Ugo Humbert is a French professional tennis player.
49 Facts About Ugo Humbert
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Ugo Humbert has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No 25 on 21 June 2021.
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Ugo Humbert has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No 361 achieved on 14 October 2019.
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Ugo Humbert won his second ATP title in Antwerp in October 2020, beating fellow Next Generation ATP Finals player Alex De Minaur in straight sets.
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Ugo Humbert won his third title and first ATP 500 in June 2021 in Halle, beating world No 7 Andrey Rublev in the final.
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At the 2018 US Open, Ugo Humbert made his Grand Slam singles debut as a qualifier.
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Ugo Humbert won his first main-draw match by defeating fellow qualifier Collin Altamirano.
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Ugo Humbert then lost in the second round to Stan Wawrinka in four sets.
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Ugo Humbert won his first ATP 250 main-draw match on home soil at the 2018 Moselle Open, defeating Bernard Tomic in three sets.
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At Wimbledon in 2019, Ugo Humbert reached the fourth round after defeating 16th seed Gael Monfils and 19th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, only to fall to eventual and defending champion, world No 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets.
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Ugo Humbert holds seven Challenger titles and reached the final in three other Challenger events.
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Ugo Humbert was born in Metz, the son of Eric and Anne, and has one sister, Lea.
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When Ugo Humbert was 12, he made the difficult decision to take the train to Poitiers to train with the French Tennis Federation.
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Ugo Humbert ended up moving to Poitiers and continued his training.
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In September 2017, Ugo Humbert claimed his first Futures title in Bagneres-de-Bigorre where he had received a wild card.
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Ugo Humbert was defeated in the second round by Philipp Kohlschreiber.
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Ugo Humbert reached his first ATP final at the ASB Classic, beating en route two top 20 players, Denis Shapovalov and John Isner.
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Ugo Humbert was defeated in the second round by eventual finalist, Taylor Fritz.
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Ugo Humbert was eliminated in the first round by 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov.
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In Rome, Ugo Humbert beat seventh seed and Italian, Fabio Fognini, in the second round.
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Ugo Humbert lost in the third round to 12th seed Denis Shapovalov.
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Ugo Humbert was defeated in the quarterfinals by Casper Ruud.
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At the St Petersburg Open in Russia, Ugo Humbert was beaten in the second round by third seed and eventual champion, Andrey Rublev.
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Ugo Humbert won his second ATP title in Antwerp, beating eighth seed, Alex de Minaur, in the final.
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Ugo Humbert competed in his final tournament of the season at the Paris Masters.
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Ugo Humbert claimed his second top-10 win by defeating second seed, Stefanos Tsitsipas, in the second round.
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Ugo Humbert lost in the quarterfinals to 10th seed Milos Raonic after having two match points.
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Ugo Humbert began the 2021 season at the first edition of the Murray River Open.
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Ugo Humbert was eliminated in the first round of the Lyon Open by Yoshihito Nishioka.
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Ugo Humbert was eliminated in the quarterfinals by 12th seed and eventual silver medalist, Karen Khachanov.
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On 1 November 2021, Ugo Humbert ended his season early due to injury, having withdrawn previously from Indian Wells, Antwerp and the Paris Masters.
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Hours after his first-round exit, Ugo Humbert was told as he was exiting Australia that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and would need to isolate in the country.
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Ugo Humbert returned to action on 2 February 2022 at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier.
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Ugo Humbert lost in round one to qualifier Holger Rune.
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Ugo Humbert lost in the second round to 29th seed Aslan Karatsev.
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However, due to the withdrawal of Taylor Fritz due to a left foot injury, Ugo Humbert entered the main draw as a lucky loser.
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Ugo Humbert lost in the first round to 14th seed Denis Shapovalov.
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Ugo Humbert began his grass-court season at the BOSS Open in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Ugo Humbert lost in the third round to World No 58, David Goffin, in four sets.
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Ugo Humbert ended up his grass-court season playing in the 2022 Hall of Fame Open losing in the first round to Peter Gojowczyk.
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Ugo Humbert received a wildcard for the qualifying competition in his home tournament, the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters.
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Ugo Humbert started his 2023 season at the Adelaide International 1.
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Ugo Humbert fell in the first round of qualifying to Wu Yibing.
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Ugo Humbert reached the third round of the Australian Open for the first time at this Major defeating compatriot Richard Gasquet and lucky loser Denis Kudla.
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Ugo Humbert lost in the third round to 9th seed and world No 10, Holger Rune.
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Ugo Humbert returned to the top 75 at No 72 on 17 April 2023.
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Ugo Humbert won the title with a win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry and returned to the top 40 in the rankings on 22 May 2023, for the first time since 31 January 2022.
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Ugo Humbert was coached by Thierry Ascione, former top 100 tennis player from France.
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Ugo Humbert's favourite shot is his backhand and his preferred surface is hard.