Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player.

Max Purcell

Purcell at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Born	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 24) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Nathan Healey
Prize money	$1,775,238
Singles
Career record	8–13 (38.1%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 156 (20 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 215 (7 November 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2020)
French Open	Q2 (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2021)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	51–42 (54.8%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 25 (11 April 2022)
Current ranking	No. 33 (7 November 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2020, 2022)
French Open	3R (2021)
Wimbledon	W (2022)
US Open	QF (2021)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	SF (2021)
Last updated on: 7 November 2022.

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 Open, and Purcell previously reached the final at the 2020 Australian Open with Luke Saville. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 25 in April 2022, and has won two titles on the ATP Tour, finishing runner-up on four further occasions. Purcell also reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 2021 US Open with Dayana Yastremska.

In singles, his highest ranking is world No. 156, achieved in June 2022, and he represented Australia in both disciplines at the 2020 Olympic Games, partnering John Peers in doubles.

Professional career

2016–2019: Early career

In July 2016, Purcell qualified for and won the Gimcheon Challenger in South Korea against fellow Australian Andrew Whittington. Purcell was ranked No. 762 in the world leading into the tournament, making him the second lowest-ranked player to win an ATP Challenger title in 16 years.[1] He finished the season ranked 324 in the world.

In 2017, Purcell received a wildcard into the Australian Open doubles event, where he partnered Alex de Minaur. The duo lost in the opening round to Spanish pairing Guillermo García López and Pablo Carreño Busta. Purcell made four Futures Tour finals in 2017, claiming three titles. He finished the year ranked No. 277 in the world.

2020: Grand Slam singles debut and doubles final, top 40 in doubles

In January, Purcell made his Grand Slam singles debut after qualifying for the 2020 Australian Open.[2] He lost to Jannik Sinner in the first round in straight sets. At the same tournament, he paired with Luke Saville as a wildcard in the Men's doubles, where they reached the final losing to 11th seeded pair American Rajeev Ram and Brit Joe Salisbury. The pair also reached their second final of the season of the 2020 Astana Open where they lost to Belgians Sander Gillé/Joran Vliegen.

2021: First ATP semifinal, singles top 200, Olympics debut, doubles top 30

Purcell commenced the 2021 season at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he defeated Norbert Gombos for his first ATP main draw win.[3] Purcell was defeated by Karen Khachanov in the second round.[4]

Purcell earned his first win against an opponent in the top 20 after beating World No. 16 and top seed Gaël Monfils at the Eastbourne as a lucky loser to reach his first ATP singles quarterfinal[5] and then recorded another win over Andreas Seppi to reach his first semifinal. He lost to another Italian Lorenzo Sonego.[6] Following this great run, in July he won his second Challenger singles title, the 2021 President's Cup (tennis) in Nur Sultan. As a result, he entered the top 200 at a career-high in singles of No. 190 on 19 July 2021.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Purcell was entered as a last-minute alternate for Andy Murray, who had withdrawn due to a right quad injury.[7] Purcell recorded his biggest career win and first over a top 20 player, defeating world no. 15 Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets. Purcell also replaced Alex de Minaur after he tested positive for COVID-19 in the doubles event,[8] where he partnered John Peers but lost in the first round.[9]

In August 2021, Purcell reached the third round of the 2021 Winston-Salem Open. He re-entered the ATP top 200 in singles as a result.[10]

He reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the 2021 US Open partnering Matthew Ebden where they lost to 4th seeds and eventual champions Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram. He was also selected as a wildcard in the singles main draw for his debut at this Major but lost in the first round again to 13th seed Jannik Sinner.

On 20 September 2021, and following a quarterfinal result at Cary Challenger, Purcell achieved a career high singles ranking of World No. 189.[11] He followed this by a final also in singles at the 2021 Columbus Challenger where he lost to Stefan Kozlov. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 175 and doubles ranking of No. 28 on 18 October 2021.

2022: ATP Cup debut, Second Australian Open final, Wimbledon champion & top 25, Maiden title

In January 2022, Purcell made his debut representing Australia at the 2022 ATP Cup, losing to Jannik Sinner in the round robin stage. Purcell reached the second round of Australian Open Men's single qualifying.[12] In the men's doubles, Purcell partnered once more with Ebden. After defeating Jonathan Erlich and André Göransson in the first round,[13] they went on to topple four seeded teams consecutively en route to Purcell's second men's doubles final and their first-ever doubles final as a pair overall. In the second round, Ebden and Purcell beat fourth seeds Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah from a set down[14] before reaching the third round, where they defeated thirteenth seeds Raven Klaasen and Ben McLachlan in straight sets to make the quarterfinals. This showing earned the pair their second Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance together.[15] In the quarterfinals, they knocked out tenth seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski from a set down and through the final ten-point deciding set tiebreak to reach the semifinals.[16] Together with Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios, Ebden and Purcell made it the most Australians to reach this stage of the men's doubles tournament in 29 years, since 1993, and the first time since 1985 that two all-Australian pairings contested the semifinals.[17] Their quarterfinals win set them up for a match against second seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, where they saved four set points in the second set to defeat the pair in straight sets to reach the final. Purcell and Ebden faced Kokkinakis and Kyrgios in the final, the first in men's doubles at the Australian Open to feature two all-Australian teams since 1980,[18] where they ultimately lost in straight sets.[19]

