Hubert Hurkacz wins against Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-6(2) 6-3 in the final in Metz on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This is the first time that Hubert conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this event so far was losing in the 1st round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Hubert added € 11,645 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 41,145 in total after winning this tournament.
Hurkacz was glad about the match. He commented:
“Pablo is an amazing player, so playing against him in the final here is something special. I needed to raise my level to play my best to be able to compete with him and today I came out on top and I am super, super happy about this.”
Highlights Hubert Hurkacz vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta Moselle Open – Metz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:20
At the end of the match, Hubert scored 67 points vs. Carreno-Busta’s 52.
Hurkacz
Hubert served very well to win 79% of the points (27/34) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (14/22) on his second serve. The Pole was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Carreno-Busta
On the other side, Carreno-Busta was fantastic in converting all his break points (2/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Hurkacz and Carreno-Busta is 1-2 for Pablo.
This was the 4th career title for Hurkacz. He won the previous title in Metz. (see list of titles and finals). The Spaniard remains with 6th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Hubert conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Hubert broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-2.
Tiebreak
Hurkacz won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
They contested 68 points. The Pole won 8 points more than Carreno-Busta (38-30). Hubert surrendered 8 points on serve (26-8). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).
Hurkacz commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Pole to win the set since Carreno-Busta managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Hubert kept his focus to break Carreno-Busta in the 7th (4-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
The Spaniard was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 3 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Pole converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).
They contested 50 points. Hubert won 10 points more than Carreno-Busta (30-20). Hurkacz dropped 8 points on serve (15-8). on the other side of the net, Pablo conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).
