Height 182cm
Weight 82kg
Birthplace Fuerth, Germany
Racket sponsor Victor IP9RK
World Rank
28
Series Rank
28
Raphael Kandra
DOB 29 October 1990
CountryGermany

- World Rank
- Series Rank
28
28
Height 182cm
Weight 82kg
Birthplace Fuerth, Germany
Racket sponsor Victor IP9RK
World Rank
28
Series Rank
28
DOB 29 October 1990
CountryGermany
28
28
C. Schoor
DSQV Sportwerk 5 & 3 2021 - Hamburg, Germany
6 MAR Quarter final
J. Wipperfürth
DSQV Sportwerk 5 & 3 2021 - Hamburg, Germany
6 MAR Round 2
M. ElShorbagy
Qatar Classic 2020 - Doha, Qatar
4 NOV Round 3
S. Ghosal
Qatar Classic 2020 - Doha, Qatar
2 NOV Round 2
D. Steinmann
Qatar Classic 2020 - Doha, Qatar
1 NOV Round 1
N. Lake
CIB Egyptian Open 2020 - Cairo, Egypt
10 OCT Round 1
M. ElShorbagy
Manchester Open 2020 - Manchester, England
16 SEP Round 1
G. Gaultier
Expression Networks Nolan and Liam's Tournament 2020 - Prague, Czech Republic
13 SEP Final
J. Solnicky
Expression Networks Nolan and Liam's Tournament 2020 - Prague, Czech Republic
12 SEP Semi final
P. Rooney
CIB PSA Black Ball Squash Open 2021
Cairo, Egypt
19 MAR Round 1
Raphael Kandra Profile | |
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Date of Birth | 29th October, 1990 |
Height (cm) | 182 |
Weight (kg) | 82 |
Residence | Delbrueck, Germany |
Coach | Oliver Pettke |
Interests | Road bike, Outdoor activities |
Racket Sponsor | Victor IP9RK |
Shoe Sponsor | Victor SH-P9200M |
String Sponsor | Ashaway SuperNickZX |
Clothing Sponsor | Victor |
Other Sponsors | Tailor Capitol, Bundeswehr, PSC |
Raphael Kandra's tally of PSA World Tour titles extends into double figures as he has proven himself to be one of the foremost Gemans within the sport.
Fürth-born Kandra opened his account by lifting the New South Wales Open in July 2011 but faced a two year trophy-drought until his Gas City Open triumph over top seed Jan Koukal in the final. Kandra made history in January 2013 when he competed in the first ever all-German PSA World Tour final with Jens Schoor in the Rocafort Open – eventually losing in five games to his compatriot.
His fifth title came at the Gibraltar Open in 2014 and his victory at the Finnish Open in February 2015 saw him elevated into the world's top 50 in the March World Rankings. Four months later he captured his 10th title, and his first PSA M15 crown, at the NZ Southern Open where he came back from 2-0 down in the final to triumph over Tsz Fung Yip.
However, Kandra had some mixed results for the rest of the year and suffered a number of first round exits. He secured his first ever PSA M10 title at the third attempt after a fine 3-0 victory over Canadian No.1 Shawn Delierre in the final of the Bankers Hall Club Pro Am.
The German then backed this up with a semi-final appearance later that month at the Oregon Open where he lost out to Omar Abdel Meguid. During the rest of the year, Kandra suffered a mixed bag of results before lifting his 12th career title at the Cleveland Skating Club Open where he beat Canadian Andrew Schnell.
Kandra then made the last four of the Life Time Chicago Open, before winning the Sekisui Open in 2017, beating Mazen Gamal to lift the trophy. His best performance in a major came in 2018, where he reached the semi finals of the British Open, only to be defeated by the eventual victor, Miguel Rodriguez.
The German also reached the last four of the Montreal Open and the Wimbledon Club Squash Open as well as his impressive run in Hull. He was then beaten by Tarek Momen in the last 16 of both the Hong Kong Open and Black Ball Open to end his calendar year. He also reached the last 16 of several tournaments in the second half of the 2018-19 season, doing so at the Motor City Open, Canary Wharf Classic and DPD Open.
The German made it to the quarter-finals of the Oracle NetSuite Open and then into the last 16 of the FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships in the early part of the 2019/2020 season. A quarter-final appearance also came at the Pittsburgh Open, and he reached the last 16 of the Platinum level Qatar Classic in November 2020. With the retirement of Simon Rösner, Kandra took over as the German No.1.
Round | Player | WR | Games | Scores |
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Quarter final |
C. Schoor ![]() |
735 | - |
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Round 2 |
J. Wipperfürth ![]() |
543 | 3-0 |
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Round | Player | WR | Games | Scores |
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Round | Player | WR | Games | Scores |
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Round 3 |
M. ElShorbagy ![]() |
6 | 0-3 |
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Round 2 |
S. Ghosal ![]() |
13 | 3-1 |
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Round 1 |
D. Steinmann ![]() |
61 | 3-1 |
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Round | Player | WR | Games | Scores |
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Round 1 |
N. Lake ![]() |
45 | 0-3 |
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Round | Player | WR | Games | Scores |
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Round 1 |
M. ElShorbagy ![]() |
1 | 0-3 |
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Round | Player | WR | Games | Scores |
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Final |
G. Gaultier ![]() |
95 | 0-3 |
|
Semi final |
J. Solnicky ![]() |
150 | 3-0 |
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Quarter final |
A. Rehman ![]() |
99 | 3-0 |
|
Round 1 |
V. Byrtus ![]() |
166 | 3-0 |
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Round | Player | WR | Games | Scores |
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Round 1 |
Z. Salem ![]() |
19 | - |
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Round | Player | WR | Games | Scores |
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Round 1 |
F. Dessouky ![]() |
12 | 1-2 |
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Round | Player | WR | Games | Scores |
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Round 2 |
T. Momen ![]() |
3 | 0-3 |
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Round 1 |
E. Lopez ![]() |
49 | 3-0 |
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Round | Player | WR | Games | Scores |
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Round 1 |
B. Masotti ![]() |
40 | 2-3 |
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Raphael Kandra Statistics | |
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Years | 11 |
Total Tournaments Played | 137 |
Total Matches Played | 333 |
Matches Won | 210 |
Matches Lost | 123 |
Finals | 21 |
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