Félix Auger-Aliassime has the serve and athleticism of a grass-court contender, but until 2026 his Wimbledon results did not match them. A second Wimbledon quarter-final, lost in a fifth-set tie-break to Novak Djokovic, lifted him to 8th in the GTC Grass Rankings with a GTC Grass Rating of 112, up from 101 and 21st before the season.
Grass at a glance
- GTC Grass Rating: 112, 8th in the men’s rankings (21st before the season)
- Pillars: Lawn Form 68, Arsenal 72, Wimbledon 58, Nerve 58
- Nationality: Canada
- Best Wimbledon result: Quarter-final (2021, 2026)
- Grass titles: None yet
- Plays: Right-handed, two-handed backhand
How Félix plays on grass
Auger-Aliassime’s grass game rests on his first serve. It is fast, well disguised and lands in the corners often enough to carry him through tight service games: he hit 20 aces against Djokovic in the Wimbledon quarter-final. Behind it, the forehand is a genuine first-strike weapon, and on a quick court he can end points within two or three shots. He covers the court well for a tall player, and his net play has become more natural, which matters on a surface that rewards coming forward behind a big serve.
The surface is harder on his return. The low bounce exposes a longer swing, particularly on the forehand side, and he can go several games without a look at his opponent’s serve. That makes his grass matches tight by nature, and it explains an Arsenal score of 72 that is high for the serve and lower for the rest.
His Nerve score of 58 is the area to watch. In 2026 he lost a third-set tie-break 14-12 in Halle and a fifth-set tie-break 10-4 at Wimbledon. Neither was a collapse; in both he stayed level with a strong opponent for hours. The step he still needs is turning those deciding tie-breaks into wins.
Grass record
Before 2026, Auger-Aliassime’s best Wimbledon result was the quarter-final in 2021, two years after a third-round run on his debut in 2019. The following four editions brought little: first-round defeats in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and a second-round exit in 2025. His tour titles have come almost entirely indoors, eight of his nine, and he had no grass title to his name going into the 2026 swing.
The 2026 grass season
He opened as top seed at the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, beat Marton Fucsovics, and then lost the quarter-final 6-4, 6-3 to Kamil Majchrzak in 69 minutes. The rating moved only from 101 to 102. In Halle he reached the quarter-finals and lost to Frances Tiafoe 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(12) in a tie-break in which both players held match points. Tiafoe went on to win the title, and Auger-Aliassime’s rating rose to 104.
Wimbledon was the best week of his year. Seeded 3rd, he beat qualifier Michael Zheng 7-6(1), 6-2, 6-1 to reach the fourth round for only the second time, then beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in five sets. The quarter-final against Novak Djokovic lasted 5 hours 15 minutes, the longest in Wimbledon history, and Djokovic won it 7-6(10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(10-4). The run took his rating from 104 to 112.
Looking ahead to 2027
The 2026 Wimbledon run gives Auger-Aliassime a platform, but his early grass weeks need to produce more than quarter-finals if he is to arrive at the Championships with confidence and a high seeding. Halle and ‘s-Hertogenbosch both suit his serve, and a title at either would be his first on grass. The technical target is the return on low balls; the competitive target is winning deciding tie-breaks against top-10 opponents. A first Wimbledon semi-final is a realistic aim for 2027 if the draw keeps him apart from Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz until the last four.
