Matthew Hughes

Matthew Lee Hughes (born 31 October 1978) is a former international badminton player from Wales who competed at three Commonwealth Games and is a ten-times champion of Wales.

Biography Hughes had a career spanning 22 years, with 101 caps for Wales (becoming the fourth Welsh player to pass 100 caps), winning ten International tournaments alongside reaching highest rankings in both mixed and men's doubles disciplines.

Hughes represented the Welsh team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in the doubles and team events. He subsequently appeared at both the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Hughes was a ten-times champion of Wales at the Welsh National Badminton Championships winning the men's doubles seven times and mixed doubles three times.

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.

Achievements IBF Grand Prix 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