Liam Broady and Blake Ellis will square off in the 2nd round of the Cary 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on COURT 15. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Broady who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liam Broady is the pick to win this match.
Liam Broady -> 1.128
Blake Ellis -> 5.35
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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Blake Ellis
There is no head to head record between Liam Broady and Blake Ellis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Liam Broady
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 19-10 | 7-5 | 16-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 2-4 | 9-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, Liam got to the 2nd round after beating Eliot Spizzirri 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Broady had a good straight sets win against Spizzirri (6-2 6-2). During the match, Broady scored 54 points vs Spizzirri’s 34. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Broady recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Liam Broady was quite effective on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Spizzirri 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Broady has positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (372-259). 9-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Broady has a composed 200-119 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Vilnius Challenger where he overcame Zdenek Kolar in the final 6-4 6-4.
Liam has a composed 28-17 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary 1 Challenger
Blake Ellis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-29 | 40-25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 460, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Michail Pervolarakis 6-3 6-2, Ryan Harrison 6-3 3-6 6-4 and Tennys Sandgren 6-3 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Blake defeated Sandgren (6-3 1-6 6-3). During the match Ellis scored 76 points vs Sandgren’s 72. Ellis was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Ellis bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Blake Ellis was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Ellis broke Sandgren 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Mysuru.
Ellis has a composed 34-18 win-loss record in 2023, 27-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Broady | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 70 |
| Pts | 54-34 | 238-212 |
| Total Points | 88 | 450 |
| Winners | 19 | 79 |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% |
Broady played 1 match while Ellis competed in 3 matches. Ellis started his run from the qualifications while Broady had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Blake Ellis surrendered 2 sets while Liam Broady hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Broady has played 6 set(s) less than Ellis (2 vs 8). Therefore, Broady played 54 games less than Ellis. Broady scored 19 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Blake fired 79 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Broady | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 114/226 |
| %1st in | 60% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 79/114 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 61/112 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 54% |
Broady blasted 2 aces . Ellis recorded 15 aces (5 per match). Broady won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Ellis won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Broady | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 12/24 |
| % Converted | 63% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 19 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Liam broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Blake broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Blake conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Broady | |||
| R1 Spizzirri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 54-34 | 54-34 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 19/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 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 | |
| Ellis | |||||
| Q1 Pervolarakis |
Q3 Harrison |
R1 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | 6-3 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 | 25 | 70 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 100-95 | 76-72 | 238-212 | |
| Total points | 107 | 195 | 148 | 450 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | 25 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 27% | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 38/59 | 41/95 | 35/72 | 114/226 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 43% | 49% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/41 | 25/35 | 79/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 66% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 28/54 | 21/37 | 61/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 52% | 57% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 5/12 | 3/8 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 42% | 38% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 14 | 3 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 10/14 | 0/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 71% | 0% | 121% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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