Giles Hussey (born 26 May 1997) is a British tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 253 achieved on 27 July 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 213 achieved in May 2023.
Hussey played college tennis at the University of Tennessee.
Personal life
Hussey attended Millfield public school. He began to be based in Bath, Somerset in September 2021.
Career 2021-2023: Pro beginnings Hussey won his first professional tournament in October 2021 in Cancun on the ITF World Tennis Tour.
In August 2022, Hussey reached the final of an ITF event singled in Roehampton, before losing 6–4, 6–4 to France's Antoine Hoang. At the same event he teamed up with Joe Tyler to beat the second seeds, Arthur Fery and Mark Whitehouse 7–6(2), 6–1 in the men's doubles final. In October 2022, he lost to Fery in the final of the ITF event in Sheffield.
In November 2023, Hussey reached the final of the ITF M25 Edmonton National Bank Challenger in singles, losing in the final to Justin Boulais. That month, he also reached the final of the 2023 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville doubles tournament alongside Liam Draxl.
2024-2026: ATP debut and first wins In June, he defeated world No. 98 Arthur Cazaux in qualifying at the 2024 Eastbourne International but lost in the second round to fifth qualifying seed Shang Juncheng. Despite the loss, he made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the event as a lucky loser, against sixth seed and world No. 32 Mariano Navone, and won in straight sets, for the biggest win of his career by ranking. He was drafted into the match with just 45 minutes notice following the withdrawal of Kei Nishikori. He lost to Flavio Cobolli in three sets.
Ranked at a career-high of No. 293 at the 2026 Eastbourne Open where Hussey qualified for the main draw, he defeated Roland Garros semifinalist and world No. 35 Matteo Arnaldi for the second-biggest win of his career by ranking, and also only his second at tour-level.
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–0)ITF World Tennis Tour (8–6)Finals by surfaceHard (9–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Centurion Challenger, South AfricaChallengerHard Edward Winter6–3, 6–3Win1–0M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Christian Langmo6–3, 5–7, 6–4Loss1–1M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Lý Hoàng Nam4–6, 4–6Loss1–2M25 Roehampton, UKWTTHard Antoine Hoang4–6, 4–6Loss1–3M25 Sheffield, UKWTTHard (i) Arthur Fery3–6, 2–6Win2–3M15 Budapest, HungaryWTTHard Gabriel Décamps2–6, 6–3, 6–3Win3–3M15 Danderyd, SwedenWTTHard (i) Mats Rosenkranz6–2, 6–3Loss3–4M25 Edmonton, CanadaWTTHard (i) Justin Boulais6–3, 6–7(1–7), 0–6Win4–4M15 Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainWTTHard Adrià Soriano Barrera4–6, 6–3, 6–1Win5–4M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Vadym Ursu6–2, 6–4Win6–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Lukáš Pokorný0–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss6–5M25 Bali, IndonesiaWTTHard Chung Hyeon1–6, 2–6Win7–5M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Robert Strombachs3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4Win8–5M15 Madrid, SpainWTTHard Matisse Bobichon6–3, 6–0Loss8–6M25 Vale Do Lobo, PortugalWTTHard Toby Samuel3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 22 (11 titles, 11 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–3)ITF World Tennis Tour (10–8)Finals by surfaceHard (10–11)Clay (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Challenger de Drummondville, CanadaChallengerHard (i) Arthur Fery Julian Cash Henry Patten3–6, 3–6Loss0–2Challenger de Drummondville, CanadaChallengerHard (i) Liam Draxl André Göransson Toby Samuel7–6(7–2), 3–6, [8–10]Win1–2Crete Challenger, GreeceChallengerHard Mark Whitehouse Geoffrey Blancaneaux Michael Geerts6–4, 4–6, [10–5]Loss1–3Wuning Challenger, ChinaChallengerHard Buvaysar Gadamauri Joshua Charlton Ben Jones4–6, 2–6Loss0–1M15 Akko, IsraelWTTHard Daniel Little Daniel Cukierman Edan Leshem3–6, 4–6Loss0–2M25 Netanya, IsraelWTTHard Daniel Little Aaron Addison Calum Puttergill3–6, 6–3, [7–10]Win1–2M15 Ra'anana, IsraelWTTHard Ben Jones Robin Catry Timothy Gray6–4, 6–2Win2–2M25 Roehampton, UKWTTHard Joe Tyler Arthur Fery Mark Whitehouse7–5, 6–3Win3–2M15 Haren, NetherlandsWTTClay Kristjan Tamm Edison Ambarzumjan Aaron James Williams6–3, 6–1Win4–2M25 Falun, SwedenWTTHard (i) Johannus Monday Vesa Ahti Arslanbek Temirhanov4–6, 7–5, [10–4]Win5–2M25 Sheffield, UKWTTHard (i) Johannus Monday Eero Vasa Mark Whitehouse7–5, 6–4Loss5–3M25 Sunderland, UKWTTHard (i) Johannus Monday Arthur Fery Mili Poljičak3–6, 4–6Win6–3M25 Glasgow, UKWTTHard (i) Daniel Cukierman Anton Matusevich Joshua Paris6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–8]Loss6–4M25 Trento, ItalyWTTHard (i) Ben Jones Daniel Little Mark Whitehouse6–7(6–8), 3–6Loss6–5M25 Nottingham, UKWTTHard Ben Jones Scott Duncan Marcus Willis3–6, 2–6Win7–5M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Millen Hurrion Adrien Gobat Alexandre Reco6–4, 6–4Win8–5M25 Edmonton, CanadaWTTHard (i) Vasilios Caripi Justin Boulais Osgar O'HoisinwalkoverWin9–5M15 Torello, SpainWTTHard James Davis Alex Knaff Niklas Schell6–1, 6–2Loss9–6M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard James Davis Denis Istomin Evgeny KarlovskiywalkoverLoss9–7M25 Sunderland, UKWTTHard (i) James Story David Poljak Hamish StewartwalkoverLoss9–8M25 Manama, BahrainWTTHard Jelle Sels Jeffrey Hsu Kārlis Ozoliņš6–2, 4–6, [5–10]Win10–8M25 Glasgow, UKWTTHard (i) Charles Broom Tom Hands Harry Wendelken3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
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