Ebden and Purcell crowned Wimbledon doubles champions | 10 July, 2022 | All News | News and Features | News and Events

Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell are the Wimbledon 2022 gentlemen’s doubles champions.

The Aussie duo captured their maiden major title together with a 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 4-6 6-4 7-6(2) victory against defending champions Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic in a fiercely contested final at Centre Court today.

Ebden and Purcell’s victory snaps the 23-match winning streak of world No.3 Pavic, who was playing with a fractured right wrist following a semifinal fall, and world No.6 Mektic on grass. The second-seeded Croatians had claimed the title at their past four grass-court events.

Little separated the two teams in in an enthralling four-hour and 11-minute battle, with each recording only a single break of serve across the first four sets.

It took until the 10th game of the fourth set for world No.31 Ebden and world No.34 Purcell to snare a break, pouncing on Mektic’s serve with exceptional returning to level the match at two-sets apiece.

Pavic and Mektic regained control in the deciding set, breaking Purcell’s serve in the fifth game to edge ahead 3-2. But the Aussies fought back, breaking Mektic in the eighth game to level.

The twists and turns continued in a tense fifth set, with the Aussies bravely saving two break points in the ninth game.

Both teams held firm in the high-pressure final stages, forcing a match tiebreak. From there, the Australians dominated to clinch the title.

“Matt and I just combine so well, we are picking each other up out there,” Purcell said. “Something kind of changed towards the end of the third set. We thought ‘let’s just play on Centre Court and enjoy ourselves’. We did that and now we have got the trophies.”