Ugo Humbert conquers Tomas Machac 6-3 3-6 6-2 in the semifinal in Tokyo on Monday. Humbert will clash against Arthur Fils in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes.
Humbert added to his prize money $ 85,440 after winning this match. He has already won $ 182,950 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ugo will add $ 157,060 to his earnings to get in total $ 340,010 in total.
Highlights Ugo Humbert vs. Tomas Machac Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:46
At the end of the match, Ugo scored 78 points vs. Tomas’s 66.
Humbert
Ugo served pretty well to win 79% of the points (31/39) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (21/34) on his second serve. Ugo won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Machac
On the other side, The Czech was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Humbert and Machac is 1-0 for Ugo.
Draw and next match H2H: Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils – stats
Humbert will play Fils in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Ugo Humbert and Arthur Fils fight against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Humbert won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Montreal back in August 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ugo grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The French player converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 3 more points than the Czech (29-26). Humbert dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, the Czech conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Czech clinched in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, Ugo was unerring in converting all his break points in the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 57 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Machac won barely 1 point more than Humbert (29-28). Machac lost 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).
Ugo in this set was more solid than Machac and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking the Czech in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Tomas was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Humbert was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Humbert didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 32 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Tomas (21-11). Humbert was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 9 points on serve (8-9).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 3-6 6-2)
- Arthur FilsFils – Holger RuneRune (7-68 7-610)
