Lisa Aitken

Lisa Aitken
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 36)
Dundee, Scotland
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
HandednessLeft Handed
Turned pro
2010
RetiredActive
Racquet usedDunlop
Women's singles
Highest rankingNo. 21 (December 2022)
Current rankingNo. 69 (March 2025)
Title7
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing  Scotland
World Doubles Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 GlasgowMixed doubles
Representing  Scotland
National Championships
Gold medal – first place2018-2020singles

Lisa Aitken (born 16 February 1990) is a professional squash player who represented Scotland at three Commonwealth Games. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 21 in December 2022 and is a three-time national champion.

Career

Atiken represented the Scottish team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, where she competed in the singles and doubles events reaching the quarter-finals of the women's doubles with Frania Gillen-Buchert and the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles with Harry Leitch.

Eight years later, Aitken represented the Scottish team again at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, where she competed in the three events.

Aitken was three-time national singles champion at the Scottish National Squash Championships in 2018, 2019 and 2020. In 2022, Aitken represented the Scottish team for the third time at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Birmingham, England, where she competed in the doubles events.

In March 2025, Aitken won her 7th PSA title after securing victory in the Odense Open during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour.

Personal life

Aitken is engaged to Scotland football captain Rachel Corsie. She has reflected about growing up and playing squash as a member of the LGBT community.

References

  1. ↑ "WISPA Player Profile". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Lisa Aitken at Squash Info Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2010: Squash results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Scotland Delhi 2010". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "England, Australia & Malaysia Expected To Share Commonwealth Games Squash Gold". Squash Info. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Detailed Schedule". Delhi 2010 Official site. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Doubles 2018". Squash Player. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "National Champions". Scottish Squash. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "North Kessock's Greg Lobban and Munlochy's Alan Clyne names in Scotland squash squad for Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next month". Ross-shire Journal. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "$9,000 Women's Odense Open 2025, Squash Center Danmark, Odense, Denmark". Squash Info. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Grey's Anatomy & missing her girlfriend – at home with Scotland captain Rachel Corsie". BBC Sport. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Monteith, Stuart (11 June 2024). "Lisa Aitken reflects on life as an LGBT athlete for Pride Month". Scottish Squash. Retrieved 12 September 2024.