Hady Habib (; born 21 August 1998) is an American-born Lebanese professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 159 achieved on 5 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 274 achieved on 23 December 2024. Habib won one ATP Challenger Tour singles and three doubles titles. He is currently the No. 1 player from Lebanon.
Early life Habib was born in Houston to a Lebanese father and an American Iranian mother. Habib is fluent in English and Arabic.
At the age of six he moved to Beirut, Lebanon with his family and began playing tennis there at nine years old. Along with tennis, Habib also played basketball and competed in swimming competitions while based in Lebanon. As a 12 year old he returned to the United States in an attempt to further his tennis prospects and first based himself in southern California before settling in Florida at the IMG Academy.
College In 2021, Habib graduated with a degree in Sports Management from Texas A&M University in College Station.
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 Paris Games, losing in the singles first round on the event's opening day to second seed Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets. He also took part in the doubles event partnering Benjamin Hassan.
At the 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.
2025: Historic debut and first win at the Australian Open, top 200 Habib became the first Lebanese player, male or female, to qualify for the main draw of a Grand Slam in the Open Era, defeating Patrick Kypson, Tseng Chun-hsin and Clément Chidekh in the qualifying competition of the Australian Open. Ranked No. 219, he then defeated Bu Yunchaokete in the first round to become the first Lebanese player to win a match in the main draw of a Major. As a result he moved more than 50 positions up and reached the top 200 in the singles rankings at world No. 166 on 27 January 2025. Habib lost to Ugo Humbert in the second round.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20252026Win%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open2RQ10 / 11–1French OpenQ20 / 00–0WimbledonQ20 / 00–0US OpenQ10 / 00–0Win–loss1–10–00 / 10–1ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersQ10 / 00–0Miami OpenQ10 / 00–0Monte Carlo MastersA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenA0 / 00-0Italian OpenA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersA0 / 00–0Paris MastersA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00 / 00–0
Davis Cup Habib has represented Lebanon at the Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 19–7 in singles and a 5–7 record in doubles. In 2015, Habib elected to begin representing Lebanon when he was selected to debut for the Lebanese Davis Cup team in their Asia/Oceania Group II semifinal tie against Sri Lanka.
LegendGroup membershipWorld 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 outcomeRubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Sri Lanka Tennis Association Complex, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group II Asia/Oceania play-offs; clay surfaceDefeatIISingles Sri LankaHarshana Godamanna7–5, 6–3, 6–3VictoryIIIDoubles (with Giovani Samaha)Harshana GodamannaDineshkanthan Thangarajah7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3VictoryIVSinglesSharmal Dissanayake7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 6–33–0; 11 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surfaceVictoryISingles CambodiaNysan Tan6–2, 6–2VictoryIIIDoubles (with Jad Ballout)Phalkun MamNysan Tan6–4, 6–33–0; 13 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surfaceVictoryISingles SingaporeHao Yuan Ng6–2, 6–23–0; 14 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surfaceVictoryISingles QatarMousa Shanan Zayed6–1, 6–03–0; 15 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surfaceVictoryISingles SyriaAmer Naow6–2, 6–3VictoryIIIDoubles (with Jad Ballout)Kareem Al AllafAmer Naow6–2, 6–31–2; 16 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Group III Asia/Oceania play-offs; clay surfaceVictoryISingles Hong KongAnthony Jackie Tang6–3, 6–2DefeatIIIDoubles (with Jad Ballout)Karan RastogiWong Chun-hun3–6, 4–62–1; 17 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surfaceVictoryISingles TurkmenistanGeorgiy Pochay6–0, 6–12–1; 18 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surfaceVictoryISingles United Arab EmiratesOmar Al-Awadhi6–3, 7–5DefeatIIIDoubles (with Jad Ballout)Fahad JanahiHamad Abbas Janahi3–6, 5–72–1; 19 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surfaceVictoryISingles MalaysiaChristian Didier Chin6–2, 6–43–0; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania first round; clay surfaceVictoryISingles QatarJabor Al-Mutawa6–1, 6–12–0; 