

What Time Will Ugo Humbert Play Against Hady Habib?
Humbert and Habib are on the Day 4 Schedule at Australian Open 2025 on Wednesday 15 January. 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?
Match 14 features French player Ugo Humbert facing Lebanese qualifier Hady Habib. This will be their second meeting, but their first at the tour-level. In their previous match at the 2022 Granby Challenger, Humbert came out on top with a 6-3, 6-3 victory.
Humbert has never lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as Habib, who is currently ranked No. 219. The lowest-ranked player to defeat him in a Grand Slam was No. 141 Peter Gojowczyk in the 2021 US Open first round. In his career, Humbert has won 4 out of 5 matches against qualifiers at Grand Slam events. So far at the Australian Open, Humbert has won his previous two matches against qualifiers, defeating David Goffin in the first round last year and Matteo Gigante in the first round this year. His only loss to a qualifier at a Grand Slam came against Gojowczyk at the 2021 US Open first round. Overall, Humbert has an impressive 25-9 win-loss record against qualifiers at the tour-level.
Humbert, currently ranked No. 14 at the age of 26, is aiming to reach the third round of the Australian Open for the third consecutive year and match his best result at the tournament. This is his 7th appearance at the Australian Open and his 25th Grand Slam overall. In the
first round, he defeated qualifier Matteo Gigante in a tight match, winning 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-4. In previous editions of the Australian Open, Humbert reached the third round in both 2022 and 2023. His best Grand Slam result so far was reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon in 2019 and 2021. In 2024, he won two ATP tour-level titles at Marseille and Dubai and finished as a runner-up in Tokyo and Paris. He also had strong showings in the semifinals of ‘s-Hertogenbosch and the quarterfinals of Doha and Monte Carlo.
Qualifier Hady Habib is aiming to make it to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. Prior to this tournament, he had never qualified for a main draw at a Grand Slam due to his low ranking. He made it to the second round by defeating Bu Yunchaokete 7-6(4), 6-4, 7-6(6) in the first round. Habib’s previous experience at the tour-level was at the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event, where he lost in the first round to Carlos Alcaraz. He has had success in the Challenger circuit, winning his first title in 2024 at the Temuco Challenger.
Overall, this match presents an interesting matchup between the experienced Humbert and the qualifier Habib, who is looking to make a breakthrough at the Grand Slam level.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Humbert will win.
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