# Nathan Lake

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{{Short description|English squash player (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
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| birth_date              = {{birth date and age|1992|07|03|df=y}}
| birth_place             = [Cheltenham](/source/Cheltenham), England
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| retired                 = Active
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| highest_ranking         = No. 22
| date_of_highest_ranking = March 2024
| current_ranking         = No. 43
| date_of_current_ranking = 14 July 2025
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{{MedalSport|Men's [squash](/source/squash_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Team Championships](/source/WSF_World_Team_Squash_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver | [2024 Hong Kong](/source/2024_Men's_World_Team_Squash_Championships) | [Team](/source/England_men's_national_squash_team)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [European Team Championships](/source/European_Squash_Team_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold | [2022 Eindhoven](/source/2022_European_Squash_Team_Championships) | [Team](/source/England_men's_national_squash_team)}}
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'''Nathan Lake''' (born 3 July 1992) is an English professional squash player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/2597|title=Nathan Lake - Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/3870-nathan-lake|title=Squash Info &#124; Nathan Lake &#124; Squash|website=www.squashinfo.com}}</ref> He reached a career high ranking of 22 [in the world](/source/squash_rankings) during March 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/3870-nathan-lake |title=Profile and world ranking |website=Squash Info  |access-date=6 February 2025 }}</ref>

== Career ==
Lake first joined the PSA Tour in 2010 and won his first title in 2015, when he won the Keith Grainger Memorial Open.<ref name=SI>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/3870-nathan-lake |title=Nathan Lake profile |website=Squash Info |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=PSA>{{cite web |url=https://www.psaworldtour.com/view-player/player/nathan-lake/ |title=Nathan Lake profile |website=PSA Tour |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref>

By 2013 he had reached the world's top 100 players and later won the Jersey Squash Classic, Novum Energy Texas Open Squash Championships, E.M. Noll Classic and the Qualico Manitoba Open.<ref name=PSA/>

In 2021, he won the T.H. Quinn Cincinnati Queen City Open and the Wakefield PSA and in 2022 won the Nash Cup. In September 2022, he hit a career best world ranking (at the time) of 33.<ref name=SI/> He was a member of the England team that won the [European Squash Team Championships](/source/European_Squash_Team_Championships) in [2022](/source/2022_European_Squash_Team_Championships).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://euroteamsquash.com/etc-2022-finals-day |title=England claim the Double in Eindhoven |website=Euro team Squash |date=30 April 2022 |access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref>

In August 2024, Lake won his 9th PSA title after securing victory in the White Bear Challenge during the [2024–25 PSA Squash Tour](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_PSA_Squash_Tour).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/10595-mens-white-bear-challenge-2024 |title=$6,000 Men's Out East White Bear Challenge 2024, Southampton Youth Services Inc, North Sea, NY, USA |website=Squash Info |access-date=8 February 2025 }}</ref> In December 2024, Lake won a silver medal with England, at the [2024 Men's World Team Squash Championships](/source/2024_Men's_World_Team_Squash_Championships) in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/egypt-complete-historic-clean-sweep-of-wsf-world-squash-team-championship-titles/ |title=Egypt complete historic clean sweep of WSF World Squash Team Championship titles |website=World Squash | date=18 December 2024 |access-date=19 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypts-squash-team-defeats-england-and-wins-world-championship-title/ |title=Egypt's squash team defeats England and wins World Championship title | date=17 December 2024 |website=Egypt Independent |access-date=19 December 2024 }}</ref>

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