Liam Broady

Liam Tarquin Broady (born 4 January 1994) is a professional tennis player and current British no 4. In 2010, he won the Boys' Doubles at Wimbledon with Tom Farquharson,[1] and the Boys' Doubles at the Australian Open with Joshua Ward-Hibbert, as well as reaching the Boys' Singles finals at Wimbledon 2011 and US Open 2012, peaking at number 2 in the junior world rankings. He currently plays on the ATP Tour (professional circuit) and is coached by David Sammel.

Liam Broady
Broady at the Aegon Surbiton Trophy in 2015
Full nameLiam Tarquin Broady
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceStockport, United Kingdom
Born (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994
Stockport, England, United Kingdom
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro2014
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMark Hilton (2011–2015)
Nathan Rooney (2016) David Sammel (2014, 2017–present)
Prize money$$616,784
Singles
Career record4–9 (in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 154 (2 April 2018)
Current rankingNo. 211 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2015)
French Open1R (2020)
Wimbledon2R (2015)
US OpenQ2 (2018)
Doubles
Career record1–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 217 (6 August 2018)
Current rankingNo. 308 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2018)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2017)
Team competitions
Davis Cup1R (2018)
Last updated on: 17 March 2020.

Early and personal life

Broady, who is a younger brother of fellow tennis player Naomi Broady, and has another sister, Emma and a brother, Calum, grew up in Heaton Chapel, Stockport. Their parents, Shirley and Simon, a property mogul who used to work in the music industry, took Liam and Naomi to tennis tournaments.[2]

Broady started playing table tennis at the age of four[3] and went to Matchpoint in Bramhall for lessons. His first tournament was at the age of eight and he showed potential at ten.[4]

He attended Norris Bank primary and Priestnall School where he completed his GCSEs in 2010.[5][6]

In 2007, the Lawn Tennis Association suspended his seventeen-year-old sister Naomi's funding, for 'unprofessional' postings on a social networking site. Their father Simon was so angry with the decision that he withdrew Liam, then aged thirteen, from the LTA programme. Simon sold the family home and downsized to a modest red brick terrace to fund their travel and coaching. A year later, the LTA offered to restore their funding, but Simon refused, and they trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy on the outskirts of Paris.[1] Broady struggled at Mouratoglou, so in 2012, he decided to accept help from the LTA, leading to his estrangement from his father, and they did not speak to each other for several years.[7] When Liam returned to Manchester, he stayed with his sister Emma. In November 2015, Broady ended his LTA funding to heal the rift with his father, and he now funds himself,[8] renting his own flat in the Heatons, Manchester. Broady trained at the Northern Tennis Club, David Lloyd Fitness and Life Leisure by Broadstone Mill.[3] Broady played Davis Cup for the 2018 tie against Spain,[9] while Naomi Broady has declined to play Fed Cup for Great Britain.[10]

In late 2016 he moved his training base to the University of Bath and is currently coached by Dave Sammel.

Broady is an avid Manchester City F.C. fan.[11]

Junior career
Broady playing at the 2011 Wimbledon Junior Championships

In 2005 Broady won the Natwest Dorset Open which marked the start of his career. In 2008, he was crowned European Masters under-14 champion in Orbetello, Italy – a title once won by Rafael Nadal.[12][13] At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Broady partnered Tom Farquharson to the final where they defeated fellow Britons Lewis Burton and George Morgan. The pair became the first British partnership to win the title since 1995.[1]

At Wimbledon in 2011, Broady beat Germany's Robin Kern 7–6 (7–4) 4–6 13–11 to reach the semi-finals of the boys' singles and followed that victory with another against Australian Jason Kubler with the match ending 6–4 6–3 in the Brit's favour to ensure a place in the final.[14] He lost in the final 6–2 4–6 2–6 to Australian Luke Saville.[15] Broady finished 2011 by partnering Joshua Ward–Hibbert to the Dunlop Orange Bowl doubles title.[16] The 2012 season saw Broady reach the boys' semifinals at the US Open for the first time, and go on to make the final, where he lost against Filip Peliwo 2–6, 6–2, 5–7 in a tightly fought match.[17]

As a junior Broady has reached as high as No. 2 in the junior combined world rankings in March 2012.

Junior Slam results – Singles
  • French Open: 3R (2012)
  • Wimbledon: F (2011)
  • US Open: F (2012)

Junior Slam results – Doubles
  • Australian Open: W (2012)
  • French Open: QF (2012)
  • Wimbledon: W (2010)
  • US Open: QF (2011)

Senior career

2009–2010

In 2009, at the age of 15, Broady began playing on the Futures Circuit, both in singles and doubles. In July 2009, Broady won his first main draw singles match against the 19-year-old Duncan Mugabe at the GB F8 in Felixstowe.[18] In 2010, Broady beat four adult players on the Futures tour.

2011

In February 2011, Broady reached the semifinals of the France F3 in Bressuire.[19] In July 2011, Broady won his first doubles title with Dan Evans at the Chiswick GB Futures F11.[20] Elsewhere, he lost the first or second rounds in 13 out of 18 singles tournaments. Broady was coached by Mark Hilton at Nottingham.

