At ATP 250 in Marseille, Ugo Humbert defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (6-4, 6-3) in the final on Sunday. Thanks to this victory, the Frenchman will become the 18th player in the world, which is the best ranking in his career.
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Ugo Humbert continues his momentum at the end of 2023. The Frenchman ended the previous season with a victory at the tournament in Metz, winning the Marseille Open 13 final against Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets (6-4, 6-3) on Sunday, February 11. This is the first victory of the Frenchman in the tournament this year, but above all it allows him to become the 18th player in the world, which is the best ranking of his career. This fifth crown on the ATP circuit (of the 5 finals he played) in his career gives him enough points to overtake his compatriot Adrian Mannarino and steal his status as the French number 1.
Sunday, the fight at the end of the first set was fatal for the Bulgarian who completely fell after giving up his serve at 5-4, when he had the opportunity to close the game Ugo Humbert, very solid on the serve (87%). points won on his first serve), and then unraveled, despite some trepidation at the start of the second set, when Dimitrov won two break points at 0-0.
On his way to this first title of the year, Ugo Humbert notably took the scalp of Hubert Hurkacz (world number 8), achieving his first Top 10 success in 2024. The Pole, who defended his title in Marseille, defeated him a few weeks earlier in the third round of the Australian Open. Constant, Humbert lost only one small set during the entire tournament: the first against Hugo Gaston, when he entered the fight in the 2nd round (2-6, 6-1, 6-3).
