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Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional
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player. He is a two-time
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champion, having won the
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in men's doubles alongside
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, and the
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in mixed doubles with
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. 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
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. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 24 in January 2022, and has won six doubles titles on the
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, 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
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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
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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
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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
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. 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
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, another Australian, 6–2, 6–2. In the main draw, he was drawn against sixth seed and world number 28
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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 Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...
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
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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
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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
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6–4, 6–7(1–8), 6–7(8–10), 3–6, respectively. At the US Open he lost
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3–6, 2–6 in the first round of the qualifying draw. Ebden represented Australia at the
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, he advanced to the semifinals defeating Patrick Ogier,
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi ( Punjabi, ; born 17 Mar 1980) is a Pakistani professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is the only Pakistani player ever to reach a Grand Slam final, having done so in both men's and mixed doubles at the ...
of Pakistan 6–4, 7–5, and
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, but lost to number one seed
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3–6, 1–6. Edben ended up winning the bronze medal by beating fellow Australian and second seed
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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 Samuel Groth OLY, MP (born 19 October 1987) is an Australian politician and a former professional tennis player. Sitting as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Groth represents the Liberal Party in the seat of Nepean. He is also the ...
. This put Ebden in the final 4 of the tournament. He lost his semi final match to
Peter Luczak Peter Luczak ( pl, Łuczak, ; born 31 August 1979) is a retired professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP singles ranking was World No. 64, achieved in October 2009. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won ...
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
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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 Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbek professional tennis player. He has won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in Au ...
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
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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
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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
Mischa Zverev Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev (russian: Михаил "Миша" Александрович Зверев, , ; born 22 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player born in Russia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world ...
. He also qualified for the
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, defeating
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in the first round before losing to world no. 1
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in the following round. At the
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, Ebden caused a major upset in the first round against 4th seed
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by winning the match 6–4, 6–2. Ebden then followed it up with a three set win over
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2–6, 6–4, 6–4. Ebden lost to 6th seed
Olivier Rochus Olivier Rochus (; born 18 January 1981) is a retired Belgian tennis player. He is the younger brother of Christophe Rochus, also a former top-40 tennis player. Rochus won two singles titles in his career and in 2004 French Open – Men's double ...
6–7(5–7), 3–6 in the quarterfinals. Ebden teamed with American
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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 Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...
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
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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
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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 Pablo Andújar Alba (; born 23 January 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Andújar has won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 in July 2015. His best results are reaching the fourth ...
of Spain. Ebden then went on to defeat
Ryan Harrison Ryan Harrison (born May 7, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Harrison has won one career ATP title in singles at the 2017 Memphis Open to go along with four in doubles, including the 2017 French Open. Before turning 16, Harriso ...
6–4, 6–2 and then 8th seed and former World No. 6
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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
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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
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6–3, 5–7, 6–7(3–7) in the second round. Ebden reached the final in doubles with
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but lost to the
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. Ebden's next event was
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where he lost in the second round to
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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
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he was victorious in the first round against
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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
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and won in three sets 6–1, 4–6, 6–4. He backed it up with another three set win over France's
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2–6, 6–3, 6–2. In the third round he faced world no. 8
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and produced an upset with a straight set win 6–3, 6–4. He fell in the fourth round to
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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 Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Čilić has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2014 US Open. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Austral ...
. Ebden then lost 3 consecutive first round matches, at the
Aegon International The Eastbourne International is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour and the ATP Tour held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Held since 1974, it is classified as a WTA 500 series on the WTA Tour and an ATP Tour ...
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
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. He also won the doubles title with
Ryan Harrison Ryan Harrison (born May 7, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Harrison has won one career ATP title in singles at the 2017 Memphis Open to go along with four in doubles, including the 2017 French Open. Before turning 16, Harriso ...
. He then reached the second round of the
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falling to
Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse (born 19 July 1980) is a former Belgian professional tennis player. Born in the north-western Flemish city of Kortrijk and nicknamed ''X-Man'', he is one of only two Belgian men (the other being David Goffin) to have been ranked i ...
and first round of the
Citi Open The Washington Open (known as the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) is an annual hardcourt tennis tournament played at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. The Washington Open is part of the ATP Tour 50 ...
losing to
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (; born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a former professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006. His favourite surface is clay, where h ...
. Ebden qualified for the
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and defeated
Peter Polansky Peter Polansky ( ; born June 15, 1988) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin. He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010, until January 17, 2011, in the ATP rankings. He was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008, ...
0–6, 6–4, 6–3. He then failed to qualify for the Western & Southern Open and
Winston-Salem Open The Winston-Salem Open is a men's professional tennis tournament played on the ATP Tour at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the United States. It made its debut at Winston-Salem in 2011 and is part of the 250 tier of ev ...
