{"id":201471,"date":"2025-10-10T01:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/201471\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T01:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:10:11","slug":"it-all-adds-up-for-felix-auger-aliassime-playing-rivals-meeting-idols-more-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/201471\/","title":{"rendered":"It all adds up for Felix Auger-Aliassime: Playing rivals, meeting idols & more | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

It All Adds Up
\n It all adds up for Felix Auger-Aliassime: Playing rivals, meeting idols & more<\/p>\n

Canadian speaks exclusively to ATPTour.com<\/p>\n

October 09, 2025<\/p>\n

\"Felix<\/p>\n

Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Felix Auger-Aliassime recalls a 16-match winning streak in 2022 as a career highlight.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n

It all adds up for Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a>, who has been one of the game’s most popular players since making his ATP Tour main-draw debut in 2018 in Rotterdam \u2014 the same event where he won his first tour-level title in 2022. Every season and every match is part of a memorable story that the 25-year-old continues to write, with his current quarter-final run at the Rolex Shanghai Masters<\/a> the latest chapter.<\/p>\n

ATPTour.com caught up with the Canadian earlier in the year to discuss his successes, challenges, rivals, idols and more.<\/p>\n

\"It<\/a><\/p>\n

What is the biggest success of your career?
At the end of 2022, I had this win streak \u2014 it was 16 matches. Then I qualified for [the Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> in] Turin at the end of the year, won the Davis Cup. That whole stretch was probably what I am most proud of. Since I was young, I had good results, but I wasn\u2019t able to put up a streak of wins like this. I could have a great tournament, then I could lose early in the next tournament. Then I was able to prove to myself and the competition that I can actually go and win a tournament and then back it up again and again.<\/p>\n

Three titles in a row and then the semi-finals in Paris-Bercy, that was huge for me. To top it off with the Davis Cup was a moment I am definitely really proud of.<\/p>\n

What is the biggest difficulty you\u2019ve had to overcome in your career?
When you get to a point where you struggle to find consistency and you have to figure out why. You can go to work and you can play, but the most difficult part is not the physical part, it\u2019s figuring it out with yourself and your team. \u201cWhat do I actually need to improve? What\u2019s making me not play the way I want right now?\u201d That\u2019s the difficult part, finding out the why.<\/p>\n

Who would you say your greatest rival is?
\nI would say Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a> because it\u2019s two-sided. There are guys that I have struggled to get a win over for a long time, like Medvedev. With Tsitsipas, we have gone back and forth over the years, even since we were juniors. It goes way back. He always brings competitiveness.<\/p>\n

What is your favourite tennis rivalry, outside of your own?\u00a0
\nNadal-Federer was an iconic rivalry. I liked Novak and Andy growing up. It was interesting because they both have a counter-punching game. I felt like they were really trying to find ways to outsmart the other guy, and they had a lot of rallies so it was always interesting to watch. You could see how physically demanding it was. Those were fun to watch in Slams.<\/p>\n

What is your favourite tournament to play and why?
\nGrand Slam, I would say Wimbledon<\/a>. The most prestigious, historic tournament. ATP Masters 1000, Monte-Carlo. It\u2019s just a beautiful place to play tennis. ATP 500, I would go with Doha, I feel like it\u2019s one of the best. ATP 250, Auckland. It\u2019s the only tournament we have in New Zealand, and I feel like it\u2019s such a unique part of the world. Sometimes you play these tournaments in common countries for tennis, but New Zealand is out there.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s been the coolest experience of being a tennis player?
\nMeeting my idols from when I was growing up, that\u2019s the coolest thing. You can travel to places, but meeting people who I saw growing up \u2014 the likes of Roger, Rafa, Novak and Andy \u2014 that\u2019s pretty unique.<\/p>\n

What is the biggest goal you have been chasing?
\nI still haven\u2019t won a Masters 1000 title or a Grand Slam. They are the biggest categories of tournament and the toughest to win, so if you do capture one in your career, that\u2019s huge. Those are still to do. But winning the Davis Cup, winning an Olympic medal were huge. I think capturing a medal goes beyond your sport.<\/p>\n

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