Liam Broady and Ilya Ivashka will play each other in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on SHOW COURT 1. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liam Broady is the pick to win this match.
Liam Broady -> 1.363
Ilya Ivashka -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Ilya Ivashka
This will be the 2nd time that Liam Broady and Ilya Ivashka fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ivashka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Ivashka won 6-3 6-0 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2020.
Liam Broady
| 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. 250, Liam got to the 2nd round after defeating Murphy Cassone 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Cassone (6-0 6-1). During the match, Broady scored 50 points vs Cassone’s 18. Liam was exceptionally aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Talking about the service games, Broady was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Liam Broady was very efficient on serve to win 82% (14/17) of his 1st serve and 92% (11/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Liam broke Cassone 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Broady has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (353-230). 14-5 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Broady has an overall 193-110 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Miyazaki Challenger where he overcame Harry Wendelken in the final 3-6 6-2 6-2.
Broady has a compiled 18-7 win-loss record in 2026, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Ilya Ivashka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-13 | 28-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 14-10 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-24 | 5-12 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 8-6 | 5-7 | 6-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 683, Ilya got to the 2nd round after defeating Dane Sweeny 7-6(1) 6-7(4) 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ivashka defeated Sweeny (7-61 6-74 6-2). During the match Ivashka scored 131 points vs Sweeny’s 117. The Belarussian was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Ivashka made 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ilya Ivashka lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ivashka put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (44/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Sweeny 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
Ilya has a compiled 6-4 win-loss record in 2026, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Broady | Ivashka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 34 |
| Pts | 50-18 | 131-117 |
| Total Points | 68 | 248 |
| Winners | 14 | 44 |
| %Winners | 28% | 34% |
Both Broady and Ivashka played 1 match. At the moment, Ilya Ivashka dropped 1 set while Liam Broady hasn’t lost a set so far. Broady has played 1 set(s) less than Ivashka (2 vs 3). Therefore, Broady played 21 games less than Ivashka. The Brit scored 14 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Ivashka struck 44 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Broady | Ivashka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 17/29 | 65/106 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 14/17 | 44/65 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 11/12 | 21/41 |
| %2nd pts | 92% | 51% |
Broady didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ivashka blasted 3 aces . Broady won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 92% of the points. On the other side, Ivashka won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Broady | Ivashka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 5/17 |
| % Converted | 86% | 29% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Brit broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Brit pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Belarussian broke his opponent 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Ilya conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Broady | |||
| R1 Cassone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 50-18 | 50-18 | |
| Total points | 68 | 68 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 14/17 | 14/17 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/12 | 11/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 92% | 92% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivashka | |||
| R1 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-74 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 131-117 | 131-117 | |
| Total points | 248 | 248 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 65/106 | 65/106 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 44/65 | 44/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 21/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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