Liam Broady

Liam Tarquin Broady (born 4 January 1994) is a British professional tennis player.

He reached a career high ranking of world No. 93 on 25 September 2023.

Broady, the younger brother of fellow tennis player Naomi Broady, has another sister, Emma and a brother, Calum.

The family grew up in Heaton Chapel, Stockport.

Their parents, Shirley and Simon, took the young 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.

The pair became the first British partnership to win the title since 1995.

In 2005 Broady won the Natwest Dorset Open which marked the start of his career.

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.

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.

In 2008, he was crowned European Masters under-14 champion in Orbetello, Italy – a title once won by Rafael Nadal.

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.

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

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.

In 2010, Broady beat four adult players on the Futures tour.

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.

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.

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.

Broady's difficulties continued with 7 first round defeats, and he considered giving up.

In 2012, Broady 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 Stockport, he stayed with his sister Emma.

The 2012 season saw Broady win the Boys' Doubles at the Australian Open with Joshua Ward-Hibbert, reach the boys' semifinals at the US Open 2012 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.

In November 2015, Broady ended his LTA funding to heal the rift with his father, and funded himself, renting his own flat in the Heatons, Stockport.

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

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.

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.

In late 2016 he moved his training base to the University of Bath and is currently coached by Dave Sammel.

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

Broady played Davis Cup for the 2018 tie against Spain, while Naomi Broady has declined to play Fed Cup for Great Britain.