Matthew Hughes (badminton)

Matthew Lee Hughes (born 31 October 1978) is a retired Welsh badminton player.[2]

Matthew Lee Hughes
Personal information
Country	Wales
Born	31 October 1978 Penmaenmawr, Wales[1]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Handedness	Right
doubles
Highest ranking	14 (XD), 18 (MD)
BWF profile

Matt had an illustrious career spanning 22 years, with over 100 caps for Wales, winning 10 International tournaments and competing at three Commonwealth games alongside reaching highest rankings in both mixed and men's doubles disciplines. Hughes is also a former Performance Manager and National Coach of Badminton Wales. He has coached players at all the major team events World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games.[3]

Achievements

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Polish Open	Martyn Lewis	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	9–15, 7–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Welsh International	Martyn Lewis	Andrew Ellis Richard Eidestedt	21–9, 21–16	Winner
2006	Spanish International	Martyn Lewis	Simon Mollyhus Anders Kristiansen	21–18, 22–20	Winner
2006	Polish International	Martyn Lewis	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2006	Southern Pan Am International	Martyn Lewis	Mike Beres William Milroy	21–13, 18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2005	Brazil International	Martyn Lewis	Philippe Bourret Janek Roos	15–12, 15–10	Winner
2005	Spanish International	Martyn Lewis	Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet	15–11, 15–3	Winner
2004	Brazil International	Martyn Lewis	Guilherme Kumasaka Guilherme Pardo	15–4, 15–5	Winner
2004	Spanish International	Martyn Lewis	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Jesper Larsen	6–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2004	Hungarian International	Martyn Lewis	Nikolai Zuyev Sergey Ivlev	3–15, 2–15	Runner-up
2003	Nigeria International	Martyn Lewis	Nicolás Escartín Arturo Ruiz		Winner
2002	Mauritius International	Martyn Lewis	Stephan Beeharry Yogeshsingh Mahadnac	15–10, 15–11	Winner
2002	Mexico International	Martyn Lewis	Guilherme Kumasaka Guilherme Pardo	15–8, 15–6	Winner
1998	Slovenian International	Chris Davies	Howard Bach Mark Manha	3–15, 5–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Welsh International	Kelly Morgan	Chris Langridge Caroline Westley	17–14, 8–15, 15–7	Winner
2003	Brazil International	Joanne Muggeridge	José Antonio Crespo Dolores Marco	15–12, 13–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2003	Nigeria International	Joanne Muggeridge	Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien	15–10, 15–11	Winner
2003	Peru International	Joanne Muggeridge	José Antonio Crespo Dolores Marco	15–2, 15–13	Winner
2002	Welsh International	Joanne Muggeridge	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva	4–11, 6–11	Runner-up
2002	Mexico International	Joanne Muggeridge	Tjitte Weistra Doriana Rivera	11–6, 11–13, 8–11	Runner-up
2002	Mauritius International	Joanne Muggeridge	Stephan Beeharry Shama Aboobakar	11–5, 11–3	Winner

References

1. "Badminton ace won't leave Hughes behind". www.dailypost.co.uk. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
2. "Profile : Matthew Hughes". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
3. "Matthew Hughes Appointed Performance Manager And National Coach". www.badminton.wales. Retrieved 22 September 2020.