Pablo Carreno-Busta and Liam Draxl will square off in the 1st round of the National Bank Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.615
Pablo Carreno-Busta -> 2.31

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Liam Draxl

There is no head to head record between Pablo Carreno-Busta and Liam Draxl since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Pablo Carreno-Busta

Pablo Carreno-Busta

23 - 17win/loss

Hard
13-5
I Hard
1-1
Clay
9-11
Rank
89
High
10
LLWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 40-27 25-10 14-14 1-3 0-0 0-0
2024 10-12 7-6 2-4 1-1 0-1 0-0
2023 2-5 2-4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 37-25 19-8 11-9 5-5 2-3 0-0
2021 38-18 14-8 17-4 5-4 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 92, Pablo will start his run in Montreal after he played his last match in the Lyon Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Onclin in the quarter on the 13th of June.

Carreno-Busta has a compiled 23-17 win-loss record in 2025, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he defeated Alejandro Moro Canas in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he defeated Filip Misolic in the final 6-3 6-2.

Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 594-344 record. He has a positive 186-101 record on hard.

Previously in Montreal

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2022. See his history.

Toronto
Carreno-Busta's Record

Liam Draxl

Liam Draxl

41 - 18win/loss

Hard
16-6
I Hard
15-6
Clay
10-5
Grass
0-1
Rank
123
High
113
LWWLLWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 49-29 20-13 10-5 19-10 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. 115 (career-high), the Canadian will start his run in Toronto after he played his last match in the Granby Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Holmgren in the final on the 20th of July.

The Canadian has a composed 41-18 win-loss record in 2025, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of his career, Liam has an overall 202-99 record. He has a positive 104-50 record on hard.

Previously in Montreal

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Toronto
Draxl's Record

Tennis Scores in Toronto

Upcoming matches in the draw