2012

Broady's difficulties continued with 7 first round defeats, and he considered giving up.[7] So, now eighteen years old, he left the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy[1] to accept funding from the LTA, causing a rift with his father, and they did not speak to each other until 2015. Mark Hilton became his full-time coach.[7] In November, Broady made the semifinals of the USA F30 in Florida.[21]

2013

Broady reached three singles and seven doubles finals at Futures level, winning one singles title and four doubles titles with partner Joshua Ward-Hibbert , including three on home soil. He began competing more regularly on the Challenger Tour, and as a result saw his ranking rise more steadily.

2014

Broady, having added David Sammel to his team appeared in his first Challenger final in November, facing James Duckworth in the final of the Charlottesville Challenger, where he ultimately lost in three sets; however, his run to the final launched him into the top 200 for the first time, with a career-high ranking of 188th in the world. Throughout 2014, Broady's ranking rose up 271 places from 470th at the beginning of the year, becoming the 3rd ranked British player.

2015

He came from two sets down to win his first singles match at Wimbledon against Marinko Matosevic.[22] He lost in the second round to David Goffin.[23]

2016

In February, Broady won the Great Britain F1 Futures held in Glasgow.[24] On the Challenger circuit, he appeared in the Tapei semi final, and two quarter finals. He was defeated in the first round of Wimbledon by British number one Andy Murray.[25]

2017

At the St Petersburg Open in September 2017, Broady became the first Team Bath Tennis player to reach the quarter-finals of an ATP World Tour singles tournament.[26] He followed that up by finishing runner-up in the Las Vegas Tennis Open, an ATP Challenger Tour event, in October 2017.[27]

2018

Broady lost in the first round of qualifying draw the Australian Open, marking seven failures to qualify for Grand Slam main draws in seven attempts.

In February, Broady made his Davis Cup debut representing Great Britain. He lost in straight sets to Albert Ramos-Vinolas, leaving the British team 0–1 down against Spain.

In May, Broady lost to world no. 366 Filippo Baldi in straight sets in the second round of a Challenger event in Francavilla, Italy.

He followed this with a second-round loss in the Lisbon Challenger (despite being seeded seventh) and a first-round loss in French Open qualification.

Broady failed to win a single match in the grass-court season, losing in the first round of the Surbiton Challenger, Ilkley Challenger, Nottingham Challenger and winning only seven games in a first-round loss at Wimbledon (where he received a wild card).

Broady's poor form continued, with a straight-set loss to world No. 755 Benjamin Sigouin in a minor Challenger event in Gatineau. He also lost in straight sets in doubles.

ATP Challenger and ITF Future finals

Singles: 17 (7–11)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–5)
ITF Futures (7–6)
Finals by Surface
Hard (6–11)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2013 Great Britain F18, Sheffield Futures Hard Robert Carter 6–2, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Oct 2013 Israel F15, Herzliya Futures Hard Claudio Fortuna 6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Loss 1–2 Dec 2013 Qatar F3, Doha Futures Hard Sam Barry 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 2–2 Apr 2014 Great Britain F9, Bournemouth Futures Clay Luke Bambridge 7–5, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Jul 2014 USA F20, Tulsa Futures Hard Mitchell Frank 2–6, 1–6
Loss 2–4 Aug 2014 USA F22, Decatur Futures Hard Bjorn Fratangelo 4–6, 0–6
Win 3–4 Aug 2014 Canada F8, Winnipeg Futures Hard Blake Mott 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–4 Sep 2014 Great Britain F16, Wrexham Futures Hard Edward Corrie 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Win 5–4 Oct 2014 USA F28, Mansfield Futures Hard Dimitar Kutrovsky 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0
Loss 5–5 Nov 2014 Charlottesville, US Challenger Hard (i) James Duckworth 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win 6–5 Oct 2015 Turkey F39, Antalya Futures Hard Luke Bambridge 7–5, 6–3
Win 7–5 Feb 2016 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) Adrien Bossel 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 7–6 Jan 2017 Turkey F1, Antalya Futures Hard Kamil Majchrzak 7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 7–7 Aug 2017 Aptos, US Challenger Hard Alexander Bublik 2–6, 3–6
Loss 7–8 Oct 2017 Las Vegas, US Challenger Hard Stefan Kozlov 6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 7–9 Apr 2019 León, Mexico Challenger Hard Blaž Rola 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 7–10 Oct 2019 M25 Claremont, US Futures Hard Michael Geerts 3–6, 2–6
Loss 7–11 Nov 2020 Parma, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 4–6, 4-6

