Canada’s Auger-Aliassime loses to de Minaur in Rotterdam final
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This article was published 15/02/2026 (228 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
ROTTERDAM – Canadian tennis star Félix Auger-Aliassime fell just short of winning a second straight ATP Tour title with a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Alex de Minaur on Sunday in the final of the Rotterdam Open.
De Minaur didn’t face break point in the match, while scoring two of his three breaks in a dominant second set.
The Australian improved his career record against Auger-Aliassime to 2-3 and avenged a loss in their last meeting in the 2025 U.S. Open quarterfinals.
“Congrats to Alex and your team,” Auger-Aliassime said during the trophy presentation. “We’ve played a lot of matches throughout the years… I tried my best today, but you were just a little bit too good. (It’s your) third time in the final here, so congrats on the win.”
Auger-Aliassime’s season record rose to 9-3 by his advancing to the Rotterdam final.
Auger-Aliassime — riding an eight-match winning streak entering Sunday — was looking for a second straight tournament victory after defending his title at the Open Occitanie in Montpellier, France, earlier this month.
That gave him a Canadian-record ninth Tour-level singles title.
He won his first career ATP title at the Rotterdam Open in 2022.
The 25-year-old Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, entered the ATP 500 hardcourt event seeded second and ranked sixth in the world.
De Minaur was seeded first, though he entered the tournament two spots below Auger-Aliassime in the ATP rankings. He will move ahead of Auger-Aliassime, who will be ranked seventh or eighth depending on the Dallas Open final between Americans Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 15, 2026.