Country (sports) | Canada |
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Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Born | [1] Montreal, Quebec, Canada | August 8, 2000
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] |
Turned pro | 2017 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Guillaume Marx Frédéric Fontang Toni Nadal |
Prize money | US$ 3,721,486[2] |
Singles | |
Career record | 86–66 (56.6% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 15 (12 July 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 15 (12 July 2021)[3] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2021) |
French Open | 1R (2020, 2021) |
Wimbledon | QF (2021) |
US Open | 4R (2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 13–21 (38.2% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 77 (9 November 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 81 (24 May 2021) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2021) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | F (2019) |
Last updated on: 29 May 2021. |
Félix Auger-Aliassime (French pronunciation: [feliks oʒe aljasim];[4] born August 8, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He is the youngest player ranked in the top 20 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and has a career-high ranking of No. 15 in the world. He has eight runner-up finishes in singles and one doubles title on the ATP Tour.
Auger-Aliassime began competing on the professional tour at a young age. On the second-tier ATP Challenger Tour, he is the youngest player to win a main draw match at 14 years and 11 months old, and is one of seven players to win a Challenger title by the age of 16. He is also the second-youngest to win multiple Challenger titles at 17 years and one month, and the youngest player to defend a Challenger title at 17 years and ten months. Auger-Aliassime had a successful junior career as well, reaching No. 2 in the world and winning the 2016 US Open boys' singles title. He also won the boys' doubles title at the 2015 US Open the previous year with compatriot Denis Shapovalov. On the ATP Tour, Auger-Aliassime made his top 100 and top 25 debuts at age 18 in a year highlighted by his first ATP final in February 2019 at the Rio Open, an ATP 500 event. He reached three ATP finals in 2019, another three in 2020 as well, and two finals in 2021, a total of eight consecutive runner-ups out of eight ATP finals.
Auger-Aliassime was born in Montreal and raised in L'Ancienne-Lorette, a suburb of Quebec City. His father Sam Aliassime immigrated from Togo, and his mother Marie Auger is of French-Canadian descent.[5][6] He has an older sister Malika who also plays tennis. He started playing tennis at 4 and trained at the Club Avantage as a member of the Académie de Tennis Hérisset-Bordeleau in Quebec City.[7] In 2012, he won the Open Super Auray in the age 11 to 12 category.[8] He has been a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal since the fall of 2014.[9]
In February 2015, Auger-Aliassime won his first ITF junior singles title at the G3 in Querétaro.[10] A week later, he won his second straight ITF junior singles title and first doubles title at the G4 in Zapopan.[11] In late August 2015, he won his first junior G1 title with a victory over compatriot Denis Shapovalov in College Park.[12] At the US Open in September 2015, his first junior Grand Slam, he reached the second round in singles and won the doubles title with fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov.[13] In October 2015, Auger-Aliassime and compatriots Denis Shapovalov and Benjamin Sigouin won the Junior Davis Cup title, the first time in history for Canada.[14] In December 2015 at the Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship, he won his second G1 singles title after defeating Alex De Minaur in the final.[15] At the junior event of the French Open in June 2016, he reached his first Grand Slam singles final where he was defeated by Geoffrey Blancaneaux in three sets, despite holding a championship point.[16] In July 2016 at Wimbledon, Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals in singles and to the final in doubles with Denis Shapovalov.[17] At the US Open in September 2016, he won the boys' singles title with a straight-sets victory over Miomir Kecmanović. He reached the doubles final as well, with fellow Canadian Benjamin Sigouin.[18]
As a junior, he compiled a singles win/loss record of 79–19.
Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:
Australian Open: 3R (2016)
French Open: F (2016)
Wimbledon: QF (2016)
US Open: W (2016)
Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:
Australian Open: 1R (2016)
French Open: 2R (2016)
Wimbledon: F (2016)
US Open: W (2015)
In March 2015 at the Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville, Auger-Aliassime became the youngest player in history to qualify for an ATP Challenger main draw at 14-and-a-half years old. He defeated compatriot Jack Mingjie Lin, former world No. 67 Chris Guccione and world No. 433 Fritz Wolmarans to do so. He, however, was forced to withdraw before playing his first-round match due to an abdominal strain. With the points earned, Auger-Aliassime once again made history as the first player born in the 2000s to have an ATP ranking.[19] At the Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby in July 2015, he qualified for his second ATP Challenger main draw with victories over fellow Canadian Jack Mingjie Lin and world No. 574 Jean-Yves Aubone. He won his opening round in straight sets over world No. 493 Andrew Whittington, becoming the youngest player to win a main-draw ATP Challenger match.[20] In the next round, he scored an upset over world No. 205 Darian King in straight sets.[21] He was stopped by world No. 145 Yoshihito Nishioka in three sets in the quarterfinals.[22] After his run to the quarterfinals, Auger-Aliassime became the youngest player ever to break the top 800 on the ATP rankings at No. 749.[23]
In May 2016, he reached his first professional singles final at the $10K in Lleida, falling to Ramkumar Ramanathan.[24] In November 2016, he won his first professional title with a victory over Juan Manuel Benitez Chavarriaga at the ITF Futures in Birmingham.[25] The next week at the Futures in Niceville, he captured his first pro doubles title with partner Patrick Kypson.[26]
In January, Auger-Aliassime reached the final of the ITF Futures in Plantation, but lost to Roberto Cid Subervi in three sets.[27] In March, he won the title in Sherbrooke over Gleb Sakharov, his second ITF Futures.[28] The next week, he advanced to the semifinals of the ATP Challenger $75K in Drummondville with a win over world No. 124 Peter Polansky, but lost to compatriot and eventual champion Denis Shapovalov.[29] In June at the Open de Lyon, Auger-Aliassime captured his maiden ATP Challenger, becoming the first 16-year-old to win a Challenger singles title since Bernard Tomic in 2009 at the Maccabi Men's Challenger and the seventh-youngest in history.[30] In September at the Copa Sevilla, he won his second ATP Challenger title of the season after defeating former world No. 56, Íñigo Cervantes, in the final.[31] After his win, he became the youngest player to break the top 200 since Rafael Nadal in December 2002 and the second-youngest to win multiple ATP Challenger titles, standing behind only Richard Gasquet.[32]
In February in Budapest, Auger-Aliassime captured his first ATP Challenger doubles title, defeating Marin Draganja and Tomislav Draganja with partner Nicola Kuhn.[33] Auger-Aliassime also made his debut in an ATP main draw at the Rotterdam Open, losing in three sets to world No. 38, Filip Krajinović, in the first round.[34] In March at Indian Wells, he qualified for his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw. He faced fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil in the first round, defeating him in straight sets to win his first tour level match. He was defeated in the next round by another compatriot, Milos Raonic.[35] In April, Auger-Aliassime was awarded a wildcard for the Monte-Carlo Masters where he lost his opener in three sets to world No. 55, Mischa Zverev.[36] In June at the ATP Challenger in Lyon, he successfully defended his title with a victory over Johan Tatlot in the final and became the youngest player in history to defend an ATP Challenger title.[37][38] In August, Auger-Aliassime received a wildcard to compete in the main draw of the 2018 Rogers Cup. In the first round, he defeated Lucas Pouille (6–4, 6–3) and in the second round, he was defeated by Daniil Medvedev (3–6, 6–4, 7–6). Auger-Aliassime earned a spot through three qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the US Open. He then retired in the first round (5–7, 7–5, 4–1 ret.) against countryman Denis Shapovalov after suffering from heart palpitations brought on by extreme heat.[39]
At age 18, Auger-Aliassime became the youngest-ever ATP 500 finalist with his win over Pablo Cuevas (6–3, 3–6, 6–3) to reach the Rio Open title match.[40] In the final, he lost to Laslo Đere in straight sets.[41] At his next tournament in São Paulo, Auger-Aliassime lost to Đere again - this time in the quarterfinals. At the Indian Wells Masters, he achieved his first victory against a top-ten player, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas (who was No. 10 in the ATP Rankings at that time) in straight sets in the second round. [42]
At the Miami Open, Auger-Aliassime beat Nikoloz Basilashvili in the fourth round and Borna Coric in the quarterfinals to become the youngest semifinalist in the tournament's history. In the semifinals, he lost to defending champion and eventual runner-up John Isner in two tight sets, despite leading by a break in both sets.[43]
He received a wildcard to play in the Madrid Open. Auger-Aliassime made it to the second round where he was defeated by Rafael Nadal in straight sets. At the Lyon Open, he worked his way into his second ATP final, by beating John Millman, Steve Johnson, and Nikoloz Basilashvili, the No. 1 seed. He was then defeated by Benoit Paire in straight sets.
