Hady Habib Explained

Hady Habib (ar|هادي حبيب; born 21 August 1998) is an American-born tennis player, currently representing Lebanon. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 216 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 275 both achieved on 2 December 2024. Habib won one ATP Challenger Tour singles and three doubles titles. He also won 10 ITF singles and two doubles titles.^[2]

Since 2015 Habib represents Lebanon at the Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 15–5 in singles and a 4–5 record in doubles.^[2]

Career

2024: Historic Olympics debut & first Challenger title for Lebanon

Habib became the first Lebanese tennis player to compete at the Olympics when he took part in the 2024 Paris Games,^[3] losing in the singles first round on the event's opening day to number two seed Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets.^[4] He also took part in the doubles event partnering Benjamin Hassan.^[5] At the 2024 Challenger Temuco, Habib won his first ATP Challenger Tour singles title, becoming the first Lebanese player in history to win a Challenger trophy in singles.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Personal life

Born in the United States to an Iranian mother and a Lebanese father.He speaks English, Persian and Arabic.He competed for his country of birth the United States, until 4 June 2018.

College

Habib graduated with a degree in Sports Management from Texas A&M University in College Station.^[9]

Davis Cup

Legend Group membership World Group (0) Group I (0–6) Group II (7–2) Group III (12–2) Group IV (0)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Sri Lanka Tennis Association Complex, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group II Asia/Oceania play-offs; clay surface
Defeat	II	Singles	Sri Lanka	Harshana Godamanna	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Victory	III	Doubles (with Giovani Samaha)		Harshana GodamannaDineshkanthan Thangarajah	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Victory	IV	Singles		Sharmal Dissanayake	7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3
3–0; 11 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Cambodia	Nysan Tan	6–2, 6–2
Victory	III	Doubles (with Jad Ballout)		Phalkun MamNysan Tan	6–4, 6–3
3–0; 13 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Singapore	Hao Yuan Ng	6–2, 6–2
3–0; 14 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Qatar	Mousa Shanan Zayed	6–1, 6–0
3–0; 15 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Syria	Amer Naow	6–2, 6–3
Victory	III	Doubles (with Jad Ballout)		Kareem Al AllafAmer Naow	6–2, 6–3
1–2; 16 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania play-offs; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Hong Kong	Anthony Jackie Tang	6–3, 6–2
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Jad Ballout)		Karan RastogiWong Chun-hun	3–6, 4–6
2–1; 17 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Turkmenistan	Georgiy Pochay	6–0, 6–1
2–1; 18 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	United Arab Emirates	Omar Al-Awadhi	6–3, 7–5
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Jad Ballout)		Fahad JanahiHamad Abbas Janahi	3–6, 5–7
2–1; 19 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Malaysia	Christian Didier Chin	6–2, 6–4
3–0; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Qatar	Jabor Al-Mutawa	6–1, 6–1
2–0; 22 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania play-offs; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Jordan	Hamzeh Al-Aswad	6–2, 6–0
3–2; 3–4 February 2018; Taadod Sports Academy, Beirut, Lebanon; Group II Asia/Oceania first round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	II	Singles	Chinese Taipei	Lee Kuan-yi	6–4, 6–3
Victory	III	Doubles (with Giovani Samaha)		Chen TiYu Cheng-yu	6–1, 7–5
3–1; 7–8 April 2018; Notre Dame University – Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon; Group II Asia/Oceania second round; hard surface
Victory	II	Singles	Hong Kong	Wong Chun-hun	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Giovani Samaha)		Wong Chun-hunYeung Pak-long	2–6, 4–6
3–2; 15–16 September 2018; The National Tennis Development Center, Nonthaburi, Thailand; Group II Asia/Oceania third round; hard surface
Victory	I	Singles	Thailand	Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 5–3 ret.
Victory	V	Singles		Palaphoom Kovapitukted	6–3, 6–3
2–3; 13–14 September 2019; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; Group I Asia/Oceania; clay surface
Defeat	I	Singles	Uzbekistan	Sanjar Fayziev	4–6, 4–6
Defeat	V	Singles		Jurabek Karimov	4–6, 6–1, 1–6
0–4; 18–19 September 2021; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; World Group I; clay surface
Defeat	II	Singles	Brazil	Felipe Meligeni Alves	1–6, 3–6
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Benjamin Hassan)		Marcelo DemolinerRafael Matos	2–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
1–3; 4–5 March 2022; Jan Group Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland; World Group I qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	II	Singles	Switzerland	Henri Laaksonen	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Benjamin Hassan)		Marc-Andrea HüslerDominic Stricker	4–6, 6–7(3–7)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Santos Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Alejo Lingua Lavallén	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1		Temuco, Chile	Challenger	Hard	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	6–4, 6-7, 7-6

