Naomi Broady

Naomi Broady

Broady at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Naomi Broady
Country	Great Britain
Born	(1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$341,418
Singles
Career record	262–208
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	138 (29 September 2014)
Current ranking	172 (13 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2012)
French Open	Q1 (2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2014)
US Open	Q3 (2011)
Doubles
Career record	150–105
Career titles	12 ITF
Highest ranking	128 (12 May 2014)
Current ranking	198 (13 April 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	—
French Open	—
Wimbledon	1R (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
US Open	—
Mixed Doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (2014)
Last updated on: 13 April 2015.

Naomi Broady at the 2012 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes.

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

Broady has won seven singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 29 September 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 138. On 12 May 2014, she peaked at world number 128 in the doubles rankings.

Background

Naomi, born in Stockport, is a sister of the tennis player Liam Broady and has one sister and another brother.^[1] She attended Priestnall School.^[2] Broady began playing tennis at the age of 7 and was the 2007 British under 18 girls' champion.

Career

Junior (2004–08)

Broady competed on the junior ITF circuit from January 2004 until June 2008. 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' tournament, where she was beaten by Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand. She had a singles win-loss record of 21–13.^[3]

In junior doubles, Broady never won a title but reached the semifinals in one tournament and the quarterfinals in four others. 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. Her final doubles win-loss record was 11–15 and her career-high combined ranking was world number 251 (achieved 7 July 2008).^[3]

2005–07

Broady began playing on the adult ITF circuit 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.^[4]

She continued playing on the ITF circuit in 2006 but did not pass round two of any tournament until November, when she reached the quarterfinals of the $10,000 event in Sunderland, where she lost to Martina Pavelec. Her first ever year-end ranking was world number 1464.^[4]

Broady was again unable to progress past the second round of any tournament until August 2007 when she reached the quarterfinals of a $10,000 ITF event in Cumberland, West Hampstead, London, where Anna Smith beat her in three sets. She reached the semifinals of her final tournament in 2007, the Sunderland $10,000 ITF tournament, losing to Christina Wheeler. Her 2007 year-end worldwide ranking was world number 713.^[4]

Bebo controversy

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.^[5] 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."^[6]

2008

A more promising start to 2008 saw Broady reach the semifinals of her first $10,000 ITF event of the year in Sunderland. She was beaten by Johanna Larsson, 4–6, 2–6. In February she reached the quarterfinals in Portimão, before losing to Russian Nina Bratchikova. She made her debut on the WTA tour in June at the tier III DFS 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 first 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 ($25,000), Cumberland ($10,000) and Traralgon ($25,000). Her end-of-year ranking was world number 444.^[4]

2009

Broady reached the quarterfinals of the $10,000 ITF event in Glasgow in January. She won her first adult title later that month in Grenoble, France. She was unseeded in this event but beat the number five seed, Varvara Galanina, in the quarterfinals and the number one seed, Youlia Fedossova, in the final. She did not drop a set throughout the tournament.^[7] In March she reached the quarterfinals of another ITF tournament; this one in Bath. Her performance in this event moved her into the top 400 for the first time in her career. In June, she qualified for her first WTA main draw, at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. She held a match point against Alla Kudryavtseva before going down during a rain delayed match which was held over two days. She was defeated at the Aegon International in Eastbourne by Katie O'Brien and in the second round of qualifying at Wimbledon. She got injured and didn't play again until a $25,000 event in Mexico. She won the tournament to cap off the best week in her career. The week after she won a $10,000 event in Cuba.

