Humbert Beats Bublik to clinch Dubai crown

Humbert Ugo maintained his perfect record in the ATP Tour finals on Saturday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with a win over Alexander Bublik. He defeated his opponent 6-4, 6-3 to win the title.

The 25-year-old Frenchman now holds a 6-0 record in tour-level title matches, with his victory in Dubai his second at the ATP 500 level. In 2021, he clinched the crown at the ATP 500 grass-court event in Halle.

“I played a fantastic level during the whole week. Today was not easy… I really don’t know, but I have a good statistic,” Humbert said when asked about winning six tour-level finals out of six. “I have a really good team around me.”

“He is not easy to play against. He had some opportunities to break me, but I was really calm and knew exactly what I had to do,” Humbert added.

Humbert, who defeated World No. 4 Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals, will rise to a career-high No. 14 in the PIF ATP Rankings on Monday. He is the first Frenchman inside the Top 15 since Gael Monfils in May 2021.

Earlier this season, Humbert clinched the trophy on home soil in Marseille. The fifth seed was making his debut in Dubai and is the third French champion at the event, joining Jerome Golmard (1999) and Fabrice Santoro (2002).