Tennis Canada – The 16-year-old becomes the 7^th youngest player to win an ATP Challenger title
 
Montreal, June 18, 2017 – At just 16 years, 10 months, Félix Auger-Aliassime became the seventh youngest player in history to capture an ATP Challenger title on Sunday at the Open de Sopra Steria in Lyon, France.

Position	Player	Age	Tournament
1	Michael Chang	15 years,7 months	Las Vegas, USA, 1997
2	Richard Gasquet	16 years,0 months	Montauban, FRA, 2002
3	Bernard Tomic	16 years,4 months	Melbourne, AUS, 2009
4	Kent Carlsson	16 years,7 months	New Ulm, GER, 1984
5	Marcos Ondruska	16 years,7 months	Durban, RSA, 1989
6	Rafael Nadal	16 years,9 months	Bartella, ITA, 2003
7	Félix Auger-Aliassime	16 years, 10 months	Lyon, FRA, 2017
8	Novak Djokovic	17 years,0 months	Budapest, HUN, 2004

 
Auger-Aliassime, who was already the youngest Challenger finalist since Stefan Kozlov in 2014, defeated world no. 171 Mathias Bourge of France 6-4, 6-1 in the final of the 64 000 € tournament.
 
Auger-Aliassime’s victory means that three Canadians have won a title on the ATP Challenger Tour this season, a first since 2013. Denis Shapovalov won the Drummondville National Bank Challenger in March and Vasek Pospisil was crowned champion of the Busan Challenger last month.
 
Auger-Aliassime will look to keep his win streak going this week at the Internationaux de tennis de Blois. He will face France’s Gianni Mina in the first round.
 
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