10 years after Milos Raonic delivered one of the biggest wins in Canadian tennis history on Centre Court at Wimbledon over a (then) seven-time champion to break new ground at the All-England Club, Félix Auger-Aliassime will look to do something similar on Tuesday.
The Canadian No. 1 has seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic in his sights in SW19, with a first semifinal at the grass major his reward for knocking off the 24-time major winner.
Here’s what you need to know.
In Case You Missed It: Auger-Aliassime Finds Another Gear at All-England Club
The first week of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships was one of the best Félix Auger-Aliassime has ever had at a major.
For just the second time in his career, he reached the round of 16 at a slam without dropping a set. In fact, he did not even drop serve in his three routine wins over Aleksandr Shevchenko, Dino Prizmic, and Michael Zheng.
Things got tougher in the fourth round against 22nd seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, but the Canadian outlasted the recent Mallorca Open champion in five sets to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the second time in his career.
Gabriel Diallo was the only other Canadian to get out of the first round in singles at the All-England Club. He advanced past Benjamin Bonzi in round one when the Frenchman retired in the fifth set, but came up short in the decider against Lorenzo Sonego in round two.
Denis Shapovalov, Leylah Annie Fernandez, and Bianca Andreescu were all eliminated in the first round.
Fernandez had more success in mixed doubles. She is through to the quarter-finals alongside Joe Salisbury after upsetting fifth seeds Julian Cash and Demi Schuurs in round one, followed by a three-set win over Ben Jones and Maia Lumsden in the second round.
Gabriela Dabrowski went out in the second round of the mixed doubles but is into the third round on the women’s side with Luisa Stefani. The second seeds have yet to drop a set and have only lost 10 games so far in the tournament. Fernandez and partner Yulia Putintseva lost in the first round to third seeds Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic.
In the junior competition, Nadia Lagaev, the lone Canadian in the main draws, got a win in her first-round match over Fleur de Bresser but was eliminated in the second round by ninth seed Mariella Thamm.
What to Watch: Canadians Seeking Wimbledon Breakthroughs
It would not be a stretch to say that Félix Auger-Aliassime's quarter-final clash on Tuesday on Centre Court at Wimbledon with Novak Djokovic is the biggest match of the Montrealer’s career to-date. The pair will face off in the second match of the day for a spot in the semifinals.
Auger-Aliassime is looking to reach the semifinals of a second different major. Both of his previous trips to the final four at slams came at the US Open. This will be just the third meeting between the pair and second at a proper tour-level event. Djokovic won their only previous meeting at a normal tournament on clay in Rome back in 2022. Auger-Aliassime defeated the Serb later that same year at the Laver Cup.
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The winner would face either world No. 1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner or Jan-Lennard Struff for a place in the final.
Gabriela Dabrowski’s quest for that elusive Wimbledon title will next go through 14th seeds Storm Hunter and Caty McNally in the third round. She and Luisa Stefani would be guaranteed to meet an unseeded team in the quarter-finals before clashing with either No. 9 Ellen Perez and Demi Schuurs or No. 13 Shuko Aoyama and Liang En-Shuo in the semis.
Leylah Annie Fernandez will contest her mixed doubles quarter-final alongside Joe Salisbury on Monday. They are facing off with third seeds Christian Harrison and Zhang Shuai for a spot in the semis, where they would play either second seeds Marcela Arevalo and Jelena Ostapenko or Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Laura Siegemund.
Nadia Lagaev is the lone Canadian junior still in the competition. She is teaming up with Ukraine’s Sofiia Bielinska in the girls doubles.
Under the Radar: Road to the NBO Heating Up
A wildcard to the 2026 National Bank Open main draw is still up for grabs for one Canadian man and one Canadian woman, with the winner decided by the results of the upcoming swing of pro tournaments in Canada.
The Road to the NBO will wrap up three weeks from now but there are a lot of points to be earned in the meantime. For the men, the sprint begins this week with an M25 event in Laval, QC. Duncan Chan currently holds a sizeable lead over second-place Dan Martin, but points at the events this month count double, meaning a lot can still change.
It is generally a busy week on Canadian soil, with the WT Junior Tour stopping in Vancouver, the Masters Tour swinging by London, ON, and the Wheelchair Tour rolling into Kamloops, BC.
Canada’s closest look at a win on the World Tennis (formerly ITF) tour last week came in San Diego, California, where Sasha Vagramov reached the doubles final at the W15 event. She and American partner Salma Ewing were beaten in the final by top seeds Anna Christine Lutkemeyer Obregon and Anita Sahdiieva.
You can follow the Canadians in action every week here.
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Feature Photo : Martin Sidorjak
