Ugo Humbert

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Ugo Humbert

Humbert at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1998-06-26) 26 June 1998 (age 23) Metz, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2016
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Nicolas Copin Thierry Ascione
Prize money	US$2,148,616
Singles
Career record	62–56 (52.5% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 25 (21 June 2021)
Current ranking	No. 29 (18 aug 2021)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	1R (2019, 2020, 2021)
Wimbledon	4R (2019)
US Open	2R (2018, 2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2021)
Doubles
Career record	2–14 (12.5% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 361 (14 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 416 (14 June 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2020)
French Open	1R (2018, 2019, 2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2019)
Last updated on: 14 June 2021.

Ugo Humbert (French pronunciation: ​[yɡo œ̃bɛʁ]; born 26 June 1998) is a French professional tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 on 21 June 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 361 achieved on 14 October 2019.^[2]

Humbert has won three ATP titles, the first in January 2020, in Auckland, beating fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire in three sets. He won his second ATP title in Antwerp in October 2020, beating fellow Next Generation ATP Finals player Alex De Minaur in straight sets. He won his third title and first ATP 500 in June 2021 in Halle, beating world No. 7 Andrey Rublev in the final.

At the 2018 US Open, Humbert made his Grand Slam singles debut as a qualifier. He won his first main-draw match by defeating fellow qualifier Collin Altamirano. He then lost in the second round to Stan Wawrinka in four sets.

He won his first ATP 250 main-draw match on home soil at the 2018 Moselle Open, defeating Bernard Tomic in three sets.

At Wimbledon in 2019, Humbert reached the fourth round after defeating 16th seed Gaël Monfils and 19th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime, only to fall to eventual and defending champion, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Humbert holds six Challenger titles and reached the final in three other Challenger events.

Early life[]

Humbert was born in Metz, the son of Eric and Anne, and has one sister, Léa. Both parents and sister are butchers and caterers and run a renowned store in Metz.^[3]

Career[]

Junior[]

When Humbert was 12, he made the difficult decision to take the train to Poitiers to train with the French Tennis Federation. He ended up moving to Poitiers and continued his training. However, he suffered a string of injuries that prevented him from playing for a year and a half.^[4]

In 2015, he reached the Abierto Juvenil Mexicano doubles final with Geoffrey Blancaneaux. His career-high junior ranking is No. 18, achieved in January 2016.

2017: First Futures title[]

In September 2017, Humbert claimed his first Futures title in Bagnères-de-Bigorre where he had received a wild card. A week later, he was again awarded a wild card into the Moselle Open where he reached the second round but fell in three sets to Simone Bolelli.

In November, he achieved his first victory against a top 100 player by beating Thomas Fabbiano (No. 73) during Paris Masters first-round qualifying match.

2018: Grand Slam and ATP debut, Top 100 debut[]

After a disappointing first half of the season on the ATP Challenger Tour, Humbert experienced a breakthrough over the summer when he reached three Challenger finals in as many weeks. After losing the first two in Gatineau and Granby, Humbert captured his maiden Challenger title in Segovia. That run allowed him to qualify for the US Open qualifying tournament, where he won a spot in his first singles Grand Slam main draw. In the opening round, he defeated Collin Altamirano, a fellow qualifier, before losing in four sets to Stan Wawrinka.

In September, Humbert reached once again the final of a Challenger tournament in Cassis, falling to Enzo Couacaud. The next week, he received a wildcard into the 2018 Moselle Open, where in reached the second round by defeating Bernard Tomic before falling to Nikoloz Basilashvili.

At the beginning of October, Humbert claimed his second Challenger title in Ortisei against world No. 55 Pierre-Hugues Herbert, rising to a career-high of world No. 99.

2019: Wimbledon Fourth round[]

Humbert started the 2019 season by qualifying for ATP 250 Brisbane, before losing to Yasutaka Uchiyama 4–6, 6–7⁽⁶⁾ in the round of 32. The following week, Humbert played ATP 250 Auckland, after qualifying once again. Once in the main draw, he drew lucky loser Pablo Cuevas, defeating him in straight sets for his first ATP match win of the year. He then faced Philipp Kohlschreiber, whom he ultimately fell to 4–6, 4–6.

Thereafter, Humbert played in the Australian Open main draw. He fell in the round of 128 to compatriot Jérémy Chardy in five thrilling sets, 6–3, 6–7⁽⁶⁾, 4–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽⁶⁾ finishing in the first ever Australian Open super tiebreak to 10 points, which he lost 6–10.

In February, Humbert reached his first ATP semifinal, in Marseille, including a surprising upset against No. 2 seed and 13th ranked Borna Ćorić in the round of 16.

He subsequently went on to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon later in the year, after defeating 16th seed Gaël Monfils, Marcel Granollers and 19th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime, where he lost to the eventual and defending champion, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. This was his best showing at a Grand Slam in his career so far.

Humbert reached two other ATP 250 semifinals during the year, in Newport where he lost in three sets to John Isner, and in Antwerp where he lost in three sets to Andy Murray.

He ended the year by taking part in the Next Gen ATP Finals, but he did not pass the round robin despite having beaten the eventual winner, Jannik Sinner.

