Matej Dodig and Liam Broady will fight against each other in the quarter of the Lyon Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Broady is the pick to win this match.
Liam Broady -> 1.8
Matej Dodig -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Liam Broady

There is no head to head record between Matej Dodig and Liam Broady since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Matej Dodig

Ranked no. 242 (career-high), Matej reached the quarter after beating Jakub Paul 7-5 6-1, Dan Added 7-6(4) 6-3, Tristan Schoolkate 7-5 3-6 6-4 and Arthur Fery 7-5 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Fery (7-5 6-3). During the match, Dodig scored 75 points vs Fery’s 69. Matej was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dodig recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Matej Dodig lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 65% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Fery 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Dodig has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 63% of his matches (125-72). 12-8 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Dodig has a compiled16-10 win-loss record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Trieste Challenger where he defeated Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 6-3 6-4.

Matej has an overall 36-30 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Dodig has never competed in this tournament before.

Liam Broady

Ranked no. 391, Liam reached the quarter after defeating Henri Squire 3-3 ret., Robin Bertrand 6-3 6-2, Francesco Passaro 6-3 7-5 and Yannick Hanfmann 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Liam had a good straight sets win against Hanfmann (7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match Broady scored 73 points vs Hanfmann’s 68. Broady was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Broady blasted 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Liam Broady lost the serve once. Furthermore, Broady put 69% of his first serves in, winning 80% (39/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Broady was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hanfmann twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

The Brit’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Foggia,M15 Budapest,M15 Hurghada,M15 Rodez and Nancy.

The Brit has a composed 59-20 win-loss record in 2025, 18-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dodig	Broady
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	8
Tot Games	93	67
Pts	316-278	220-177
Total Points	594	397
Winners	156	101
%Winners	49%	46%

Both Dodig and Broady played 4 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Matej Dodig conceded 1 set while Liam Broady hasn’t lost a set so far. Dodig has played 1 set more than Broady (9 vs 8). Therefore, Dodig played 26 games more than Broady. Matej scored 156 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit blasted 101 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dodig	Broady
Aces	28	14
Avg per match	7	3.5
1st in	207/326	123/191
%1st in	63%	64%
1st pts	156/207	101/123
%1st pts	75%	82%
2nd pts	59/119	39/68
%2nd pts	50%	57%

Dodig recorded 28 aces (7 per match). Broady blasted 14 aces (3.5 per match). Dodig won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Broady won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dodig	Broady
Won	11	9
Converted	11/24	9/14
% Converted	46%	64%
Conceded	24	6
Saved	19	3
% Saved	79%	50%
Times Broken	5	3

Matej broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Dodig conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Liam broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Broady conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Dodig
	Q1 Paul	Q3 Added	R1 Schoolkate	R2 Fery	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	7-64 6-3	7-5 3-6 6-4	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	19	22	31	21	93
pts	68-52	76-66	97-91	75-69	316-278
Total points	120	142	188	144	594
Winners	31	40	49	36	156
%Winners	46%	53%	51%	48%	49%
SERVE
Aces	3	11	11	3	28
Double Faults	10	1	4	4	19
1st in	42/69	51/78	59/94	55/85	207/326
% 1st in	61%	65%	63%	65%	63%
1st pts	31/42	40/51	49/59	36/55	156/207
% 1st pts	74%	78%	83%	65%	75%
2nd pts	11/27	15/27	16/35	17/30	59/119
% 2nd pts	41%	56%	46%	57%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	1	2	3	11
Converted	5/6	1/4	2/10	3/4	11/24
Converted %	83%	25%	20%	75%	46%
Conceded	7	5	6	6	24
Saved	5/7	5/5	4/6	5/6	19
Saved %	71%	100%	67%	83%	80%
Times Broken	2	0	2	1	5

Broady
	Q1 Squire	Q3 Bertrand	R1 Passaro	R2 Hanfmann	Total
Score	3-3 ret.	6-3 6-2	6-3 7-5	7-65 6-4
Tot Set	1	2	2	2	7
Tot Games	6	17	21	23	67
pts	23-21	54-33	70-55	73-68	220-177
Total points	44	87	125	141	397
Winners	8	26	28	39	101
%Winners	35%	48%	40%	53%	46%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	2	11	14
Double Faults	0	1	1	3	5
1st in	10/18	28/45	36/57	49/71	123/191
% 1st in	56%	62%	63%	69%	64%
1st pts	8/10	26/28	28/36	39/49	101/123
% 1st pts	80%	93%	78%	80%	82%
2nd pts	6/8	11/17	12/21	10/22	39/68
% 2nd pts	75%	65%	57%	45%	57%
Breaks
Won	0	3	4	2	9
Converted	0/2	3/3	4/7	2/2	9/14
Converted %	0%	100%	57%	100%	64%
Conceded	0	1	4	1	6
Saved	0/0	1/1	2/4	0/1	3
Saved %	–	100%	50%	0%	38%
Times Broken	0	0	2	1	3

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