

What Time Will Flavio Cobolli Play Against Ugo Humbert?
Cobolli and Humbert are on the Day 5 Schedule at United Cup 2025 on 31 December 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Flavio Cobolli from Italy and Ugo Humbert from France are set to face off in their first meeting at the United Cup. Cobolli, who is 22 years old and currently ranked 32nd in the world, reached his career-high ranking of 30 in 2024. He had a successful year with a record of 35-27, which included reaching the final in Washington. He broke into the top 200 in January 2022 and the top 100 in October 2023. In 2024, he qualified for the Next Gen ATP Finals and achieved his career-high ranking after reaching his first ATP Tour final.
Cobolli had some significant wins over American players during his career. He defeated Americans Shelton, who was ranked 15th, on his way to his first ATP Tour semifinal in Geneva in 2024. He also defeated another American, ranked 14th, to reach his first final in Washington. Additionally, he defeated the 13th-ranked Paul in the first round of the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati tournament in 2024. Cobolli also had a good run in the Grand Slam tournaments in 2024, reaching the third round of the Australian Open as a qualifier and the third round of the US Open as the 31st seed.
Cobolli’s ATP Tour main draw debut was a memorable one. He saved three match points against Giron to win the match with a score of 3-6 7-6 7-6 at the 2021 Parma tournament. Earlier in his career, he won Challenger titles in Zadar in 2022 and Lisbon in 2023, and reached the finals in Rome-2 in 2021, Barletta in 2021, and Olbia in 2023. In his junior career, Cobolli peaked at No. 8 and won the Roland Garros boys’ doubles title in 2020 with Stricker.
Cobolli’s 2025 season started on a positive note as he defeated Stricker with a score of 6-3 7-6(2). He has a record of 5-14 against top 20 players, with all five wins coming in the 2024 season. He is aiming for his first top 20 win since defeating the 13th-ranked Paul at the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati in August.
Meanwhile, Ugo Humbert, who is 26 years old, is currently ranked 14th in the world, with a career-high ranking of 13. In 2024, he had a record of 39-24 and won two titles. He broke into the top 20 in November 2023 and reached his career-high ranking soon after winning the Dubai tournament in April 2024. He became the third player in the Open Era to win his sixth ATP Tour title in his sixth final, joining Gulbis and Klizan.
Humbert has had some notable victories throughout his career. He upset the 6th-ranked A. Zverev and the 7th-ranked Rublev on his way to winning the 2021 Halle tournament. He also had a 13-match winning streak on French indoor hard courts, winning titles in Metz in 2023 and Marseille in 2024. He had a significant win over the 2nd-ranked Alcaraz in the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 Paris tournament, which led him to his first Masters 1000 final. Humbert won his first ATP Tour title in 2020 at the age of 21 in Auckland, becoming the youngest French champion since Gasquet in 2007. He also saved four match points against Evans to win his second ATP Tour title in Antwerp in 2020.
In addition to his ATP Tour success, Humbert has also had success in Challenger tournaments. He defeated the former No. 3 player Thiem with a score of 6-3 6-0 to win his seventh Challenger title in Rennes in 2022. In May 2023, he won his eighth and ninth Challenger titles in Cagliari and Bordeaux in a span of three weeks.
Humbert recently made his United Cup debut and defeated Stricker in his opening match with a score of 6-3 7-5. This tournament is his first since reaching his first ATP Masters 1000 final in Paris at the end of the 2024 season, where he lost to Zverev. The United Cup is taking place from December 27, 2024, to January 5, 2025.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Cobolli will win.
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