Ugo Humbert beats Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-3 in final of Dubai Tennis Championships; Frenchman is just third man to win first six finals on ATP Tour; Bublik, who benefited from Andrey Rublev’s disqualification to come through his semi-final, misses out on second ATP 500 crown
Image: Ugo Humbert beat Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-3 in the final of Dubai Tennis Championships
Ugo Humbert beat Alexander Bublik in straight sets at the Dubai Tennis Championships to claim the second ATP 500 title of his career and extend his flawless record in finals to 6-0.
Humbert, who defeated Andy Murray in the second round, overcame Bublik 6-4 6-3 as he added the trophy to the ATP 500 title he lifted at the Halle Open in June 2021 when he beat Andrey Rublev.
Ernests Gulbis and Martin Klizan are the only other players in the Open Era to have won each of their first six Tour-level finals, before they subsequently lost their seventh.
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Andrey Rublev was disqualified from the Dubai Tennis Championship for screaming in the face of a line judge
Frenchman Humbert edged a tight opening set on Saturday when Kazakhstan’s Bublik double-faulted in the 10th game, before earning a 3-1 lead in the second set as Bublik hit the net.
The fifth seed fired in a monster forehand to move 5-2 up before holding his nerve two games later, saving a break point and then closing out the contest on his second championship point.
Humbert, who defeated world No 4 Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals, will rise to a career-high No 14 in the rankings on Monday and become the first Frenchman inside the top 15 since Gael Monfils in May 2021.
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Bublik, like Humbert, was looking to secure his second ATP 500 crown, having conquered Rublev to claim his first in Halle last summer.
Rublev was Bublik’s opponent in Friday’s semi-final in Dubai but missed out on the final after being disqualified for screaming at a line judge while 6-5 down in the deciding set.
The Russian subsequently lost all of his prize money and ranking points for the week and will now drop out of the world’s top five.
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