2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster
Habib, Hady
Hady Habib
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Giammalva Elite Tennis Academy
Bio
AT TEXAS A&M
2019-20 (JUNIOR)
Recorded an 18-6 singles record on the season, featuring a 9-2 dual match campaign… Placed second on the team in wins… Went a perfect 3-0 in SEC singles play… Posted nine wins against nationally ranked opponents… Ended the shortened season on a five-match win streak… Secured the clinch victory against Rice on Feb. 21 and Kentucky on Feb. 28… Finished with a 6-5 doubles record with a 3-2 dual match mark… Won four doubles matches with Pranav Kumar, and one apiece with Valentin Vacherot and Stefan Storch.
2019-20 TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Earned a 9-4 tournament singles record in the fall, featuring a pair of three-match win streaks… Appeared in the quarterfinals of the ITA All-American Championships and ITA Fall Championships… Defeated seven ranked singles opponents… Earned the No. 10 singles rank in the fall… Went 3-3 in tournament doubles.
2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)
Went 19-8 overall in singles, including 15-6 in dual matches… Played the majority of his matches at the No. 2 line, posting a 13-5 record… Finished 8-4 in SEC matches, all at the No. 2 line… Longest win streak of the season was five matches on two different occasions… Recorded the clinch victory in three matches, featuring a last-match-standing to push the Aggies over Alabama on Mar. 3… Went 10-10 in doubles, all at dual matches.
2018-19 TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Returned to action in January, posting a 2-1 singles record at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup… Defeated Tomas Kopczynski of Stanford and Guido Marson of Texas A&M to start the season.
2017-18 (REDSHIRT)
Redshirted the 2017-18 season
2016-17 (FRESHMAN)
Posted a 22-5 singles record, including a 14-3 mark in dual matches… Played all but five of his matches at the No. 6 line, finishing with a 11-1 record…Went 3-2 in matches played at the No. 5 line… Was 5-5 in SEC matches… Longest win streak of the season was 13 matches… Recorded the clinch victory in two matches, winning against Auburn on Apr. 9 and pushing the Aggies over the top in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals against Tennessee on Apr. 28… Finished 17-12 in doubles, including a 11-8 record in dual matches.
2016-17 TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Started his career with a six-match singles win streak in the fall… Finished 8-2 in tournament play… Went undefeated at the Harvard Chowdah Fest, defeating two athletes apiece from Notre Dame and Harvard… Advanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA Texas Regional… Posted an 11-8 doubles record, with a 5-2 mark alongside Aleksandre Bakshi.
PERSONAL: Hady Habib was born in Houston, Texas… majoring in Sports Management… as a junior player he participated in the US Open Qualifiers… aspires to be a professional tennis player… in his leisure time he enjoys listening to music.
HABIB UP CLOSE:
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HABIB’S RANKED WINS:
(as of March 10, 2020)
Singles
#120 Jordan Belga, Florida (March 3, 2017)
#105 Thomas Mayronne, South Carolina (March 5, 2017)
#93 Adam Walton, Tennessee (March 9, 2019)
#28 Kyle Seelig, Ohio State (March 11, 2019)
#49 Alexandre Bakshi, Oklahoma (March 19, 2019)
#93 Daniel Rodrigues, South Carolina (March 29, 2019)
#41 Aleksandre Bakshi, Oklahoma (May 5, 2019)
#16 Nicolas Moreno de Alboran, UC Santa Barbara (May 20, 2019)
#46 Alex Brown, Illinois (May 21, 2019)
#75 Yuta Kikuchi, California (October 5, 2019)
#46 Filip Malbasic, Arizona (October 6, 2019)
#6 Aleks Kovacevic, Illinois (October 7, 2019)
#112 Rrezart Cungu, Wake Forest (November 6, 2019)
#28 Joseph Guillin, UC Santa Barbara (November 8, 2019)
#64 Ryder Jackson, USC (January 17, 2019)
#74 Pierce Rollins, Texas A&M (January 18, 2019)
#46 Daniel Rodrigues, South Carolina (March 6, 2020)
#5 Sam Riffice, Florida (March 8, 2020)
Doubles
(with Pranav Kumar)
#43 David Goulak/Ivan Thamma, UC Davis (October 5, 2019)
2019-20 (JUNIOR)
Recorded an 18-6 singles record on the season, featuring a 9-2 dual match campaign… Placed second on the team in wins… Went a perfect 3-0 in SEC singles play… Posted nine wins against nationally ranked opponents… Ended the shortened season on a five-match win streak… Secured the clinch victory against Rice on Feb. 21 and Kentucky on Feb. 28… Finished with a 6-5 doubles record with a 3-2 dual match mark… Won four doubles matches with Pranav Kumar, and one apiece with Valentin Vacherot and Stefan Storch.
