Ugo Humbert

Ugo Humbert (born 26 June 1998) is a French professional tennis player.

He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 14 on 4 March 2024.

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.

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

A week later, he was again awarded a wildcard 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.

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.

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 main-draw match on home soil at the 2018 Moselle Open, defeating Bernard Tomic in three sets.

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.

He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 361 achieved on 14 October 2019.

He has won a record six ATP titles out of 6 finals, in Auckland, in Antwerp, in Halle and in Dubai, his first two ATP 500 titles, and two on home soil, in Metz and in Marseille.

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

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 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.

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.

Humbert started the 2019 season at the Brisbane International.

Getting past qualifying, he lost in the first round to Yasutaka Uchiyama.

The following week, Humbert played at the ASB Classic in Auckland.

He successfully qualified for the main draw.

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 was defeated in the second round by Philipp Kohlschreiber.

At the Australian Open, he fell in the first round to compatriot and future coach Jérémy Chardy in five thrilling sets.

This match was the first match where a 10-point tiebreaker was used in the fifth set.

After the Australian Open, Humbert reached the semifinals in Quimper as the second seed, defeating Raúl Brancaccio, Oscar Otte and Tobias Kamke.

He lost in the semifinals to Dan Evans.

After this, he received a wildcard into Montpellier, where he lost to fellow wildcard Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.

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

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