BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime won his third straight title in October, beating Holger Rune 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday.
Auger-Aliassime went through his five matches at Basel without dropping serve, and he saved all three break points Rune had.
The third-seeded Canadian won the only break-point chance of the first set to lead 3-1, and pressured Rune into dropping his serve to take a 6-5 lead in the second. Auger-Aliassime clinched with his third match point when Rune sent a forehand long.
Auger-Aliassime added the Basel title to wins in the last two weeks at Florence, Italy, and Antwerp, Belgium. He extended his winning streak to 13 matches. The world No. 9 improved his career record in finals to 4-9 with all four titles won this year at indoor hard-court events in Europe.
The 19-year-old Rune is now 2-2 in finals and will be ranked inside the top 20 for the first time on Monday.