The 21st century
Australia · born Durban, South Africa, 1987 · right-handed · Wimbledon doubles champion 2022 with Max Purcell, Olympic doubles champion 2024
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Wimbledon men's doubles title, 2022 with Max Purcell
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Match points saved at Wimbledon 2022: three in the first round, five in the semi-final
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Length of the 2022 final, won 7-6 in a fifth-set match tiebreak
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Wimbledon finals in 2022: men's doubles won, mixed doubles lost
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Doubles ranking, February 2024, the first Australian since Todd Woodbridge in 2001
Matthew Ebden was born in Durban, South Africa, on 26 November 1987 into a tennis family: his father, Charles, played state cricket and tennis in South Africa, and both his sisters were nationally ranked. He played his first tournament at five and moved with his family to Perth at 12, where he went to Hale School. He enrolled at the University of Western Australia to study law and commerce but deferred to play professionally, and made his debut in Australian Open qualifying in 2007.
In singles he won a Commonwealth Games bronze medal in 2010, reached the Newport final on grass in 2017 and the third round of Wimbledon in 2018, and peaked at No. 39 in October 2018. His bigger titles came in doubles: the 2013 Australian Open mixed with Jarmila Gajdošová, the 2022 Wimbledon men's doubles with Max Purcell, and the 2024 Australian Open with India's Rohan Bopanna, which took him to No. 1 in February 2024.
At the 2024 Paris Olympics he and John Peers won the men's doubles gold, Australia's first Olympic tennis gold for 28 years. In June 2025, in their first tournament as a pair, he and Jordan Thompson won the 's-Hertogenbosch title on grass.
| Wimbledon 2022 doubles | Seeded 14th with Max Purcell. First round: beat André Göransson and Ben McLachlan 6-7 (5-7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) after trailing 4-5, 0-40 in the fifth. Semi-final: beat the top seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury 3-6, 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (11-9), 6-4, 6-2, saving five match points in the third-set tiebreak. Final: beat the second seeds Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-2) on Centre Court |
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| Wimbledon mixed 2022 | With Samantha Stosur, unseeded, reached the final and lost to Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk 6-4, 6-3 |
| Newport | 2011: won the doubles with Ryan Harrison, beating Johan Brunström and Adil Shamasdin 4-6, 6-3, 10-5. 2017: singles final, lost to John Isner |
| 's-Hertogenbosch 2025 | With Jordan Thompson, in their first event together, beat Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in the final |
| Wimbledon singles | Third round in 2018, his best Grand Slam singles result, beating the tenth seed David Goffin on the way |
| Wimbledon | ||
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| 2022 | Men's doubles | with Max Purcell |
| Newport, Rhode Island | ||
| 2011 | Men's doubles Hall of Fame Open | with Ryan Harrison |
| 's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen) | ||
| 2025 | Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Jordan Thompson |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"It's further than a dream come true. I suppose it's a goal or a plan or a belief come true."
The person behind the player.
Durban to Perth
He began playing at five with his family in South Africa. His father, Charles, had played state cricket and tennis there, and his sisters Tarryn and Candice were both nationally ranked. The family moved to Australia when he was 12, and he went to Hale School in Perth. He enrolled in law and commerce at the University of Western Australia and says he would probably have become a lawyer.
Source: ATP Tour biographyWimbledon, 2022
On the morning of the final Mark Woodforde joined Ebden and Purcell on the warm-up court. "Todd Woodbridge has been chatting with us as well, so we definitely channelled the Woodies," Ebden said. "They are great mentors." That afternoon they became the first all-Australian men's doubles champions since Woodbridge and Woodforde in 2000.
Source: Tennis AustraliaWimbledon, 2022
"To be out there over four hours, 7-6 in the fifth set, finish a Wimbledon final with a match tiebreak. It was insane," he said. "We're just trying to do Australia proud, show Aussie grit and fight, win Wimbledon for Australia."
Source: Tennis AustraliaOff court
His hobbies are the beach, surfing, films and computer games, and he collects watches and studies horology. His childhood idols were Stefan Edberg and Andre Agassi, and he supports the Wallabies.
Source: ATP Tour biography's-Hertogenbosch, 2025
He and Jordan Thompson had played Davis Cup together but never a tour event until 's-Hertogenbosch in 2025, which they won. "To bring that on the tour and make a great start here with a title, we couldn't ask for more," Ebden said.
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