Naomi Kathleen Cavaday (born 24 April 1989) is a British former professional tennis player from Sidcup, London.

[3] In 2014, Cavaday returned to professional tennis, regained a world ranking, and won three additional ITF titles.

She finally retired in 2015 and has since worked as a coach and as a commentator for BBC Radio Five Live's Wimbledon coverage and on Amazon Prime.

Her mother is a sport psychologist and her brother has played tennis at county level and in America for North Carolina State University.

[3][4] She appeared as a guest on the Al Jazeera English programme The Stream in July 2015, as part of a discussion on issues of female body image and its impact on sportswomen regarding their physiques.

[8] Cavaday made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in January 2005 and in only the fourth professional tournament of her career she qualified and beat Isha Lakhani, 6–4, 6–1, in the final to win the event.

She reached the semifinal of Palm Beach $25k in May before heading back to England and playing in the main draw of the Tier III Birmingham Classic courtesy of a wildcard where she beat Vasilisa Bardina, 6–2, 6–1, in round one.

[12] She was immediately given a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the International Women's Open, a Tier II tournament held in Eastbourne, England.

The court almost held true to its name when Cavaday had match points in the second set but failed to convert them, eventually losing 7–6(1), 5–7, 0–6.

She then attempted to qualify for the ASB Classic, a Tier IV event in Auckland, where she lost to Ahsha Rolle in the final round, 2–6, 2–6.

She reached the semifinal of New Delhi $50k (losing to Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets, 1–6, 3–6) and the quarterfinals of Patras $50k and Monzon $75k.

Another wildcard granted Cavaday access to the main draw of Wimbledon for the third year running where she was drawn to face defending champion and 12-time Grand Slam finalist, Venus Williams.

[17] Following Wimbledon, Cavaday hit a patch of bad form, winning only two of her next six matches including losing in round one of qualifying for the US Open to Kristína Kučová, 6–1, 3–6, 1–6.

Following this, Cavaday did not play any more matches in 2008 due to a viral infection which saw her unable to train properly for the next three months and struggling to climb flights of stairs.

It was the first serious setback Cavaday had been faced with in her young career but she gradually recovered and began light training once again in November in preparation for the 2009 season.

[21] At the 2009 WTA International in Birmingham she received a wildcard, and overcame Julie Ditty and 12th seed Tamarine Tanasugarn to reach the third round.