Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson knock out the No.1 seeds to secure their spot in the Wimbledon 2024 men’s doubles final.
London, Great Britain, 11 July 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson have continued their sensational run at Wimbledon 2024, beating the world’s top team to secure their spot in the men’s doubles final.
The Australian combination scored a commanding 6-4 6-4 victory against the No.1 seeds, Spaniard Marcel Granollers and Argentine Horacio Zeballos, in semifinal action today at the All England Club.
This propels 30-year-old Thompson into his first Grand Slam doubles final, while it marks the fourth time that 26-year-old Purcell has reached a major doubles final in his career.
Purcell previously won at Wimbledon in 2022 alongside Matt Ebden and is a two-time finalist at the Australian Open (2020 with Luke Saville, 2022 with Ebden).
The 15th-seeded Australians needed only 71 minutes to complete their impressive victory against the experienced 38-year-old Granollers and 39-year-old Zeballos, who were looking to progress to a Wimbledon final for the third time in the past four years.
Purcell and Thompson snared the opening break of the match in the seventh game, marking the first time the top seeds had lost a service game all tournament, and maintained this advantage to take the first set.
With the momentum in their favour, Purcell and Thompson kept the pressure on their opponents by breaking again in the ninth game of the second set. Purcell then held serve to complete a dominant performance.
This improves Purcell and Thompson’s incredible season record to 26 wins from their 30 matches together.
With their efforts at Wimbledon this fortnight, they join exclusive company as only the 12th all-Australian team to advance to a men’s doubles final at the tournament in the Open era.
World No.31 Purcell becomes just the third Australian player to achieve this feat with multiple compatriots, following in the footsteps of legends Paul McNamee and Pat Cash.
| Wimbledon men’s doubles All-Australian finalists in the Open era |
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| Team | Finals |
| John Newcombe/Tony Roche | 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974 |
| Ken Rosewall/Fred Stolle | 1968, 1970 |
| Roy Emerson/Rod Laver | 1971 |
| John Cooper/Neale Fraser | 1973 |
| Ross Case/Geoff Masters | 1976, 1977 |
| John Alexander/Phil Dent | 1977 |
| Peter McNamara/Paul McNamee | 1980, 1982 |
| Pat Cash/Paul McNamee | 1984 |
| Pat Cash/John Fitzgerald | 1985 |
| Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde | 1993,… |
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