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Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the
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in men's doubles alongside Max Purcell, and the
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in mixed doubles with Jarmila Gajdošová. Ebden also finished runner-up at the
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in men's doubles with Purcell, and the
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and
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in mixed doubles partnering Samantha Stosur. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 24 in January 2022, and has won six doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2014 Mexican Open. In singles, Ebden reached his highest ranking of world No. 39 in October 2018, and finished runner-up at the 2017 Hall of Fame Championships. He achieved his best major result at the
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, reaching the third round. Ebden has represented Australia in the
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since 2012, and won the bronze medal in singles at the
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.


Personal life

Ebden was born in Durban, South Africa to Charles and Ann Ebden. Ebden is currently studying for a commerce degree while playing tennis professionally full-time. In Perth, Ebden plays State Grade for Wembley Downs Tennis Club as the number one player. He married Kim Doig, a lawyer, on 16 November 2012, in Margaret River, Western Australia. He attended Hale School in Wembley Downs.


Career

Ebden spent much of his early career on the futures tour attempting to improve his ranking. It was not until the end of 2009 that Ebden had consistent results on the futures tour after making the final of the last four tournaments he entered in 2009, taking out three of the four titles.


Early career

In January 2007, Ebden competed in the qualifying tournament for the Australian Open. He defeated Richard Bloomfield of Great Britain in the first round of qualifying 6–3, 5–7, 8–6. He was defeated in the following round 2–6, 4–6 to Serbian player
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. Ebden won his first Futures event at the USA F21 event which began in August 2007. He defeated American
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in the final 3–6, 6–1, 7–5. Ebden played in the qualifying event for the Australian Open for the second year in a row in January 2008. He lost to
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of Italy in his first match 3–6, 6–4, 3–6. Ebden won his second Futures tournament at the Korea F2 event beginning in May 2008. He defeated
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of Japan in the final 6–4, 7–5. For the third year running, Ebden participated in the qualifying event for the Australian Open in January 2009. He won his first match against Italian Giancarlo Petrazzuolo 6–3, 6–3. He lost to Michael Berrer of Germany in his following match 4–6, 6–3, 1–6. In October 2009, Ebden won his third Futures event at Australia F8. He defeated British player Jamie Baker in the final 6–2, 6–4. He was also triumphant in his next tournament, Australia F9, which began in November 2009. He won 6–3, 6–4 in the final against fellow Australian John Millman. At Australia F11, which began in November 2009, Ebden won his fifth Futures title. He defeated fellow Australian James Lemke 6–1, 6–1 in the final.


2010

Ebden began 2010 by qualifying for the
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defeating Marinko Matosevic, another Australian, 6–2, 6–2. In the main draw, he was drawn against sixth seed and world number 28 Jürgen Melzer of Austria in the first round and caused a huge upset by winning in straight sets 7–5, 6–1. He was then defeated in the second round by Richard Gasquet 6–3, 6–4. At the
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, he qualified defeating
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In the final round of qualification 7–5, 6–2, He lost in the first round to world number 12 Gaël Monfils 4–6, 4–6, 4–6. He mainly played in the challenger circuit and reached the final of the Japan Indoor Tennis Championships losing to Yūichi Sugita 4–6, 6–4, 6–1. He then entered the qualifying draws of Roland Garros and
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and lost in the first round to
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4–6, 4–6 and qualifying round to Taylor Dent 6–4, 6–7(1–8), 6–7(8–10), 3–6, respectively. At the US Open he lost Nicolas Mahut 3–6, 2–6 in the first round of the qualifying draw. Ebden represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games, he advanced to the semifinals defeating Patrick Ogier, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan 6–4, 7–5, and Joshua Goodall, but lost to number one seed Somdev Devvarman 3–6, 1–6. Edben ended up winning the bronze medal by beating fellow Australian and second seed Peter Luczak in straight sets 6–3, 6–3 in the third place play-off. Ebden won his sixth Futures event at Great Britain F16, defeating Britain's Daniel Evans 6–2, 3–6, 6–3. Ebden participated in the Australian Open Playoffs for a chance into the maindraw of the
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. Ebden was the 4th seed. He defeated Benjamin Mitchell and Samuel Groth. This put Ebden in the final 4 of the tournament. He lost his semi final match to Peter Luczak 6–2, 1–6, 6–7.


