Liam Draxl

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Liam Draxl
Country (sports) Canada
Born (2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 20)
Newmarket, Canada
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Kentucky
Prize money$26,437
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 559 (29 July 2019)[1]
Current rankingNo. 611 (20 December 2021)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 401 (29 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 404 (6 December 2021)
Last updated on: 26 December 2021.

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

Draxl has a career high ATP singles ranking of 559 achieved on 29 July 2019. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 441 achieved on 8 November 2021.[2]

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

Draxl plays college tennis at the University of Kentucky and is currently a Junior.[4] He compiled 14-8 record in Singles as a Freshmen and 25-3 as a sophomore.[5]

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.[6]

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 2 (1–0)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
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 United States Stefan Kozlov 6–7(5–7), 6–3, abandoned
Win 1–0 Dec 2021 M15 Cancun, Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard United States Christian Langmo 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 6 (3–3)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–1)
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 United States Aleksandar Kovačević United Kingdom Charles Broom
Chile Matias Soto
6–2, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 1–1 Aug 2021 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard United States Stefan Kozlov United States Alex Rybakov
United States Reese Stalder
6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Loss 1–2 Oct 2021 M15 Vero Beach, Florida, USA World Tennis Tour Clay United States Ben Shelton Denmark Johannes Ingildsen
Portugal Duarte Vale
3-6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2021 M15 Tallahassee, USA World Tennis Tour Hard (i) United States John McNally Australia Thomas Fancutt
Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair
6–2, 6–3
Win 3–2 Dec 2021 M15 Cancun, Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard Canada Cleeve Harper Brazil Luis Britto
Brazil Marcelo Zormann
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3–3 Dec 2021 M15 Cancun, Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard Canada Cleeve Harper Switzerland Yannik Steinegger
Germany Tim Handel
6–7(5–7), 3–6

References[]

  1. ^ "ATP Tour". Association of Tennis Professional. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Liam Draxl | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ Shelton, Hunter. "Liam Draxl wins Lexington Challenger doubles championship". Kentucky Kernel. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Liam Draxl - Men's Tennis". University of Kentucky Athletics.
  5. ^ "UK Athletics". Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  6. ^ 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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