In the Mercedes Cup he made it to his third final, by defeating experienced players like Ernests Gulbis, Gilles Simon, and Dustin Brown. He received a walkover into the final when Milos Raonic withdrew. In the final he was defeated by Matteo Berrettini, despite having set points to win the second set.
At Queen's Club, Auger-Aliassime defeated Grigor Dimitrov and Nick Kyrgios, both matches were played on the same day as the tournament program was delayed by rain earlier during the week.[44] In the quarterfinals, he recorded his second win against Stefanos Tsitsipas.[45] Auger-Aliassime lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Feliciano López.[46]
At Wimbledon he entered as the 19th seed and earned his first victory as a pro in the Slams, by defeating compatriot Vasek Pospisil. After beating Corentin Moutet in four sets, he was stopped by Ugo Humbert in the third round.
At the US Open he lost to in the first round to Denis Shapovalov for the second straight year.
At the 2020 Australian Open, Auger-Aliassime lost in the first round to Ernests Gulbis.
Auger-Aliassime was seeded 15th at the 2020 US Open and advanced to the fourth round after defeating Thiago Monteiro, Andy Murray, and Corentin Moutet in the first three rounds. He then lost in straight sets to the second seed and eventual champion Dominic Thiem.[47]
Auger-Aliassime then participated in the rescheduled French Open, where he fell to Yoshihito Nishioka in the first round.
In October, he reached the final of the Bett1Hulks Indoors tournament in Cologne, Germany, losing to home favorite, Alexander Zverev. Auger-Aliassime claimed the doubles title at the Paris Masters with partner Hubert Hurkacz, saving five championship points in his first doubles final.
At the 2021 Australian Open, Auger-Aliassime lost in the fourth round to Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev, despite being 2 sets to love up.
In April, he hired Rafael Nadal's uncle and former coach Toni Nadal as a new coach ahead of the clay-court season.[48]
At the French Open, Auger-Aliassime lost in the first round to Andreas Seppi. He also lost his eighth final (out of eighth final appearances) at the 2021 Stuttgart Open final to Marin Čilić.
At the Halle Open he reached the semifinals by a stunning defeat over 10-time tournament champion and seed No. 5 Roger Federer in the second round[49] to secure his fourth Top-10 victory (4-15) and one of the biggest wins of his career.[50] He then defeated qualifier Marcos Giron in the quarterfinals but lost to the eventual champion Ugo Humbert.[51] In the same tournament in doubles he reached the final partnering Hubert Hurkacz but lost to 3rd seeded German Kevin Krawietz and Romanian Horia Tecău.
At Wimbledon, he reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a five-set win over world No. 6 and 4th seed Alexander Zverev, beating the German 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 for only the fifth Top-10 win of his career. He became the fifth Canadian man to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals after 10th seed Denis Shapovalov did so in the same tournament. It marked the first time that two Canadian men together reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal.[52][53] With this successful run he entered the top 15 in the rankings. He then lost to 7th seed Matteo Berrettini 3-6, 7-5, 5-7, 3-6 in the quarterfinals.
