Aidan McHugh (born 9 July 2000) is a British professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 298 achieved on 28 February 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 285 achieved on 3 October 2022.
Career From Bearsden, he attended St Aloysius' College, Glasgow. He became a client of Andy Murray’s 77 Sports Management firm, where he is joined by fellow tennis players Paul Jubb, Harriet Dart, Katie Swan and Jack Pinnington Jones. 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.
He reached the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open – Boys' singles where he defeated Ondrej Styler, Filip Jianu, Jaimee Floyd Angele and Rinky Hijikata before he lost to Tseng Chun-hsin in three sets.
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.
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, where he recorded his first Major win against Jiří Veselý and Roman Jebavý and a wildcard into the qualifying for the men’s singles.
Personal life He is a fan of Celtic F.C.
Career finals
Singles: 19 (8–11) Legend (singles)ITF Futures Tour (8–11)Titles by surfaceHard (8–11)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Great Britain F6, BarnstapleFuturesHard Mark Whitehouse4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)Win1–1Kuwait F1, MishrefFuturesHard Alec Adamson6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–2Win2–1Kuwait F3, MishrefFuturesHard Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine6–1, 6–3Loss2–2M15 HeraklionFuturesHard Michail Pervolarakis1–6, 4–6Loss2–3M15 SingaporeFuturesHard Dayne Kelly3–6, 0–6Win3–3M15 SingaporeFuturesHard Jonathan Gray6–2, 6–2Loss3–4M15 IndoreFuturesHard Zane Khan7–6(10–8), 6–7(6–8), 6–7(4–7)Win4–4M25 Santo DomingoFuturesHard Nicolás Kicker7–5, 3–6, 6–3Loss4–5M25 DecaturFuturesHard Eliot Spizzirri2–6, 5–7Loss4–6M25 RodezFuturesHard Antoine Escoffier7–5, 5–7, 4–6Win5–6M25 GlasgowFuturesHard (i) Filip Peliwo7–6(7–4), 6–4Win6–6M25 ChampaignFuturesHard Cannon Kingsley6–4, 6–3Loss6–7M25 EdwardsvilleFuturesHard Quinn Vandecasteele3–6, 6–7(5–7)Win7–7M25 MadridFuturesHard Peter Heller6–4, 7–5Loss7–8M25 East LansingWTTHard Johannus Monday2–6, 2–6Loss7–9M15 HuamantlaWTTHard Alvin Nicholas Tudorica2–6, 6–1, 1–6Loss7–10M25 EdwardsvilleWTTHard Kyle Kang6–3, 1–6, 1–6Loss7–11M25 HarlingenWTTHard Alex Martinez3–6, 6–2, 4–6Win8–11M25 East LansingWTTHard Erik Arutiunian7–5, 6–3
Doubles: 10 (3–7) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)ITF Futures Tour (3–6)Titles by surfaceHard (3–7)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Great Britain F6, BarnstapleFuturesHard James Story Elliott Farmer Cameron Green6–4, 6–1Loss1–1Israel F13, AshkelonFuturesHard Jakub Paul Guy Den Heijer Sidane Pontjodikromo5–7, 4–6Win2–1M15 HeraklionFuturesHard Lloyd Glasspool Michail Pervolarakis Petros Tsitsipas7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)Loss2–2M15 Kiryat ShmonaFuturesHard Jack Draper Samuel Beren Raheel Manji4–6, 6–2, [6–10]Loss2–3M15 Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Siddhant Banthia Aldin Šetkić Yaraslav Shyla6–7(2–7), 3–6Loss2–4M15 Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Arnaud Bovy Nick Hardt Nicolas Moreno de Alboran3–6, 4–6Win3–4M25 GlasgowWorld Tennis TourHard Gijs Brouwer Charles Broom Constantin Frantzen4–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–4]Loss3–5Lexington, USAChallengerHard Gijs Brouwer Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni6-3, 4–6, [8-10]Loss3–6M25 LouléWorld Tennis TourHard Jesper de Jong Sidane Pontjodikromo Niels Visker6–4, 2–6, [8–10]Loss3–7M15 Rancho Santa FeWorld Tennis TourHard Keegan Smith Jack Anthrop Bryce Nakashima1–6, 4–6
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