Liam Broady and Jack Kennedy will play each other in the 2nd round of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 am on COURT 10. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Broady who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liam Broady is the pick to win this match.
Liam Broady -> 1.68
Jack Kennedy -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Jack Kennedy
There is no head to head record between Liam Broady and Jack Kennedy since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Liam Broady
27 - 17win/loss
203
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LLLLLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-24 | 19-15 | 4-4 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 64-22 | 30-10 | 10-4 | 23-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 10-18 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-28 | 23-9 | 2-4 | 15-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 16-9 | 2-5 | 10-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209, the Brit got to the 2nd round after defeating Hayato Matsuoka 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Matsuoka (6-1 6-2). During the match, Broady scored 59 points vs Matsuoka’s 35. Broady was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Broady struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Liam Broady lost the serve once. Furthermore, Broady put 54% of his first serves in, winning 88% (22/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Liam broke Matsuoka 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Broady has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (362-239). 19-8 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Broady has a composed 198-113 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Miyazaki Challenger where he defeated Harry Wendelken in the final 3-6 6-2 6-2.
Liam has a compiled 27-16 win-loss record in 2026, 19-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
Jack Kennedy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24-13 | 2-3 | 18-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 15-11 | 4-4 | 9-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 414, Kennedy got to the 2nd round after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-4 6-4). During the match Kennedy scored 70 points vs Uchida’s 59. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Kennedy managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jack Kennedy lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kennedy put 57% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Jack was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Uchida 3 times.
Kennedy’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Savannah Challenger.
Jack has an aggregate 23-9 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Broady | Kennedy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 |
| Pts | 59-35 | 70-59 |
| Total Points | 94 | 129 |
| Winners | 22 | 30 |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% |
Both Broady and Kennedy played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Broady and Kennedy have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Broady played 5 games less than Kennedy. The Brit scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Jack managed to score 30 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Broady | Kennedy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8 |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 38/67 |
| %1st in | 54% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 30/38 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 14/29 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 48% |
Broady blasted 2 aces . Kennedy bagged 8 aces . Broady won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kennedy won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Broady | Kennedy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 63% | 100% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Liam broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Brit dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Kennedy broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kennedy conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Broady | |||
| R1 Matsuoka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 59-35 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 25/46 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 22/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kennedy | |||
| R1 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-59 | 70-59 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 38/67 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Cary Challenger
- Jay Dylan Hara FriendDylan Hara Friend – Jeff WolfWolf (5-7 7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Justin BoulaisBoulais (6-78 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-63 7-65) – See score progression
- Edward WinterWinter – Andrew FentyFenty (3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jack KennedyKennedy – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Andre IlaganIlagan (3-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Aidan MayoMayo (7-61 2-6 7-65) – See score progression
- William ManningManning – Giles HusseyHussey (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Edward WinterWinter – Andrew FentyFenty (3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Justin BoulaisBoulais (6-7(8) 6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Jay Dylan Hara FriendDylan Hara Friend – Jeff WolfWolf (5-7 7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
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