Felix Auger-Aliassime had a really strong 2022 campaign, but that didn't happen this year with many bad performances.
Felix Auger-Aliassime's career has had a strange trajectory so far. He showed his talents fairly early in his career but then seemingly hit a wall. It wasn't until last year that the floodgates opened properly, and the Canadian found himself among the best at the ATP Finals.
He finished that year on a really high note, leading Canada to the Davis Cup trophy after playing pretty well at the ATP Finals as well. The win total for the year was 64 with 28 losses; his best year since becoming a pro.
Many people assumed that 2023 would be even better, and he certainly started well at the World Tennis League in Abu Dhabi, besting Nick Kyrgios, Dominic Thiem, and Alexander Zverev in straight sets.
He did pretty fine at the start of the year, but as it went on, his level dropped. He didn't win back-to-back matches for seven months, during a period between Indian Wells and the Japan Open.
It was just a run of poor results and injury troubles, which is something that needs to be addressed. He spoke recently about his 'complicated' year and the need to work on his body, which kind of let him down this year.
It was a very complicated year. This is the first year since the start of my young career where I have been faced with a challenge different from the past, where every year, it was better and better. Psychologically, there were never any difficult moments. I had lows, but very brief.
As he said, it was the first time he properly faced any kind of major injury concerns and it impacted his play a lot. He didn't handle it well, and it wasn't until very late in the year that he found any kind of rhythm.
He confirmed to La Presse that he'll work on that for next year, as it's something he wants to improve.
There are going to be other injuries in my career, but to take this long to get back to a very good level, that's what I want to improve.
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