2011: Breakthrough and first Masters quarter-final appearance

Ebden began 2011 in a similar fashion to 2010 by being entered in the qualifying draw for the
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and qualified. In the first round of the main draw he was drawn against another Australian wildcard John Millman and won in three sets 4–6, 6–2, 6–4. His second round match was against world number 40 and eighth seed Denis Istomin and produced a huge upset by winning 6–4, 6–4 despite being 156 places below Istomin in the ATP rankings. He was eventually defeated in the quarterfinals by world number 5 and eventual champion Robin Söderling 3–6, 2–6. He was then given a wildcard into the main draw of the
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. He lost to fifth seed Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the first round 4–6, 3–6. The next week, he played in the
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after being given a wildcard into the main draw. He lost in the first round to American Michael Russell 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–7(7–9). At the
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was able to qualify to the main draw just to lose to
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. He also qualified for the
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, defeating Somdev Devvarman in the first round before losing to world no. 1 Rafael Nadal in the following round. At the
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, Ebden caused a major upset in the first round against 4th seed Ryan Sweeting by winning the match 6–4, 6–2. Ebden then followed it up with a three set win over Matthias Bachinger 2–6, 6–4, 6–4. Ebden lost to 6th seed Olivier Rochus 6–7(5–7), 3–6 in the quarterfinals. Ebden teamed with American Ryan Harrison to win the doubles title. He followed it up with another doubles title at the
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where he partnered with yet another American
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. He then competed at the
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and qualified. He won his first match against
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, but lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the second round. At the
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Ebden went through the qualifying stages to get acceptance into the main draw. In the main draw Ebden drew Spaniard Pablo Andújar and progressed to win the match 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4. Ebden's run came to an end at that stage where he lost to the 3rd seed David Ferrer 6–4, 2–6, 2–6. At the
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, Ebden was the 14th seed in the qualifying draw and qualified for the main draw. In the first round Ebden won for the 2nd time in a week 6–4, 6–4 against Pablo Andújar of Spain. Ebden then went on to defeat Ryan Harrison 6–4, 6–2 and then 8th seed and former World No. 6 Gilles Simon 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(10–8). Ebden eventually lost in straight sets 3–6, 2–6 to the World No. 4, second seed, defending and eventual champion,
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in the quarterfinals. Because of Ebden's surprise run at the event. he went up to 80 in the world. Ebden ended the year at 86.


2012: First Grand Slam doubles quarterfinal and career-high doubles ranking

Ebden's first tournament of the year was the
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. In the first round, Ebden lost to seventh seed Radek Štěpánek in three sets 4–6, 6–3, 3–6. Ebden's next event was the
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where he competed as a wildcard. In the first round, Ebden upset seventh seeded Spaniard,
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in three sets 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 before losing to Marcos Baghdatis 6–3, 5–7, 6–7(3–7) in the second round. Ebden reached the final in doubles with Jarkko Nieminen but lost to the Bryan Brothers. Ebden's next event was
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where he lost in the second round to Kei Nishikori despite leading two sets to love 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 1–6, 1–6 after defeating
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in straight sets. Ebden made his debut for the
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in
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against China, Ebden replaced Tomic to play Ya-Nan Ma in a dead rubber where he was victorious 6–4, 6–2. He then played at the SAP Open he was victorious in the first round against Dudi Sela 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 7–6(7–1), but lost to Kevin Anderson in the following round in straight sets. He then fell in the qualifying round of the
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and first round of the
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. At the
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, Ebden entered the qualifying draw and qualified. In the first round, he faced Russian Igor Kunitsyn and won in three sets 6–1, 4–6, 6–4. He backed it up with another three set win over France's Julien Benneteau 2–6, 6–3, 6–2. In the third round he faced world no. 8 Mardy Fish and produced an upset with a straight set win 6–3, 6–4. He fell in the fourth round to John Isner in two tight sets 4–6, 5–7. Ebdem then only manage to win 1 match between Indian Wells and the grass season and this was at the Davis Cup, where he played first live rubber match against Suk-Young Jeong and won the match 6–3, 6–3, 6–4. Despite reaching the second round of
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losing to eventual champion Marin Čilić. Ebden then lost 3 consecutive first round matches, at the
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as a qualifier, at
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, and at the
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. Ebden then bounced back by reached the quarterfinals of the BB&T Atlanta Open defeating
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and James Blake in three sets, before losing to Gilles Müller. He also won the doubles title with Ryan Harrison. He then reached the second round of the Farmers Classic falling to Xavier Malisse and first round of the
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losing to
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. Ebden qualified for the
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and defeated
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0–6, 6–4, 6–3. He then failed to qualify for the
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and
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. At the final slam of the year, the US Open, Ebden defeated
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in straight sets, before losing to Jérémy Chardy in straight sets as well. He reached the second round of Proton Malaysian Open losing to another Frenchman Julien Benneteau. Ebden qualified for the China Open, but lost in the first round to Richard Gasquet. At the
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, Ebden was defending a quarterfinal, but lost in the first round of the qualifying draw. This results pushed Ebden from 67 to 120 in the rankings. He then made it to back to back second rounds at the
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and Swiss Indoors Basel. Ebden's final match was a loss in the first round of the qualifying draw of the
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.


