Hady Habib
Native name | هادي حبيب |
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Country (sports) | United States (–Jun 2018) Lebanon (Jun 2018 – present Davis Cup since 2015, Olympics since 2024) |
Born | Houston, Texas, U.S.[1] | 21 August 1998
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | Texas A&M |
Prize money | $91,799 |
Singles | |
Career record | 8–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 259 (27 May 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 275 (17 June 2024) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 2–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 397 (17 June 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 397 (17 June 2024) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2024) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | 19–10 |
Last updated on: 17 June 2024. |
Hady Habib (Arabic: هادي حبيب; born 21 August 1998) is an American-born tennis player, currently representing Lebanon. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 259 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 397. Habib has won 10 ITF singles and two doubles titles.[2]
He became the first Lebanese tennis player to compete at an Olympics when he took part in the 2024 Paris Games,[3] losing in the singles first round on the event's opening day to number two seed Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets.[4] He also took part in the doubles event partnering Benjamin Hassan.[5]
Since 2015 Habib represents Lebanon at the Davis Cup,[6] where he has a win–loss record of 15–5 in singles and a 4–5 record in doubles.[2] He competed for his country of birth the United States, until 4 June 2018.
Personal life
[edit]Born in the United States to an Iranian mother and a Lebanese father. He speaks English, Persian and Arabic.
College career
[edit]Habib graduated with a degree in Sports Management from Texas A&M University in College Station.[6]
Davis Cup
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- indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Rubber outcome | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
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2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Sri Lanka Tennis Association Complex, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group II Asia/Oceania play-offs; clay surface | |||||
Defeat | II | Singles | Sri Lanka | Harshana Godamanna | 7–5, 6–3, 6–3 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Giovani Samaha) | Harshana Godamanna
Dineshkanthan Thangarajah |
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | |
Victory | IV | Singles | Sharmal Dissanayake | 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3 | |
3–0; 11 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | Cambodia | Nysan Tan | 6–2, 6–2 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Jad Ballout) | Phalkun Mam
Nysan Tan |
6–4, 6–3 | |
3–0; 13 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | Singapore | Hao Yuan Ng | 6–2, 6–2 |
3–0; 14 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | Qatar | Mousa Shanan Zayed | 6–1, 6–0 |
3–0; 15 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | Syria | Amer Naow | 6–2, 6–3 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Jad Ballout) | Kareem Al Allaf | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1–2; 16 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania play-offs; clay surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | Hong Kong | Anthony Jackie Tang | 6–3, 6–2 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Jad Ballout) | Karan RastogiWong Chun-hun | 3–6, 4–6 | |
2–1; 17 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | Turkmenistan | Georgiy Pochay | 6–0, 6–1 |
2–1; 18 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | United Arab Emirates | Omar Al-Awadhi | 6–3, 7–5 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Jad Ballout) | Fahad Janahi | 3–6, 5–7 | |
2–1; 19 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | Malaysia | Christian Didier Chin | 6–2, 6–4 |
3–0; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | Qatar | Jabor Al-Mutawa | 6–1, 6–1 |
2–0; 22 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania play-offs; clay surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | Jordan | Hamzeh Al-Aswad | 6–2, 6–0 |
3–2; 3–4 February 2018; Taadod Sports Academy, Beirut, Lebanon; Group II Asia/Oceania first round; hard (indoor) surface | |||||
Victory | II | Singles | Chinese Taipei | Lee Kuan-yi | 6–4, 6–3 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Giovani Samaha) | Chen TiYu Cheng-yu | 6–1, 7–5 | |
3–1; 7–8 April 2018; Notre Dame University – Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon; Group II Asia/Oceania second round; hard surface | |||||
Victory | II | Singles | Hong Kong | Wong Chun-hun | 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Giovani Samaha) | Wong Chun-hunYeung Pak-long | 2–6, 4–6 | |
3–2; 15–16 September 2018; The National Tennis Development Center, Nonthaburi, Thailand; Group II Asia/Oceania third round; hard surface | |||||
Victory | I | Singles | Thailand | Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul | 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 5–3 ret. |
Victory | V | Singles | Palaphoom Kovapitukted | 6–3, 6–3 | |
2–3; 13–14 September 2019; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; Group I Asia/Oceania; clay surface | |||||
Defeat | I | Singles | Uzbekistan | Sanjar Fayziev | 4–6, 4–6 |
Defeat | V | Singles | Jurabek Karimov | 4–6, 6–1, 1–6 | |
0–4; 18–19 September 2021; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; World Group I; clay surface | |||||
Defeat | II | Singles | Brazil | Felipe Meligeni Alves | 1–6, 3–6 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Benjamin Hassan) | Marcelo Demoliner | 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7) | |