. At the final slam of the year, the US Open, Ebden defeated
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in straight sets, before losing to
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in straight sets as well. He reached the second round of
Proton Malaysian Open The Malaysian Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour. It was held annually in late September, early ...
losing to another Frenchman
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. Ebden qualified for the China Open, but lost in the first round to
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. At the
Shanghai Rolex Masters The Shanghai Masters ( zh, , s=上海大师赛, also known as Shanghai Rolex Masters for sponsorship reasons) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, and held annually in early October at the Qizhong Forest Sports ...
, 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 BNP Paribas Masters.


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
Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
to
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despite winning the first two sets. However, he won the mixed doubles title with compatriot
Jarmila Gajdošová Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on ...
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 Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten s ...
and
Scott Draper Scott Dennis Draper (born 5 June 1974) is an Australian former tennis player and golfer. He won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles with Samantha Stosur in 2005. Draper also reached the fourth round of the 1995 and 1996 French Opens, and the four ...
won that title. He then competed in tournaments on the American hardcourts. He lost in the second round of the
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, qualifying round of the
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, and the first round of the
Delray Beach International Tennis Championships The Delray Beach Open is an ATP World Tour 250 series men's professional tennis tournament held each year in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, and played on hard courts. It was previously known as America's Red Clay Championships, Citrix Ten ...
. He qualified for the
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losing to
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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
Aegon Trophy The Nottingham Trophy (formerly known as the Aegon Trophy) was an annual tennis tournament played in Nottingham, England. The tournament was part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF Women's Circuit) as a $75,000 ...
defeating
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in the final. He lost in the first round of
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in the main draw of
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against
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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
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to countryman
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. Ebden then reached the second rounds of Claro Open Colombia 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
Tiburon Challenger The Tiburon Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It has been held annually at the Tiburon Peninsula Club in Tiburon, California Tiburon (; es, Tiburón ...
to
Peter Polansky Peter Polansky ( ; born June 15, 1988) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin. He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010, until January 17, 2011, in the ATP rankings. He was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008, ...
. 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 The Dunlop World Challenge is a tournament for professional tennis players played on indoor carpet courts. The event is classified as a €35,000+H Challenger tournament for men and a $50,000+H ITF Women's Circuit tournament for women. It has been ...
defeating
Yūichi Sugita is a Japanese tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017. Career Juniors As a junior Sugita compiled a win–loss record of 34–19 (and 26–18 in doubles), r ...
. 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
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after
Nick Kyrgios Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios ( ; born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. In singles, Kyrgios' career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 was achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, includin ...
had to withdraw with a shoulder injury. Ebden lost in the second round against second seed
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. He was also awarded a wildcard into the
2014 Apia International Sydney The 2014 Apia International Sydney was a joint 2014 ATP World Tour and 2014 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales. It was the 122nd edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre ...
where he lost against
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in the first round. Ebden will then take part in the
2014 Australian Open The 2014 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 13 and 26 January 2014. It was the 102nd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of event ...
as a direct entry. Defeated
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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
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,
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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
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and defeated
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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
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where he lost to eventual semi-finalist
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and in
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where he again lost to an eventual semi-finalist which was
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. He then contested the
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where he lost to
Somdev Devvarman Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is a former professional Indian tennis player. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning back-to-back finals i ...
. Following this, he played in
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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
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in straight sets Ebden played his first tournament on grass in
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where he lost to
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. Following this he played at the
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where he defeated
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before losing to 3rd seed and eventual champion
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. Ebden then played at
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where he unluckily drew World number 9 and eventual semi-finalist
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. He lost in straight sets. He contested the US Open where he defeated
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in the first round before losing to 26th seed
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. 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 qualify for the
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but lost in round 1 to
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. Ebden then competed in a series of Challenger events throughout February and March in
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,
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, Launceston,
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,
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, Shezhen and
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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
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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
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in straight sets. Ebden lost to
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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 2017 Burnie International 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
2017 French Open The 2017 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 121st edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 28 May to 11 June and consisted of ...
. 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
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in Newport, Ebden snapped his losing streak and made a surprise run to his first ATP final, where he lost to
John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers e ...
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
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, before falling to 4th seed and eventual champion,
David Goffin David Goffin (; born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7. He is currently the Belgian No. 1, and the first Belgian man to be ranked in the top 10. Goffin has won six ATP titles ...
in the second round. Ebden then returned to the Challenger tour, where he claimed titles in
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and
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, 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
Brisbane International The Brisbane International established in 2009 is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts in Brisbane, Queensland in Australia. It is a WTA Premier tournament of the WTA Tour and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 seri ...
, losing to
Nick Kyrgios Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios ( ; born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. In singles, Kyrgios' career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 was achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, includin ...
in round 2. At the
2018 Australian Open The 2018 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played at Melbourne Park between 15 and 28 January 2018, and was the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2018 season. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles ...
