Matthew Ebden

Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player. He won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and played in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Brisbane International, 2011 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships and 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Personal life

Ebden was born in Durban, South Africa to Charles and Ann Ebden. Ebden is currently studying a commerce degree while playing tennis professionally full time. In Perth Ebden plays State Grade for Wembley Downs Tennis Club as the number one player. Outside of tennis Edben enjoys Surfing, hanging out & watching movies

Career

Ebden spent much of his early career on the futures tour attempting to rise his ranking. It was not until the end of 2009 that Ebden had consistent results on the future tour after making the final of the last four tournaments he entered in 2009, taking out three of the four titles.

Early career

In January 2007, Ebden competed in the qualifying tournament for the Australian Open. He defeated Richard Bloomfield of Great Britain in the first round of qualifying 6–3, 5–7, 8–6. He was defeated in the following round 2–6, 4–6 to Serbian player Ilija Bozoljac. Ebden won his first Futures event at the USA F21 event which began in August 2007. He defeated American Michael Yani in the final 3–6, 6–1, 7–5. Ebden played in the qualifying event for the Australian Open for the second year in a row in January 2008. He lost to Flavio Cipolla of Italy in his first match 3–6, 6–4, 3–6. Ebden won his second Futures tournament at the Korea F2 event beginning in May 2008. He defeated Toshihide Matsui of Japan in the final 6–4, 7–5. For the third year running, Ebden participated in the qualifying event for the Australian Open in January 2009. He won his first match against Italian Giancarlo Petrazzuolo 6–3, 6–3. He lost to Michael Berrer of Germany in his following match 4–6, 6–3, 1–6. In October 2009, Ebden won his third Futures event at Australia F8. He defeated British player Jamie Baker in the final 6–2, 6–4. He was also triumphant in his next tournament, Australia F9, which began in November 2009. He won 6–3, 6–4 in the final against fellow Australian John Millman. At Australia F11, which began in November 2009, Ebden won his fifth Futures title. He defeated fellow Australian James Lemke 6–1, 6–1 in the final.

2010

Ebden began 2010 by entering the qualifying of the 2010 Brisbane International. In the first round of qualification he defeated Isaac Frost of Australia 6–2, 6–2. In the second round he played another Australian Brydan Klein and won 6–4, 6–0. In the final round of qualifying Ebden defeated Marinko Matosevic, another Australian, 6–2, 6–2. In the main draw, he was drawn against sixth seed and world number 28 Jürgen Melzer of Austria in the first round. He caused a huge upset by winning in straight sets 7–5, 6–1. He was then defeated in the second round by Richard Gasquet 6–3, 6–4. Ebden was then entered into qualifying for the first major grand slam, the Australian Open. In the first round he played Spaniard Carles Poch-Gradin and was victorious 6–2, 6–1. In the second round he played another Spaniard Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras and won 6–4, 1–6, 7–5. In the final round of qualification he defeated Michał Przysiężny of Poland 7–5, 6–2. Edben then qualified for the Australian Open for the first time,^[1] losing in the first round to world number 12 Gaël Monfils of France 4–6, 4–6, 4–6. In May, Ebden played in the qualifying tournament for Roland Garros and lost in his first match to Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan 4–6, 4–6. In June, Ebden played in the qualification event for Wimbledon. He won his first match David Marrero of Spain 6–4, 6–4. In his second match he defeated Frenchman David Guez 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 before losing in the final round to American Taylor Dent 6–4, 6–7(1), 6–7(8), 3–6. In August, he participated in the qualifying for the US Open and lost in his first match to Nicolas Mahut of France 3–6, 2–6. In October, Ebden was chosen as one of three Australians to play at the Men's Singles of the 2010 Commonwealth Games and was third seed. In the first round he defeated Patrick Ogier of Guernsey 6–3, 6–2. In the second round, he defeated Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan 6–4, 7–5. He faced seventh seed Joshua Goodall of England in the quarterfinals and triumphed 6–7(3), 6–1, 7–6(3). In the semifinals he played local favourite and number one seed Somdev Devvarman of India and lost 3–6, 1–6. Edben ended up winning the bronze medal by beating fellow Australian and second seed Peter Luczak in straight sets 6–3, 6–3 in the third place play-off. Ebden won his sixth Futures event at Great Britain F16. He defeated Daniel Evans of Great Britain 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 in the final.