22 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Group III Asia/Oceania play-offs; clay surfaceVictoryISingles JordanHamzeh Al-Aswad6–2, 6–03–2; 3–4 February 2018; Taadod Sports Academy, Beirut, Lebanon; Group II Asia/Oceania first round; hard (indoor) surfaceVictoryIISingles Chinese TaipeiLee Kuan-yi6–4, 6–3VictoryIIIDoubles (with Giovani Samaha)Chen TiYu Cheng-yu6–1, 7–53–1; 7–8 April 2018; Notre Dame University – Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon; Group II Asia/Oceania second round; hard surfaceVictoryIISingles Hong KongWong Chun-hun6–4, 1–6, 6–4DefeatIIIDoubles (with Giovani Samaha)Wong Chun-hunYeung Pak-long2–6, 4–63–2; 15–16 September 2018; The National Tennis Development Center, Nonthaburi, Thailand; Group II Asia/Oceania third round; hard surfaceVictoryISingles ThailandWishaya Trongcharoenchaikul4–6, 7–6(7–2), 5–3 ret.VictoryVSinglesPalaphoom Kovapitukted6–3, 6–32–3; 13–14 September 2019; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; Group I Asia/Oceania; clay surfaceDefeatISingles UzbekistanSanjar Fayziev4–6, 4–6DefeatVSinglesJurabek Karimov4–6, 6–1, 1–60–4; 18–19 September 2021; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; World Group I; clay surfaceDefeatIISingles BrazilFelipe Meligeni Alves1–6, 3–6DefeatIIIDoubles (with Benjamin Hassan)Marcelo DemolinerRafael Matos2–6, 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) surfaceDefeatIISingles SwitzerlandHenri Laaksonen7–5, 3–6, 3–6DefeatIIIDoubles (with Benjamin Hassan)Marc-Andrea HüslerDominic Stricker4–6, 6–7(3–7)
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Santos, BrazilChallengerClay Alejo Lingua Lavallén6–4, 4–6, 3–6Win1–1Temuco, ChileChallengerHard Camilo Ugo Carabelli6–4, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2)Loss1–2Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Zsombor Piros3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Santos, BrazilChallengerClay Trey Hilderbrand Roy Stepanov Andrés UrreawalkoverWin1–1Santa Fe, ArgentinaChallengerClay Trey Hilderbrand Ignacio Carou Facundo Mena6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–4]Win2–1Lima, PeruChallengerClay Trey Hilderbrand Pedro Boscardin Dias Pedro Sakamoto7–5, 6–3Win3–1Jun 2024Santa Cruz de la Sierra II, BoliviaChallengerClay Trey Hilderbrand Finn Reynolds Matías Soto3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (10–7)Finals by surfaceHard (9–5)Clay (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Tunisia F20, DjerbaFutures Hard Moez Echargui7–6(8–6), 6–4Loss1–1M15 Cancun, MexicoWTTHard Gerardo López Villaseñor6–7(2–7), 4–6Win2–1M15 Cairo, EgyptWTTClay Lorenzo Rottoli6–3, 6–4Win3–1M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Lukas Krainer6–2, 6–4Loss3–2M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Lý Hoàng Nam2–6, 4–6Win4–2M15 Doha, QatarWTTHard Sasikumar Mukund6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win5–2M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Lukáš Rosol6–4, 6–4Loss5–3M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and HerzegovinaWTTClay Joris De Loore4–6, 7–5, 3–6Loss5–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Jaime Faria5–7, 4–6Win6–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Adrien Gobat6–2, 6–4Win7–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Ryuki Matsuda6–2, 6–3Win8–4M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Coleman Wong6–3, 6–3Win9–4M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Kris van Wyk6–4, 6–4Loss9–5M25 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Clément Tabur6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win10–5M25 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Robert Strombachs6–4, 6–4Loss10–6M25 Quinta do Lago, PortugalWTTHard Jaime Faria7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 1–6Loss10–7M25 Pensacola, USAWTTClay Andrés Andrade6–7(5–7), 5–7
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (2–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Sri Lanka F3, ColomboFutures Clay Ankit Chopra Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood2–6, 7–5, [10–8]Loss1–1Tunisia F19, DjerbaFutures Hard José Fco. Vidal Azorín Anis Ghorbel Vasko Mladenov6–4, 6–7(7–9), [10–12]Loss1–2M15 Cairo, EgyptWTTClay José Fco. Vidal Azorín Juan Bautista Otegui Juan Pablo Paz4–6, 4–6Loss1–3M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Mateo Martínez Jeremy Beale Thomas Fancutt4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win2–3M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Anis Ghorbel Brian Bozemoj Jarno Jans7–6(7–5), 1–6, [10–8]Loss2–4M15 Kursumlijska BanjaWTTClay Rrezart Cungu Juan Pablo Paz Oleksandr Ovcharenko6–7(5–7), 4–6
References
External links
Hady Habib at Texas A&M University