2013: Return to top 100 in singles

Edben started 2013, ranked at world number 105 and began with three first round losses, at the
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,
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, and a five set loss at the
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to Mikhail Youzhny despite winning the first two sets. However, he won the mixed doubles title with compatriot Jarmila Gajdošová and in doing so, won his first
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and first mixed doubles title. This win made Ebden and Gajdošová the third all Australian pairing to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title and the first since 2005 when Samantha Stosur and Scott Draper won that title. He then competed in tournaments on the American hardcourts. He lost in the second round of the SAP Open, qualifying round of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, and the first round of the
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. He qualified for the
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losing to Grigor Dimitrov in the second round and lost in the first round of qualifying at the
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. This results made his ranking dropped to number 137. Ebden then played on the Challenger circuit and made three consecutive quarterfinals. He then won the first Challenger title of his career at the
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defeating Benjamin Becker in the final. He lost in the first round of
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in the main draw of
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against Kei Nishikori and the second round of doubles with
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after receiving a wildcard into both events. He went on to lose in the first round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships to countryman Lleyton Hewitt. Ebden then reached the second rounds of
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and BB&T Atlanta Open. At the American Challengers he lost in the finals of the
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to Donald Young and at the
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to
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. Ebden then played four Challenger events in Australia and Asia. He won three events at the Melbourne Challenger defeating
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defeating
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and the Dunlop World Challenge defeating Yūichi Sugita. Ebden ended the year at number 68, his highest year-end ranking in his career.


2014

Ebden began his year at the
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where he won his opening round over lucky loser Alex Kuznetsov after
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had to withdraw with a shoulder injury. Ebden lost in the second round against second seed Kei Nishikori. He was also awarded a wildcard into the
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where he lost against Julien Benneteau in the first round. Ebden will then take part in the
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as a direct entry. Defeated Nicolas Mahut in R1 of the
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in 5 sets before losing to
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in 4 sets on Rod Laver Arena. Ebden then lost in the first round at ATP tour events in Memphis,
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,
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and Indian Wells. He had better success in doubles at
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where he partnered Kevin Anderson and the pair won the title. It was Ebden's first ATP tour 500 doubles title. Ebden then played at the Miami Masters and defeated Łukasz Kubot in the first round before losing to world number 6
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in 3 sets. Ebden then started his clay court season with a string of first round losses at ATP tournaments. Firstly in Houston where he lost to eventual semi-finalist Santiago Giraldo and in Bucharest where he again lost to an eventual semi-finalist which was Robin Haase. He then contested the
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where he lost to Somdev Devvarman. Following this, he played in Nice where he lost to defending champion and eventual semi-finalist
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. At the
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, Ebden lost in round 1 to Pablo Cuevas in straight sets Ebden played his first tournament on grass in London where he lost to Lukáš Lacko. Following this he played at the Topshelf Open where he defeated Adrian Mannarino before losing to 3rd seed and eventual champion Roberto Bautista Agut. Ebden then played at
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where he unluckily drew World number 9 and eventual semi-finalist Milos Raonic. He lost in straight sets. He contested the US Open where he defeated Tobias Kamke in the first round before losing to 26th seed Leonardo Mayer. Following a string of first round losses and injuries, Ebden finished the year ranked 231st in the world in Singles and 89th in Doubles.


2015

Ebden commenced the year attempting to
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for the
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but lost in round 1 to Matthias Bachinger. Ebden then competed in a series of Challenger events throughout February and March in Hong Kong, Burnie, Launceston,
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, Guangzhou, Shezhen and Israel with limited success. In April, Ebden made the quarter finals of the Batman Challenger in Turkey before three consecutive Challenger semi-finals in Santaizi,
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and
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in May. These results boasted his ranking from low 300's to 206. In June, Ebden played in the United Kingdom on grass and made quarter final of the Manchester Challenger before winning the Surbiton Challenger the following week as an unseeded player and defeating 4 seeds along the way; including Denis Kudla in the final. The following week, Kudla got revenge, defeating Ebden made the final of Ilkley Challenger. These results were rewarded with a wild card into
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. At Wimbleon, Edben won his career-first main draw match defeating Blaž Rola in straight sets. Ebden lost to John Isner in round 2. Following this, Ebden continued his good form on the Challenger circuit, winning the Latrobe Challenger in November. Ebden finished the year with a ranking of 105.


