Felix Auger-Aliassime motors past Gilles Simon 6-1 6-3 in the 3rd round in Paris on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to play Frances Tiafoe in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Canadian added to his prize money € 63,360 after conquering this match. He has won already € 136,225 after this win. If he wins the next match, Auger-Aliassime will add € 113,515 to his earnings to get in total € 249,740 in total.
Highlights Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Gilles Simon Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Felix scored 63 points vs. Gilles’s 45.
Auger-Aliassime
Felix served very well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (9/17) on his second serve. Felix fired 11 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Felix was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).
Simon
On the other side, Gilles wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Simon is 3-0 for Felix.
Draw and next match H2H: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Auger-Aliassime will come up against Tiafoe in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Frances Tiafoe play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Auger-Aliassime won 7-5 6-4 in the 3rd round in Barcelona back in April 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Auger-Aliassime didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Gilles Simon in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Felix managed to boost his lead after breaking Gilles in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Felix converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Auger-Aliassime conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Simon (27-15). Felix dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Gilles conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Felix won the set after he broke Gilles in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The French player was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Auger-Aliassime was on the money in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Gilles was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They contested 66 points. The Canadian conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Gilles (36-30). Felix dropped 12 points on serve (20-12). On the other side, Gilles conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Tennis Scores in Paris
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- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Gilles SimonSimon (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Casper RuudRuud (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Tommy PaulPaul (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-0) – H2H details and stats