GB RANKING12
WORLD RANKING348
CAREER HIGH
28/02/2022 298
ITF TITLES10
Last updated: 11/12/2023
GB RANKING17
WORLD RANKING411
CAREER HIGH
07/11/2022 301
ITF TITLES10
Last updated: 11/12/2023

FAVOURITE
SURFACE: Hard
SHOT: Backhand
COACH
Mark Hilton and Dan Smethurst
AGE23
HEIGHT178 cm
PLAYSRight-handed
BACKHANDOne-handed
LTA SUPPORT Pro Scholarship Programme
TURNED PRO2018
FAVOURITE
SURFACE:Hard
SHOT:Backhand
COACH
Mark Hilton and Dan Smethurst
Get to know Aidan McHugh
About
Quick-fire facts
- Place of Birth: Glasgow
- Lives: Bearsden, Glasgow
- Trains: National Tennis Centre, London
- Likes: Football, golf, travel and spending time with family
- Favourite tournament: Wimbledon
- Tennis idols: Roger Federer, Andy Murray
- Nickname: Aidy
Tennis beginnings
Began playing tennis aged four with his older brother.
Tennis Career
November
McHugh then headed to the Charlottesville Challenger where he and Tennys Sandgren reached the semi-finals - just losing out on a spot in the final two to Denis Kudla and Tha-Son Kwiatkowski, 6-1, 6-4.
September
McHugh picked up his second ITF title of the year after a solid performance at the M25 Madrid. The 23-year-old defeated Germany’s Peter Heller 6-4, 7-5 in the final to secure the fourth M25 title of his career.
He then moved on to the M25 Setubal, where he reached the semi-finals.
July
July was a standout month for McHugh. Taking to the stage at the M25 Champaign event, the Brit breezed through to the final where he took down the USA's Cannon Kinglsey 6-4, 6-3 to wrap up the title having only dropped one set.
Carrying over his form into the M25 Edwardsville even the following week, McHugh made it back-to-back finals but just missed out on a second title to Quinn Vandecasteele, 6-3, 7-6(5).
March
McHugh joinced forces with Jesper De Jong at the M25 Loule event where they finished runners up. The British, Dutch duo were pipped to the title by Sidane Pontjodikromo and Niels Visker 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.
A new career high ranking of 319 followed a series of wins at the ATP Challeger Forli, before McHugh then reached the semi-finals of the M25 Loughborough.
June
Having just played one match together prior to their appearance at the Ilkley Challenger, Aidan McHugh and Luke Johnson proved to be a fine combination in the doubles as they reached the semi-finals after defeating French pair Constant Lestienne and Lucas Pouille 6-4, 4-6, [10-7].
August
McHugh and Gijs Brouwer finished runners-up after an impressive run at the Lexington Challenger, just falling short of the title 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 to Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni.
October
McHugh earnt his first ITF title of the season, and third overall, after defeating Poland’s Filip Peliwo 7-6(4), 6-4 in the M25 Glasgow final.
November
In November, McHugh enjoyed a run to the R16 at the Knoxville Challenger event, where he ultimately lost out to Frenchman Enzo Couacaud in a 6-4, 6-2 defeat. The Brit also teamed up with Spain's Nicolas Alvarez Varona in the doubles event at Knoxville, but failed to make it past Ben Shelton and Duarte Vale in the R16.
- Won the M25 Santo Domingo
- Won the M15 Singapore
- Won the K1 and K3 Futures Tournaments
- I. CLTK Cup (Junior G4
- Nike Junior International Nottingham (Junior G4)
- Aphrodite Cup (Junior G4)
- Tourneo Internacional (Junior G2)
- Nike Junior International Liverpool (Junior G5)
- 14th Dubai Junior Championships (Junior G4)
Attended St Aloysius College in Glasgow, and began his tennis journey training out of Scotstoun Sports Campus.
- Previously ranked as one of the top 10 junior players in the world (2018)
- Reached the semi-finals of Australian Open Juniors (2018).
*ATP Challenger and ITF titles have been combined in the overall ITF titles on this page