Pat Hughes (tennis)

George Patrick Hughes (21 December 1902 – 8 May 1997) was an English tennis player.

Hughes reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros in 1931, where he beat Vernon Kirby and George Lott before losing to Christian Boussus.

Hughes had been the only British man to reach the singles final at the Italian championships, capturing the title in 1931 and runner-up the following year, until Andy Murray won the tournament in 2016.

Hughes captured the doubles title in both those years too, when the tournament, in its infancy, was played in Milan.

He worked for years in London as the Vice President of Dunlop Sporting Goods World Wide.

Pat Hughes left and Fred Perry at White City in the 1934-1935 summer before the January 1935 Melbourne Centenary Australian Championships at Kooyong