The Canadian has surpassed the Spaniard on all three occasions they have crossed.
Auger-Aliassime, the only tennis player at Alcaraz did not win in the circuit having played against him on more than two occasions, he advanced to the quarter-finals in California after knocking out American Tommy Paul in a very even game and did so by coming back and saving six match points against him in the third set.
These two young values of world tennis, called to be one of those who will dominate the circuit during the next decade – Alcaraz, at 19, is number 2 and Auger-Aliassime, 22 and who currently occupies the tenth place – are met for the first time in 2021. It was in the quarterfinals of the US Open and the Canadian won 6-3, 6-1 and pulled out of the Spaniard due to a injury.
It took until 2022 to witness the following duels between the two. The American prevailed again, this time 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 in a comeback in the Davis Cup series held in Valencia. There, the Murcian accused the accumulated fatigue since he had just won the US Open five days before in New York.
The third clash between the two tennis players took place at the ATP 500 in Basel, Switzerland, and history repeated itself. Auger-Aliassime won 6-3, 6-2 on October 29.
The other player who has beaten Alcaraz the most times in the ATP is the German Alexander Zverev, also three times but in this case in four games and Carlos won the victory against the Hamburg man in the Mutua final Madrid Open 6- 3 and 6-1.
Of the 32 defeats as a professional in the last draws of the Palmareño, two against the Swede Mikael Ymer appear in his two confrontations; two others against the Majorcan Rafa Nadal in three clashes, two others against the Italian Jannik Sinner in four matches and also two against the Briton Cameron Norrie in six matches.
The only rivals Alcaraz has never beaten are, besides Auger-Aliassime and Ymer, eight others with whom he lost in the only time they met. They are Russian Daniil Medvedev, Tommy Paul, Italians Lorenzo Musetti and Lorenzo Sonego, Austrian Alexander Erler, Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori, Brazilian Thiago Monteiro and Frenchman Hugo Gastón.
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