Liam Draxl (born 5 December 2001) is a Canadian
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
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.
Draxl has won 1
ATP Challenger doubles title at the
2021 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships with
Stefan Kozlov.
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 plays college tennis at the
University of Kentucky
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and is currently a Junior. He compiled 14–8 record in Singles as a Freshman and 25-3 as a sophomore.
Draxl was named the National Player of the Year by
International Tennis Federation
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following his sophomore year at University of Kentucky in 2021. He was the first Wildcat to earn this award.
Professional Career
2023: Turned Pro, Maiden singles Challenger final, top 350
He turned pro in June and in November reached his first singles final 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 in the top 350 in the rankings.
[https://calgarysun.com/sports/quarters-winners-liam-draxl-gabriel-diallo-dreaming-of-all-canadian-challenger-final]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 11 (5–5)
Doubles: 11 (5–6)
References
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2001 births
Living people
Canadian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Newmarket, Ontario
Kentucky Wildcats men's tennis players
Racket sportspeople from Ontario
21st-century Canadian people
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