Felix Auger Aliassime vs Marcos Giron Prediction & Picks - Adelaide International

Prediction published on 1/8/25, 12:16 PM  by Tyler Doty | Modified on 1/8/25 at 12:19 PM in Tennis Picks

Seeded number 5 at the Adelaide tournament, Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime will play his ticket to the semi-finals in New Zealand against American Marcos Giron.

Will Félix Auger-Aliassime make a comeback in 2025? The Canadian, former world no. 6, is determined to get back to his best, and his first performances in 2025 showed good things mentally, but a slight lack of consistency in his tennis. After defeating Taylor Fritz at the United Cup, the French Canadian had a tough time of it in the first round against France's Arthur Cazaux. A 3-set win was enough to get him into the tournament, and the 29th-ranked player in the world needed nerves at the end of each set to book his place in the quarter-finals.

Félix Auger-Aliassime's next opponent is Marcos Giron. The 31-year-old American is coming off the best season of his career, rewarded by a place in the top 50. Winner of his first tournament on the ATP Tour in Newport, the Californian is proving solid on fast surfaces and his start to the week in Adelaide was in line with what the American offered in 2024. Victorious over Australian Aleksandar Vukic and then Canadian Denis Shapovalov, Marcos Giron is already well on the pace in Oceania, and against another North American next night, the American could see himself reaching the last four.