Felix Auger-Aliassime Teams Up with Ivan Ljubicic to Rise on Tour

Felix Auger-Aliassime started working with former tennis player and coach Ivan Ljubicic in October 2026. The Canadian tennis player who is ranked fifth in the world hopes that this new collaboration can help him find his best form again on the professional tennis tour.

Ljubicic Becomes Auger-Aliassime's New Coach

The decision to partner with Ljubicic came after Auger-Aliassime experienced unsatisfactory results in the last few tournaments. He was eliminated in the early rounds of the US Open and China Open after being defeated twice by Karen Khachanov. Since reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals, Auger-Aliassime has managed just three wins from six matches at tour level.

Not long after Wimbledon, the 26 year old tennis player ended his collaboration with Frederic Fontang. Fontang has been with him for a decade. Now, Auger-Aliassime hopes that Ljubicic's experience can help fill the role left by the previous coach.

Ljubicic has a track record with a number of well-known tennis players. He is known as Roger Federer's coach and accompanied the Swiss tennis player when he won three of his total of 20 Grand Slam titles throughout his career. The former world number three tennis player has also worked with Milos Raonic.

Auger-Aliassime expressed his enthusiasm via Instagram on Friday. He wrote, "Excited to start a new chapter with Ivan. Let's get to work."

Ljubicic Remains Advisor to French Tennis Federation

Even though he has now joined the Auger-Aliassime team, Ljubicic continues to carry out his duties as a special advisor to the French Tennis Federation (FFT). The institute confirmed that their collaboration would continue via a comment on Auger-Aliassime's Instagram post.

FFT expressed its support for Ljubicic's new steps. In its comments, the federation wrote, "We wish him the best of luck on this new adventure, and we look forward to continuing our cooperation."

This season, Auger-Aliassime has recorded 36 wins and 16 losses. He also managed to win a title at Montpellier. However, a number of results that need to be maintained for the remainder of the season are a challenge for him.

One important tournament is the Paris Masters. Last year, Auger-Aliassime made it to the final of the event. He is also the defending champion of the ATP 250 category tournament in Brussels. Additionally, he needs to defend his points from the ATP Finals semi-finals, despite currently being in 15th place in the competition standings heading into the tournament.

Get to Know the Professional Tennis Tour

The professional tennis tour is a series of tournaments in which tennis players compete and collect ranking points. The results of the match affect the player's position in the standings and their chances of participating in certain events. Therefore, maintaining consistency throughout the season is an important part of competing at the professional level.

Auger-Aliassime is scheduled to take part in the Shanghai Masters as his next tournament. So far this season, he has appeared in six Masters 1000 tournaments and missed the Canadian Open due to a back injury. Of these six appearances, his best achievement was the quarter-finals in Monte Carlo.

Source: ubitennis.net, 2 October 2026