Laurens Jan Anjema (born 1 December 1982 in
The Hague
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) is a former professional
squash
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player from the
Netherlands
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. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9, after breaking the top 20 in January 2008.
Career overview
Laurens Jan Anjema won the
Bluenose Classic
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The event was part of the PSA World Tour. It was established in 2006, and was last held in 2015.
Past Results
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in 2008 in a huge match against
Borja Golán
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.
Career overview
In August 2009, in the Colombian Open final, Bor ...
in 5 games in the final 8–11, 12–10, 11–5, 4–11, 13–11.
In 2011, Anjema reached the final of the
US Open and won the
Netsuite Open
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in San Francisco against
Omar Mosaad in the final. At the end of the year, he qualified for the
2011 PSA World Series Finals, the top 8 players of the
PSA World Series
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in
2011.
In December 2010, Anjema became the first Dutch player to reach the top 10 of the
PSA World Rankings
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. He is a 10-time Dutch national champion, only second to his father Robert Jan Anjema, who won 12 national titles. He retired in June 2016 after a disappointing season coming back from injury.
In July 2018, Anjema won the
World Masters Squash Championships Men's Over-35 title in
Charlottesville, Virginia
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, defeating fellow former professional
Alister Walker 3-1 (11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 11-2).
Major
World Series
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final appearances
US Open: 1 final (1 title, 0 runner-up)
References
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1982 births
Living people
Dutch male squash players
Sportspeople from The Hague
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