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'''Félix Auger-Aliassime''' (born August 8, 2000 in Montréal, Québec, Canada) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 31 on April 22, 2019 and a career-high ITFATP juniordoubles ranking of No. 2368 on June 6, 2016. He is the youngest player ever to qualify (14 years,January 7 months) and to win a main draw match (14 years, 11 months) on the ATP Challenger Tour. With his titles at the Open Sopra Steria de Lyon in June 2017 and the Copa Sevilla in September 2017, he became the seventh-youngest player in history to win an ATP Challenger title (16 years, 10 months) and the second-youngest to win multiple ATP Challenger titles (17 years, 1 month). Auger-Aliassime won the 2016 US Open junior singles title and the 2015 US Open junior doubles title with compatriot [[Denis Shapovalov]]. In June 2018, Auger-Aliassime successfully defended his title in Lyon, making him the youngest player ever to retain an ATP Challenger title (17 years, 10 months). His three ATP Challenger titles are the second most for a player aged 17 and under. He is tied with Novak Djokovic and Juan Martín del Potro, and second only to Richard Gasquet who has five2019.

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