Nathan Lake joined the PSA World Tour in 2010.
In his first season on the PSA World Tour the Englishman reached the semi-finals of the Progetto 6 Open, where he was defeated in straight games by Abdullah Al Muzayen.
Lake was then forced to wait until 2013 for his next semi-final appearance, this time at the Nottingham Open where he lost to fellow Englishman Declan James over four games, these finishes saw Lake break into the World’s top 100 for the first time in his career that year.
The Englishman then continued to go from strength-to-strength as he reached the semi-final of the Keith Grainger Memorial UCT Open Squash Championships in 2014 when he fell to defeat against Shaun Le Roux over four games.
However, the following year Lake went all the way at the Keith Grainger Memorial Open when he downed Angus Gillams in straight games in the final to clinch his maiden PSA World Tour title, only dropping one game en route to the final.
Another title soon followed for Lake at the Jersey Squash Classic when he beat Ashley Davies over three games to secure his second Tour title. Two runner-up finishes followed that year at both the Grand Sport Armenian Challenger and the Malaysian Tour Squash VII where he lost to Mazen Gamal and Addeen Idrakie respectively. These finishes then saw Lake break back into the world’s top 100 in the World Rankings after almost two years outside.
Gillams was also able to get his revenge on Lake when the two met once again in a final, this time at the Sandman Hotels Open Penticton in 2016 when Gillams strolled to victory over three games. Two more runner-up positions followed for the Englishman further on in 2016 when he fell short of claiming titles at the Qualico Manitoba Open and the Grand Sport Armenia 2nd Challenger 5.