Ugo Humbert topples Jerome Kym 6-4 6-7(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Basel on Monday. Humbert will try to keep the momentum against David Goffin in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ugo added to his prize money € 16,275 after conquering this match. He has already won € 34,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 30,465 to his earnings to get in total € 65,345 in total.
Highlights Ugo Humbert vs. Jerome Kym Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the French player scored 109 points vs. the Swiss’s 93.
Humbert
Ugo served extremely well to win 82% of the points (56/68) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (18/25) on his second serve. The French player blasted 13 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The French player won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Kym
On the other side, Kym wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Humbert and Kym is 1-0 for Ugo.
Draw and next match H2H: Ugo Humbert vs. David Goffin – stats
Humbert will fight against Goffin in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Ugo Humbert and David Goffin square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Humbert won 6-2 7-5 5-7 6-3 in the 1st round in Australian open back in January 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 Humbert conquered in the 7th game (4-3) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).
The French player converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Jerome wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They contested 70 points. Ugo won 6 more points than the Swiss (38-32). The French player dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the court, Kym conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).
Jerome won the set after he broke the French player .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kym won this set even if he scored less points 9 than Ugo (33-42). The Swiss conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). In addition, on the other side, Humbert conceded 12 points on serve (34-12).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the French player conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
The French player wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, Humbert didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 3 points more than Kym (30-27). Ugo was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, the Swiss conceded 10 points on serve (23-10).
Tennis Scores in Basel
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jerome KymKym (6-4 6-75 7-5)
- David GoffinGoffin – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-75 6-3 6-2)
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- Andrey RublevRublev – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-2)
- Arthur FilsFils – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-65 6-3)
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