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Sioux Falls, South Dakota: Dylan Dietrich Rallies Past Liam Draxl to Win the MarketBeat Open

Dylan Dietrich rallied from a 6-1 first set loss to beat Liam Draxl in the MarketBeat Open final in Sioux Falls on Sunday, his second straight Challenger title and 10th win in a row.

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota: Dylan Dietrich Rallies Past Liam Draxl to Win the MarketBeat Open

Key points

  • Dylan Dietrich lost the first set 6-1 on Sunday in Sioux Falls and then took over the MarketBeat Open final, beating No. 5 seed Liam Draxl of Canada 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 for his second straight ATP…
  • Dietrich, a 22-year-old from Zurich and a senior at the University of Virginia, is the No. 1 ranked college player in the country.
  • Draxl broke Dietrich twice in the opening set.

Dylan Dietrich lost the first set 6-1 on Sunday in Sioux Falls and then took over the MarketBeat Open final, beating No. 5 seed Liam Draxl of Canada 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 for his second straight ATP Challenger title.

Dietrich, a 22-year-old from Zurich and a senior at the University of Virginia, is the No. 1 ranked college player in the country. The win was his 10th in a row. He is 18-3 in Challenger matches across five tournaments since July 20, when he was ranked No. 556 in the world. He entered the week at No. 254 and leaves Sioux Falls at No. 187, inside the Top 200 for the first time.

How the final turned

Draxl broke Dietrich twice in the opening set. After that, Dietrich did not lose serve again. Across his 10 service games in the second and third sets he was not broken and faced only one break point. The breaks that decided the match went the other way: Draxl lost serve in the sixth game of the second set and in the seventh game of the third.

Dietrich won 10 of the 11 sets he played during the week. His run started with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Colton Smith, then brought his first career win over a top 100 player, a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of top seed Jenson Brooksby. He beat JJ Wolf 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals and Aidan Mayo 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals.

Draxl's week

The final was the third straight three-set match for Draxl, a 24-year-old who played college tennis at Kentucky and is on Canada's Davis Cup team, which faces Czechia in the quarterfinals on November 24. He beat No. 3 seed Darwin Blanch in the quarterfinals and qualifier Sebastian Dominko in the semifinals after saving two match points. Draxl improved from No. 194 to No. 166 and was playing his second Challenger final of the season, after a runner-up finish in Winnipeg in July.

The MarketBeat Open is an ATP Challenger 100 event played on indoor hard courts in Sioux Falls. This was the third straight year its final paired two players with college ties. Dietrich earned his first Challenger title in Columbus on October 4, and he now heads back to the college season with a 10 match winning streak.

Timeline

  1. Jul 20, 2026Start of the five tournament Challenger span in which Dietrich, then ranked No. 556, goes 18-3.
  2. Oct 4, 2026Dietrich wins his first ATP Challenger title in Columbus.
  3. Nov 1, 2026Dietrich beats Liam Draxl 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the MarketBeat Open final in Sioux Falls for his second straight title.

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