Liam Draxl (born December 5, 2001) is a Canadian

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player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 142, achieved on 5 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 112, achieved on 3 February 2025. He is currently the No. 4 Canadian player.

College career

Draxl played college tennis at the

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. 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

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following his sophomore year in 2021 and was the first Wildcat to earn this award.

Professional career

2021-2022: Maiden Challenger title and Masters debut in doubles

Draxl won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships in Lexington with Stefan Kozlov. Draxl made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 National Bank Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Cleeve Harper, but lost in straight sets to

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and

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2023: Turned Pro, 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 Seven Challengers, Singles top 150

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, his last two tournaments being in Puerto Vallarta (with Benjamin Sigouin) and Manzanillo (with Cleeve Harper), and reached a new career-high in the doubles rankings of No. 132 on 2 December 2024. He reached his third Challenger singles final at the 2025 Oeiras Indoors but lost to Hamad Medjedovic 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. Following his final showing at the 2025 Sarasota Open and at the 2025 Savannah Challenger, Draxl moved into the top 150 in the singles rankings in May 2025.

Personal life

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

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on a tennis scholarship.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Draxl, Liam 2001 births Living people Canadian male tennis players Sportspeople from Newmarket, Ontario Kentucky Wildcats men's tennis players Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States Racket sportspeople from Ontario 21st-century Canadian sportsmen