Naomi Broady

Naomi Broady (born 28 February 1990) is a British former tennis player.

She won one WTA Tour doubles title, as well as nine singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Broady competed on the junior ITF Circuit from January 2004 until June 2008.

Broady began playing on adult ITF tournaments in January 2005, but was unable to qualify for any of the five tournaments she entered.

As a result, she finished the year without a world ranking.

She won one singles title in April 2006 at the Sutton ITF Junior Tournament and lost in the quarterfinals of four others, one of which was the 2008 Wimbledon girls' event, where she was beaten by Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand.

She had a singles win–loss record of 21–13.

In junior doubles, Broady never won a title but reached the semifinals in one tournament and the quarterfinals in four others.

She continued playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2006 but did not pass round two of any tournament until November, when she reached the quarterfinals of the $10k event in Sunderland, where she lost to Martina Pavelec.

Her first ever year-end ranking was world No. 1464.

Broady began playing tennis at the age of seven and was the British under-18 girls' champion in 2007.

In 2007, she and Tara Moore teamed up to compete in Wimbledon doubles, reaching the second round and Broady reached the same stage of Wimbledon doubles one year later partnering Jade Windley.

Broady was again unable to progress past the second round of any tournament until August 2007 when she reached the quarterfinals of an ITF event in Cumberland, London, where Anna Smith beat her in three sets.

She reached the semifinals of her final tournament in 2007, the Sunderland $10k tournament, losing to Christina Wheeler.

Her 2007 year-end worldwide ranking was 713.

In September 2007, Broady and fellow British competitor, David Rice, were both suspended by the LTA for "unprofessional behaviour" and "lack of discipline" due to pictures posted on the social networking website Bebo.

The pictures and various comments made on them were deemed to be supportive of a lifestyle of drinking and partying, and as such, both players had resources such as funding and coaching withdrawn.

Their pages on Bebo were later shut down.

Brendan Gallagher of The Daily Telegraph later commented that the photos were "comparatively tame" and "not the cleverest move for a wannabe tennis star but hardly scandalous behaviour for a 17-year-old."

The actions of the LTA led to Broady refusing to play for the national team, a position she has maintained throughout her career.

At the time of the action, the LTA were aware of (and warned) several other junior players for their behaviour.

A more promising start saw Broady reach the semifinals of her first ITF event of the year in Sunderland.

She was beaten by Johanna Larsson, 6–4, 6–2.

In February, she reached the quarterfinals in Portimão, before losing to Nina Bratchikova.

She made her debut on the WTA Tour in June at the Tier III Birmingham Classic qualifying tournament.

She beat Andreja Klepač in the opening round before losing a hard-fought contest with Margit Rüütel in the second round.

Her next tournament was another debut for Broady: her first Grand Slam appearance in the qualifying draw of Wimbledon.

She was beaten by Rika Fujiwara in the opening round.

Following this she spent the rest of the season on the ITF Circuit and reached three more quarterfinals, in Felixstowe ($25k), Cumberland ($10k) and Traralgon ($25k).

Her year-end ranking was world No. 444.

Broady reached the quarterfinals of a $10k event in Glasgow in January.

She won her first adult title later that month in Grenoble, France where she was unseeded but could beat the No. 5 seed, Varvara Galanina, in the quarterfinals and the top seed, Youlia Fedossova, in the final.

She did not drop a set throughout the tournament.

In March, she reached another quarterfinal, this one in Bath; her performance moved her into the top 400 for the first time in her career.

In June, she qualified for her first WTA Tour main draw, at the Birmingham Classic.

Her final doubles win–loss record was 11–15 and her career-high combined ranking was world No. 251 (achieved 7 July 2008).

On 7 March 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 76.

On 22 May 2017, she peaked at No. 56 in the doubles rankings.

Born in Stockport, Naomi Broady is a sister of tennis player Liam Broady and has another brother, Calum and a sister Emma.

She attended Priestnall School.