Full name Liam Tarquin Broady Role Tennis player Siblings Naomi Broady Name Liam Broady | Prize money $196,377 Weight 55 kg Height 1.83 m | |
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Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand) Career titles 00 Challenger, 5 Futures Parents Simon Broady, Shirley Broady Similar People Naomi Broady, David Goffin, James Ward, Kyle Edmund, Joshua Ward‑Hibbert Profiles | ||
Residence Stockport, United Kingdom | ||
British junior tennis player liam broady
Liam Tarquin Broady (born 4 January 1994) is a professional tennis player and a former British no 3. In 2010, he won the Boys' Doubles at Wimbledon partnered with fellow Briton Tom Farquharson, and in 2012 won the Boys' Doubles at the Australian Open partnered with fellow Briton Joshua Ward-Hibbert.
Contents
- British junior tennis player liam broady
- Luke saville vs liam broady wimbledon boys singles championships tennis australia
- Early and personal life
- Junior career
- Junior Slam results Singles
- Junior Slam results Doubles
- 2009 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- References
Luke saville vs liam broady wimbledon boys singles championships tennis australia
Early and personal life
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 mogul 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.
Junior career
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
Junior Slam results – Doubles
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.