Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada returns the ball to Holger Rune from Denmark during their semi final match of the Paris Masters tennis tournament at the Accor Arena in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Michel Euler
TURIN, Italy – Felix Auger-Aliassime’s late-season surge has taken him to the next level.
The Montreal native will make his ATP Tour Finals debut on today against Norway’s Casper Ruud.
Auger-Aliassime earned his way into the elite season-ending event in Turin, Italy, with an impressive 16-match win streak, winning three of the final four ATP Tour events of the year.
The 22-year-old Auger-Aliassime took titles in Florence, Antwerp, and Basel during that run, with a victory in Rotterdam coming earlier in the year.
He earned a personal-best 56 wins this season, lifting him up to a career-high No. 6 world ranking.
Ruud is ranked fourth in the world and has taken two out of the three matches he’s had against Auger-Aliassime.
The Norwegian beat Auger-Aliassime in the Round of 64 in Madrid and in the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open in Montreal earlier this season.
Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., is the only other Canadian to ever qualify for the ATP Tour World Finals, having played in the event in 2014 and 2016. Raonic lost in the semifinals in 2016 and lost both of his matches in 2014.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 13, 2022.
