Félix Auger-Aliassime will now be represented by IMG Tennis, an internationally renowned agency which counts several renowned players among its clients, including the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, winner of two Grand Slam titles this season.
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IMG Tennis made the announcement on Tuesday, in a publication on social networks which praised the exploits of Quebec since the start of his career.
“We are excited to announce that we have signed Félix Auger-Aliassime under contract,” we can read. Félix has won five ATP singles titles. He reached the semi-final of the US Open and the quarter-finals of the Australian Open as well as Wimbledon. This year, he brought home the bronze medal at the Paris Games.
“Welcome to the family, Felix!”
Without an agent since June
Félix parted ways with his long-time agent, Quebecer Bernard Duchesneau, after Roland-Garros last June.
“You never consider it, but, even though I’m still young, I’m getting older and I’m at a point in my career where I know more clearly where I want to take my career, what people I want around me. surround, and in all areas,” had explained to Journal the current 29e world player, as part of the United States Open.
“I have a lot of respect for all the work that Bernard has done for me since I was 16 or 17,” he continued. But I felt like it was a transition that was normal for me.”
In the meantime, “FAA”, 24 years old, had notably been able to benefit from the help of his mother, Marie Auger, to help him in certain aspects of his career.
