Matthew Hughes (badminton)

Matthew Lee Hughes
Personal information
Country	Wales
Born	(1978-10-31) 31 October 1978 (age 43) Penmaenmawr, Wales[1]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Handedness	Right
doubles
Highest ranking	14 (XD), 18 (MD)
BWF profile

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

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	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		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		Martyn Lewis	Nicolás Escartín		Winner
2002	Mauritius International	Martyn Lewis	Stephan Beeharry	15–10, 15–11	Winner
2002	Mexico International	Martyn Lewis		15–8, 15–6	Winner
1998	Slovenian International		Howard Bach	3–15, 5–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Welsh International	Kelly Morgan	Chris Langridge	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		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

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