14-year-old Felix Auger Aliassime writing Tennis History!!

okdude1992 said:
Watched the video again. Still blown away. He didn't even hardly celebrate.. as if this victory was expected. All aboard the Auger Aliassime bandwagon
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I'm already thinking of a nickname/catchphrase for him…

Ali Anger? (from Aliassime Auger)
Ali punches through his opponents?

Help me out peeps! ;) :-P
 
Andres said:
I broke my hand playing basketball exactly a week before turning 14. Injuries happen.
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Now I don't know what injury he has. But I thought it was a tennis related injury. And they shouldn't happen when you're 14. Hopefully he gets it sorted out.
 
Forgot to mention that Fenix started playing at the age of 5...Also Guilherme Clezar had been given a WC for the Florianapolis challenger in 2007 when he was 3 months younger (lost to Rogerio Dutra sila 6-0 6-2). Not sure that it counts since he hasn't passed any qualification rounds...
 
m2nk2 said:
Now I don't know what injury he has. But I thought it was a tennis related injury. And they shouldn't happen when you're 14. Hopefully he gets it sorted out.
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I know an awful lot of kids around the age of 14 who compete in various sports, and almost all of them pick up little injuries that come and go, some of which keep them out of one or more games or matches. Without knowing the specific details of the injury, or how it occurred, it really doesn't hold any water to state that 14 year-olds shouldn't have injuries.

As for Felix, the true litmus test will come if we can get someone to interview him and ask which celebrity he'd most like to meet. If he answers "The Bieb" and can keep a straight face, then we know the kid has a good sense of humor. :)
 
merwy said:
Oh it's not that bad. Wasn't Rafa playing Grand Slams at around age 15-16?
And Boris Becker is the youngest male to win a slam right? So these young prodigies come around every now and then. Wouldn't read into it too much.
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Michael Chang is the youngest male to win a men's singles major. Chang won the 1989 French Open, at the age of 17 years and 4 months (4 months younger than Boris Becker when he won 1985 Wimbledon).

Speaking of Chang, he won a match at the 1987 US Open, at the age of 15.
 
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Mustard said:
Michael Chang is the youngest male to win a men's singles major.
Speaking of Chang, he won a match at the 1987 US Open, at the age of 15.
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Yet more hurdles for any early bloomers

eg.
14 year olds that never made no1,
slower developing shorter one wins
Us Open earlier than taller one but
essentially at same final height
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTkVrlksDus

could have been no1 and no2 if they
if outside of Ego prone tennis France

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tsonga+vs+monfils+junior&spfreload=10
 
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Didnt clezar win a challenger tournament at 16 and hes still playing challengers as a 23 yr old. Cristian garin i think is better he is two years older and has won some challeneger level matches and of course signed by nadal costa agency already.
 
North (African) American male making moves on the Challenger Tour at a ludicrously Young age... Where have we seen this before?
 
The kid can play but I'll be impressed if he can make the top 50 as a teenager. Look at Filip Peliwo, another product of the Canadian tennis pipeline. He was the ITF junior world champ in 2012 at age 18 and made all four finals of the junior slams (winning two of the four). Now he's losing at futures events in Tunisia to guys ranked 668 and 927 in the world. It's simply too early to tell how the kid will do against real competition and whether or not his game will plateau.
 
SoCalJay said:
The kid can play but I'll be impressed if he can make the top 50 as a teenager. Look at Filip Peliwo, another product of the Canadian tennis pipeline. He was the ITF junior world champ in 2012 at age 18 and made all four finals of the junior slams (winning two of the four). Now he's losing at futures events in Tunisia to guys ranked 668 and 927 in the world. It's simply too early to tell how the kid will do against real competition and whether or not his game will plateau.
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Those kids who have early success are often very consistent grinders; well trained, but without weapons. Felix is extremely quick in all areas, legs, arms and mind (Breaking the Guccione serve at 14 is amazing). It's hard to imagine he won't succeed.
 
SoCalJay said:
The kid can play but I'll be impressed if he can make the top 50 as a teenager. Look at Filip Peliwo, another product of the Canadian tennis pipeline. He was the ITF junior world champ in 2012 at age 18 and made all four finals of the junior slams (winning two of the four). Now he's losing at futures events in Tunisia to guys ranked 668 and 927 in the world. It's simply too early to tell how the kid will do against real competition and whether or not his game will plateau.
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There's a big difference between being the junior No.1 at 18 and this kid. The oldest you can be as junior is 18 or 19 anyway, so it's not exactly uncommon at that level. Even Donald Young and Tomic, who at 15 were the youngest ITF junior world champs in history at the time (I believe Tomic still owns the record), did not play like Felix here at 14. He has a very explosive and mature game by the looks of it, despite his slim frame. He is already playing like a grown adult and beating them.
 
above bored said:
There's a big difference between being the junior No.1 at 18 and this kid. The oldest you can be as junior is 18 or 19 anyway, so it's not exactly uncommon at that level. Even Donald Young and Tomic, who at 15 were the youngest ITF junior world champs in history at the time (I believe Tomic still owns the record), did not play like Felix here at 14. He has a very explosive and mature game by the looks of it, despite his slim frame. He is already playing like a grown adult and beating them.
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Agreed, that's what stood out to me. Not the results. Just the well rounded game and weapons he has at such a young age
 
Considering Canada has a small population we produce great players....Pospisil. Raonic, Bouchard, Nestor, and now this young player, He will benefit from the support that Tennis Canada will be able to give him.
 
