In a terrific yr for Australian gamers on the doubles circuit, Jordan Thompson, Max Purcell, Matt Ebden and Ellen Perez have all certified for the season-ending finals.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 29 October 2024 | Matt Trollope
Australia’s memorable season on the doubles courtroom continues in 2024, with 4 gamers qualifying for the year-end finals.
Ellen Perez cemented her place on the WTA Finals in Riyadh with Nicole Melichar-Martinez, whereas Matt Ebden, Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell will all fly the Aussie flag on the ATP Finals.
Thompson and Purcell, the US Open champions and Wimbledon finalists, will type an all-Australian mixture in Turin, whereas Ebden will play in Italy alongside Rohan Bopanna.
Two tickets to Turin please 🎟️ ⁰⁰Bopanna and Ebden safe their spot on the #NittoATPFinals 🌟 pic.twitter.com/D3FEMmDY8X
— ATP Tour (@atptour) October 28, 2024
Ebden and Bopanna teamed to win the Australian Open 2024 males’s doubles title, a month earlier than Ebden attained the world No.1 doubles rating.
The duo additionally received the ATP Miami Masters collectively and superior to the Roland Garros semifinals, compiling a 25-13 win-loss file in 2024.
Roland Garros proved a cheerful looking floor for Ebden; it’s the place he returned for the Paris 2024 Olympics and partnered fellow Aussie John Friends to win males’s doubles gold.
Ebden is at present ranked No.6 in doubles, becoming a member of countryman Thompson and Purcell within the high 10.
Thompson and Purcell are the fourth-placed pair within the doubles race to the ATP Finals, successful titles in Dallas, Los Cabos and Houston earlier than their victory at Flushing Meadows.
Vacation spot Turin ✈️🇮🇹@MaxPurcell98 and @jordanthommmo2 have certified for the #NittoATPFinals 👏
— ATP Tour (@atptour) October 26, 2024
The Sydneysiders have received 37 of their 48 matches in 2024, and are at present on a six-match successful streak.
That is the third consecutive yr Australia can have illustration in doubles on the ATP Finals. In 2022 it got here by AO champions Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios, whereas final yr three Aussies – AO 2023 winners Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler, and Ebden, who teamed with Bopanna – competed in Turin.
In the meantime, Perez and Melichar-Martinez will hope to proceed the shape that has seen them win 36 matches collectively in 2024.
2023 🤝 2024@nicole_melichar and @EllenPerez95 qualify within the #PIF Race to the WTA Finals for the second time as a workforce and are headed for the #WTAFinalsRiyadh! pic.twitter.com/TcsT3JY9ZW
— wta (@WTA) October 18, 2024
The Australian-American mixture have received two tour-level titles – San Diego and Unhealthy Homburg – plus one other three finals, most not too long ago at this month’s WTA occasion in Ningbo, China.
Their greatest Grand Slam consequence this season was a quarterfinal end on the US Open.
Perez and Melichar-Martinez reached the title match eventually yr’s WTA Finals in Cancun.
