GRANBY/STARNBERG, July 21, 2025
On Sunday, the Granby National Bank Championships wrapped up at Tennis St-Luc, as Australia’s Talia Gibson and Denmark’s August Holmgren were respectively crowned the women’s and men’s singles champions. Held from July 14 to 20, the tournament features a women’s ITF World Tennis Tour W75+H event and an ATP 75 Challenger.
In the women’s final, 21-year-old Talia Gibson, ranked No. 121 on the WTA Tour, defeated US-American qualifier Fiona Crawley (23; No. 411) 6-3, 6-4. After taking the opening set and building a 5-1 lead in the second, Gibson had to fend off a late surge by Crawley, who narrowed the gap to 5-4. But the Australian held firm and secured the title on her second championship point. Gibson arrived in Granby riding a wave of momentum after qualifying for Wimbledon and reaching the quarterfinals of the WTA 125 tournament in Newport. The win marks her second ITF title of the season following her triumph at the W50 event in Nantes in April.
In the men’s final, August Holmgren vanquished Canada’s Liam Draxl in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. For the 23-year-old Draxl, currently ranked a career-high No.121, the match was his second consecutive final on the ATP Challenger Tour following his title win at the Winnipeg National Bank Challenger just a week earlier. He also recently secured a spot in the main draw of the National Bank Open in Toronto by finishing first in the Road to the NBO competition.
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Holmgren entered the Granby event on the heels of a breakthrough performance at Wimbledon, where he qualified for his first Grand Slam and got as far as the third round, notably thanks to his upset victory over Tomas Machac of Czechia.
