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Félix Auger-Aliassime
Félix Auger-Aliassime in 2015
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Born (2000-08-08) August 8, 2000 (age 23)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachGuillaume Marx
Frédéric Fontang
Prize moneyUS$146,139
Singles
Career record1–4 (20.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 153 (October 16, 2017)
Current rankingNo. 172 (18 June 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ2 (2018)
US OpenQ2 (2017)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 488 (February 12, 2018)
Current rankingNo. 589 (April 9, 2018)
Last updated on: April 15, 2018.

Félix Auger-Aliassime (French pronunciation: [feliks oʒe aljasim];[1] born August 8, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 153 on October 16, 2017 and a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 2 on June 6, 2016. He is the youngest player ever to qualify (14 years, 7 months) and to win a main draw match (14 years, 11 months) on the ATP Challenger Tour.[2] With his titles at the Open Sopra Steria de Lyon in June 2017 and the Copa Sevilla in September 2017, he became the seventh-youngest player in history to win an ATP Challenger title (16 years, 10 months) and the second-youngest to win multiple ATP Challenger titles (17 years, 1 month).[3][4] Auger-Aliassime won the 2016 US Open junior singles title and the 2015 US Open junior doubles title with compatriot Denis Shapovalov.[5][6] In June 2018, Auger-Aliassime successfully defended his title in Lyon, making him the youngest player ever to retain an ATP Challenger title (17 years, 10 months).[7]

Early life

Auger-Aliassime was born in Montreal but raised in L'Ancienne-Lorette, a suburb of Quebec City. His father Sam Aliassime is from Togo and his mother Marie Auger from the province of Quebec.[8] 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.[9] In 2012, he won the Open Super Auray in the age 11 to 12 category.[10] He has been a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal since the fall of 2014.[11]

Tennis career

Juniors

In February 2015, Auger-Aliassime won his first ITF junior singles title at the G3 in Querétaro.[12] A week later, he won his second straight ITF junior singles title and first doubles title at the G4 in Zapopan.[13] In late August 2015, he won his first junior G1 title with a victory over compatriot Denis Shapovalov in College Park.[14] 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.[5] 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17] In July 2016 at Wimbledon, Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals in singles and to the final in doubles with Denis Shapovalov.[18] At the US Open in September 2016, he won the boys' single title with a straight-sets victory over Miomir Kecmanović. He reached the doubles final as well with fellow Canadian Benjamin Sigouin.[6]

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)

2015–16

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-year-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 made once again 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.[2] In the next round, he scored an upset over world No. 205 Darian King in straight sets.[20] He was stopped by world No. 145 Yoshihito Nishioka in three sets in the quarterfinals.[21] 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.[22]

In May 2016, he reached his first professional singles final at the ITF 10K in Lleida, falling to Ramkumar Ramanathan.[23] In November 2016, he won his first professional title with a victory over Juan Manuel Benitez Chavarriaga at the ITF Futures in Birmingham.[24] The next week at the Futures in Niceville, he captured his first pro doubles title with partner Patrick Kypson.[25]

2017

In January, Auger-Aliassime reached the final of the ITF Futures in Plantation, but lost to Roberto Cid Subervi in three sets.[26] In March, he won the title in Sherbrooke over Gleb Sakharov, his second ITF Futures.[27] 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.[28] In June at the Open Sopra Steria 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.[3] 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.[29] 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.[4]

2018

In February in Budapest, Auger-Aliassime captured his first ATP Challenger doubles title, defeating Marin Draganja and Tomislav Draganja with partner Nicola Kuhn.[30] 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.[31] 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.[32] 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.[33] 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.[34][7]

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–0)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2016 Spain F12, Lleida Futures Clay India Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2016 USA F35, Birmingham Futures Clay Colombia Juan Manuel Benítez Chavarriaga 7–5, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Jan 2017 USA F3, Plantation Futures Clay Dominican Republic Roberto Cid Subervi 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 0–6
Win 2–2 Mar 2017 Canada F2, Sherbrooke Futures Hard (i) France Gleb Sakharov 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–2 Jun 2017 Lyon, France Challenger Clay France Mathias Bourgue 6–4, 6–1
Win 4–2 Sep 2017 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Íñigo Cervantes 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–2 Jun 2018 Lyon, France Challenger Clay France Johan Tatlot 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2016 USA F36, Niceville Futures Clay United States Patrick Kypson United States Patrick Daciek
United States Dane Webb 		7–5, 6–1
Win 2–0 Feb 2018 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Hard (i) Spain Nicola Kuhn Croatia Marin Draganja
Croatia Tomislav Draganja 		2–6, 6–2, [11–9]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2016 French Open Clay France Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6–1, 3–6, 6–8
Win 2016 US Open Hard Serbia Miomir Kecmanović 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2015 US Open Hard Canada Denis Shapovalov United States Brandon Holt
United States Riley Smith		 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 2016 Wimbledon Grass Canada Denis Shapovalov Estonia Kenneth Raisma
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas		 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2016 US Open Hard Canada Benjamin Sigouin Bolivia Juan Carlos Aguilar
Brazil Felipe Meligeni Alves		 3–6, 6–7(4–7)

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

This table is current through the 2018 Italian Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Wimbledon A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
US Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0 –
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0 –
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0 –
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Italian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Canadian Open A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Cincinnati Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Shanghai Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Paris Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Career Statistics
2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 0 0 0 4 4
Titles 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0
Hardcourt Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0 –
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win % – – – 20% 20.00%
Year-End Ranking 760 601 162 $146,139

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