Bendex said:
Those kids who have early success are often very consistent grinders; well trained, but without weapons. Felix is extremely quick in all areas, legs, arms and mind (Breaking the Guccione serve at 14 is amazing). It's hard to imagine he won't succeed.
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Huge upside, but it's really SO hard to tell with young tennis players, especially males. Would love to see him make it big.
 
Impressive highlights but really impossible to say much. He could be a top 10 talent in the future but then again there are probably several hundred guys who have been branded as top 10 talents (Donald Young??).
 
Is he already better than McEnroe and Connors though? With a CYGS or two. I mean he's on track for 26 Slams, right?
 
felix-auger-aliassime1.jpg

This kid is 14 years old, he's also ranked 1,271st on the ATP, (having played just one tournament worth 5 points, a challenger event).


His ITF record for Juniors.
 
AngieB said:
A 14 year-old child playing a challenger event isn't good for men's tennis or that young man's development. Absolutely nothing wrong with allowing his game and body to better mature for the rigors of professional tennis at a later date.

What is wrong with you people? 14 year-old children shouldn't be allowed to play challenger events.

#PTL #JC4Ever

#AngieB​
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Michael Chang made the main draw of the US Open when he was 15..he turned out okay.
 
It seems that he qualified for his second challenger today... and his is still 14 years old.

He is already ranked 69 in juniors..

I hope some new vids of him appear on youtube, to see how is he playing.
 
I hope it all works out, but I can never get too excited about juniors, especially junior males (unless they're actually established on tour and beating guys in the top 100 regularly).
 
Clearly a super talent. Reminds of that famous exhibition match in Spain between Pat Cash and because Boris Becker pulled out, the unknown fourteen year old Rafa Nadal stepped in as a replacement for Becker and beat Cash, 75 26 10-3. Cash talks about the match in detail in the 'Facing Nadal' book. How he thought he was supposed to take it easy on the kid but soon realized he was in deep. He said he tried to tell all the senior guys in the locker room hey this kid is really good but they all looked embarrassed for Cash. Cash didn't start telling the story till after Rafa won the French Open a few years later, then the more titles he won in Paris, the more he told the story )
 
But Felix Ali looks like he has all the attributes, let's hope his team and managers are patient and don't rush for the money. This kid can be the heir apparent to Djokovic if they do things the right way.
 
Gonzalito17 said:
Clearly a super talent. Reminds of that famous exhibition match in Spain between Pat Cash and because Boris Becker pulled out, the unknown fourteen year old Rafa Nadal stepped in as a replacement for Becker and beat Cash, 75 26 10-3. Cash talks about the match in detail in the 'Facing Nadal' book. How he thought he was supposed to take it easy on the kid but soon realized he was in deep. He said he tried to tell all the senior guys in the locker room hey this kid is really good but they all looked embarrassed for Cash. Cash didn't start telling the story till after Rafa won the French Open a few years later, then the more titles he won in Paris, the more he told the story )
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The way N is doing lately it won't be long until Cash can finally take revenge..... :p

:D
 
Gonzalito17 said:
Clearly a super talent. Reminds of that famous exhibition match in Spain between Pat Cash and because Boris Becker pulled out, the unknown fourteen year old Rafa Nadal stepped in as a replacement for Becker and beat Cash, 75 26 10-3. Cash talks about the match in detail in the 'Facing Nadal' book. How he thought he was supposed to take it easy on the kid but soon realized he was in deep. He said he tried to tell all the senior guys in the locker room hey this kid is really good but they all looked embarrassed for Cash. Cash didn't start telling the story till after Rafa won the French Open a few years later, then the more titles he won in Paris, the more he told the story )
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Thanks for telling that, I never heard that whole story about Cash.
 
What impressed me was his footwork. Shots can be taught but instinct and movement are inborn talents. He reminded me of Rafa the way he was dancing around the court with all his little steps.
 
And he's still doing well. In this week's Challenger in Granby, he made it into the main draw. http://montrealgazette.com/sports/tennis/young-canadians-impress-at-granby-tennis-tourney

GRANBY — Over its 20-year history, the National Bank Granby Challenger has given young Canadian tennis players an opportunity to measure their skills against world-class players.

Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil, Frank Dancevic and Eugenie Bouchard all used the event as a launching pad for their pro careers and Felix Auger-Aliassime and Katherine Sebov are hoping to follow in their footsteps after qualifying for the main draw Monday.

Montreal native Auger-Aliassime is the highest-ranked 14-year-old in the world and he showed he can play with the big guys as he defeated 27-year-old American Jean-Yves Aubone 7-6, 6-2. The young Montrealer will face another qualifier, Australian Andrew Whittington, 21, in the first round of the main draw in the $100,000 men’s event.

Auger-Aliassime made history in March when he became the youngest player to qualify for an ATP Tour Challenger event, winning three matches in Drummondville.

“That was my first pro event but I couldn’t play in the main draw because I had an abdominal injury,” said Auger-Aloassime. He was introduced to the game by his father and began formal training when he was six. He’s currently training under Guillaume Marx at the National Training Centre.

“He’s a hard worker and he has no ego,” said Simon Larose, a former ATP Tour player who works with Sebov at the NTC.

He noted that Auger-Aliassime was recently asked to practice with Sebov.

“Some guys wouldn’t want to do that but he just wants to hit balls,” said Larose.

Auger-Aliassime said his goal is to play professional tennis but he also works hard in the classroom.

“I have good marks and I want to keep that up because you never know what’s going to happen,” he said.
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Granby is being streamed and the kid's match is on at about 12:30 pm ET this afternoon if anybody wants to watch. :)
 
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