# Liam Draxl

Liam Draxl (born December 5, 2001) is a Canadian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 171 achieved on 3 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 112 achieved on 3 February 2025.

## Personal life

Originally from Canada, 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.

## College career

Draxl played college tennis at the University of Kentucky. He compiled a 14–8 record in singles as a freshman and 25–3 as a sophomore. He was named the National Player of the Year by the International Tennis Federation following his sophomore year in 2021 and was the first Wildcat to earn this award.

## Professional career
### 2021: Maiden Challenger title

Draxl won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships in Lexington with Stefan Kozlov.

### 2023: Turned Pro, first Challenger singles title, top 300

He turned pro in June 2023 and in November won his first singles title at the 2023 Calgary National Bank Challenger, in just the second tournament at this level in the season. As a result he rose 100 positions, and on 13 November 2023 he reached the top 300 at world No. 297.

### 2024-2025: Doubles Six Challengers & top 125, Singles top 175

He reached the top 250 in the rankings on 10 June 2024, following a semifinal showing at the 2024 Tyler Tennis Championships where he lost to Brandon Holt. In doubles he won five Challenger titles during the season and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 132 on 2 December 2024.
He reached his third Challenger singles title at the 2025 Oeiras Indoors. He lost to Hamad Medjedovic in the final in straight sets. Following another final at the Oeiras Indoors III he moved into the top 200 at world No. 183 in the singles rankings on 27 January 2025.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
### Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (1–3)
* ITF WTT (7–6)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (8–8)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Cancelled | 0–0 | Jul 2021 | M15 Weston, USA | WTT | Clay | Stefan Kozlov | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, canc. |
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 2021 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Christian Langmo | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |
| Win | 2–0 | Dec 2021 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Isaiah Strode | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jun 2022 | M25 Wichita, USA | WTT | Hard | Clément Chidekh | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2022 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | WTT | Hard | Nick Hardt | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2023 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | WTT | Hard | Tauheed Browning | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–5, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$ |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2023 | M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | WTT | Hard | Martin Damm Jr. | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Sep 2023 | M15 Champaign, USA | WTT | Hard | William Grant | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–4 | Oct 2023 | M15 Albuquerque, USA | WTT | Hard | William Grant | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Oct 2023 | M15 Ithaca, USA | WTT | Hard | Radu Mihai Papoe | 6–3, 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2023 | Calgary, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Dominik Koepfer | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Sep 2024 | M15 Constanta, Romania | WTT | Clay | Nicholas David Ionel | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–6 | Oct 2024 | M25 Edmonton, Canada | WTT | Hard | Patrick Maloney | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–6 | Nov 2024 | M25 Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada | WTT | Hard | Alexis Galarneau | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2024 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Nishesh Basavareddy | 3–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 7–6 | Dec 2024 | M15 Huamantla, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Aleksandr Braynin | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jan 2025 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Hard (i) | Hamad Medjedovic | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jan 2025 | Oeiras III, Portugal | Challenger | Hard (i) | Alexander Blockx | 5–7, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (7–4)
* ITF WTT (5–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (11–6)
* Clay (1–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2020 | M15 Fayetteville, USA | WTT | Hard | Aleksandar Kovacevic | Charles Broom Matías Soto | 6–2, 2–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2021 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | Stefan Kozlov | Alex Rybakov Reese Stalder | 6–2, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–7] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2021 | M15 Vero Beach, USA | WTT | Clay | Ben Shelton | Johannes Ingildsen Duarte Vale | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Oct 2021 | M15 Tallahassee, USA | WTT | Hard (i) | John McNally | Thomas Fancutt Colin Sinclair | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–2 | Dec 2021 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Cleeve Harper | Luís Britto Marcelo Zormann | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 2–3 | Dec 2021 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Cleeve Harper | Yannik Steinegger Tim Handel | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 2022 | M15 Vero Beach, USA | WTT | Clay | Millen Hurrion | Nishesh Basavareddy Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Nov 2022 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | WTT | Hard | Jesse Flores | Peter Bertran Joshua Sheehy | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–4 | Jun 2023 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | WTT | Hard | Joshua Lapadat | Keshav Chopra Andres Martin | 4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Loss | 4–5 | Jul 2023 | M25 Laval, Canada | WTT | Hard | Jonathan Sorbo | Joshua Lapadat J.J. Mercer | 1–4 ret. |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2023 | Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard (i) | Giles Hussey | Andre Goransson Toby Samuel | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 3–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2024 | São Leopoldo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Alexander Weis | Marcelo Demoliner Orlando Luz | 5–7, 6–3, [8–10] |
| Win | 2–2 | Jun 2024 | Little Rock, USA | Challenger | Hard | Benjamin Sigouin | Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Hans Hach Verdugo | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 2024 | Dobrich II, Bulgaria | Challenger | Clay | Cleeve Harper | Filippo Romano Francesco Maestrelli | 6–1, 3–6, [12–10] |
| Loss | 3–3 | Sep 2024 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Cleeve Harper | Alexander Merino Christoph Negritu | 2–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 5–5 | Oct 2024 | M25 Edmonton, Canada | WTT | Hard | Cleeve Harper | Benjamin Thomas George Alvin Nicholas Tudorica | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–3 | Oct 2024 | Sioux Falls, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Cleeve Harper | Ryan Seggerman Patrik Trhac | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Nov 2024 | Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard (i) | Cleeve Harper | Robert Cash J.J. Tracy | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–4 | Nov 2024 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Benjamin Sigouin | Ryan Seggerman Karl Poling | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–4 | Dec 2024 | Manzanillo, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Cleeve Harper | Benjamin Sigouin Finn Reynolds | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–5, [12–10] |
| Win | 7–4 | Jan 2025 | Oeiras III, Portugal | Challenger | Hard (i) | Cleeve Harper | Matwé Middelkoop Denys Molchanov | 1–6, 7–5, [10–6] |

## 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 |