Pat Hughes (tennis)
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| Full name | George Patrick Hughes |
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| Country (sports) |
 United Kingdom |
| Born |
21 December 1902 Sutton Coldfield, England |
| Died |
8 May 1997 (aged 94) Walton-on-Thames, England |
| Turned pro | 1926 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1941 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1934) |
| French Open | SF (1931) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1931, 1933) |
| US Open | 2R (1931) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1934) |
| French Open | W (1933) |
| Wimbledon | W (1936) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | QF (1926, 1933) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (1933, 1934, 1935, 1936) |
George Patrick Hughes (21 December 1902 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire – 8 May 1997) was an English tennis player.
Hughes and Fred Perry won the doubles at Roland Garros in 1933 and in Kooyong in 1934. Hughes later teamed up with Raymond Tuckey. They won the doubles in Wimbledon in 1936. Between 1929 and 1936 he was member of the British Davis Cup team.
Hughes is the only British player to succeed in singles at the Italian championships, capturing the title in 1931 and finishing runner up the following year. He captured the doubles title in both those years too, when the tournament, in its infancy, was played in Milan.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles
Titles (3)
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| 1933 | French Championships | Fred Perry |  Adrian Quist Viv McGrath | 6–2, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 |
| 1934 | Australian Championships | Fred Perry | Adrian Quist Don Turnbull | 6–8, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1936 | Wimbledon | Charles Tuckey | Charles Hare Frank Wilde | 6–4, 3–6, 7–9, 6–1, 6–4 |
External links
- Pat Hughes at the International Tennis Federation
- Pat Hughes at the Davis Cup
- National Portrait Gallery – Portrait of George Hughes
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