2016: Injury-ravaged season

Ebden was awarded a wild card into the
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but lost in round one to
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. In February, Ebden lost in round one of Delray Championships to
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. This was his last match for seven months after which he sought advice and treatment from a multitude of health professionals in different countries. Ebden returned to competition at the OEC Kaohsiung Challenger then played qualifying at three Asian ATP events before returning to the Australian Challenger circuit. Due to his injuries and time away from the tour, Ebden finished the year with a ranking of 698, his worst end of season ranking in a decade.


2017: First ATP singles final and return to top 100

Ebden made the second round of qualifying at the
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. In February, he reached the quarter finals of
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before travelling the North America where he qualified for and reached the quarter final of the
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. Ebden lost in round 1 of qualifying at Indian Wells, before returning to the Challenger Circuit in Asia. In May, Ebden lost in round 1 of qualifying at the
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. Ebden had a poor run of form in June and early July, which saw him fail to win a main draw singles match at five consecutive tournaments. At the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Ebden snapped his losing streak and made a surprise run to his first ATP final, where he lost to John Isner in straight sets. At the US Open, Ebden lost in the first round of qualifying. In October, Ebden qualified for the Japan Open, an ATP 500 event. In the main draw, Ebden won his opening match against Ivo Karlovic, before falling to 4th seed and eventual champion, David Goffin in the second round. Ebden then returned to the Challenger tour, where he claimed titles in
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and Toyota, his first trophies since 2015. With the victories, Ebden's ranking improved to 80 in the world, his highest world ranking since July 2014.


2018: Best season in singles, Top 40 debut and career-high ranking

Ebden commenced 2018 at the
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, losing to
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in round 2. At the
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, Ebden recorded his first win against a top 20 player at a Grand Slam by defeating 16th seed John Isner in round 1. In March, Ebden lost to Gaël Monfils in round 1 of Indian Wells and round 2 of Miami Open. In April, Ebden returned to the Asian Challenger Circuit, winning Busan in May. At the
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, Ebden lost in round 1 to Thomas Fabbiano. In June, Ebden reached the semifinal of Surbiton Trophy, semi final of Rosmalen Grass Court Championships and the quarter-final of Gerry Weber Open. At
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, Ebden defeated 10th seed David Goffin, Stéphane Robert but lost to Gilles Simon in the third round. It was the first time he has reached the third round of a grand slam, and as a result entered into the world's top 50. In August, Ebden reached the semifinal of Atlanta. At the US Open, Ebden reached the second round. Ebden continued his ranking rise and on 16 October 2018, Ebden broke into the world's top 40 and later reached a career-high in singles of World No. 39 on 22 October 2018, following a quarterfinal result in Shanghai Masters.


2019-2020: Hopman Cup; loss of form, out of top 300 in singles

Ebden commenced the season representing
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at the
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alongside Ashleigh Barty. The duo were eliminated in the round-robin stage. Ebden lost in round 1 of
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. Ebden lost in the second round of the
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to Rafael Nadal.


2021: Australian Open mixed doubles final, two Major doubles quarterfinals & back to top 100

Ebden started his 2021 season at the first edition of the Great Ocean Road Open. He lost in the second round to Thiago Monteiro. At the
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, he was defeated in the first round of qualifying by compatriot Jason Kubler. In doubles, he and John-Patrick Smith made it to the quarterfinals where they lost to the ninth-seeded team of Ivan Dodig/ Filip Polášek. In mixed doubles, he teamed up with compatriot,
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. They reached the final where they lost to Barbora Krejčíková/
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. Playing at the first edition of the Singapore Open as a wildcard, Ebden reached the quarterfinals where he lost to eventual champion Alexei Popyrin. In doubles, he and John-Patrick Smith made it to the final where they lost to the top-seeded team of
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/
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. At the
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, he was defeated in the second round by qualifier
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. Getting past qualifying at the Open 13, he upset third seed Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals of an ATP tournament for the first time since 2018. He retired during his semifinal match against top seed Daniil Medvedev due to injury. In Dubai, he retired during his second round match against fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut due to the same injury he suffered from the previous tournament he played in. In April, he competed at the
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. He lost in the first round of qualifying to Cedrik-Marcel Stebe. At the
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, he was beaten in the first round by sixth seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran. He was eliminated in the first round of qualifying at the
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by Alejandro Tabilo. Coming through qualifying at the Nottingham Open, Ebden lost in the second round to top seed Dan Evans. At the Nottingham Trophy, he retired during his second round of qualifying match against compatriot, Alex Bolt, who would end up winning the title. At
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, he was defeated in the second round of qualifying by British wildcard
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. Getting past the qualifying rounds at the
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, Ebden lost in the first round to Elias Ymer. Competing in Atlanta, he was defeated in the final round of qualifying by Evgeny Donskoy. At the
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in Washington, D.C., he was eliminated in the first round of qualifying by Emilio Gómez. At the US Open, he was beaten in the first round of qualifying by Federico Gaio. At the same tournament he reached his second Grand Slam quarterfinal of the year in doubles partnering Max Purcell. He finished the year ranked World No. 57 in doubles and No. 232 in singles.


