Aidan McHugh

Aidan McHugh (born 9 July 2000) is a British professional tennis player.^[1]

Aidan McHugh

McHugh at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Aidan McHugh
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Born	(2000-07-09) 9 July 2000 (age 22) Glasgow, United Kingdom
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Toby Smith
Prize money	$101,907
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 298 (28 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 298 (28 February 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 388 (12 July 2021)
Current ranking	No. 398 (28 February 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
Last updated on: 28 February 2022.

From Bearsden, he attended St Aloysius' College, Glasgow.^[2] He became a client of Andy Murray’s 77 Sports Management firm,^[3] where he is joined by fellow tennis players Paul Jubb, Harriet Dart, Katie Swan and Jack Pinnington Jones.^[4] His usual training facility is the Scotstoun Sports Campus in Glasgow and he is on the Lawn Tennis Association’s Pro Scholarship Programme. McHugh has been described as Murray’s protégé.^[5]

He reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Australian Open – Boys' singles where he defeated Ondrej Styler, Filip Jianu, Jaimée Floyd Angele and Rinky Hijikata before he lost to Tseng Chun-hsin in three sets.^[6][7]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he took part in the Battle Of The Brits Team Tennis at the National Tennis Centre in London, England. He helped Judy Murray to produce online exercise modules for players of all ages that also involved Andy Murray, Jamie Murray, and Colin Fleming amongst others.^[8]

He received a wildcard on to the main draw of 2021 Nottingham Trophy – Men's singles where he defeated world number 105 Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets for his first win on the ATP Challenger Tour.

He received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships men’s doubles alongside Alastair Gray, and a wildcard into the qualifying for the men’s singles.^[9]

Personal life

He is a fan of Celtic F.C.^[10]

Career finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Legend (singles) ITF Futures Tour (5–6)

Titles by surface Hard (5–6) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2018	Great Britain F6, Barnstaple	Futures	Hard	Mark Whitehouse	4–6, 6–3, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	1–1	Oct 2018	Kuwait F1, Mishref	Futures	Hard	Alec Adamson	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), 6–2
Win	2–1	Nov 2018	Kuwait F3, Mishref	Futures	Hard	Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Jun 2019	M15 Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Michail Pervolarakis	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2019	M15 Singapore	Futures	Hard	Dayne Kelly	3–6, 0–6
Win	3–3	Jun 2019	M15 Singapore	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Gray	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Mar 2021	M15 Indore	Futures	Hard	Zane Khan	7–6^(10–8), 6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(4–7)
Win	4–4	Jun 2021	M25 Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Nicolás Kicker	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	4–5	Aug 2021	M25 Decatur	Futures	Hard	Eliot Spizzirri	2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–6	Oct 2021	M25 Rodez	Futures	Hard	Antoine Escoffier	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win	5–6	Oct 2022	M25 Glasgow	Futures	Hard (i)	Filip Peliwo	7–6^(7–4), 6–4

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Legend (doubles) ITF Futures Tour (2–4)

Titles by surface Hard (2–4) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2018	Great Britain F6, Barnstaple	Futures	Hard	James Story	Elliott Farmer   Cameron Green	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Oct 2018	Israel F13, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Jakub Paul	Guy Den Heijer   Sidane Pontjodikromo	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–1	May 2019	M15 Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Lloyd Glasspool	Michail Pervolarakis   Petros Tsitsipas	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	2–2	Sep 2019	M15 Kiryat Shmona	Futures	Hard	Jack Draper	Samuel Beren   Raheel Manji	4–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss	2–3	Nov 2020	M15 Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Siddhant Banthia	Aldin Šetkić   Yaraslav Shyla	6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Loss	2–4	Feb 2021	M15 Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Arnaud Bovy	Nick Hardt   Nicolas Moreno De Alboran	3–6, 4–6

References

1. "Aidan McHugh | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
2. "Aidan Mchugh: My Green Blazer · St Aloysius' College Independent School Glasgow". www.staloysius.org.
3. "The heir to Andy Murray? Aidan McHugh out to be next great Scot in tennis". HeraldScotland.
4. "Andy Murray signs up British junior No 1 Jack Pinnington Jones to his management agency". Sky Sports.
5. "McHugh explains why tennis shutdown will be a huge challenge". The Independent. 24 March 2020. from the original on 25 March 2020.
6. Writer, Stuart Fraser, Tennis. "Aidan McHugh, Andy Murray's protégé, reaches last eight of Australian Open boys' singles" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
7. "McHugh misses out despite Murray advice". BBC Sport. 2 May 2018.
8. "Judy Murray sees 'opportunity' for tennis". BBC Sport. 11 June 2020.
9. "Initial Wild Cards for The Championships 2021". www.wimbledon.com.
10. "The heir to Andy Murray? Aidan McHugh out to be next great Scot in tennis | Glasgow Times". www.glasgowtimes.co.uk.