Ugo Humbert and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Open 13 Provence for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:50 pm on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ugo Humbert who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ugo Humbert is the pick to win this match.
Ugo Humbert -> 1.57
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.37

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Prediction and head to head Ugo Humbert vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert

This will be the 3rd time that Ugo Humbert and Pierre-Hugues Herbert square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Humbert won 6-4 6-2 in the final in the Ortisei Challenger back in 2018.

Ugo Humbert

Ranked no. 31, the French player got to the semifinal after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-4 and Arthur Rinderknech 4-6 7-5 7-64.

In the quarter against Rinderknech, Ugo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-64). During the match Humbert scored 113 points vs Rinderknech’s 105. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Humbert bagged 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Ugo Humbert was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (49/59) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Humbert broke Rinderknech twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Humbert has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (208-125). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Humbert has a 64-44 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Humbert has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Marseille

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.

Marseille
Humbert's Record

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Ranked no. 93, the French player reached the semifinal after defeating Kei Nishikori 6-1 6-4, Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-76 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter against Tsitsipas, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 6-2). During the match Herbert scored 93 points vs Tsitsipas’s 83. Pierre-Hugues was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Herbert fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Pierre-Hugues Herbert was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Pierre-Hugues broke Tsitsipas 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Pierre-Hugues has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Marseille

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2020. See his history.

Marseille
Herbert's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Humbert Herbert
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 5 7
Tot Games 54 67
Pts 182-154 228-176
Total Points 336 404
Winners 77 94
%Winners 42% 41%

Humbert played 2 matches while Herbert competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ugo Humbert dropped 1 set, while Pierre-Hugues Herbert surrendered 1 set. Humbert has played 2 set(s) less than Herbert (5 vs 7). Therefore, Humbert played 13 games less than Herbert. The French player scored 77 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 94 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Humbert Herbert
Aces 18 33
Avg per match 9 11
1st in 91/144 117/200
%1st in 63% 59%
1st pts 77/91 94/117
%1st pts 85% 80%
2nd pts 32/53 52/83
%2nd pts 60% 63%

Humbert scored 18 aces (9 per match). Herbert made 33 aces (11 per match). Humbert won 85% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Humbert Herbert
Won 4 10
Converted 4/19 10/16
% Converted 21% 63%
Conceded 2 7
Saved 0 5
% Saved 0% 71%
Times Broken 2 2

The French player broke his opponents 4 times with a 21% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Pierre-Hugues broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Pierre-Hugues conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Humbert
R2
Tsonga
1/4
Rinderknech
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 4-6 7-5 7-64
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 19 35 54
pts 69-49 113-105 182-154
Total points 118 218 336
Winners 28 49 77
%Winners 41% 43% 42%
SERVE
Aces 7 11 18
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 32/50 59/94 91/144
% 1st in 64% 63% 63%
1st pts 28/32 49/59 77/91
% 1st pts 88% 83% 85%
2nd pts 12/18 20/35 32/53
% 2nd pts 67% 57% 60%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/7 2/12 4/19
Converted % 29% 17% 21%
Conceded 0 2 2
Saved 0/0 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 0 2 2
Herbert
R1
Nishikori
R2
Norrie
1/4
Tsitsipas
Total
Score 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-76 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 17 19 31 67
pts 63-38 72-55 93-83 228-176
Total points 101 127 176 404
Winners 25 32 37 94
%Winners 40% 44% 40% 41%
SERVE
Aces 11 14 8 33
Double Faults 1 4 3 8
1st in 30/47 40/69 47/84 117/200
% 1st in 64% 58% 56% 59%
1st pts 25/30 32/40 37/47 94/117
% 1st pts 83% 80% 79% 80%
2nd pts 12/17 17/29 23/37 52/83
% 2nd pts 71% 59% 62% 63%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5 10
Converted 3/5 2/3 5/8 10/16
Converted % 60% 67% 63% 63%
Conceded 0 5 2 7
Saved 0/0 5/5 0/2 5
Saved % 100% 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 0 2 2

Tennis Scores in Marseille

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