Lebanese tennis player (born 1998)
Hady Habib (Arabic : هادي حبيب ; 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.[ 2] He is currently the No. 1 player from Lebanon.[ 3]
Habib was born in Houston to a Lebanese father and an American Iranian mother.[ 4] Habib is fluent in English and Arabic .[ 5]
At the age of six he moved to Beirut , Lebanon with his family and began playing tennis there at nine years old.[ 6] Along with tennis, Habib also played basketball and competed in swimming competitions while based in Lebanon.[ 7] 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 .[ 8]
In 2021, Habib graduated with a degree in Sports Management from Texas A&M University in College Station .[ 5] [ 9]
2024: Historic Olympics debut & first Challenger title for Lebanon[ edit ]
Habib became the first Lebanese tennis player to compete at the Olympics when he took part in the Paris Games ,[ 10] losing in the singles first round on the event's opening day to second seed Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets.[ 11] [ 12] He also took part in the doubles event partnering Benjamin Hassan .[ 13]
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.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
2025: Historic debut and first win at the Australian Open, top 200[ edit ]
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 .[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] 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.[ 20] [ 21] Habib lost to Ugo Humbert in the second round.[ 22]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Habib has represented Lebanon at the Davis Cup ,[ 9] where he has a win–loss record of 19–7 in singles and a 5–7 record in doubles.[ 23] 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 .[ 24]
Legend
Group membership
World Group (0)
Group I (0–6)
Group II (7–2)
Group III (12–2)
Group IV (0)
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 Godamanna Dineshkanthan 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 Mam Nysan 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 Allaf Amer 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 Rastogi Wong 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 Ti Yu 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-hun Yeung 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 Demoliner Rafael 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 Hüsler Dominic Stricker
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
ATP Challenger Tour finals [ edit ]
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals[ edit ]
Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (10–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–5)
Clay (1–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
May 2018
Tunisia F20, Djerba
Futures
Hard
Moez Echargui
7–6(8–6) , 6–4
Loss
1–1
Jun 2019
M15 Cancun, Mexico
WTT
Hard
Gerardo López Villaseñor
6–7(2–7) , 4–6
Win
2–1
Oct 2021
M15 Cairo, Egypt
WTT
Clay
Lorenzo Rottoli
6–3, 6–4
Win
3–1
Oct 2021
M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
WTT
Hard
Lukas Krainer
6–2, 6–4
Loss
3–2
Oct 2021
M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
WTT
Hard
Lý Hoàng Nam
2–6, 4–6
Win
4–2
Dec 2021
M15 Doha, Qatar
WTT
Hard
Sasikumar Mukund
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win
5–2
Feb 2022
M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
WTT
Hard
Lukáš Rosol
6–4, 6–4
Loss
5–3
Jun 2022
M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina
WTT
Clay
Joris De Loore
4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss
5–4
Oct 2022
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Jaime Faria
5–7, 4–6
Win
6–4
May 2023
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Adrien Gobat
6–2, 6–4
Win
7–4
Jun 2023
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Ryuki Matsuda
6–2, 6–3
Win
8–4
Jun 2023
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Coleman Wong
6–3, 6–3
Win
9–4
Sep 2023
M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
WTT
Hard
Kris van Wyk
6–4, 6–4
Loss
9–5
Nov 2023
M25 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Clément Tabur
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win
10–5
Nov 2023
M25 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Robert Strombachs
6–4, 6–4
Loss
10–6
Mar 2024
M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal
WTT
Hard
Jaime Faria
7–6(8–6) , 6–7(3–7) , 1–6
Loss
10–7
May 2024
M25 Pensacola, USA
WTT
Clay
Andrés Andrade
6–7(5–7) , 5–7
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (1–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 2017
Sri Lanka F3, Colombo
Futures
Clay
Ankit Chopra
Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood
2–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss
1–1
May 2018
Tunisia F19, Djerba
Futures
Hard
José Fco. Vidal Azorín
Anis Ghorbel Vasko Mladenov
6–4, 6–7(7–9) , [10–12]
Loss
1–2
Dec 2020
M15 Cairo, Egypt
WTT
Clay
José Fco. Vidal Azorín
Juan Bautista Otegui Juan Pablo Paz
4–6, 4–6
Loss
1–3
Oct 2021
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Mateo Martínez
Jeremy Beale Thomas Fancutt
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win
2–3
Oct 2022
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Anis Ghorbel
Brian Bozemoj Jarno Jans
7–6(7–5) , 1–6, [10–8]
Loss
2–4
May 2023
M15 Kursumlijska Banja
WTT
Clay
Rrezart Cungu
Juan Pablo Paz Oleksandr Ovcharenko
6–7(5–7) , 4–6