Background
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.
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 reached a career high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking of Number. 712 on March 21, 2016 and a career high International Tennis Federation junior ranking of Number. 8 on January 4, 2016.
In July, he became the youngest player to break the Top 800 on the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings at Number.
He has an older sister Malika who also plays tennis. At the Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville in March, Auger-Aliassime became the youngest player in history to qualify for an Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger main draw at 14-and-a-half-year-old.
He defeated compatriot Jack Mingjie Lin, former World Number. 67 Chris Guccione and World Number.
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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 Association of Tennis Professionals ranking. At the Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby in July, he qualified for his second Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger main draw with victories over fellow Canadian Jack Mingjie Lin and World Number.
574 Jean-Yves Aubone.
205 Darian King in straight sets. He was stopped by World Number.
145 Yoshihito Nishioka in three sets in the quarterfinals. After his run to the quarterfinals, Auger-Aliassime became the youngest player ever to break the Top 800 on the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings at Number.
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.
Doubles: 1 (1 title).
749. Auger-Aliassime won the 2015 United States Open junior doubles title with compatriot Denis Shapovalov. In 2012, he won the Open Super Auray in the age 11 to 12 category. 2015 In February, Auger-Aliassime won his first International Tennis Federation junior singles title at the G3 in Querétaro. A week later, he won his second straight International Tennis Federation junior singles title and first doubles title at the G4 in Zapopan. He won his opening round in straight sets over World Number. 493 Andrew Whittington, becoming the youngest player to win a main draw Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger match. In the next round, he scored the biggest win of his career to date when he upset World Number. 749. In late August, he won his first junior G1 title with a victory over compatriot Denis Shapovalov in College Park. At the United States 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. In October, Auger-Aliassime and compatriots Denis Shapovalov and Benjamin Sigouin won the Junior Davis Cup title, the first time in history for Canada. In December at the Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship, he won his second G1 singles title after defeating Alex de Minaur in the final.
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. He has been a member of Tennis Canada"s National Training Centre in Montreal since the fall of 2014.