, Ebden recorded his first win against a top 20 player at a Grand Slam by defeating 16th seed
John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers e ...
in round 1. In March, Ebden lost to
Gaël Monfils Gaël Sébastien Monfils (; born 1 September 1986) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in November 2016. H ...
in round 1 of Indian Wells and round 2 of Miami Open. In April, Ebden returned to the Asian Challenger Circuit, winning
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in May. At the
2018 French Open The 2018 French Open was a Grand Slam (tennis), major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 27 May to 10 June and consisted of events for players in singles, doubles and m ...
, Ebden lost in round 1 to
Thomas Fabbiano Thomas Fabbiano (born 26 May 1989) is an Italian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 11 September 2017, he reached his then highest ATP singles ranking of 70. His highest doubles ranking was 208 on 20 July 2009. He reached his ...
. In June, Ebden reached the semifinal of
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, semi final of
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and the quarter-final of
Gerry Weber Open The Halle Open is a men's tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the event is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour schedule. Between 1993 and 2018 ...
. At
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, Ebden defeated 10th seed
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,
Stéphane Robert Stéphane Robert (; born 17 May 1980) is a professional French tennis player. Career Coach From 2001 to March 2010, Ronan Lafaix was Robert's coach. In May 2016, Lafaix, who is 12 years older than Robert, became Robert's coach for the second ...
but lost to
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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
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. 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
2019 Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup XXXI was the 31st and final edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis that took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia. On 26 June 2018, the defending Swiss team of Roger Feder ...
alongside
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. The duo were eliminated in the round-robin stage. Ebden lost in round 1 of
Sydney International The Sydney International (formerly known as the Championship of New South Wales and New South Wales Open, with various title sponsors), formerly sponsored as the Apia International Sydney from 2012 to 2017, is a professional tennis tournament i ...
. Ebden lost in the second round of the
Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
to
Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis ...
.


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
Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
, he was defeated in the first round of qualifying by compatriot
Jason Kubler Jason Murray Kubler ( ; born 19 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. Despite a promising junior career, which included the junior world No. 1 ranking and comparisons to Rafael Nadal, Kubler has spent the majority of his profe ...
. In doubles, he and
John-Patrick Smith John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He attended the University of Tennessee from 2007 through 2011 where ...
made it to the quarterfinals where they lost to the ninth-seeded team of
Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's doubles titles at the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo, and the 2021 Aus ...
/
Filip Polášek Filip Polášek (; born 21 July 1985) is a Slovak professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He was forced to retire in 2013 due to health issues, but returned in 2018 and began the most successful phase of his career. Polášek wo ...
. In mixed doubles, he teamed up with compatriot,
Sam Stosur Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten s ...
. They reached the final where they lost to
Barbora Krejčíková Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and on 22 October 2018, she became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles ten ...
/
Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's d ...
. 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
Sander Gillé Sander Gillé (born 15 January 1991) is a Belgian tennis player. Gillé has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 24 by the ATP, achieved on 8 November 2021. He also has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 574, reached on 24 Decembe ...
/
Joran Vliegen Joran Vliegen (born 7 July 1993) is a Belgian tennis player. Vliegen has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 28 achieved on 14 June 2021. He also has a career high singles ranking of World No. 508 achieved on 1 August 2016. Vliegen wo ...
. At the Saint Petersburg Challenger, he was defeated in the second round by qualifier
Lucas Catarina Lucas Catarina (born 26 August 1996) is a Monégasque tennis player. Catarina has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 341 achieved on 11 June 2018. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 526 achieved on 27 May 2019. He has w ...
. Getting past qualifying at the
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, 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 Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev (russian: Даниил Сергеевич Медведев; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 7 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and was ...
due to injury. In
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, 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 Sardegna Open. He lost in the first round of qualifying to
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. At the
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, he was beaten in the first round by sixth seed
Prajnesh Gunneswaran Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian tennis player. He has won 2 ATP Challenger and 8 ITF titles in singles and 1 ITF title in doubles. He is currently the highest-ranked Indian singles player. He represents India at the Dav ...
. He was eliminated in the first round of qualifying at the
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by
Alejandro Tabilo Alejandro Tabilo (born 2 June 1997) is a Chilean tennis player. Tabilo has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 64 achieved on 25 July 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 249 achieved on 22 February 2021. ...
. Coming through qualifying at the
Nottingham Open The Nottingham Open was originally known as the Nottingham Championships or Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887-1967), is a tennis tournament for men and women held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, played on outdoor grass courts at the Nottingh ...
, 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,
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, who would end up winning the title. At
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, he was defeated in the second round of qualifying by British wildcard Arthur Fery. Getting past the qualifying rounds at the
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, Ebden lost in the first round to
Elias Ymer Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 105, achieved on 11 June 2018. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 188, achi ...
