Country | England |
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Born | Redhill, England | 26 July 1999
Retired | Active |
Racquet used | Mantis |
Website | maliksquash.pro |
Men's singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 53 (April 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 53 (May 2023) |
Updated on May 2023. |
Curtis Malik (born 26 July 1999 in Redhill) is an English professional squash player. [1] [2]
After joining the PSA Tour and reached his first final in 2022, in the Hit and Run Sport Challenger. [3] [4]
By the start of 2022 he had reached the world's top 100 players and won the Holmes Naden Prestbury Squash Open, the Commercial Water Solutions Grange Challenger and the Colin Payne Kent Open. [4]
In April 2023, he hit a career best world ranking (at the time) of 53. He was a member of the England team that won the 2023 European Squash Team Championships. [3]
His siblings Perry Malik and Torrie Malik are also professional squash players.
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