Seven Stats To Remember About Felix's Fast Start

  • Posted: Apr 03, 2019

Seven Stats To Remember About Felix’s Fast Start

Canadian has already climbed 75 ATP Ranking spots in three months

Felix Auger-Aliassime has surprised everyone save for maybe himself with his fast start to the 2019 ATP Tour season. ATPTour.com presents the 18-year-old’s rise by the numbers:

14: Number of wins Auger-Aliassime has through three months, sixth best on the ATP Tour.

Best Starts To 2019 Season

Player Record
Roger Federer  18-2
Daniil Medvedev 17-6
Stefanos Tsitsipas  17-7
Gael Monfils  15-3
John Isner  15-7
Roberto Bautista Agut  14-4
Felix Auger-Aliassime 14-7

18: His age. He’s the youngest player inside the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings

33: Auger-Aliassime’s ATP Ranking, a new career-high. He’s climbed 75 spots, from No. 108 at the start of the year.

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2: Auger-Aliassime’s place in the ATP Race To Milan, which will determine seven of the eight 21-and-under players who compete at the 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals, to be held 5-9 November in Milan. The eighth spot will be given to a wild card.

35: By making the Miami semi-finals, Auger-Aliassime became the tournament’s youngest semi-finalist in its 35-year history.

5-1: Auger-Aliassime has lost only once to a Top 20 player.

Felix Against The Best

Ranking Player Tournament Result 
No. 9 John Isner 2019 Miami Loss
No. 13  Borna Coric 2019 Miami Win
No. 19  Nikoloz Basilashvili 2019 Miami Win
No. 10 Stefanos Tsitsipas 2019 Indian Wells Win
No. 16  Fabio Fognini 2019 Rio Win
No. 18 Lucas Pouille 2019 Toronto Win

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