2019-20 TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Earned a 9-4 tournament singles record in the fall, featuring a pair of three-match win streaks… Appeared in the quarterfinals of the ITA All-American Championships and ITA Fall Championships… Defeated seven ranked singles opponents… Earned the No. 10 singles rank in the fall… Went 3-3 in tournament doubles.
2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)
Went 19-8 overall in singles, including 15-6 in dual matches… Played the majority of his matches at the No. 2 line, posting a 13-5 record… Finished 8-4 in SEC matches, all at the No. 2 line… Longest win streak of the season was five matches on two different occasions… Recorded the clinch victory in three matches, featuring a last-match-standing to push the Aggies over Alabama on Mar. 3… Went 10-10 in doubles, all at dual matches.
2018-19 TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Returned to action in January, posting a 2-1 singles record at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup… Defeated Tomas Kopczynski of Stanford and Guido Marson of Texas A&M to start the season.
2017-18 (REDSHIRT)
Redshirted the 2017-18 season
2016-17 (FRESHMAN)
Posted a 22-5 singles record, including a 14-3 mark in dual matches… Played all but five of his matches at the No. 6 line, finishing with a 11-1 record…Went 3-2 in matches played at the No. 5 line… Was 5-5 in SEC matches… Longest win streak of the season was 13 matches… Recorded the clinch victory in two matches, winning against Auburn on Apr. 9 and pushing the Aggies over the top in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals against Tennessee on Apr. 28… Finished 17-12 in doubles, including a 11-8 record in dual matches.
2016-17 TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Started his career with a six-match singles win streak in the fall… Finished 8-2 in tournament play… Went undefeated at the Harvard Chowdah Fest, defeating two athletes apiece from Notre Dame and Harvard… Advanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA Texas Regional… Posted an 11-8 doubles record, with a 5-2 mark alongside Aleksandre Bakshi.
PERSONAL: Hady Habib was born in Houston, Texas… majoring in Sports Management… as a junior player he participated in the US Open Qualifiers… aspires to be a professional tennis player… in his leisure time he enjoys listening to music.
HABIB UP CLOSE:
Favorites:
- Favorite class subject: Economics
- Favorite tennis player: Roger Federer
- Favorite athlete (any sport): Zlatan Ibrahimovic
- Favorite professional sports team (any sport): Houston Rockets
- Favorite social media platform: Instagram
- Favorite emoji: Face with Heart Eyes
- Favorite type of music: Hip Hop / Rap
- Favorite food: Sushi
- Favorite binge-watching TV show: Lucifer
- Favorite sport to play other than tennis: Basketball
- One word to describe me when I’m on the court: Aggressive
- One word to describe me away from the court: Chill
- The teammate who will surprise people the most this year: Kenner Taylor
- The teammate who can always make me laugh: Juan Carlos Aguilar
- The person who has had the greatest impact on my athletic career: My Mom
- The person I would most like to meet: Margot Robbie
- The most famous athlete I have met: Kei Nishikori
- The song title that best describes me: “Butterfly Effect”
- When I was little, I dreamed of being a: Professional Tennis Player
- The reality show I would most like to participate in is: American Ninja Warrior
- After I graduate I plan to: Play Professional Tennis
- Languages I speak fluently are: Arabic and English
HABIB’S RANKED WINS:
(as of March 10, 2020)
Singles
#120 Jordan Belga, Florida (March 3, 2017)
#105 Thomas Mayronne, South Carolina (March 5, 2017)
#93 Adam Walton, Tennessee (March 9, 2019)
#28 Kyle Seelig, Ohio State (March 11, 2019)
#49 Alexandre Bakshi, Oklahoma (March 19, 2019)
#93 Daniel Rodrigues, South Carolina (March 29, 2019)
#41 Aleksandre Bakshi, Oklahoma (May 5, 2019)
#16 Nicolas Moreno de Alboran, UC Santa Barbara (May 20, 2019)
#46 Alex Brown, Illinois (May 21, 2019)
#75 Yuta Kikuchi, California (October 5, 2019)
#46 Filip Malbasic, Arizona (October 6, 2019)
#6 Aleks Kovacevic, Illinois (October 7, 2019)
#112 Rrezart Cungu, Wake Forest (November 6, 2019)
#28 Joseph Guillin, UC Santa Barbara (November 8, 2019)
#64 Ryder Jackson, USC (January 17, 2019)
#74 Pierce Rollins, Texas A&M (January 18, 2019)
#46 Daniel Rodrigues, South Carolina (March 6, 2020)
#5 Sam Riffice, Florida (March 8, 2020)
Doubles
(with Pranav Kumar)
#43 David Goulak/Ivan Thamma, UC Davis (October 5, 2019)
Baylor Postgame: Steve Denton, Theo Papamalamis, Alan Magadan
Sunday, May 04
Rice Postgame: Togan Tokac
Saturday, May 03
NCAA Tournament Preview: Steve Denton, Raphael Perot
Tuesday, April 30
Spring Preview: Steve Denton
Monday, January 08
