Lorenzo Musetti vs Felix Auger-Aliassime – Breakdown and Prediction

August 3, 2024

Lorenzo Musetti vs Felix Auger-Aliassime: Olympic Tennis tournament – Bronze medal match

The highest-ranked Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime will take on Lorenzo Musetti in the bronze medal match at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Lorenzo Musetti Profile

Lorenzo Musetti is 16th in the ATP rankings, one spot lower than his career high. The Italian is 36-22 for the season and 17-10 on clay.

Musetti lost 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic. Earlier in the tournament, he defeated Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Mariano Navone and Gael Monfils.

Musetti reached four finals this season but lost every single one of them. Most recently, he lost the final in Umag to Francisco Cerundolo.

Felix Auger-Aliassime Profile

Felix Auger-Aliassime is 19th in the ATP rankings and his career high was No. 6 in the world. The Canadian is 27-17 for the season and 17-7 on clay.

He had no chance in the semifinal losing 6-1, 6-1 to Carlos Alcaraz. Earlier in the tournament, he defeated Casper Ruud, Daniil Medvedev, Maximilian Marterer and Marcos Giron.

His best result of the season was the final in Madrid where he lost to Andrey Rublev.

Head-to-Head Auger-Aliassime leads 3-2

Auger-Aliassime vs Musetti (2022 David Cup)
Auger-Aliassime vs Musetti (2022 Florence Challenger, semifinal)
Musetti vs Auger-Aliassime (2022 ATP Monte Carlo, second round)
Musetti vs Auger-Aliassime (2021 ATP Lyon, first round)
Auger-Aliassime vs Musetti (2021 ATP Barcelona, second round)

Prediction and Conclusion

Both players beat the odds to reach the semifinals and stood no chance against the top two players in the ATP rankings. Despite that loss, they still have a chance to win an Olympic medal, and none of them will lack motivation today. Auger-Aliassime won the last two head-to-head matches, but it’s been two years since their last one. The Canadian is not on the level he was back then, and Musetti has made a huge step forward. This will be an interesting match that will most likely go into the third set, but we are going with Musetti to win.