Paris Olympics 2024: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Maximilian Marterer preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds and pick
Match Details
Fixture: (13) Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Maximilian Marterer
Date: July 29, 2024
Tournament: Paris Olympics 2024
Round: Second Round (Round of 32)
Venue: Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
Category: Olympics
Surface: Clay
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Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Maximilian Marterer preview
13th-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime will go up against Germany's Maximilian Marterer in the second round of the Paris Olympics. The Canadian has a 21-16 record for the season, but the Canadian is coming on the back of a disappointing grass-court season where did not win a single match.
However, Auger-Aliassime's best performances of the season have come on clay. He reached the final of the Madrid Open, losing against Andrey Rublev. The Canadian also reached the quarter-finals of the BMW Open and the Swiss Open. Reaching the fourth round at Roland Garros was another highlight for the World No. 19.
He defeated Marcos Giron of the USA 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Olympics.
Maximilian Marterer is having a woeful season in 2024. The German has a very poor 2-12 record for this year. The record is indicative of the fact that Marterer has struggled to make it to the main draws of the ATP events, and even when he has made it through, he has lost in the first rounds.
However, both wins for Marterer came on the clay. He won against Soonwo Kwon in the first round of the Hamburg Open and defeated Jordan Thompson in the opening round of the 2024 French Open. At the Olympics, Marterer won against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia in the first round after a tough three-set battle.
Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Maximilian Marterer head-to-head
Auger-Aliassime has won the only match he played against Marterer so far. The Canadian won the round of 32 match between the pair at the BMW Open this year.
Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Maximilian Marterer odds
(Odds are sourced from BerMGM)
Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Maximilian Marterer prediction
Even though Auger-Aliassime's performances on clay have been good this year, the red dirt has been the Achilles heel for the Candian over his career. Aliassime has a 55 percent win ratio on the clay surfaces in his career. He has a mere 6-5 record at Roland Garros with fourth-round appearances in 2022 and 2024 being his best results on the Parisian clay.
Marterer's form has not been up to the standards required at the ATP level. However, when he faced off against Auger-Aliassime earlier this year in Munich, the match was an extremely competitive contest. All three sets went to tiebreaks, and the Canadian had to hold on to his composure to see off the German opponent.
Given his current form and ranking, Auger-Aliassime is the undisputed favorite going in this match. Although given the previous encounter between the two players on clay, the match has the potential of going three sets.
Pick- Felix Auger-Aliassime to win in three sets.