Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Polish partner Hubert Hurkacz each claimed their first-ever ATP doubles title after winning 16 of the final 19 points in Sunday’s Paris Masters final.
The unseeded duo defeated No. 2 Bruno Soares of Brazil and Mate Pavic of Croatia 6-7(3), 7-6(7), 10-8 at Bercy Arena. Playing in their second tournament together, Auger-Aliassime and Hurkacz saved five match points after gained a berth in the final with a 6-2, 1-6, 10-5 semifinal triumph over Poland’s Lukasz Kubot and Brazil’s Marcelo Melo.
Aliassime and Hurkacz’s title run contained victories over other top-10 seeds Robert Farah — a Canadian-born Colombian — and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos (No. 1), Australia’s John Peers and Michael Venus (No. 7) and fourth-seeded Kubot and Melo.
Auger-Aliassime and Hurkacz reached the quarterfinals at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament last February in their team debut.
In singles, Auger-Aliassime was eliminated in the first round in Paris by Croatian veteran Marin Cilic last Monday after struggling with his serve for much of the match.
A few days earlier, Auger-Aliassime dropped an all-Canadian matchup to Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil in first-round action at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria.
On Thursday, the 20-year-old Auger-Aliassime revealed in a Twitter post he was parting ways with longtime coach Guillaume Marx, stating they were ending the partnership “in the utmost integrity and respect for one another.”
Medvedev also wins Paris event for 1st time, downing Zverev in men’s singles final Daniil Medvedev won the Paris Masters for the first time by defeating Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 Sunday for his eighth career title and third at a Masters event.
They could meet again at the season-ending ATP Finals in London from Nov. 15-22.