Doubles: 28 (13–15)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–3)
ITF Futures (13–12)
Finals by Surface
Hard (10–12)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2011 Great Britain F11, Chiswick Futures Hard Dan Evans Lewis Burton
Edward Corrie		 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–7]
Win 2–0 May 2012 Great Britain F8, Newcastle Futures Clay Daniel Smethurst Jack Carpenter
Ashley Hewitt		 7–6(8–6), 6–0
Win 3–0 May 2013 Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay Joshua Ward-Hibbert Marco Crugnola
Riccardo Sinicropi		 6–3, 7–5
Loss 3–1 Jun 2013 Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay Joshua Ward-Hibbert Joris De Loore
Jeroen Vanneste		 2–6, 2–6
Win 4–1 Aug 2013 Great Britain F15, Nottingham Futures Hard Joshua Ward-Hibbert Scott Clayton
Toby Martin		 4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 5–1 Aug 2013 Great Britain F16, Chiswick Futures Hard Joshua Ward-Hibbert David Rice
Sean Thornley		 7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 5–2 Aug 2013 Great Britain F17, Wrexham Futures Hard Joshua Ward-Hibbert George Coupland
Marcus Willis		 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 6–2 Oct 2013 Israel F13, Akko Futures Hard Joshua Ward-Hibbert Ivo Klec
Michal Schmid		 6–3, 6–0
Loss 6–3 Oct 2013 Israel F14, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard Joshua Ward-Hibbert Luke Bambridge
Evan Hoyt		 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 6–4 Feb 2014 Great Britain F5, Nottingham Futures Hard (i) James Cluskey Rémi Boutillier
Quentin Halys		 2–6, 6–0, [8–10]
Win 7–4 Mar 2014 Great Britain F6, Preston Futures Hard (i) Luke Bambridge Frederik Nielsen
Joshua Ward-Hibbert		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–5 Mar 2014 Bahrain F1, Manama Futures Hard Joshua Ward-Hibbert Jaime Pulgar-Garcia
Javier Pulgar-Garcia		 2–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Win 8–5 Apr 2014 Qatar F4, Doha Futures Hard Joshua Ward-Hibbert Lorenzo Frigerio
Luca Vanni		 6–3, 7–5
Loss 8–6 Jun 2014 USA F16, Buffalo Futures Clay Luke Bambridge Jean-Yves Aubone
Connor Smith		 3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss 8–7 Jun 2014 USA F18, Rochester Futures Clay Luke Bambridge Daniel Nguyen
Connor Smith		 3–6, 3–6
Win 9–7 Jul 2014 USA F19, Pittsburgh Futures Clay Luke Bambridge Gonzales Austin
Quinton Vega		 7–5, 6–4
Win 10–7 Jul 2014 USA F20, Tulsa Futures Hard Luke Bambridge Daniel Garza
Raul Isaias Rosas-Zarur		 6–4, 5–2 ret.
Win 11–7 Jul 2014 USA F21, Godfrey Futures Hard Luke Bambridge Brett D. Clark
Ronnie Schneider		 6–3, 6–2
Win 12–7 Jul 2014 USA F22, Decatur Futures Hard Luke Bambridge Scott Clayton
Toby Martin		 5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 12–8 Sep 2014 Great Britain F16, Wrexham Futures Hard Luke Bambridge Edward Corrie
David Rice		 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [8–10]
Win 13–8 Oct 2014 USA F28, Mansfield Futures Hard Dennis Novikov Henrique Cunha
Dimitar Kutrovsky		 4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 13–9 Mar 2015 Israel F3, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard Jean-Yves Aubone Andriej Kapaś
Adrian Sikora		 6–7(3–7), 5–7
Loss 13–10 Oct 2015 USA F28, Mansfield Futures Hard Ashley Fisher Hans Hach Verdugo
Eric Quigley		 5–7, 3–6
Loss 13–11 Mar 2016 Canada F2, Sherbrooke Futures Hard (i) Luke Bambridge Keith-Patrick Crowley
Max Schnur		 6–3, 6–7(3–7), [6–10]
Loss 13–12 Jul 2016 Binghamton, US Challenger Hard Guilherme Clezar Matt Reid
John-Patrick Smith		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 13–13 Nov 2016 Champaign, US Challenger Hard (i) Luke Bambridge Austin Krajicek
Tennys Sandgren		 6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 13–14 Jan 2017 Turkey F1, Antalya Futures Hard Luke Johnson Viktor Durasovic
Nino Serdarušić		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 13–15 Jul 2018 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard JC Aragone Alex Lawson
Li Zhe		 6–7(2–7), 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2011 Wimbledon Championships Grass Luke Saville 6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2012 US Open Hard Filip Peliwo 2–6, 6–2, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (2–0)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2010 Wimbledon Championships Grass Tom Farquharson Lewis Burton
George Morgan		 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 2012 Australian Open Hard Joshua Ward-Hibbert Adam Pavlásek
Filip Veger		 6–3, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2021 Australian Open.

Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q3 A A Q1 A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A Q1 A A Q1 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 A A 2R 1R Q2 1R Q3 NH 0 / 3 1–3
US Open A A A A Q1 A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 4 1–4
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A Q1 A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A A A A A A 2R A NH 0 / 1 1–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 1–1
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A A A 1R A P 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 4–10
Year-end ranking 662 885 473 196 301 302 170 273 240 188

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