2022: Australian Open final, Wimbledon doubles champion & mixed doubles finalist, top 25

Embarking on the
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, Ebden partnered once more with Purcell. After defeating Jonathan Erlich and
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in the first round, they went on to topple four seeded teams consecutively en route to Ebden's first career Grand Slam final and their first-ever doubles final as a pair overall. In the second round, Ebden and Purcell beat fourth seeds Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah from a set down before reaching the third round, where they defeated thirteenth seeds
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and Ben McLachlan in straight sets to make the quarterfinals. This equaled Ebden's career-best showing at the Australian Open and earned the pair their second Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance together. In the quarterfinals, they knocked out tenth seeds Wesley Koolhof and
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from a set down and through the final ten-point deciding set tiebreak to reach the semifinals. Together with Thanasi Kokkinakis and
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, Ebden and Purcell made it the most Australians to reach this stage of the men's doubles tournament since
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and the first since
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that two all-Australian pairings contested the semifinals. Their quarterfinals win set them up for a match against second seeds
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and Joe Salisbury, where they saved four set points in the second set to defeat the pair in straight sets to reach the final. Ebden and Purcell faced Kokkinakis and Kyrgios in the final, the first in men's doubles at the Australian Open to feature two all-Australian teams since
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, where they ultimately lost in straight sets. Seeded 14th in doubles at the
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, he reached the quarterfinals with Purcell for the first time defeating the third seeded pair of Wesley Koolhof and
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avenging their loss in the final of the
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earlier in the grass season. The pair went on to reach the semifinals defeating 7th seeds
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and
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. Next they defeated the top pair of Joe Salisbury and
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in a five sets close to four hours match saving five match points to reach their second Major final. They went on to win the title defeating second seeded pair of
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and
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in a more then a four hours, five set match with a super tiebreak. At the same tournament, in mixed doubles partnering
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they reached their second major final as a pair defeating Jack Sock and
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. They lost to defending champions Desirae Krawczyk and
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.


Significant finals


Grand Slam finals


Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)


Mixed doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)


ATP career finals


Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)


Doubles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals


Singles: 21 (15 titles, 6 runners-up)


Performance timelines


Singles

''Current through the
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.''


Doubles


Mixed doubles


Record against other players


Record against top 10 players

Ebden's match record against those who have been
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in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface * Gilles Simon 2–1 * Matteo Berrettini 1–0 * James Blake 1–0 * Jürgen Melzer 1–0 * Dominic Thiem 1–0 * Marcos Baghdatis 1–1 * Mardy Fish 1–2 * Karen Khachanov 1–2 * David Goffin 1–3 * John Isner 1–5 * Marin Čilić 0–1 * Roger Federer 0–1 * David Ferrer 0–1 * Fabio Fognini 0–1 * Daniil Medvedev 0–1 *
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0–1 * Jack Sock 0–1 * Robin Söderling 0–1 * Radek Štěpánek 0–1 *
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0–1 * Nikolay Davydenko 0–2 * Grigor Dimitrov 0–2 * Lleyton Hewitt 0–2 * Gaël Monfils 0–2 *
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0–2 * Rafael Nadal 0–2 * Milos Raonic 0–2 * Fernando Verdasco 0–2 * Roberto Bautista Agut 0–3 * Kevin Anderson 0–3 * Richard Gasquet 0–3 * Kei Nishikori 0–3 * Mikhail Youzhny 0–3 :''* Statistics correct .''


Wins over top-10 players

:''* Statistics correct .''


References


External links

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