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 in 2008 in a huge match against
Borja Golán
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Career overview
In August 2009, in the Colombian Open final, Borja ...
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
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Career overview
After a promising junior career in which he won U17 and U19 ...
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
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.
In December 2010, Anjema became the first Dutch player to reach the top 10 of the
PSA World Rankings. 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
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Men's Over-35 title in
Charlottesville, Virginia
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, defeating fellow former professional
Alister Walker
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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
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Dutch male squash players
Sportspeople from The Hague
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