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Line 11: \|turnedpro = 2023 \|retired = \|bestatpsinglesranking = No. ~~297~~257 (~~November~~March 1318, ~~2023~~2024) \|bestatpdoublesranking = No. 330 (July 18, 2022) \|bestitfjuniorranking = Line 19: ==Biography== '''Liam Draxl''' (born December 5, 2001 in North York, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. ~~297~~257 on ~~November~~March 1318, ~~2023~~2024 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 330 on July 18, 2022. In 2018, Draxl reached the final of the ITF junior GA in Mérida, Mexico, losing to Santiago de la Fuente. In 2019 at the Australian Open, he played his first junior Grand Slam, losing in the third round in singles and in the quarterfinals in doubles. Also in 2019, he captured his biggest title to date on the junior circuit after defeating Zachary Svajda at the ITF G1 in Carson, United States. At the 2019 junior French Open, he was defeated in the first round in both singles and doubles. At the 2019 junior Wimbledon, he reached the second round in singles and the final in doubles. In 2020 at the ITF ~~15K~~M15 in Fayetteville, he reached his first pro doubles final, losing to the team of Charles Broom and Matías Soto with partner Aleksandar Kovacevic. In 2021, Draxl advanced to his first pro singles final at the ITF ~~15K~~M15 in Weston, but the match was abandoned before the deciding set because of the bad weather. Also in 2021, he won his first ATP Challenger double title, winning with Stefan Kozlov at the 80K in Lexington. Later that year, he won his second pro doubles title, this time at the ITF ~~15K~~M15 in Tallahassee with John McNally. The same year, he won the title at the ITF ~~15K~~M15 in Cancun with compatriot Cleeve Harper. In December of the same year, Draxl captured his first pro singles title at the ITF ~~15K~~M15 in Cancun. The next week, he won his second straight ITF ~~15K~~M15 title again in Cancun. He was a member of the University of Kentucky tennis team from 2019 to 2023. After the 2023 season, he decided to forgo his remaining eligibility at the University of Kentucky and turn pro. In 2023, he won his third ITF singles title at the ~~15K~~M15 in Champaign and his fourth at the ~~15K~~M15 in Albuquerque. The same year, he captured his first ATP Challenger singles title at the 75 event in [[Calgary Challenger\|Calgary]]. Draxl was born in North York to Brian and Alison Draxl, but grew up in Newmarket. He has a sister named Stephanie. He started playing tennis when he was around 4 years old at the Newmarket Tennis Club and he began training privately with tennis coach Casey Curtis at the age of 8 years old. He has also been coached by his father Brian, who is the head pro at the Newmarket Community Tennis Club. He trained at Saddlebrook International Sports Academy in Wesley Chapel, Florida. Line 83: \|} ===Doubles: 13 (1 title, 2 runners-up)=== {\| \|- valign="top" Line 102: \|ATP Challenger 80 (1–0) \|- style="background:#eeeeee;" \|ATP Challenger 75 (~~0–0~~0–2) \|- style="background:#f8f8ff;" \|ATP Challenger 50 (0–0) Line 110: !Titles by surface \|- \|Hard (~~1–0~~1–1) \|- \|Clay (~~0–0~~0–1) \|- \|Grass (0–0) Line 140: \|Alex Rybakov (USA) <br /> Reese Stalder (USA) \|6–2, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, [10–7] \|- \|style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss \|<small>1–1</small> \|Nov 2023 \|style="background:#eeeeee;"\|[[Challenger de Drummondville\|Drummondville]], Canada \|style="background:#eeeeee;"\|75 Series \|Hard (i) \|Giles Hussey (GBR) \|André Göransson (SWE) <br /> Toby Samuel (GBR) \|7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 3–6, [8–10] \|- \|style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss \|<small>1–2</small> \|Mar 2024 \|style="background:#eeeeee;"\|São Leopoldo, Brazil \|style="background:#eeeeee;"\|75 Series \|Clay \|Alexander Weis (ITA) \|Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) <br /> Orlando Luz (BRA) \|5–7, 6–3, [8–10] \|} Line 150 ⟶ 170: !Legend \|- style="background:lightblue;" \|ITF $25,000 tournaments / ITF M25 (0–2) \|- style="background:#ccccff;" \|ITF $15,000 tournaments / ITF M15 (4–3) \|- style="background:#f0f8ff;" \|ITF $10,000 tournaments (0–0) Line 184 ⟶ 204: \|Jul 2021 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Weston, United States \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Clay \|Stefan Kozlov (USA) Line 193 ⟶ 213: \|Dec 2021 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Cancun, Mexico \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|Christian Langmo (USA) Line 202 ⟶ 222: \|Dec 2021 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Cancun, Mexico \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|Isaiah Strode (USA) Line 211 ⟶ 231: \|Jun 2022 \|style="background:lightblue;"\|Wichita, United States \|style="background:lightblue;"\|~~$25,000~~M25 \|Hard \|Clément Chidekh (FRA) Line 220 ⟶ 240: \|Dec 2022 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|Nick Hardt (DOM) Line 229 ⟶ 249: \|Jun 2023 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|Tauheed Browning (USA) Line 238 ⟶ 258: \|Jul 2023 \|style="background:lightblue;"\|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic \|style="background:lightblue;"\|~~$25,000~~M25 \|Hard \|Martin Damm (USA) Line 247 ⟶ 267: \|Sep 2023 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Champaign, United States \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|William Grant (USA) Line 256 ⟶ 276: \|Oct 2023 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Albuquerque, United States \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|William Grant (USA) Line 265 ⟶ 285: \|Oct 2023 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Ithaca, United States \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard (i) \|Radu Mihai Papoe (ROU) Line 278 ⟶ 298: !Legend \|- style="background:lightblue;" \|ITF $25,000 tournaments / ITF M25 (0–1) \|- style="background:#ccccff;" \|ITF $15,000 tournaments / ITF M15 (4–4) \|- style="background:#f0f8ff;" \|ITF $10,000 tournaments (0–0) Line 313 ⟶ 333: \|Nov 2020 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Fayetteville, United States \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) Line 323 ⟶ 343: \|Oct 2021 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Vero Beach, United States \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Clay \|Ben Shelton (USA) Line 333 ⟶ 353: \|Oct 2021 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Tallahassee, United States \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|John McNally (USA) Line 343 ⟶ 363: \|Dec 2021 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Cancun, Mexico \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|Cleeve Harper (CAN) Line 353 ⟶ 373: \|Dec 2021 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Cancun, Mexico \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|Cleeve Harper (CAN) Line 363 ⟶ 383: \|May 2022 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Vero Beach, United States \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Clay \|Millen Hurrion (GBR) Line 373 ⟶ 393: \|Nov 2022 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|Jesse Flores (CRC) Line 383 ⟶ 403: \|Jun 2023 \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|~~$15,000~~M15 \|Hard \|Joshua Lapadat (CAN) Line 392 ⟶ 412: \|<small>4–5</small> \|Jul 2023 \|style="background:lightblue;"\|[[ITF M25 de Laval\|Laval]], Canada \|style="background:lightblue;"\|~~$25,000~~M25 \|Hard \|Jonathan Sorbo (CAN)