Liam Draxl

Canadian tennis player

Liam Draxl
Singles
Draxl celebrating a score in 2023
Country (sports)	Canada
Born	(2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 22) Newmarket, Canada
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Kentucky
Prize money	$91,186
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 291 (20 November 2023) ^[1]
Current ranking	No. 291 (20 November 2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 330 (18 July, 2022)
Current ranking	No. 514 (20 November 2023)
Last updated on: 20 November 2023.

Liam Draxl (born 5 December 2001) is a Canadian tennis player.

Draxl has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 291 achieved on 20 November 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 330 achieved on 18 July 2022.^[2]

Draxl has won 1 ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2021 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships with Stefan Kozlov.^[3]

Personal life

Originally from Canada,^[4] Draxl's father is Brian Draxl who serves as the head tennis pro at the Newmarket Community Tennis Club and played collegiate tennis for the University of Toledo on a tennis scholarship. Liam is also supported and advised by Nator and the Godfather. ^[5]^[6]

College career

Draxl plays college tennis at the University of Kentucky and is currently a Junior.^[7] He compiled 14–8 record in Singles as a Freshman and 25-3 as a sophomore.^[8]

Draxl was named the National Player of the Year by International Tennis Federation following his sophomore year at University of Kentucky in 2021. He was the first Wildcat to earn this award.^[9]

Professional career

2023: Turned Pro, Maiden singles Challenger final, top 300

He turned pro in June ^[10] and in November reached his first singles final, winning the 2023 Calgary National Bank Challenger,^[11] in just the second tournament at this level in the season. As a result he rose 100 positions in the top 350 in the rankings,^[12] and a week later in November reached the top 300.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2019	Wimbledon	Grass	Govind Nanda	Jonáš Forejtek Jiří Lehečka	5–7, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (5–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Cancelled	0–0	Jul 2021	M15 Weston, USA	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Stefan Kozlov	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, abandoned
Win	1–0	Dec 2021	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christian Langmo	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(8–6)
Win	2–0	Dec 2021	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Isaiah Strode	6–0, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Jun 2022	M25 Wichita, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Clement Chidekh	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–2	Dec 2022	M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Nick Hardt	4-6, 3-6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2023	M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Tauheed Browning	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 6–7^(8–10)
Loss	2–4	Jul 2023	M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Martin Damm	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Win	3–4	Sep 2023	M15 Champaign, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	William Grant	6–1, 6–3
Win	4–4	Oct 2023	M15 Albuquerque, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	William Grant	6–0, 6–2
Loss	4–5	Oct 2023	M15 Ithaca, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Radu Mihai Papoe	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win	5–5	Nov 2023	Calgary, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Dominik Koepfer	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2020	M15 Fayetteville, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Aleksandar Kovacevic	Charles Broom Matías Soto	6–2, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	1–1	Aug 2021	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Stefan Kozlov	Alex Rybakov Reese Stalder	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]
Loss	1–2	Oct 2021	M15 Vero Beach, USA	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Ben Shelton	Johannes Ingildsen Duarte Vale	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Oct 2021	M15 Tallahassee, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	John McNally	Thomas Fancutt Colin Sinclair	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–2	Dec 2021	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Cleeve Harper	Luis Britto Marcelo Zormann	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	3–3	Dec 2021	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Cleeve Harper	Yannik Steinegger Tim Handel	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Loss	3–4	May 2022	M15 Vero Beach, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Millen Hurrion	Nishesh Basavareddy Ricardo Rodriguez-Pace	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–4	Nov 2022	M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jesse Flores	Peter Bertran Joshua Sheehy	6–0, 6–3
Win	5–4	Jun 2023	M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Joshua Lapadat	Keshav Chopra Andres Martin	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	5–5	Jul 2023	M25 Laval, Canada	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jonathan Sorbo	Joshua Lapadat JJ Mercer	1–4 ret.
Loss	5–6	Nov 2023	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Giles Hussey	Andre Goransson Toby Samuel	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, [8–10]

References

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^ https://newmarkettennis.ca/Club-Pro-and-Staff
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^ "Liam Draxl – Men's Tennis". University of Kentucky Athletics.
^ "UK Athletics". Retrieved November 19, 2021.
^ Shelton, Jack Weaver (June 3, 2021). "Liam Draxl named ITA Player of the Year". Proquest. University Wire. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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^ https://calgarysun.com/sports/quarters-winners-liam-draxl-gabriel-diallo-dreaming-of-all-canadian-challenger-final