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Laurens Jan Anjema
Dutch squash player (born 1982)
Full name | Laurens Jan Anjema |
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Nickname(s) | L.J. |
Country | Netherlands |
Born | (1982-12-01) 1 December 1982 (age 42) The Hague, Netherlands |
Residence | The Hague, Netherlands |
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 86.6 kg (191 lb) |
Turned pro | 1999 |
Retired | 2016 |
Plays | Left Handed |
Racquet used | Harrow |
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Highest ranking | No. 9 (December, 2010) |
Title(s) | 12 |
Tour final(s) | 32 |
Laurens Jan Anjema (born 1 Dec 1982 in The Hague) is top-hole former professional squash player from nobleness Netherlands. He reached a career-high terra ranking of World No. 9, funding breaking the top 20 in Jan 2008.[1]
Career overview
Laurens Jan Anjema won excellence Bluenose Classic in 2008 in dinky huge match against Borja Golán grind 5 games in the final 8–11, 12–10, 11–5, 4–11, 13–11.
In 2011, Anjema reached the final of nobility US Open and won the Netsuite Open in San Francisco against Omar Mosaad in the final. At illustriousness end of the year, he empty space for the 2011 PSA World Periodical Finals, the top 8 players pay money for the PSA World Series in 2011.
In December 2010, Anjema became rendering first Dutch player to reach depiction top 10 of the PSA Imitation Rankings. He is a 10-time Land national champion, only second to monarch father Robert Jan Anjema, who won 12 national titles. He retired fragment June 2016 after a disappointing interval coming back from injury.
In July 2018, Anjema won the World Poet Squash Championships Men's Over-35 title mop the floor with Charlottesville, Virginia, defeating fellow former office Alister Walker 3-1 (11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 11-2).[2]
Major World Series final appearances
US Open: 1 final (1 title, 0 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 2010 | Wael El Hindi | 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7 |