Alex de Minaur defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the Rotterdam Open on February 15, 2026, securing his 11th ATP title and first indoor victory. The Australian triumphed on his third consecutive appearance in the final, having lost to Jannik Sinner in 2024 and Carlos Alcaraz in 2025. De Minaur did not face a single break point during the 78-minute match.
Persistence paid off for Alex de Minaur at the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, where he produced a sharp performance to down second-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime. The top-seeded Australian broke serve twice in the second set after an initial break in the opening frame, maintaining control throughout without conceding a break point opportunity. Auger-Aliassime, who entered on an eight-match winning streak following his Montpellier title defense, required a medical timeout midway through the second set for leg tightness but could not regain his explosiveness.
De Minaur, who avenged a 2025 US Open quarterfinal loss to Auger-Aliassime, improved their head-to-head record to 2-3. "Third time lucky... I’m super stoked, super happy. It ended up being a great week here in Rotterdam," de Minaur said post-match. "I was just a step short in the previous years, so it feels great to finally be able to lift the title."
Auger-Aliassime, a two-time Rotterdam champion in 2020 and 2022, congratulated his opponent: "Congrats to Alex and your team... I tried my best today, but you were just a little bit too good." The victory marks de Minaur's first win at an ATP 500 indoor event and the first for an Australian since Lleyton Hewitt in 2004. It also propelled de Minaur to No. 6 in the ATP rankings, while Auger-Aliassime slipped to seventh or eighth.
The triumph follows a pattern in de Minaur's household, as his fiancée Katie Boulter won the Ostrava title the previous week, echoing their near-simultaneous successes in 2024. De Minaur earned 500 ranking points and $460,555 in prize money, bolstering his season after a Australian Open quarterfinal exit. He defended skipping Australia's recent Davis Cup loss to Ecuador, citing health priorities amid tough conditions.