2014

Broady at the 2014 Aegon International

Following a successful early half to the season, which included tournament wins in Sharm el-Sheikh, Namangan, and Fukuoka, it was announced that Broady would receive a wildcard into the main draw of Wimbledon.^[8] She recorded her first ever Grand Slam victory at the tournament, coming from a set down to defeat world number 92 Tímea Babos of Hungary.^[9] Her run was ended in the second round, losing to former world number 1 Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets.^[10] However, partnering Neal Skupski, she reached the quarterfinals in mixed doubles.^[11]

ITF finals (19–18)

Singles (7–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	26 January 2009	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Youlia Fedossova	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	4 May 2009	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Tímea Babos	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(8–10)
Winner	2.	23 November 2009	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Ajla Tomljanović	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner	3.	30 November 2009	Havana, Cuba	Hard	Yana Koroleva	6–2, 6–0
Winner	4.	7 December 2009	Havana, Cuba	Hard	Valentine Confalonieri	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	6 September 2010	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	10 January 2011	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Jasmina Tinjić	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	24 January 2011	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Marta Domachowska	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	16 May 2011	Izmir, Turkey	Hard	Mihaela Buzărnescu	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	23 April 2012	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Jade Windley	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	4 March 2013	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Daria Mironova	6–7(2–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	8.	10 March 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	17 March 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	6–2, 3–0, ret.
Winner	6.	21 April 2014	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nigina Abduraimova	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	5 May 2014	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Kristýna Plíšková	5–7, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (12–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 November 2007	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Patrycja Sanduska	Daniëlle Harmsen Renée Reinhard	0–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Winner	2.	14 April 2008	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Amra Sadiković	Tina Obrez Anja Prislan	6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	4 May 2009	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Elizabeth Thomas	Helene Auensen Volha Duko	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	1.	28 May 2009	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Katie O'Brien	Sarah Borwell Raquel Kops-Jones	3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Winner	4.	6 September 2010	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Jennifer Ren Marta Sirotkina	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	25 April 2011	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Isabella Holland	Tetyana Arefyeva Eugeniya Pashkova	7–6(7–1), 5–7, [7–10]
Winner	5.	16 May 2011	Izmir, Turkey	Hard	Lisa Whybourn	Mihaela Buzărnescu Tereza Mrdeža	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–7]
Winner	6.	7 November 2011	Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Paula Kania Magda Linette	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner	7.	14 November 2011	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	5–7, 6–4, [10–2]
Runner-up	3.	12 March 2012	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Heather Watson	Ekaterine Gorgodze Alyona Sotnikova	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	16 April 2012	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Paula Kania	Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	14 May 2012	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Julia Glushko	Vesna Dolonc Irina Khromacheva	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	6.	25 February 2013	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Ana Veselinović	Ilka Csöregi Zarah Razafimahatratra	5–7, 3–6
Winner	8.	13 May 2013	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Teodora Mirčić	Chen Yi Xu Yifan	6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	20 May 2013	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Teodora Mirčić	Tang Haochen Tian Ran	6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Winner	10.	1 July 2013	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Storm Sanders	Robin Anderson Lauren Embree	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	8 July 2013	Yakima, United States	Hard	Irina Falconi	Jan Abaza Allie Will	5–7, 6–3, [3–10]
Winner	11.	14 October 2013	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Fatma Al-Nabhani Cristina Dinu	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	12.	28 October 2013	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	Raluca Olaru Tamira Paszek	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	8.	17 February 2014	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Runner-up	9.	5 May 2014	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Eleni Daniilidou	Shuko Aoyama Eri Hozumi	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	6 April 2015	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Bychkova	Stéphanie Foretz Ana Vrljić	2–6, 7–5, [7–10]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Broady at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships

Singles

References

External links

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Women's Tennis Association: Top British female singles tennis players as of 27 April 2015 1. Heather Watson (40 ) 2. Johanna Konta (138 ) 3. Naomi Broady (161 1) 4. Katy Dunne (278 4) 5. Emily Webley-Smith (305 ) 6. Amanda Carreras (319 2) 7. Katie Boulter (346 ) 8. Harriet Dart (380 6) 9. Naomi Cavaday (394 3) 10. Tara Moore (399 15)

Women's Tennis Association: Top British female doubles tennis players as of 27 April 2015 =1. Jocelyn Rae (90 4) =1. Anna Smith (90 4) 3. Heather Watson (97 ) 4. Naomi Broady (183 2) 5. Emily Webley-Smith (201 3) 6. Nicola Slater (215 3) 7. Johanna Konta (286 113) 8. Tara Moore (327 4) 9. Harriet Dart (463 7) 10. Katie Boulter (505 3)