the semi-final of the Qatar Classic, winning in the quarter-final against the seed No. 1 Grégory Gaultier in a tense and controversial match. In December, he was runner-up of the Hong Kong Open, his first PSA World Series final, against Nick Matthew. 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