Liam Draxl and Alexander Blockx will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Granby Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.83
Liam Draxl -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Alexander Blockx

This will be the 3rd time that Liam Draxl and Alexander Blockx clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Draxl won 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the final in the Winnipeg Challenger back in July 2025.

Liam Draxl

Liam Draxl

41 - 17win/loss

Hard
16-5
I Hard
15-6
Clay
10-5
Grass
0-1
Rank
115
High
115
LWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-18 16-6 10-5 15-6 0-1 0-0
2024 51-24 21-10 17-12 13-2 0-0 0-0
2023 36-9 23-5 0-0 13-4 0-0 0-0
2022 26-16 16-10 3-1 7-5 0-0 0-0
2021 29-14 16-9 12-3 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Draxl got to the semifinal after defeating Alfredo Perez 3-6 7-5 6-2, Kris Van Wyk 6-0 6-1 and Alexis Galarneau 6-1 4-6 6-1.

In the quarter, Liam defeated Galarneau (6-1 4-6 6-1). During the match, Draxl scored 86 points vs Galarneau’s 75. Liam was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Draxl blasted 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Liam Draxl lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 75% of his first serves in, winning 68% (44/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Galarneau 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Draxl has conceded 2 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Draxl has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (201-98). 15-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Draxl has a composed103-49 record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he overcame Alexander Blockx in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4.

Liam has an overall 40-17 win-loss record in 2025, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Granby Challenger

Granby Challenger
Draxl's Record

Alexander Blockx

Alexander Blockx

26 - 18win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
9-5
Clay
4-4
Grass
4-4
Rank
122
High
122
LWLWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-19 10-6 4-4 9-5 4-4 0-0
2024 31-24 7-11 7-3 17-10 0-0 0-0
2023 39-15 4-3 11-7 24-5 0-0 0-0
2022 4-7 2-2 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 128 (career-high), the Belgian got to the semifinal after beating Andres Martin 7-5 6-2, Yu Hsiou Hsu 7-5 6-0 and Sho Shimabukuro 6-2 6-3.

In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (6-2 6-3). During the match Blockx scored 58 points vs Shimabukuro’s 44. Blockx was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Blockx struck 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexander Blockx was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Blockx broke Shimabukuro 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he overcame Liam Draxl in the final 7-5 6-1.

The Belgian has a compiled 26-17 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Granby Challenger

Blockx has never competed in this tournament before.

Granby Challenger
Blockx's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

L.Draxl
A.Blockx
5h:48
5h:48
Time on court​
4h:09
4h:09
!
2h:13
2h:13
Last match​
1h:07
1h:07
3
3
Match played
3
3
66
66
Games Played​
55
55
8
8
Set played​​
6
6
234
234
Total points​
201
201
78
78
Avg point​
67
67
97
97
Winners
72
72
32.3
32.3
Avg Winners​
24
24
41%
41%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
9
9
3.7
3.7
Avg Aces
3
3
11
11
Double Faults
2
2
3.7
3.7
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
97/140
97/140
1st won total​
72/99
72/99
69%
69%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
38/68
38/68
2nd won total​
36/59
36/59
56%
56%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
16/28
16/28
BP won
13/27
13/27
5.3/9.3
5.3/9.3
Avg BP won
4.3/9
4.3/9
!
57%
57%
Won
48%
48%
22
22
Conceded
6
6
7.3
7.3
Avg Conceded
2
2
5
5
Broken
3
3
1.7
1.7
Avg Broken
1
1
17
17
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Draxl Blockx
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 6
Tot Games 66 55
Pts 234-181 201-148
Total Points 415 349
Winners 97 72
%Winners 41% 36%

Both Draxl and Blockx played 3 matches. At the moment, Liam Draxl dropped 2 sets while Alexander Blockx hasn’t dropped a set so far. Draxl has played 2 sets more than Blockx (8 vs 6). Therefore, Draxl played 11 games more than Blockx. Draxl scored 97 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Blockx bagged 72 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Draxl Blockx
Aces 11 9
Avg per match 3.7 3
1st in 140/208 99/158
%1st in 67% 63%
1st pts 97/140 72/99
%1st pts 69% 73%
2nd pts 38/68 36/59
%2nd pts 56% 61%

Draxl managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Blockx bagged 9 aces (3 per match). Draxl won 69% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Draxl Blockx
Won 16 13
Converted 16/28 13/27
% Converted 57% 48%
Conceded 22 6
Saved 17 3
% Saved 77% 50%
Times Broken 5 3

The Canadian broke his opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Draxl lost his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Blockx broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Draxl
R1
Perez
R2
Van
1/4
Galarneau
Total
Score 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-1 4-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 29 13 24 66
pts 93-80 55-26 86-75 234-181
Total points 173 81 161 415
Winners 39 14 44 97
%Winners 42% 25% 51% 41%
SERVE
Aces 7 1 3 11
Double Faults 5 0 6 11
1st in 56/88 19/33 65/87 140/208
% 1st in 64% 58% 75% 67%
1st pts 39/56 14/19 44/65 97/140
% 1st pts 70% 74% 68% 69%
2nd pts 16/32 11/14 11/22 38/68
% 2nd pts 50% 79% 50% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 6 5 16
Converted 5/10 6/9 5/9 16/28
Converted % 50% 67% 56% 57%
Conceded 10 2 10 22
Saved 6/10 2/2 9/10 17
Saved % 60% 100% 90% 83%
Times Broken 4 0 1 5
Blockx
R1
Martin
R2
Hsiou
1/4
Shimabukuro
Total
Score 7-5 6-2 7-5 6-0 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 18 17 55
pts 65-50 78-54 58-44 201-148
Total points 115 132 102 349
Winners 21 26 25 72
%Winners 32% 33% 43% 36%
SERVE
Aces 1 5 3 9
Double Faults 0 2 0 2
1st in 31/50 37/56 31/52 99/158
% 1st in 62% 66% 60% 63%
1st pts 21/31 26/37 25/31 72/99
% 1st pts 68% 70% 81% 73%
2nd pts 12/19 11/19 13/21 36/59
% 2nd pts 63% 58% 62% 61%
Breaks
Won 5 5 3 13
Converted 5/9 5/14 3/4 13/27
Converted % 56% 36% 75% 48%
Conceded 3 3 0 6
Saved 1/3 2/3 0/0 3
Saved % 33% 67% 33%
Times Broken 2 1 0 3

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