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Santos Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Trey Hilderbrand	Roy Stepanov Andrés Urrea	walkover
Win	1–1		Challenger Santa Fe, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Trey Hilderbrand	Ignacio Carou Facundo Mena	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–4]
Win	2–1		Lima Challenger, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Trey Hilderbrand	Pedro Boscardin Dias Pedro Sakamoto	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–1	Jun 2024	Santa Cruz Challenger II, Bolivia	Challenger	Clay	Trey Hilderbrand	Finn Reynolds Matías Soto	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Finals by surface Hard (9–5) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		Tunisia F20, Djerba	Futures	Hard	Moez Echargui	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss	1–1		M15 Cancun, Mexico	WTT	Hard	Gerardo López Villaseñor	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	2–1		M15 Cairo, Egypt	WTT	Clay	Lorenzo Rottoli	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–1		M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Lukas Krainer	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–2		M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–2		M15 Doha, Qatar	WTT	Hard	Sasikumar Mukund	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	5–2		M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Lukáš Rosol	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–3		M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina	WTT	Clay	Joris De Loore	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	5–4		M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Jaime Faria	5–7, 4–6
Win	6–4		M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Adrien Gobat	6–2, 6–4
Win	7–4		M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Ryuki Matsuda	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–4		M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Coleman Wong	6–3, 6–3
Win	9–4		M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Kris van Wyk	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–5		M25 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Clement Tabur	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	10–5		M25 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Robert Strombachs	6–4, 6–4
Loss	10–6		M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Jaime Faria	7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss	10–7		M25 Pensacola, USA	WTT	Clay	Andrés Andrade	6–7(5–7), 5–7

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Sri Lanka F3, Colombo	Futures	Clay	Ankit Chopra	Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood	2–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	1–1		Tunisia F19, Djerba	Futures	Hard	Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin	Anis Ghorbel Vasko Mladenov	6–4, 6–7(7–9), [10–12]
Loss	1–2		M15 Cairo, Egypt	WTT	Clay	Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin	Juan Bautista Otegui Juan Pablo Paz	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3		M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Mateo Martínez	Jeremy Beale Thomas Fancutt	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	2–3		M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Anis Ghorbel	Brian Bozemoj Jarno Jans	7–6(7–5), 1–6, [10–8]
Loss	2–4		M15 Kursumlijska Banja	WTT	Clay	Rrezart Cungu	Oleksandr Ovcharenko Juan Pablo Paz	6–7(5–7), 4–6

External links

• • • • • Hady Habib at Texas A&M University

Notes and References

1. Web site: HABIB Hady . . 31 July 2024 . 30 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240730151813/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/hady-habib_4968996 . live .
2. Web site: Hady Habib | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis . 24 October 2024 . ATP Tour . 9 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240709122145/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/hf80/overview . live .
3. Web site: Tennis-Lebanon's Habib ready for fairytale clash with Alcaraz . Reuters . 27 July 2024.
4. Web site: Djokovic, Alcaraz impress in openers at Paris Olympics . 27 July 2024 . Tennis Majors . 27 July 2024 . 27 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240727135139/https://www.tennismajors.com/olympic-games/djokovic-alcaraz-impress-in-openers-at-paris-olympics-775986.html . live .
5. Web site: Spontaneous guy Benjamin Hassan couldn't have planned for his historic Olympics debut . 24 October 2024 . 28 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240728180952/https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/spontaneous-guy-benjamin-hassan-could-not-planned-historic-olympics-debut-lebanon-paris . live .
6. History made in Temuco! Hady Habib becomes the first-ever Challenger champion from Lebanon! #ATPChallenger @LegionSudam . 1863369612202537150 . ATPChallenger. 1 December 2024.
7. Web site: Sakamoto, 18, closes Challenger season in historic fashion . 3 December 2024. ATPTour.
8. Web site: Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: First Title For Lebanon, Dzumhur Triumphs For The 6th Time This Year. 3 December 2024.
9. Web site: Who is world No 275 Hady Habib, who will face Carlos Alcaraz in Paris? American-born Lebanese jokes about 'looking lost' . 26 July 2024 . Tennis365 . 27 July 2024 . 28 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240728134550/https://www.tennis365.com/olympics/hady-habib-world-no-275-face-carlos-alcaraz-paris-olympics-looking-lost . live .