Liam Broady

Liam Tarquin Broady (/ˈbroʊdi/ BROH-dee;[2] born 4 January 1994) is a British professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour.

[7][8] In 2007, the Lawn Tennis Association suspended his seventeen-year-old sister Naomi's funding, for 'unprofessional' postings on a social networking site.

Two weeks later, the LTA offered to restore their funding, but Simon refused, and they trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy on the outskirts of Paris.

Broady trained at the Northern Tennis Club, David Lloyd Fitness and Life Leisure by Broadstone Mill.

[15][16] At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Broady partnered Tom Farquharson to participate in the Boys doubles where they defeated fellow Britons Lewis Burton and George Morgan.

[9] At Wimbledon in 2011, Broady beat Germany's Robin Kern 7–6 (7–4), 4–6, 13–11 to reach the semifinals 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.

[10] So, now eighteen years old, he left the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy[9] to accept funding from the LTA, causing a rift with his father, and they did not speak to each other until 2015.

At the 2017 St. Petersburg Open in September, Broady qualified for the main draw to become the first Team Bath Tennis player to reach the quarterfinals of an ATP World Tour singles tournament.

Broady reached his fourth Challenger final in April, winning five matches including against future top 50 star Alexander Bublik before losing 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 to Blaž Rola.

After victories over Andrej Martin and Tallon Griekspoor, Broady led Frenchman Grégoire Barrère by two sets to love before being pegged back to lose 3–6, 0–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3.

Broady ended the season on a high reaching the Knoxville Challenger semi final following wins over Americans Donald Young and Marcos Giron losing to eventual Champion Michael Mmoh, which meant he finished the year ranked 240.

Broady reached a Challenger semifinal in Calgary, Canada, losing to Maxime Cressy before the tennis season was suspended due to COVID.

After the sport returned, he entered the main draw of 2020 French Open, his first Grand slam qualification with wins over Nicola Kuhn (6–4, 7–6), Botic van de Zandschulp (7–6, 7–6) and Marc Polmans (7-6, 6–4).

Following a lengthy break due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Broady started the new season well reaching consecutive ATP Challenger finals and qualifying for the first round of the Miami Masters main draw.

[34] He received a wildcard to enter the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, and reached the second round for a second time in his career, defeating Marco Cecchinato in straight sets.

He won all five matches without dropping a set defeating Marc-Andrea Hüsler 7–5, 6–3 [36] in the final in front of the Swiss man's home crowd.

This win moved Broady to a career high 126 in the world and inside the top 100 in the ATP Race denoting performances in 2021 alone.

At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships Broady recorded two Major wins as a wildcard, to reach the third round for the first time at a Grand Slam, over Lukáš Klein and 12th seed Diego Schwartzman, both matches going to five sets.

[41] Partnering with Jonny O'Mara he won his first doubles Challenger, the 2023 Surbiton Trophy,[42] and also reached the final at the 2023 Nottingham Open.

Broady playing at the 2011 Wimbledon Junior Championships
Broady at the Aegon Surbiton Trophy in 2015
Broady at the 2022 French Open