DRUMMONDVILLE/STARNBERG, November 18, 2025 (via Tennis Canada Media Release)
The Drummondville National Bank Challenger – an ATP Challenger 75 hard-court event – came to a close on Sunday with Daniil Glinka of Estonia crowned singles champion and Mac Kiger and Trey Hilderbrand of the United States taking the top honours in doubles. Held at Tennis intérieur René-Verrier in Drummondville, Québec, the competition was the season’s final event on the Canadian tennis calendar.
Seeded fourth, Glinka had an exceptional week, taking home this third title of the season and the most significant of his career after winning ITF World Tennis Tour M25 events earlier this year. He began his run with a dominant win over American Cannon Kingsley (6-4, 6-2) but then had to dig deep to overpower Jangjun Kim of Korea (6-7[5], 6-3, 6-2) and Canadian Dan Martin (6-4, 3-6, 6-4). The Estonian maintained his momentum in the semi-finals with a win over Maks Kasnikowski of Poland, who’d upset the top Canadian Liam Draxl in two sets (6-1, 7-6(4)). In the final, Glinka defeated Duncan Chan (6-4, 6-2) and reached a career-high ranking of No. 191.
Welcome to the champion’s circle, Daniil Glinka
The Estonian captures his first career Challenger title with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Chan in Drummondville!#ATPChallenger pic.twitter.com/KABGx7xd33
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) November 16, 2025
“I was quite lucky in important moments, but played my best game. That’s why I won today,” Glinka said. “He was really aggressive and pumped from the beginning. I had to give 100 per cent to be able to keep up with him. I am really happy. This was my best week of the season. Organization was the best and I am looking forward to come back here next year.”
Duncan Chan made the most of his main-draw wild card. The 20-year-old Canadian eliminated Karl Poling (6-3, 6-4) of the United States and Antoine Ghibaudo of France (6-4, 6-4), who’d knocked out the second seed in the opening round. Chan then got the better of Gabi Adrian Boitan of Romania (6-4, 7-5) and Charles Broom of Great Britain in the semi-finals (6-7[3], 6-3, 6-3) to earn the right to battle in his first professional final.
Hildebrand/Kiger triumph in doubles
In doubles, top-seeded Americans Hilderbrand and Kiger dominated the competition and didn’t drop a single set on their way to the title. Their biggest challenge came in the semi-finals against Tim Ruehl and Patrick Zahraj of Germany (7-5, 6-3). In the ultimate showdown, Hilderbrand and Kiger delivered a strong win over Alan Magadan of Mexico and Karl Poling of the United States (6-3, 6-4).
Competing in his third straight final, Kiger claimed his fourth title of the season and second with Hilderbrand, following their triumph at the Saint-Tropez Challenger. Hilderbrand earned his third doubles crown of the season and moved up to No.115. Kiger entered the Top 100 for the very first time at No. 99.
