Malika Auger-Aliassime
{{short description|Canadian tennis player}}
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Malika Auger-Aliassime ({{IPA|fr|malika oʒe aljasim}}; born December 28, 1998) is a Canadian tennis player. She reached a career high junior rank of No. 554 on February 15, 2016.
Early life
Auger-Aliassime was born to Togolese father Sam Aliassime and Quebecker mother Marie Auger in Montreal, Quebec. She was raised in L'Ancienne-Lorette, a suburb of Quebec City. Her younger brother Félix is also a tennis player. She picked up a racquet for the first time at 6 and was a member of the Académie de Tennis Hérisset-Bordeleau in Quebec City in her early years, coached by her father Sam. As of 2015, she is living in Montreal.{{cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/dossiers/pleins-feux/201507/17/01-4886370-le-tennis-une-histoire-de-famille-chez-les-auger-aliassime.php|title=Le tennis, une histoire de famille chez les Auger-Aliassime|work=Le Soleil|accessdate=July 22, 2015}}
Tennis career
=2015–present=
Auger-Aliassime made her professional debut at the 2015 Coupe Banque Nationale in September where she lost in the qualifying first round.{{cite web|url=http://www.quebechebdo.com/Sports/2015-09-13/article-4275150/Coupe-Banque-Nationale-les-Canadiennes-retranchees|title=Coupe Banque Nationale: les Canadiennes retranchées|work=Québec Hebdo|accessdate=September 13, 2015}} She made her WTA Tour debut at the same tournament, having received a wildcard with Charlotte Petrick into the doubles main draw. They were defeated by Barbora Krejčíková and An-Sophie Mestach in the first round.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/656/MDD.pdf|title=Doubles main draw|publisher=WTATennis.com|accessdate=September 13, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921235653/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/656/MDD.pdf|archivedate=September 21, 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{WTA}}
- {{ITF profile}}
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Category:Black Canadian sportswomen
Category:Canadian female tennis players
Category:Canadian people of Togolese descent
Category:Tennis players from Montreal