Who Will Win: Auger-aliassime Vs Hanfmann? Prediction For ATP Efg Swiss Open Gstaad 2024

What Time Will Felix Auger-Aliassime Play Against Yannick Hanfmann?

Auger-Aliassime and Hanfmann are on the Day 4 Schedule at Efg Swiss Open Gstaad 2024 on Thursday 18 July 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

In their upcoming match, Felix Auger-Aliassime from Canada will face Yannick Hanfmann from Germany. This will be their first meeting on the professional tour. Auger-Aliassime, aged 23, is currently ranked world No. 18, with a career-high ranking of No. 6. In 2024, he has a record of 20 wins and 15 losses, reaching the final in Madrid and holding a 1-1 record in Gstaad from a second-round appearance in 2018.

One of Auger-Aliassime’s notable achievements was during the breakout season of 2022, when he reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 and secured a personal-best of 60 wins. During this season, he had a remarkable 16-match winning streak and won three consecutive titles in Florence, Antwerp, and Basel. In the same year, he won the Rotterdam title, breaking his previous streak of 0-8 in singles finals. He also reached the quarterfinals of three consecutive Grand Slam tournaments – Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon. Additionally, Auger-Aliassime was part of the winning teams at the ATP Cup, Laver Cup, and Davis Cup. In 2022, he recorded the most hard-court wins (45) and indoor wins (31) on the ATP Tour. Notably, he defeated world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and former world No. 1s Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal.

In 2024, Auger-Aliassime reached the final of the Madrid Masters 1000, making him the first Canadian to accomplish this feat on clay. Moreover, at the 2021 US Open, he became the first Canadian male singles semi-finalist in the history of the tournament. As an 18-year-old in 2019, he became the youngest player in the Top 25 since Lleyton Hewitt in 1999. He also holds records as the youngest ever ATP 500 finalist at the Rio de Janeiro tournament in 2019 and the youngest semi-finalist in the history of the Miami tournament since 1985.

Returning to Gstaad for the first time since his debut in 2018, Auger-Aliassime

aims to reach his 12th ATP Tour quarterfinal on clay, which would be his third in 2024 after Munich and the ATP Masters 1000 Madrid.

On the other side of the court, Yannick Hanfmann is a 32-year-old player from Germany, currently ranked world No. 111, with a career-high ranking of No. 45 in July 2023. One of his notable accomplishments was breaking into the Top 100 in 2018. In 2024, his record stands at 12 wins and 18 losses, with a quarterfinal appearance in Cordoba being his best result. In Gstaad, he has a record of 7 wins and 4 losses, reaching the final in 2017.

Hanfmann’s most significant victory came in 2023 when he defeated world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Mallorca tournament, reaching his sixth ATP Tour semifinal. He also had notable wins against world No. 9 Taylor Fritz and No. 6 Andrey Rublev on his way to his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal at the 2023 Rome tournament.

He qualified for his first ATP Tour final at the 2017 Gstaad tournament and reached his second final at the 2020 Kitzbuhel tournament. Hanfmann achieved his first top-ten win in 2020, defeating world No. 9 Gael Monfils at the Hamburg tournament. Additionally, he earned his first victory in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2022 Australian Open as a qualifier.

Before turning professional, Hanfmann played for the University of Southern California from 2012 to 2015. During this time, he contributed to his team’s two NCAA national titles. Hanfmann seeks his 50th tour-level win on clay, currently holding a record of 49 wins and 41 losses. He has reached the quarterfinals of the ATP Tour 15 times, with previous appearances in Gstaad in 2017 and 2023. Against top 20 opponents, Hanfmann holds an 8-15 record, with a 6-6 record on clay. His most recent win over a top-20 player came against No. 19 Nicolas Jarry at the 2024 Rio de Janeiro tournament.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Auger-Aliassime will win.
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