Félix Auger-Aliassime

Félix Auger-Aliassime
Country (sports)  Canada
Residence Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Born (2000-08-08) August 8, 2000
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $20,887
Singles
Career record 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 595 (July 11, 2016)
Current ranking No. 601 (November 28, 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior 3R (2016)
French Open Junior F (2016)
Wimbledon Junior QF (2016)
US Open Junior W (2016)
Doubles
Career record 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 805 (November 28, 2016)
Current ranking No. 805 (November 28, 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior 1R (2016)
French Open Junior 2R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior F (2016)
US Open Junior W (2015)
Last updated on: November 28, 2016.

Félix Auger-Aliassime (born August 8, 2000) is a Canadian junior tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 595 on July 11, 2016 and a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 2 on June 6, 2016. In July 2015, he became the youngest player to break the Top 800 on the ATP rankings at No. 749.[2] He is also the youngest to qualify and to win a main draw match on the ATP Challenger Tour.[3] Auger-Aliassime won the 2016 US Open junior singles title[4] and the 2015 US Open junior doubles title[5] with compatriot Denis Shapovalov.

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. 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.[6] In 2012, he won the Open Super Auray in the age 11 to 12 category.[7] He has been a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal since the fall of 2014.[8]

Tennis career

2015

In February, Auger-Aliassime won his first ITF junior singles title at the G3 in Querétaro.[9] A week later, he won his second straight ITF junior singles title and first doubles title at the G4 in Zapopan.[10] At the Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville in March, 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.[11]

At the Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby in July, 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.[3] In the next round, he scored the biggest win of his career to date when he upset World No. 205 Darian King in straight sets.[12] He was stopped by World No. 145 Yoshihito Nishioka in three sets in the quarterfinals.[13] 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.[2] In late August, he won his first junior G1 title with a victory over compatriot Denis Shapovalov in College Park.[14] At the US Open in September, his first junior Grand Slam, he reached the second round in singles and won the doubles title with fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov.[4] In October, 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 at the Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship, he won his second G1 singles title after defeating Alex De Minaur in the final.[16]

2016

At the junior Australian Open in January, his second Grand Slam, Auger-Aliassime was defeated in the third round in singles and in the first round in doubles.[17] In May, he reached his first professional singles final at the ITF 10K in Lleida, falling to Ramkumar Ramanathan.[18] At the junior event of the French Open, he reached his first Grand Slam singles final where he was defeated by Geoffrey Blancaneaux in three sets, despite holding a championship point.[19] At Wimbledon, Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals in singles and to the final in doubles with Denis Shapovalov.[20] At the US Open, 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.[5] In November, he won his first professional title with a victory over Juan Manuel Benitez Chavarriaga at the ITF Futures in Birmingham.[21] The next week at the Futures in Niceville, he captured his first pro doubles title with partner Patrick Kypson.[22]

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

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

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Result No. Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. May 8, 2016 Futures Spain F12, Lleida Clay India Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Winner 1. November 6, 2016 Futures USA F35, Birmingham Clay Colombia Juan Manuel Benitez Chavarriaga 7–5, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Result No. Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. November 11, 2016 Futures USA F36, Niceville Clay United States Patrick Kypson United States Patrick Daciek
United States Dane Webb		 7–5, 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

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

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up2016French OpenClayFrance Geoffrey Blancaneaux6–1, 3–6, 6–8
Winner2016US OpenHardSerbia Miomir Kecmanović6–3, 6–0

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

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner2015US OpenHardCanada Denis ShapovalovUnited States Brandon Holt
United States Riley Smith		7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Runner–up2016WimbledonGrassCanada Denis ShapovalovEstonia Kenneth Raisma
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas		6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner–up2016US OpenHardCanada Benjamin SigouinBolivia Juan Carlos Aguilar
Brazil Felipe Meligeni Alves		3–6, 6–7(4–7)

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the young Canadians poised for breakout at Aussie Open". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Meet Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 14-year-old beating pro players nearly 10 years older". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Canadian 14-year-old Felix Auger-Aliassime becomes youngest tennis player to win main draw Challenger match". Fox Sports. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Canadian junior boys win U.S. Open doubles final". CBC Sports. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "U.S. Open: Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime wins boys' title". CBC Sports. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Le tennis, une histoire de famille chez les Auger-Aliassime". Le Soleil. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Un junior du Club s'illustre sur la scène du tennis en France". Club Avantage. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ ""Tsonga et Monfils" au Centre national de tennis". La Presse. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Drawsheet: Queretaro Junior Cup". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Drawsheet: Jalisco Junior Cup". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ "14 year old makes Emirates ATP rankings history". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Challenger de Granby: Félix Auger-Aliassime élimine une tête de série". La Presse. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Auger-Aliassime: la fin du conte de fée". La Voix de l'Est. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Drawsheet: Prince George's County International Hard Court Junior Tennis Championship ITF". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Czechs and Canadians crowned Junior champions". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Drawsheet: Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Drawsheet: Australian Open Junior Championships". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Drawsheet: Spain F12 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  19. ↑ "French Open: Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime falls in boys final". CBC Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Montreal teen Auger-Aliassime passes Wimbledon torch to Shapovalov". The Gazette. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Drawsheet: USA F36 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Drawsheet: USA F35 Futures". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
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