Giles Hussey (tennis)

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Giles Hussey
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Born (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 28)
Swindon
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysLeft-handed, two-handed backhand
College University of Tennessee
Prize money$94,987
Singles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 304 (12 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 389 (9 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q1 (2025)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 213 (29 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 834 (26 May 2025)
Last updated on: 15 June 2025.

Giles Hussey (born 26 May 1997) is a British tennis player. [1]

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Hussey played college tennis at the University of Tennessee. [2]

Personal life

Hussey attended Millfield public school. He began to be based in Bath, Somerset in September 2021. [3]

Career

2021-2023: Pro beginnings

Hussey won his first professional tournament in October 2021 in Cancun on the ITF World Tennis Tour. [4]

In August 2022, Hussey reached the final of an ITF event singled in Roehampton, before losing 6–4, 6–4 to France's Antoine Hoang. At the same event he teamed up with Joe Tyler to beat the second seeds, Arthur Fery and Mark Whitehouse 7–6(2), 6–1 in the men's doubles final. [5] In October 2022, he lost to Fery in the final of the ITF event in Sheffield. [6]

In November 2023, Hussey reached the final of the ITF M25 Edmonton National Bank Challenger in singles, losing in the final to Justin Boulais. [7] That month, he also reached the final of the 2023 Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville doubles tournament alongside Liam Draxl. [8]

2024: ATP debut and first win

In June, he defeated world No. 98 Arthur Cazaux in qualifying at the 2024 Eastbourne International but lost in the second round to fifth qualifying seed Shang Juncheng. Despite the loss, he made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the event as a lucky loser, against sixth seed Mariano Navone, and won in straight sets, for the biggest win of his career by ranking. He was drafted into the match with just 45 minutes notice following the withdrawal of Kei Nishikori. [9] [10] He lost to Flavio Cobolli in three sets. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Giles Hussey". atp. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Giles Hussey won round seven of UK Pro League – Emma Raducanu lifted women's title in 2020". Swindon Advertiser. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Team Bath Tennis player Giles Hussey follows up UK Pro-League win by securing first professional title at ITF tour event in Cancun". Team Bath. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Jack Pinnington Jones and Giles Hussey win first professional tour titles". LTA.org. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Giles Hussey & Joe Tyler lead British success in Roehampton as wild card Banks finishes runner-up". lta.org. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Barnard, Owen (8 October 2022). "M25 Sheffield: Arthur Fery beats Giles Hussey to win ITF event". Vavel. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "JUSTIN BOULAIS CLAIMS TITLE AT INAUGURAL EDMONTON NATIONAL BANK CHALLENGER". Tennis Canada. November 7, 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "BELGIUM'S ZIZOU BERGS CLAIMS FINAL CANADIAN TROPHY OF 2023 IN DRUMMONDVILLE". Tennis Canada. November 20, 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Eastbourne 2024: Cameron Norrie loses in first round, Giles Hussey stuns Mariano Navone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Rothesay International Eastbourne 2024: Giles Hussey bags first ATP Tour win". LTA. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Fritz, Shang set Eastbourne QF showdown". 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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