. Competing in
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, 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 Federico Gaio (; born 5 March 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and on the ITF circuit. He has won four Challenger titles and nine ITF futures singles titles. He reached his career hig ...
. At the same tournament he reached his second Grand Slam quarterfinal of the year in doubles partnering
Max Purcell Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in doubles alongside Matthew Ebden. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2022 Australian Ope ...
. 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
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and
André Göransson André Göransson (born 30 April 1994) is a Swedish tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 773, achieved on 25 September 2017, and in doubles a ranking of world No. 62, achieved on 17 January 2022. So he is the curr ...
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 Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (; born 25 April 1986) is a Colombian professional tennis player who is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 184 in Fe ...
and Robert Farah from a set down before reaching the third round, where they defeated thirteenth seeds
Raven Klaasen Raven Klaasen ( ; born 16 October 1982) is a South African professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, includi ...
and
Ben McLachlan Ben McLachlan ( ; マクラクラン 勉, ''Makurakuran Ben''; born 10 May 1992) is a Japanese professional tennis player who previously represented New Zealand. He is a doubles specialist with a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 18, achiev ...
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 Wesley Koolhof (; born 17 April 1989) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 in doubles on 7 November 2022. He has won 14 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, mos ...
and
Neal Skupski Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 14 November 2022. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, havi ...
from a set down and through the final ten-point deciding set tiebreak to reach the semifinals. Together with
Thanasi Kokkinakis Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakis ( ; born 10 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player and a doubles specialist. He has been ranked as high as world No. 69 in singles by the ATP, which he first achieved on 8 June 2015. He has won o ...
and
Nick Kyrgios Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios ( ; born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. In singles, Kyrgios' career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 was achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, includin ...
, 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 Joe Salisbury ( ; born 20 April 1992) is a British professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open and the 2022 US Open in men's ...
, 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
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and
Neal Skupski Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 14 November 2022. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, havi ...
avenging their loss in the final of the 2022 Libéma Open 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
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and
Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's d ...
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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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
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and
Coco Gauff Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles, reached on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15, 2022. Gauff won h ...
. They lost to defending champions
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and
Neal Skupski Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 14 November 2022. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, havi ...
.


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 *
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2–1 *
Matteo Berrettini Matteo Berrettini (; born 12 April 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in January 2022, and world No. 105 in dou ...
1–0 * James Blake 1–0 *
Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a younger brother, Geral ...
1–0 *
Dominic Thiem Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, which he first achieved in March 2020. He is the second-highest r ...
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Marcos Baghdatis Marcos Baghdatis ( el, Μάρκος Παγδατής, ar, ماركوس بغداتيس; ; born 17 June 1985) is a Cypriot former professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimble ...
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Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish (born December 9, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. He was a hardcourt specialist. He is one of several American tennis players who rose to prominence in the early 2000s.Fish won six tournaments on the mai ...
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Karen Khachanov Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (russian: Каре́н Абга́рович Хача́нов; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. Khachanov has won four ATP Tour singles titles, including a ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 ti ...
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David Goffin David Goffin (; born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7. He is currently the Belgian No. 1, and the first Belgian man to be ranked in the top 10. Goffin has won six ATP titles ...
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John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers e ...
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Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Čilić has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2014 US Open. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Austral ...
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Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, in ...
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David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain Davis Cup team, Spain, Ferrer has won tournaments at all levels on the ATP Tour (ATP Tour 250, ATP 250, ATP Tour ...
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Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...
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Daniil Medvedev Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev (russian: Даниил Сергеевич Медведев; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 7 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and was ...
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Diego Schwartzman Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his be ...
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Jack Sock Jack Sock (born September 24, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. He has won four career ATP singles titles and 17 doubles titles, and has career-high rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 20 November 2017) and world No. 2 in dou ...
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Robin Söderling Robin Bo Carl Söderling (; born 14 August 1984) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 4 singles ranking on 15 November 2010. His career highlights include rea ...
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Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
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Stefanos Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas ( gr, Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς, ; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 9 ...
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Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...
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Grigor Dimitrov Grigor Dimitrov ( bg, Григор Димитров, ; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on ...
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Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ...
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Gaël Monfils Gaël Sébastien Monfils (; born 1 September 1986) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in November 2016. H ...
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Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ...
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Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis ...
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Milos Raonic Milos Raonic (; sr, Милош Раонић, Miloš Raonić, ; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian inactive professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), wh ...
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Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009. His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...
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Roberto Bautista Agut Roberto Bautista Agut (; born 14 April 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in singles, which he first achieved on 4 November 2019. Bautista A ...
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Richard Gasquet Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...
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Kei Nishikori is an inactive Japanese professional tennis player. He is the second male Japanese player to have been ranked in the top 5 in singles (after Jiro Sato), and the only one to do so in the Open Era. Nishikori first reached his career-high singles ...
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Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian retired professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Assoc ...
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