The Canadian leads the ATP Tour in wins and titles in 2025.
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday February 28, 2025
It has been a scorching begin to 2025 for Felix Auger-Aliassime. The Canadian leads the ATP Tour in wins (16) and titles (2), and after at present’s victory over Quentin Halys in Dubai he's the one participant to succeed in three finals on the ATP Tour in 2025.
As much as 21 within the rankings, the previous World No.6 says he hopes to maintain rising, possibly excessive sufficient to return to the Prime-10 and play the ATP Finals on the finish of the season.
“I'm attempting to as a lot as I can,” he mentioned. “However you must go day-to-day, week by week. I can't bounce that fast. I've been profitable loads already this yr. You don't win each week, each single week. Perhaps Sinner final yr, however even him.
“Steadily I hope that this yr, by the tip of this yr, I'm closing in on the highest 10, hopefully even Turin. That will be an amazing yr.”
Felix Auger-Aliassime is now as much as No. 18 within the ATP Rankings pic.twitter.com/vgL885H0RN
— Mario Boccardi (@marioboc17) February 28, 2025
The 24-year-old will bid for the title on Saturday towards Stefanos Tsitsipas in Dubai. He says that stepping out to a 16-4 document and notching so many spectacular wins is working wonders for his confidence. That confidence, he says, is what he wants to succeed in his final purpose.
“I really feel like whenever you begin being constant in different tournaments, dominating gamers in different tournaments, you come to the Grand Slam with a unique perception,” he mentioned. “I come to each Grand Slam feeling like I need to win, believing I can win. But it surely's completely different whenever you've been profitable loads on the ATP Tour. That's the type of momentum I'm attempting to construct and the type of perception. If I try this, then hopefully within the years to come back I'll get my alternative to raise a kind of massive trophies.”
Auger-Aliassime has one Grand Slam semifinal to his identify. He reached the final 4 on the US Open in 2021. He’s 34-23 lifetime on the majors, with one other quarterfinal, coming on the 2022 Australian Open.
