Borja Golán

Borja Golán

Country	Spain
Born	(1983-01-06) 6 January 1983 (age 41) Santiago de Compostela
Residence	Santiago de Compostela
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2023
Plays	Right Handed
Coached by	Jesus Souto
Racquet used	Eye Rackets
Website	www.borjagolan.com
Men's singles
Highest ranking	No. 5 (April, 2014)
Title(s)	33
Tour final(s)	44
World Open	QF (2012, 2014)
Updated on 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][2]

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 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.^[4]

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. Borja Golán at Squash Info
3. "Borja estará seis meses de baja" (in Spanish). October 2, 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
4. ‘A warrior on court’: Borja Golan retires

External links

• Borja Golan at the Professional Squash Association (archive) (archive 2)
• Borja Golan at Squash Info