Auger-Aliassime Wins European Open in Brussels for Eighth ATP Title

Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Jiri Lehecka 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-2 on Sunday to win the European Open at the ING Arena in Brussels, claiming his eighth ATP Tour title and his third of 2025. The 25-year-old Canadian, seeded second, prevailed after a two-hour, 34-minute final against the third-seeded Czech to lift the ATP 250 trophy.

Auger-Aliassime opened strongly, taking the first set in a tiebreak. He had match points in the second-set tiebreak but Lehecka saved two and forced a decider. In the third set Auger-Aliassime produced two late breaks to pull away and close out the victory. The winner fired 17 aces, won 79 percent of his first-serve points, converted two of six break-point opportunities and did not face a break point himself across the match.

The triumph is Auger-Aliassime's second at the European Open, having also won the event in 2022. It also moves him level with Milos Raonic as the most successful Canadian man in the Open Era in terms of ATP titles, each with eight. Auger-Aliassime is ranked 13th in the world and the Brussels result will lift him up one place in the ATP rankings and strengthen his position in the race for the year-end ATP Finals.