Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Borna Coric Prediction United Cup Tennis Picks 12/28/24

Felix Auger-Aliassime finished a second successive season ranked 29th in the ATP rankings. It also means the Canadian power hitter has been ranked in the world's Top 30 in each of the last six seasons.

While this is a testament to Auger-Aliassime's consistency, it is still slightly below his lofty ambitions. Auger-Aliassime is a former World No. 6 and has contested a Grand Slam semifinal before. He's also a Davis Cup champion. 

So, this is a player who won't be contented to be occupying the lower end of the Top 30 and it will be interesting to follow his progress in 2025. He is among the first to arrive in Perth for the United Cup which will mark his debut at the event.

Auger-Aliassime won 34 matches and suffered 25 losses in the whole of 2024 season and did not win a single title.

Borna Coric Preview

Borna Coric is coming off a modest season which yielded 24 wins and 28 losses. Coric was ranked as high as No. 31 at the start of 2024, but dropped to a low of No. 90 this month.

The Zagreb native reached two finals while competing on indoor hard courts at the end of January and start of February, but lost both, and suffered first-round exits in nine tournaments he played in.

Even a return to the Challenger Tour to salvage his season did not produce the results he yearned and finished his campaign with a round of 16 defeat to Dino Prizmic at the Rovereto Challenger.

This is the third year in a row that he will be representing Croatia in the United Cup. He has won three of his five singles matches.

Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Borna Coric Head-To-Head

• Auger-Aliassime and Coric have met three times on the ATP Tour.

• Coric leads the series 2-1, winning in Rome (2019) and and during his title-winning week at the 2022 Cincinnati Masters.

• Auger-Aliassime's solitary victory was at the 2019 Miami Masters.

Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Borna Coric Prediction

Coric is currently enduring a slump in form and it is a short timespan to expect a positive response in this match and this tournament. Auger-Aliassime himself hasn't set the world alight in 2024, but he's got so much consistency and precision with his serve, and won't tolerate to engage in longer rallies with Coric. Even if he does, the Croat is lacking in confidence right now. I think the odds should be a lot closer to a 60/40 matchup here, but it should still be on Auger-Aliassime's racket.