Liam Broady

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

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

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

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. 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. 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, renting his own flat in the Heatons, Manchester. Broady trains at the Northern Tennis Club, David Lloyd Fitness and Life Leisure by Broadstone Mill.

Broady is an avid Manchester City F.C. fan.

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. 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.

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. He lost in the final 6–2 4–6 2–6 to Australian Luke Saville. Broady finished 2011 by partnering Joshua Ward–Hibbert to the Dunlop Orange Bowl doubles title. 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.

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)

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. 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. In July 2011, Broady won his first doubles title with Dan Evans at the Chiswick GB Futures F11. 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. So, now eighteen years old, he left the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy 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. In November, Broady made the semifinals of the USA F30 in Florida.

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 made it to 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 in the world.

2015

He came from two sets down to win his first-ever singles match at Wimbledon against Marinko Matosevic.

Career finals

Singles: 12 (7–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	7 September 2013	Great Britain F18, Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard	Robert Carter	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	26 October 2013	Israel F15, Herzliya, Israel	Hard	Claudio Fortuna	6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	7 December 2013	Qatar F3, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Sam Barry	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Winner	2.	26 April 2014	Great Britain F9, Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Luke Bambridge	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	20 July 2014	USA F20, Tusla, United States	Hard	Mitchell Frank	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	3 August 2014	USA F22, Decatur, United States	Hard	Bjorn Fratangelo	4–6, 0–6
Winner	3.	24 August 2014	Canada F8, Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Blake Mott	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	13 September 2014	Great Britain F16, Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Edward Corrie	3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	5.	19 October 2014	USA F28, Mansfield, United States	Hard	Dimitar Kutrovsky	1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0
Runner-up	5.	2 November 2014	Charlottesville Challenger, United States	Hard (i)	James Duckworth	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	4 October 2015	Turkey F39, Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Luke Bambridge	7–5, 6–3
Winner	7.	7 February 2016	Great Britain F1, Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Adrien Bossel	6–3, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles: 25 (13–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	31 July 2011	Great Britain F11, Chiswick, United Kingdom	Hard	Dan Evans	Lewis Burton Edward Corrie	7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–7]
Winner	2.	13 May 2012	Great Britain F11, Newcastle, United Kingdom	Hard	Daniel Smethurst	Jack Carpenter Ashley Hewitt	7–6(8–6), 6–0
Winner	3.	25 May 2013	Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Clay	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Marco Crugnola Riccardo Sinicropi	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	31 May 2013	Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Clay	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Joris De Loore Jeroen Vanneste	2–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	2 August 2013	Great Britain F15, Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Scott Clayton Toby Martin	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	5.	9 August 2013	Great Britain F16, Chiswick, United Kingdom	Hard	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	David Rice Sean Thornley	7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	2.	30 August 2013	Great Britain F17, Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	George Coupland Marcus Willis	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Winner	6.	11 October 2013	Israel F13, Akko, Israel	Hard	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Ivo Klec Michal Schmid	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	18 October 2013	Israel F14, Ramat Hasharon, Israel	Hard	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Luke Bambridge Evan Hoyt	6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	4.	22 February 2014	Great Britain F5, Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	James Cluskey	Rémi Boutillier Quentin Halys	2–6, 6–0, [8–10]
Winner	7.	8 March 2014	Great Britain F7, Preston, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Luke Bambridge	Frederik Nielsen Joshua Ward-Hibbert	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	29 March 2014	Bahrain F1, Manama, Bahrain	Hard	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Jaime Pulgar-Garcia Javier Pulgar-Garcia	2–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	8.	5 April 2014	Qatar F1, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Lorenzo Frigerio Luca Vanni	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	22 June 2014	USA F16, Buffalo, United States	Clay	Luke Bambridge	Jean-Yves Aubone Connor Smith	3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Runner-up	7.	28 June 2014	USA F18, Rochester, United States	Clay	Luke Bambridge	Daniel Nguyen Connor Smith	3–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	6 July 2014	USA F19, Pittsburgh, United States	Clay	Luke Bambridge	Gonzales Austin Quinton Vega	7–5, 6–4
Winner	10.	20 July 2014	USA F20, Tusla, United States	Hard	Luke Bambridge	Daniel Garza Raul Isaias Rosas-Zarur	6–4, 5–2 ret.
Winner	11.	27 July 2014	USA F21, Godfrey, United States	Hard	Luke Bambridge	Brett D. Clark Ronnie Schneider	6–3, 6–2
Winner	12.	3 August 2014	USA F22, Decatur, United States	Hard	Luke Bambridge	Scott Clayton Toby Martin	5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Runner-up	8.	13 September 2014	Great Britain F16, Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Luke Bambridge	Edward Corrie David Rice	7–6(7–3), 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	13.	19 October 2014	USA F28, Mansfield, United States	Hard	Dennis Novikov	Henrique Cunha Dimitar Kutrovsky	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	9.	28 March 2015	Israel F3, Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Jean-Yves Aubone	Andriej Kapaś Adrian Sikora	6–7(3–7), 5–7
Runner-up	10.	11 October 2015	USA F29, Mansfield, United States	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Hans Hach Verdugo Eric Quigley	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	13 March 2016	Canada F2, Sherbrooke, Canada	Hard (i)	Luke Bambridge	Keith-Patrick Crowley Max Schnur	6–3, 6–7(3–7), [6–10]
Runner-up	12.	24 July 2016	Binghamton Challenger, United States	Hard	Guilherme Clezar	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	4–6, 2–6

Junior Grand Slams

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	2011	Wimbledon	Grass	Luke Saville	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Runner–up	2012	US Open	Hard	Filip Peliwo	2–6, 6–2, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Tom Farquharson	Lewis Burton George Morgan	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner	2012	Australian Open	Hard	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Adam Pavlásek Filip Veger	6–3, 6–2