69 Facts About Ugo Humbert

Ugo Humbert has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No 13 on 15 April 2024 and a doubles ranking of No 348 on 26 August 2024.

Ugo Humbert won his first ATP Tour match and made his Grand Slam singles debut in 2018.

Ugo Humbert was born in Metz, the son of Eric and Anne, and has one sister, Lea.

When Ugo Humbert was 12, he made the difficult decision to take the train to Poitiers to train with the French Tennis Federation.

Ugo Humbert ended up moving to Poitiers and continued his training.

In September 2017, Ugo Humbert claimed his first Futures title in Bagneres-de-Bigorre where he had received a wildcard.

Ugo Humbert was defeated in the second round by Philipp Kohlschreiber.

At the challenger in Cherbourg, Ugo Humbert reached the final by defeating Elliot Benchetrit, Alexey Vatutin, Otte and Mats Moraing.

Ugo Humbert defeated qualifier Steve Darcis in the final to win his first challenger title of the year.

The week after, Ugo Humbert was awarded a wildcard into Marseilles, where he defeated Ernests Gulbis, Borna Coric and Matthias Bachinger to reach his first tour-level semifinal, where he lost to Mikhail Kukushkin.

From his success in France, Ugo Humbert entered the world's top 65.

Ugo Humbert made his debut in Indian Wells by qualifying for the main draw and Miami as a direct entrant.

Ugo Humbert lost in the first round of both to Maximilian Marterer and Mackenzie McDonald, respectively.

Ugo Humbert failed to qualify for any of the clay Masters tournaments, as he lost in Monte Carlo in the second round of qualifying to Andrey Rublev and Madrid in the first round to Roberto Carballes Baena.

In Lyon, Ugo Humbert would pick up his only victory on clay in his year, beating Cameron Norrie in the first round before losing to Denis Shapovalov.

At the French Open, Ugo Humbert lost to Alexei Popyrin in the first round.

Ugo Humbert lost to eventual finalist Viktor Troicki in the first round.

Ugo Humbert found more success in Ilkley, where, as the second seed, he reached the quarterfinals, losing to eventual champion Dominik Kopfer, then more success in Wimbledon.

Ugo Humbert lost to world No 1 and eventual champion, Novak Djokovic, in straight sets.

Outside of Newport Ugo Humbert only played few tournaments in the US, winning in the first round in Atlanta against Colton Gromley and losing to Miomir Kecmanovic in the second round, and winning in the first round in Winston-Salem against Bjorn Fratangelo before losing to top seed and eventual finalist Benoit Paire.

Ugo Humbert found success in the final few tournaments of his year.

Ugo Humbert then defeated Guido Pella in the quarterfinals to advance to his third semifinal of the year, where he lost to eventual champion Andy Murray.

Ugo Humbert finished his main season with a first-round loss in Paris to Grigor Dimitrov in three sets.

At the Next Gen Finals in Milan, Ugo Humbert lost to Mikael Ymer and Frances Tiafoe before defeating eventual champion Jannik Sinner.

Ugo Humbert reached his first ATP Tour final at the ASB Classic, beating en route two top 20 players, Denis Shapovalov and John Isner.

Ugo Humbert was defeated in the second round by eventual finalist, Taylor Fritz.

Ugo Humbert was eliminated in the first round by 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov.

In Rome, Ugo Humbert beat seventh seed and Italian, Fabio Fognini, in the second round.

Ugo Humbert lost in the third round to 12th seed Denis Shapovalov.

Ugo Humbert was defeated in the quarterfinals by Casper Ruud.

At the St Petersburg Open in Russia, Ugo Humbert was beaten in the second round by third seed and eventual champion, Andrey Rublev.

Ugo Humbert won his second ATP title in Antwerp, beating eighth seed, Alex de Minaur, in the final.

Ugo Humbert competed in his final tournament of the season at the Paris Masters.

Ugo Humbert claimed his second top-10 win by defeating second seed, Stefanos Tsitsipas, in the second round.

Ugo Humbert lost in the quarterfinals to tenth seed Milos Raonic, after having two match points.

Ugo Humbert began the 2021 season at the first edition of the Murray River Open.

Ugo Humbert was eliminated in the first round of the Lyon Open by Yoshihito Nishioka.

Ugo Humbert was eliminated in the quarterfinals by 12th seed and eventual silver medalist, Karen Khachanov.

On 1 November 2021, Ugo Humbert ended his season early due to injury, having withdrawn previously from Indian Wells, Antwerp and the Paris Masters.

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.

Ugo Humbert returned to action on 2 February 2022 at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier.

Ugo Humbert lost in round one to qualifier Holger Rune.

Ugo Humbert lost in the second round to 29th seed Aslan Karatsev.

However, due to the withdrawal of Taylor Fritz due to a left foot injury, Ugo Humbert entered the main draw as a lucky loser.

Ugo Humbert lost in the first round to 14th seed Denis Shapovalov.

Ugo Humbert began his grass-court season at the BOSS Open in Stuttgart, Germany.

Ugo Humbert lost in the third round to world No 58, David Goffin, in four sets.

Ugo Humbert ended up his grass-court season playing in the 2022 Hall of Fame Open losing in the first round to Peter Gojowczyk.

Ugo Humbert received a wildcard for the qualifying competition in his home tournament, the Paris Masters.

Ugo Humbert started his 2023 season at the Adelaide International 1.

Ugo Humbert fell in the first round of qualifying to Wu Yibing.

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.

Ugo Humbert lost in the third round to 9th seed and world No 10, Holger Rune.

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.

Ugo Humbert won his first match at the 2023 French Open defeating compatriot Adrian Mannarino in straight sets.

Ugo Humbert returned to the top 35 following a quarterfinal walkover against Grigor Dimitrov due to him being injured at the 2023 Citi Open on 7 August 2023.

Ugo Humbert lost in the quarterfinals to fifth seed Andrey Rublev.

Ugo Humbert reached the semifinals at the ATP 500 2023 Swiss Indoors but lost to Hubert Hurkacz.

Ugo Humbert reached the second round at his home tournament, the Paris Masters, defeating qualifier Marcos Giron and reached a new career high ranking in the top 25, returning to the French No 1 position.

Ugo Humbert reached the semifinals at the next home tournament, the 2023 Moselle Open in Metz defeating home favorite qualifier Harold Mayot.

Ugo Humbert reached his fourth career final defeating wildcard Fabio Fognini and eventually won the title triumphing over Alexander Shevchenko.

Ugo Humbert then defeated second seed Grigor Dimitrov to win his fifth title out of five finals.

Ugo Humbert reached a new career-high of No 13 in the singles rankings on 15 April 2024.

At Wimbledon, Ugo Humbert reached the fourth round for the second time in his career, defeating Alexander Shevchenko, Botic van de Zandschulp and Brandon Nakashima before losing to Carlos Alcaraz.

At the Olympics, Ugo Humbert beat Fabian Marozsan, but lost to Francisco Cerundolo in the second round.

Ugo Humbert reached his seventh final at the 2024 Japan Open Tennis Championships, where he lost to compatriot Arthur Fils.

Ugo Humbert was coached by Thierry Ascione, former top 100 tennis player from France.

In early 2025, it was announced that Ugo Humbert had amicably split with Chardy and Fabrice Martin was to take over the role.

Ugo Humbert's favourite shot is his backhand and his preferred surface is hard.