He made his debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in singles after qualifying for the main draw for the first time at this Major.[20] Seeded 14th in doubles, he reached the quarterfinals with Ebden for the first time defeating the third seeded pair of Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski avenging their loss in the final of the 2022 Libéma Open earlier in the grass season.[21] The pair went on to reach the semifinals defeating 7th seeds Filip Polasek and John Peers. Next they defeated the top pair of Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram in a five sets close to four hours match saving five match points to reach their second Major final.[22] They went on to win the title defeating second seeded pair of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic in a more then a four hours, five set match with a super tiebreak.[23]

At the 2022 Hall of Fame Open he reached the second round in singles defeating Adrian Mannarino before losing to Andy Murray.[24] At the same tournament he reached the quarterfinals partnering Tim van Rijthoven where they lost to eventual champions William Blumberg and Steve Johnson. At the 2022 Los Cabos Open he qualified for the main draw and defeated Henri Laaksonen before losing to 6th seed Brandon Nakashima. At the same tournament in doubles seeded second with Ebden, they reached also the second round.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2020	Australian Open	Hard	Luke Saville	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2022	Australian Open	Hard	Matthew Ebden	Thanasi Kokkinakis Nick Kyrgios	5–7, 4–6
Win	2022	Wimbledon	Grass	Matthew Ebden	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(10–2)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2020	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Luke Saville	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2020	Astana Open, Kazakhstan	250 Series	Hard (i)	Luke Saville	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	5–7, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2022	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Matthew Ebden	Thanasi Kokkinakis Nick Kyrgios	5–7, 4–6
Win	1–3	Apr 2022	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States	250 Series	Clay	Matthew Ebden	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–4	Jun 2022	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Matthew Ebden	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
Win	2–4	Jul 2022	Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Matthew Ebden	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(10–2)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2016	Gimcheon, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Whittington	3–6, 7–6(8–6), 5–1 ret.
Loss	1–1	Nov 2016	Australia F10, Blacktown	Futures	Hard	Christopher O'Connell	2–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Mar 2017	Japan F2, Nishitōkyō	Futures	Hard	Yusuke Takahashi	7–5, 7–6(10–8)
Loss	2–2	Apr 2017	Indonesia F6, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Oct 2017	Thailand F8, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Martins Podzus	6–7(7–9), 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	4–2	Oct 2017	Thailand F9, Pattaya	Futures	Hard (i)	Wu Tung-lin	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–3	Mar 2018	Australia F3, Mornington	Futures	Clay	Marc Polmans	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win	5–3	Apr 2018	Australia F4, Mornington	Futures	Clay	Marc Polmans	7–5, 6–4
Loss	5–4	May 2019	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Kwon Soon-woo	5–7, 5–7
Win	6–4	Jul 2021	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Jay Clarke	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	6–5	Sep 2021	Columbus, United States	Challenger	Hard	Stefan Kozlov	6–4, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 19 (13–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2015	Australia F8, Toowoomba	Futures	Hard	Jake Delaney	Steven de Waard Marc Polmans	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2017	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bolt	Tom Jomby Eric Quigley	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–1	Oct 2017	Thailand F9, Pattaya	Futures	Hard (i)	Chen Ti	Skyler Butts Li Yuanfeng	6–1, 6–1
Win	3–1	Nov 2017	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andrew Whittington	Ruben Gonzales Christopher Rungkat	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss	3–2	Mar 2018	Australia F3, Mornington	Futures	Clay	Tom Evans	Hsu Yu-hsiou Matthew Romios	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Aug 2018	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Marc Polmans	Luke Bambridge Neal Skupski	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	3–4	Oct 2018	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Jeremy Beale Marc Polmans	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	Nov 2018	Bangalore, India	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Purav Raja Antonio Šančić	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	5–4	Jan 2019	Playford, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Ariel Behar Enrique López Pérez	6–4, 7–5
Win	6–4	Feb 2019	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Hiroki Moriya Mohamed Safwat	7–5, 6–4
Loss	6–5	Mar 2019	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Moez Echargui Skander Mansouri	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), [7–10]
Loss	6–6	Mar 2019	Zhuhai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–6	Mar 2019	Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Hans Hach Sriram Balaji	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win	8–6	Apr 2019	Anning, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	David Pel Hans Podlipnik Castillo	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win	9–6	May 2019	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Ruben Bemelmans Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Win	10–6	Jul 2019	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Alex Lawson JC Aragone	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	11–6	Oct 2019	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Brydan Klein Scott Puodziunas	6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–4]
Win	12–6	Jan 2020	Bendigo, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Luke Saville	Jonathan Erlich Andrei Vasilevski	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win	13–6	Oct 2022	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Marc Polmans	Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [12–10]

Performance timelines

Singles

Current after the 2022 Australian Open

Doubles

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Record against top 10 players

Purcell's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 6 ranked players
Gaël Monfils	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Won (6–4, 5–7, 6–4) at 2021 Eastbourne
Number 8 ranked players
Karen Khachanov	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–7(5-7), 3–6) at 2021 Melbourne 1
Number 9 ranked players
Jannik Sinner	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 2–6) at 2021 US Open
Number 10 ranked players
Félix Auger-Aliassime	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 7–6(7-2)) at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Total	2–3	40%	1–3 (25%)	0–0 ( – )	1–0 (100%)	* Statistics correct as of 29 November 2021[update]

References

External links

• Max Purcell at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Max Purcell at the International Tennis Federation
• Max Purcell at Tennis Australia

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