2020: First Two ATP titles, top 30 debut[]

Humbert started the year by reaching his first ATP final in Auckland, beating en route two top 20 players, Denis Shapovalov and John Isner. He then went on to beat his countryman Benoît Paire in three sets to win the title.^[5]

At the 2020 Australian Open, Humbert lost in the first round to John Millman.

He also made a semifinal early that year at the Delray Beach Open, but lost to Nishioka. At first, Humbert had put on a show, beating Nishioka in the first set 6-1, but the second set, after a near 2 hour rain delay, lost the second set 6–4, and the third 6–0.

After a long period of break from the ATP Tour because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Humbert competed in the 2020 US Open, but lost in the second round to World number 8, Matteo Berrettini.

At the 2020 Hamburg European Open, he knocked out first seed and world no. 5 Daniil Medvedev. This win was his first over a top 10 player.

He won his second ATP title in Antwerp, beating Alex de Minaur in final, 6–1, 7–6^(7–4).^[6]

At the 2020 Rolex Paris Masters, Humbert claimed his second top-10 win over Stefanos Tsitsipas.^[7] He reached the quarter-finals but lost to Milos Raonic after having two match points. Following this run, he made his top 30 debut on 9 November 2020.

2021: First ATP 500 title, top 25 debut[]

At the Halle Open Humbert won his first ATP 500 final by defeating Sam Querrey, 3rd seed Alexander Zverev,^[8] Sebastian Korda in the quarterfinal, Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal, and 4th seed Andrey Rublev in the final.^[9] As a result, he reached a career-high ATP ranking of No. 25 on 21 June 2021.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Humbert reached the quarterfinals, defeating third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round^[10] before falling to eventual finalist Karen Khachanov in 3 sets.

Playing style[]

According to his coach, Cédric Raynaud, Humbert is a true offensive player who likes to volley.^[11]

ATP career finals[]

Singles: 3 (3 titles)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2020	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Benoît Paire	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Win	2–0	Oct 2020	European Open, Belgium	250 Series	Hard (i)	Alex de Minaur	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win	3–0	Jun 2021	Halle Open, Germany	500 Series	Grass	Andrey Rublev	6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Challenger and Futures finals[]

Singles: 15 (10–5)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2015	France F20, Forbach	Futures	Carpet (i)	Jan Choinski	3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	0–2	Mar 2017	Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Aldin Šetkić	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2017	France F18, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win	2–2	Feb 2018	Switzerland F2, Bellevue	Futures	Carpet (i)	Niels Desein	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	3–2	Mar 2018	Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard (i)	Strong Kirchheimer	6–4, 6–0
Win	4–2	Jul 2018	France F12, Bourg-en-Bresse	Futures	Clay	Antoine Cornut Chauvinc	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–3	Jul 2018	Gatineau, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Klahn	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	4–4	Jul 2018	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Peter Polansky	4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win	5–4	Aug 2018	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–5	Sep 2018	Cassis, France	Challenger	Hard	Enzo Couacaud	2–6, 3–6
Win	6–5	Oct 2018	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–5	Nov 2018	Andria, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Filippo Baldi	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	8–5	Feb 2019	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Steve Darcis	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–3
Win	9–5	Sep 2019	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Denis Istomin	6–2, 6–2
Win	10–5	Oct 2019	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Evgeny Donskoy	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 6 (3–3)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2016	Belgium F8, Ostend	Futures	Clay	Evan Furness	Paul Monteban Botic van de Zandschulp	6–3, 5–7, [5–10]
Loss	0–2	Jul 2017	France F17, Troyes	Futures	Clay	Constant de la Bassetière	Antoine Hoang Grégoire Jacq	4–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2017	Belarus F2, Minsk	Futures	Hard	Maxime Cressy	Ivan Liutarevich Vadym Ursu	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	1–3	Oct 2017	France F24, Rodez	Futures	Hard	Antoine Hoang	Alex Lawson Nathaniel Lammons	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Win	2–3	Jul 2018	France F11, Montauban	Futures	Clay	Ulises Blanch	Patricio Heras Gonzalo Villanueva	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	3–3	Jul 2018	France F12, Bourg-en-Bresse	Futures	Clay	Dan Added	Jérôme Inzerillo Alexis Musialek	2–6, 6–1, [10–5]

Performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Current through the 2021 US Open.

Record against top 10 players[]

Humbert's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface

* Statistics correct As of 11 August 2021.

Wins over top-10 players[]

• He has a 5–4 (55.6%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	UH Rank
2020
1.	Daniil Medvedev	5	Hamburg Open, Germany	Clay	1R	6–4, 6–3	41
2.	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	2R	7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3)	34
2021
3.	Alexander Zverev	6	Halle Open, Germany	Grass	2R	7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–3	31
4.	Andrey Rublev	7	Halle Open, Germany	Grass	F	6–3, 7–6(7–4)	31
5.	Stefanos Tsitsipas	4	Olympics, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	3R	2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2	28

References[]

External links[]

• Ugo Humbert at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ugo Humbert at the International Tennis Federation