Auger-Aliassime is an all-court tennis player. His favourite surface is clay.[54] His favourite shot is the forehand, and his favourite tournament is the Rogers Cup.[55]
Outcome | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | Nov 2020 | Paris Masters | Hard (i) | Hubert Hurkacz | Mate Pavić Bruno Soares |
6–7(3–7), 7–6(9–7), [10–2] |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2019 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Laslo Đere | 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2019 | Lyon Open, France | 250 Series | Clay | Benoît Paire | 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Jun 2019 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Grass | Matteo Berrettini | 4–6, 6–7(11–13) |
Loss | 0–4 | Feb 2020 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Gaël Monfils | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–5 | Feb 2020 | Open 13 Marseille, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–6 | Oct 2020 | Bett1Hulks Indoors, Germany | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Alexander Zverev | 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–7 | Feb 2021 | Murray River Open, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Dan Evans | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–8 | Jun 2021 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Grass | Marin Čilić | 6–7(2–7), 3–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2020 | Paris Masters, France | Masters 1000 | Hard (i) | Hubert Hurkacz | Mate Pavić Bruno Soares |
6–7(3–7), 7–6(9–7), [10–2] |
Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2021 | Halle Open, Germany | ATP 500 | Grass | Hubert Hurkacz | Kevin Krawietz Horia Tecău |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partners | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | Nov 2019 | Davis Cup, Madrid | Hard (i) | Denis Shapovalov Vasek Pospisil Brayden Schnur |
Rafael Nadal Roberto Bautista Agut Feliciano López Pablo Carreño Busta Marcel Granollers |
0–2 |
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour (4–1) |
ITF Futures (2–2) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2016 | Spain F12, Lleida | Futures | Clay | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–7(1–7), 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2016 | USA F35, Birmingham | Futures | Clay | Juan Manuel Benítez Chavarriaga | 7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jan 2017 | USA F3, Plantation | Futures | Clay | Roberto Cid Subervi | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 0–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Mar 2017 | Canada F2, Sherbrooke | Futures | Hard (i) | Gleb Sakharov | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | Jun 2017 | Lyon, France | Challenger | Clay | Mathias Bourgue | 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 4–2 | Sep 2017 | Seville, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Íñigo Cervantes | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 5–2 | Jun 2018 | Lyon, France | Challenger | Clay | Johan Tatlot | 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–3 | Jun 2018 | Blois, France | Challenger | Clay | Scott Griekspoor | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 6–3 | Oct 2018 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Kamil Majchrzak | 6–3, 6–2 |
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour (1–0) |
ITF Futures (1–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2016 | USA F36, Niceville | Futures | Clay | Patrick Kypson | Patrick Daciek Dane Webb |
7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 2–0 | Feb 2018 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Hard (i) | Nicola Kuhn | Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja |
2–6, 6–2, [11–9] |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 2016 | French Open | Clay | Geoffrey Blancaneaux | 6–1, 3–6, 6–8 |
Win | 2016 | US Open | Hard | Miomir Kecmanović | 6–3, 6–0 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2015 | US Open | Hard | Denis Shapovalov | Brandon Holt Riley Smith |
7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | Denis Shapovalov | Kenneth Raisma Stefanos Tsitsipas |
6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2016 | US Open | Hard | Benjamin Sigouin | Juan Carlos Aguilar Felipe Meligeni Alves |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Current through the 2021 Halle Open.
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 4R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | |
French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 3R | NH | QF | 0 / 2 | 6–2 | 75% | |
US Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 4R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% | ||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 7–3 | 0 / 9 | 12–9 | 57% | |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | NH | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | ||
Miami Open | A | A | A | Q1 | SF | NH | 3R | 0 / 2 | 6–2 | 75% | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | NH | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | NH | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | |
Canadian Open | A | Q1 | A | 2R | 3R | NH | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 50% | ||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 12–8 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0 / 18 | 18–18 | 50% | |
National representation | |||||||||||
Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | F | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||
Career statistics | |||||||||||
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Career | ||||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 59 | |||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
Hardcourt Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 12–11 | 22–16 | 10–5 | 0 / 36 | 48–39 | 52% | |
Clay Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 13–9 | 1–3 | 4–6 | 0 / 20 | 20–21 | 49% | |
Grass Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8–3 | 0–0 | 10–3 | 0 / 6 | 18–6 | 75% | |
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–10 | 33–23 | 23–19 | 24–14 | 0 / 61 | 86–66 | 57% | |
Win % | – | – | – | 37% | 59% | 55% | 63% | 55.78% | |||
Year-end ranking | 760 | 601 | 162 | 108 | 21 | 21 | $3,721,486 |
Auger-Aliassime's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface.
Season | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
Wins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | FAAR |
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2019 | |||||||
1. | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 10 | Indian Wells Masters, U.S. | Hard | 2R | 6–4, 6–2 | 58 |
2. | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | Queen's Club Championships, UK | Grass | QF | 7–5, 6–2 | 21 |
2021 | |||||||
3. | Diego Schwartzman | 10 | Italian Open | Clay | 2R | 6–1, 6–3 | 21 |
4. | Roger Federer | 8 | Halle Open, Germany | Grass | 2R | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 | 21 |
5. | Alexander Zverev | 6 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grass | 4R | 6–4, 7–6 (8–6), 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 | 19 |
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