Felix Auger Aliassime arrived in Acapulco where he will try to finally conquer his maiden title challenging the likes of Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev. The world no.19 is expected to be seeded no.7 at the upcoming ATP500 in Mexico (entry list).
The defending champion is Rafael Nadal that last year defeated Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-2 in the final (highlights and stats). Unfortunately, the world no.2 will not play this year because of his lower back issue and the complications generated by the pandemic.
Felix posted the following videos on his Instagram.
— Luke (@Luke16572469) March 12, 2021
Felix in Acapulco!!! pic.twitter.com/22Y3h2uKPd
— Luke (@Luke16572469) March 12, 2021
Here the latest entry list
| Seed | Name | Seeding |
| 1 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 5 |
| 2 | Alexander Zverev | 7 |
| 3 | Diego Schwartzman | 9 |
| 4 | Milos Raonlc | 15 |
| 5 | Grlgor Dimitrov | 17 |
| 6 | Fabio Fognini | 18 |
| 7 | Felix Auger-Aliassime | 19 |
| 8 | Cristian Garin | 22 |
| Casper Ruud | 25 | |
| John Isner | 26 | |
| Benoit Paire | 29 | |
| Adrian Mannarino | 36 | |
| Miomir Kecmanovic | 38 | |
| Marin Cilic | 43 | |
| Tommy Paul | 51 | |
| Pablo Andujar | 55 | |
| Laslo Djere | 57 | |
| Tennys Sandgren | 58 | |
| Feliciano Lopez | 61 | |
| Cameron Norrie | 63 | |
| Frances Tiafoe | 64 | |
| Stefano Travaglia | 65 | |
| Dominik Koepfer | 71 | |
| Kevin Anderson | 88 | |
| (WC) Sebastian Korda | 92 | |
| (WC) Carlos Alcaraz | 132 | |
| (WC) Gerardo Lopez Villasenor | 561 |
Felix Auger Aliassime in 2021
At the moment ranked no.19, the Canadian played his last match on the 1st of March when he lost to Kei Nishikori 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 1st round in Rotterdam (draw).
At the moment, during this season Felix has achieved a compiled 7-3 record. Felix Auger Aliassime’s most significant result of the present year was reaching the final in Melbourne.
Tsitsipas in Marseille, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently the world no.5 (career-high), the Greek has managed to achieve an overall 10-2 record in 2021. The Greek is participating in Marseille where he beat Lucas Pouille 6-2 6-3.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will come up against Herbert in the quarter. Their head to head is 1-0 for Herbert.
The Greek won 5 titles in his career: 1 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Felix Auger Aliassime and Stefanos Tsitsipas faced off 4 times. Their current record is 2-2. The last time they fought against each other, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-4 in the final in Marseille (Open 13 Provence) in February 2020.
Here the video highlights.
Alexander Zverev in 2021
Ranked world no.7, Zverev played his last match on the 3rd of March when he was overcome by Alexander Bublik 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Rotterdam (draw).
This season Alexander has a 5-4 match record.