In December Ebden participated in the 2010 Australian Open Playoffs for a chance into the maindraw of the 2011 Australian Open. Ebden was the 4th seed. Ebden's first opponent was Benjamin Mitchell. Ebden won the match 7–6(5) 7–6(3). This lead to a place in the QFs where Ebden played against Samuel Groth. Unfortunately Ebden lost the first set 6–2, but Ebden went on to win the match 2–6 6–4 6–2. This put Ebden in the final 4 of the tournament. Unfortunately Ebden lost his SF match to Peter Luczak 6–2 1–6 6–7(5).

2011

Ebden began 2011 in a similar fashion to 2010 by being entered in the qualifying draw for the 2011 Brisbane International. He won his first round match of qualifying against Romanian Victor Crivoi 6–2, 4–6, 7–5. In the second round of qualifying he defeated eighth seed Slovenian Grega Žemlja 5–7, 7–6(1), 6–4. In the final round of qualification he played fellow Australian and wildcard Greg Jones and won 6–4, 6–1. In the first round of the main draw he was drawn against another Australian John Millman, who was given a wildcard. He defeated Millman in a close match 4–6, 6–2, 6–4. His second round match was against world number 40 and eighth seed Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. He made a huge upset by winning 6–4, 6–4 despite being 156 places below Istomin in the ATP Rankings. He was eventually defeated in the quarterfinals by number one seed, world number 5 and eventual champion Robin Söderling of Sweden 3–6, 2–6. The following week, he was given a wildcard into the main draw of the 2011 Medibank International Sydney. He lost to fifth seed Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the first round 4–6, 3–6. The next week, he played in the Australian Open after being given a wildcard into the main draw. He lost in the first round to American Michael Russell 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–7(9).

At the 2011 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Ebden received acceptance into the main draw where he drew the 4th seed Ryan Sweeting from America, Ebden caused a major upset by winning the match 6–4 6–2. Ebden's R16 match was against the German Matthias Bachinger despite losing the first set 6–2 Ebden progressed by winning the match 2–6 6–4 6–4. Ebden later went on to face the 6th seed Olivier Rochus for a place in the SFs. Unfortunately Ebden lost the match 7–6(5) 6–3. Fortunately for Ebden not only did he receive a direct draw acceptance to the singles event but also he received a Wild Card to the doubles event, in which he teamed with American Ryan Harrison in which they won their first doubles title together. The following week Ebden participated in the 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships where he partnered with yet another American Alex Bogomolov Jr doing so Ebden won his second consecutive doubles title.

At the 2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships Ebden went through the qualifying stages to get acceptance into the main draw. In the main draw Ebden drew Spaniard Pablo Andujar, despite losing the first set in a tie breaker 7–6(4) Ebden progressed to win the match 6–7(4) 6–4 6–4, which place Ebden into the final 16 of the tournament. Unfortunately Ebden's run came to an end at that stage where he lost to the 3rd seed David Ferrer 6–4 2–6 2–6. From this appearance Ebden achieved a career high ranking of world number 124 in singles.

At the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters Ebden was placed in the qualifying draw where he placed as the 14th seed. Ebden's first opponent was Florent Serra of France, Ebden won the match 6–4 6–2. Ebden played against Philipp Petzschner the 2nd seed from Germany for a spot in the main draw. Ebden won the match 6–3 6–1. In the first round Ebden won for the 2nd time in a week 6–4 6–4 against Pablo Andujar of Spain. Ebden then went on to defeat Ryan Harrison 6–4 6–2 and then 11th seed and former World No. 6 Gilles Simon 6–2 2–6 7–6(8). Ebden eventually lost in straight sets, 3–6, 2–6 to the World No. 4, second seed and defending champion, Andy Murray in the quarterfinals. Because of Ebdens success at the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters he is now ranked 80 in the world.

Career finals

ATP World Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Challengers & Futures(6)

Singles Performance timeline

Key

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-Off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

References

External links

• Matthew Ebden at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Matthew Ebden profile on Tennis Australia
• Matthew Ebden profile on Tennis Insight
• Matthew Ebden profile on ITF Tennis
• Matthew Ebden profile on Sam Maxwell