Curtis Malik
{{Short description|English squash player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Curtis Malik
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| country = {{ENG}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|07|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Redhill, England
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| retired = Active
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| racquet = Mantis
| website = maliksquash.pro
| event = Men's singles
| highest_ranking = No. 32
| date_of_highest_ranking = June 2025
| current_ranking = No. 32
| date_of_current_ranking = June 2025
| titles = 10
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{{MedalSport|Men's squash}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Team Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2024 Hong Kong | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2023 Helsinki | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2024 Uster | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2025 Wrocław | Team}}
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Curtis Malik (born 26 July 1999) is an English professional squash player. He reached a career high ranking of 32 in the world during June 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/7301-curtis-malik |title=Profile and world ranking |website=Squash Info |access-date=17 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour|title=PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com|access-date=24 October 2021|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091749/https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour|url-status=dead}}{{Squash Info}}
Career
After joining the PSA Tour and reached his first final in 2022, in the Hit and Run Sport Challenger.{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/7301-curtis-malik |title=Curtis Malik profile |website=Squash Info |access-date=4 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.psaworldtour.com/view-player/player/curtis-malik/ |title=Curtis Malik profile |website=PSA Tour |access-date=4 May 2023}}
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. 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. In May 2024, Malik helped England win retain the title at the 2024 European Team Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/squash/articles/c4n14z814r7o |title=England men win European team squash gold |website=BBC Sport | date=4 May 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 }}
In December 2024, Malik won a silver medal with England, at the 2024 Men's World Team Squash Championships in Hong Kong. In the final he went close to defeating Mazen Hesham in the opening match.{{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 }}{{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 }}
In March 2025, Malik won his 10th PSA title after securing victory in the Manitoba Open during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour.{{cite web |url=https://unsquashable.com/blogs/world-tour-highlights/mens-east-side-self-storage-manitoba-open-2025-winnipeg-squash-racquet-club-winnipeg-canada?srsltid=AfmBOoqoXmq7Fp4sFS-5Hri-1WMGQlA3ofOcz9ohOeMc32uYxiYqdYD2 |title=Rory Stewart reaches final of 2025 PSA East Side Self Storage Manitoba Open|date=14 March 2025 |website=UnSquashable |access-date=17 March 2025 }} In May 2025, Malik was part of the England team that won the gold medal at the 2025 European Squash Team Championships in Wrocław, Poland.{{cite web|url=https://thesquashsite.com/euro-teams-2025 |title=Euro Teams 2025 : Back to the Double for England |website=The Squash Site |date=2 May 2025 |access-date=23 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.englandsquash.com/news/england-march-into-2025-european-team-championships-finals |title=England march into 2025 European Team Championships finals |website=England Squash |date=3 May 2025 |access-date=23 May 2025}}
Family
His siblings Perry Malik and Torrie Malik are also professional squash players.