Liam Broady

Liam Broady

Broady at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Liam Tarquin Broady
Country	Great Britain
Residence	Stockport, United Kingdom
Born	(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 Stockport, England, United Kingdom
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$65,793
Singles
Career record	0–1 (in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 188 (10 November 2014)
Current ranking	No. 188 (10 November 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	Q2 (2011)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 268 (4 August 2014)
Current ranking	No. 285 (3 November 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2012)
Last updated on: 3 November 2014.

Liam Tarquin Broady (born 4 January 1994 in Stockport, England)^[1] is a tennis player who in 2010 won the Boys' Doubles at Wimbledon partnered with fellow Briton Tom Farquharson,^[2] and in 2012 won the Boys' Doubles at the Australian Open partnered with fellow Briton Joshua Ward-Hibbert. He is currently ranked at a career high of no. 188 in the World, and is the British number 3 behind James Ward and Andy Murray.

Personal life

He is a brother of the tennis player Naomi Broady and has another sister and a brother.^[3][4]

Broady attended Priestnall School where he completed his GCSEs in 2010.^[5]

Broady is an avid Manchester City F.C. fan.^[6]

Tennis career

Juniors

In 2005 Liam Broady won the Natwest Dorset Open which marked the start of his career. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Broady partnered Tom Farquharson to the final where they defeated fellow Brits Lewis Burton and 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.^[7] He lost in the final 6–2 4–6 2–6 to Australian Luke Saville.^[8] Broady finished 2011 by partnering Joshua Ward–Hibbert to the Dunlop Orange Bowl doubles title.^[9] 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.^[10]

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

Junior Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open:
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

Early Career

Broady began playing on the Futures Circuit, both in singles and doubles with partner Joshua Ward-Hibbert. In 2013 he reached three singles and seven doubles finals at Futures level, winning one singles title and four doubles titles, including three on home soil. He began competing more regularly on the Challenger Tour, and as a result saw his ranking rise more steadily. Broady made it to his first Challenger final in November 2014, 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 199th 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 in the world.

Career statistics

Career finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Doubles: 19 (11–8)

Junior Grand Slams

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

References

External links

• Liam Broady at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Liam Broady at the International Tennis Federation