Matteo Arnaldi vs Ugo Humbert Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Queen's Club Championships

Prediction published on 17/06/2024, 07:33  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 17/06/2024 at 07:54 in Tennis Predictions

Ugo Humbert is seeded eighth in the Cinch Championships at Queen's Club in London. He takes on unseeded Matteo Arnaldi in the first round of this grass court tournament. The winner will face either unseeded Frances Tiafoe or qualifier Rinky Hijikata in the second round. Humbert is ranked 16th in the latest list but a couple of places higher in the Live Race. He's won two ATP Tour tournaments this year but both of those were played on hard courts. The Frenchman played in the Libema Open last week and was beaten in the semi-finals by eventual champion Alex de Minaur. His best at Wimbledon is getting to the fourth round five years ago. He has won one grass tournament with success at the Halle Open in 2021. This is only his second time at Queen's Club and last year he lost in the first round to Ryan Peniston.

Matteo Arnaldi is at 35th in the latest rankings and will hope for a good performance this week to boost his hopes of being seeded at Wimbledon. He has played that grass court Grand Slam twice and is yet to win  a main draw match there. Arnaldi is playing his first tournament on this surface in 2024 and has limited grass court experience. Only five matches have been played in the past but he has won three of them. All those victories came in the qualifying rounds of last year's Wimbledon Championships but didn't beat anyone ranked in the top 150. We tip Humbert to win this match.