1–3; 4–5 March 2022; Jan Group Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland; World Group I qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface | |||||
Defeat | II | Singles | Switzerland | Henri Laaksonen | 7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Benjamin Hassan) | Marc-Andrea Hüsler | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
ATP Challenger Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2024 | Santos Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Alejo Lingua Lavallén | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2024 | Santos Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Trey Hilderbrand | Roy Stepanov Andrés Urrea |
walkover |
Win | 1–1 | Jun 2024 | Challenger Santa Fe, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Trey Hilderbrand | Ignacio Carou Facundo Mena |
6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–4] |
Win | 2–1 | Jun 2024 | Lima Challenger, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Trey Hilderbrand | Pedro Boscardin Dias Pedro Sakamoto |
7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 3–1 | Jun 2024 | Santa Cruz Challenger II, Bolivia | Challenger | Clay | Trey Hilderbrand | Finn Reynolds Matías Soto |
3–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | Tunisia F20, Djerba | Futures | Hard | Moez Echargui | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2019 | M15 Cancun, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Gerardo López Villaseñor | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Oct 2021 | M15 Cairo, Egypt | WTT | Clay | Lorenzo Rottoli | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–1 | Oct 2021 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Lukas Krainer | 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2021 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Lý Hoàng Nam | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 4–2 | Dec 2021 | M15 Doha, Qatar | WTT | Hard | Sasikumar Mukund | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
Win | 5–2 | Feb 2022 | M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Lukáš Rosol | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 5–3 | Jun 2022 | M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina | WTT | Clay | Joris De Loore | 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–4 | Oct 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Jaime Faria | 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 6–4 | May 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Adrien Gobat | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 7–4 | Jun 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Ryuki Matsuda | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 8–4 | Jun 2023 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Coleman Wong | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 9–4 | Sep 2023 | M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Kris van Wyk | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–5 | Nov 2023 | M25 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Clement Tabur | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 10–5 | Nov 2023 | M25 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Robert Strombachs | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 10–6 | Mar 2024 | M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal | WTT | Hard | Jaime Faria | 7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 1–6 |
Loss | 10–7 | May 2024 | M25 Pensacola, USA | WTT | Clay | Andrés Andrade | 6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2017 | Sri Lanka F3, Colombo | Futures | Clay | Ankit Chopra | Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood |
2–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
Loss | 1–1 | May 2018 | Tunisia F19, Djerba | Futures | Hard | Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin | Anis Ghorbel Vasko Mladenov |
6–4, 6–7(7–9), [10–12] |
Loss | 1–2 | Dec 2020 | M15 Cairo, Egypt | WTT | Clay | Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin | Juan Bautista Otegui Juan Pablo Paz |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Mateo Martínez | Jeremy Beale Thomas Fancutt |
4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 2–3 | Oct 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Anis Ghorbel | Brian Bozemoj Jarno Jans |
7–6(7–5), 1–6, [10–8] |
Loss | 2–4 | May 2023 | M15 Kursumlijska Banja | WTT | Clay | Rrezart Cungu | Oleksandr Ovcharenko Juan Pablo Paz |
6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "HABIB Hady".
- ^ a b "Hady Habib | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Tennis-Lebanon's Habib ready for fairytale clash with Alcaraz". Reuters. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Djokovic, Alcaraz impress in openers at Paris Olympics". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Spontaneous guy Benjamin Hassan couldn't have planned for his historic Olympics debut".
- ^ a b "Who is world No 275 Hady Habib, who will face Carlos Alcaraz in Paris? American-born Lebanese jokes about 'looking lost'". Tennis365. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- 1998 births
- Living people
- Lebanese male tennis players
- American male tennis players
- Texas A&M Aggies men's tennis players
- American people of Lebanese descent
- American people of Iranian descent
- Lebanese people of Iranian descent
- Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
- Sportspeople of Iranian descent
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Tennis players from Houston
- Asian Games competitors for Lebanon
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Lebanon
- Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Summer Olympics competitors for Lebanon