George Patrick Hughes (21 December 1902 – 8 May 1997) was an English tennis player.
Hughes and Fred Perry won the doubles at the French Championships in 1933 and at the Australian Championships in 1934. Hughes later teamed up with Raymond Tuckey. They won the doubles in Wimbledon in 1936. Hughes reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros in 1931, where he beat Vernon Kirby and George Lott before losing to Christian Boussus. Between 1929 and 1936 Hughes was a member of the British Davis Cup team.
Hughes had been the only British man to reach the singles final at the Italian championships, capturing the title in 1931 and runner-up the following year, until Andy Murray won the tournament in 2016. Hughes captured the doubles title in both those years too, when the tournament, in its infancy, was played in Milan.
He was the editor of the Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack from the late 1940s to the late 1950s.
He worked for years in London as the Vice President of Dunlop Sporting Goods World Wide.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1932 Wimbledon Grass Fred Perry Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon 0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 5–7Win 1933 French Championships Clay Fred Perry Adrian Quist Viv McGrath 6–2, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5Win 1934 Australian Championships Grass Fred Perry Adrian Quist Don Turnbull 6–8, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Loss 1935 Australian Championships Grass Fred Perry Jack Crawford Vivian McGrath 4–6, 6–8, 2–6Loss 1936 French Championships Clay Charles Tuckey Jean Borotra Marcel Bernard 2–6, 6–3, 7–9, 1–6Win 1936 Wimbledon Grass Charles Tuckey Charles Hare Frank Wilde 6–4, 3–6, 7–9, 6–1, 6–4Loss 1937 Wimbledon Grass Charles Tuckey Don Budge Gene Mako 0–6, 4–6, 8–6, 1–6
References
External links
National Portrait Gallery – Portrait of George Hughes