An unimaginable seven Australian gamers have gained a Grand Slam males’s doubles title inside the previous three years.
New York, USA, 8 September 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Jordan Thompson has change into the seventh Australian to seize a Grand Slam males’s doubles title inside the previous three years.
The 30-year-old clinched his maiden main title on the US Open in the present day, teaming with compatriot Max Purcell to change into the primary all-Australian staff in 28 years to triumph at Flushing Meadows.
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Thompson’s Grand Slam breakthrough achieves an unimaginable 45-year first and reaffirms Australia’s standing as a doubles powerhouse.
It marks the primary time since 1979 that seven completely different Australians gained a Grand Slam males’s doubles title inside a three-year interval.
| Grand Slam males’s doubles champions since 2022 Australian winners |
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| Occasion | Champions |
| Australian Open 2022 | Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Nick Kyrgios (AUS) |
| Wimbledon 2022 | Matt Ebden (AUS)/Max Purcell (AUS) |
| Australian Open 2023 | Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Jason Kubler (AUS) |
| Australian Open 2024 | Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) |
| US Open 2024 | Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) |
Gamers from eight completely different nations have claimed Grand Slam males’s doubles titles up to now three years, with Australia’s spectacular tally of seven main champions greater than double that of the following best-performing nation.
| Grand Slam males’s doubles champions since 2022 Winners by nation |
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| Nation | Champions |
| Australia | 7 (Matt Ebden, Max Purcell, Nick Kyrgios, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Rinky Hijikata, Jason Kubler, Jordan Thompson) |
| Nice Britain | 3 (Joe Salisbury, Neal Skupski, Henry Patten) |
| Croatia | 2 (Ivan Dodig, Mate Pavic) |
| Netherlands | 2 (Jean-Julien Rojer, Wesley Koolhof) |
| USA | 2 (Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek) |
| El Salvador | 1 (Marcelo Arevalo) |
| Finland | 1 (Harri Heliovaara) |
| India | 1 (Rohan Bopanna) |
The enduring John Friends, a former world No.2 doubles participant, doesn’t characteristic amongst these seven Australians. Nonetheless, he has gained a US Open blended doubles title and an Olympic gold medal inside the previous three years, additional highlighting Australia’s notable depth in doubles.
“I really feel like Australian doubles has at all times had good gamers,” Purcell stated. “We had Peersy earlier than us going deep in Slams, and Ebby [Matt Ebden] final yr had a very good run after which into the beginning of this yr, myself and Ebby a pair years earlier than that.
“I simply assume we’re such well-rounded gamers that when we have to play doubles and work out the way to win doubles matches, we’ve bought greater than sufficient courtroom craft to do this.”
Purcell, who first teamed up with Thompson in a Davis Cup match in 2022, additionally acknowledges the constructive momentum and camaraderie inside Australian tennis helps.
“All of us type of stick collectively, Thommo and I particularly,” Purcell stated. “That’s an enormous consider why we win.”
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