Gimcheon, 2016
From No. 762
Ranked No. 762, he came through qualifying and won the Gimcheon Challenger in South Korea, making him the second lowest-ranked player to win a Challenger title in 16 years.
Source: Max Purcell, WikipediaThe 21st century
Max Purcell
Australia · born Sydney, 1998 · Wimbledon doubles champion 2022 with Matthew Ebden
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2022
Wimbledon doubles title with Matthew Ebden, as 14th seeds
8
Match points saved on the way: three in the first round, five in the semi-final
2
Wimbledon doubles finals, 2022 and 2024
2
Grand Slam doubles titles: Wimbledon 2022 and the US Open 2024
1st
ATP singles final, Eastbourne 2024, reached as a qualifier
Playing career
Max Purcell was born in Sydney on 3 April 1998. In 2016, ranked No. 762, he qualified for and won the Challenger at Gimcheon in South Korea. He reached his first Grand Slam final in doubles at the 2020 Australian Open with Luke Saville, and in 2022 reached the Australian Open final again with Matthew Ebden before the pair won Wimbledon that July.
He then turned to singles, reaching No. 40 in October 2023 after a run of Challenger titles and a Masters quarter-final in Cincinnati. In 2024 he reached his first ATP singles final, on grass at Eastbourne, lost the Wimbledon doubles final with Jordan Thompson, and won the US Open doubles with Thompson. He reached No. 8 in the doubles rankings in September 2024.
In December 2024 he accepted a provisional suspension from the International Tennis Integrity Agency for a breach of the anti-doping rules: two intravenous infusions in December 2023 above the permitted volume. In April 2025 he accepted an 18-month ban ending on 11 June 2026. He returned to competition in June 2026 and was recalled to Australia's Davis Cup squad that September.
On grass
| Wimbledon 2022 final | Seeded 14th with Matthew Ebden, 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; the first all-Australian winners of the gentlemen's doubles since 2000 |
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| Wimbledon 2022 escapes | First round: beat André Göransson and Ben McLachlan from three match points down at 4-5 (0-40) in the fifth set. 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 after saving five match points in the third-set tie-break |
| Wimbledon 2024 final | Seeded 15th with Jordan Thompson, lost to Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (11-9) after holding three match points; there was no break of serve in the match |
| Eastbourne 2024 singles | As a qualifier ranked No. 94, won six matches to reach the final, beating Lorenzo Sonego and Miomir Kecmanović, then lost to Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 |
| Eastbourne 2021 singles | As a lucky loser, beat the top seed Gaël Monfils and Andreas Seppi to reach his first ATP semi-final |
Every grass title: 1
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| 2022 | Men's doubles | with Matthew Ebden |
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
"I thought we were out of here in the first round. Three match points. And we just won Wimbledon. How good's that."
Anecdotes
The person behind the player.
Wimbledon 2022
Combining well
After the final he said: "Matt and I just combine so well, we are picking each other up out there." As a team they played 28 sets, five five-set matches and beat four seeded pairs.
Source: Tennis Australia, 10 July 2022Tokyo, 2021
Late call-up
He went to the Tokyo Olympics as a last-minute alternate for Andy Murray in singles and beat the world No. 15 Félix Auger-Aliassime, his first win over a top-20 player. He also stood in for Alex de Minaur in the doubles.
Source: Max Purcell, WikipediaEastbourne 2024
Due a couple of wins
He arrived at Eastbourne with six tour-level wins all season and won six more in a week. "I felt like I was due to get a couple more wins, I just didn't know how many," he said.
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Sources
- Wimbledon Compendium 2025 (AELTC)
- "Ebden and Purcell crowned Wimbledon doubles champions", Tennis Australia, 2022
- "Matt Ebden and Max Purcell crowned doubles champions", Tennis365, 2022
- "Purcell advances to biggest singles final of his career", Tennis Australia, 2024
- "Fritz cruises past Purcell", Tennis Majors, 2024
- "Max Purcell accepts 18-month suspension", International Tennis Integrity Agency, 2025
- "Aussie back in Davis Cup team after anti-doping breach", Canberra Times, 2026
- Max Purcell, Wikipedia
- GTC roll of grass champions, checked against a second source where one exists
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