Until 2009: Background and first experiences in future and challenger tournaments
Matthew Ebden grew up in South Africa, where his father played tennis and cricket . Matthew's older sisters Tarryn and Candice also both played tennis and were on the South African junior rankings. After the family moved to Australia, Matthew Ebden took part in Future tournaments for the first time in 2005 and has been in the tennis world rankings since October 2005 .
In August 2007, he won his first futures title in the United States . After reaching the quarter-finals of a Challenger tournament for the first time in Burnie in December 2007 , Ebden ended 2007 in the top 600 of the world rankings.
For the qualification for the Australian Open 2008 he got a wildcard , but failed in the first qualifying round to Flavio Cipolla . In May 2008, Matthew Ebden won his second Future title in South Korea . Two months later he was in Penza for the first time in a Challenger semi-finals. In the further course of the year he was able to climb to 299th place in the world rankings.
At the beginning of 2009, as in the previous year, he received a wildcard for the Australian Open qualification, but was again unable to qualify for the main draw. After falling back to number 474 in the world rankings, Ebden was able to reach the finals of four consecutive Australian futures tournaments in October and November 2009 and win a total of three titles.
2010: Grand Slam debut and entry into the Top 200
The year 2010 began with the greatest success for Matthew Ebden up to then: At the ATP tournament in Brisbane he was able to qualify without losing a set and then defeated the top 30 player Jürgen Melzer in two sets in his first ATP match . In the second round, however, he was defeated by Richard Gasquet . Just two weeks later, Ebden finally managed to qualify for his first Grand Slam tournament on the third attempt at the Australian Open . There he met in the first main round on the 12th placed Gaël Monfils , against whom he was eliminated after a close match of three. The year went on successfully: In March 2010, Matthew Ebden was in Kyoto for the first time in a Challenger final, which he lost to Yūichi Sugita . The following months passed without any major highlights: Ebden failed in the first qualifying round at both the French Open and the US Open , and at Wimbledon he at least made it into the third qualifying round. In August 2010 Ebden reached a Challenger semi-finals in Salvador da Bahia for the third time in his career. Thereupon he climbed in the world rankings to his hitherto best place, rank 162. In October 2010 the next high point for Matthew Ebden followed: He competed in New Delhi for Australia in the Commonwealth Games , and won there by defeating Peter Luczak the bronze medal. Just two weeks later, Ebden won his sixth future title in Glasgow , securing a year-end ranking in the top 200. In December 2010, Ebden lost in the semi-finals of the playoffs for a wildcard at the 2011 Australian Open . However, two weeks later he still got a wild card from the Australian Tennis Association.
2011–2012: First ATP title in doubles and entry into the top 100
In January 2011 Matthew Ebden qualified for the ATP tournament in Brisbane , just like last year . And as in the previous year, he was able to defeat a top 50 player with Denis Istomin and thus stood in an ATP quarter-finals for the first time, where he had no chance against the eventual tournament winner Robin Söderling . A week later Ebden got a wildcard for the ATP tournament in Sydney , where he lost in the first round to Richard Gasquet , who was placed in 5th position . Also at the Australian Open Ebden was eliminated in the first round against Michael Russell . In February 2011 he reached the semi-finals at the Challenger tournament in Caloundra in singles, and in doubles he won the title together with Samuel Groth . In the following months Ebden reached two more Challenger semifinals in Dallas and Cremona , before he was able to defeat the top 100 player Somdev Devvarman as a qualifier at the ATP tournament in London's Queen's Club in July 2011 . In the second round, however, he lost in two sets against world number one Rafael Nadal . In Wimbledon Matthew Ebden missed the qualification, but was able to reach an ATP quarter-finals for the first time in his career at the following tournament in Newport by defeating the top 100 players Ryan Sweeting and Matthias Bachinger . There he lost to the later finalist Olivier Rochus , but surprisingly won the title in doubles together with Ryan Harrison . Two weeks later Ebden missed qualifying in the singles in Atlanta , but again he was able to advance to the finals in doubles with Alex Bogomolov junior and win his second title there within a very short time. After he was eliminated in the second round at the ATP tournament in Washington against Nikolai Dawydenko, who was 9th , Matthew Ebden failed in the second qualifying round of the US Open . October 2011 turned out to be the most successful month in Ebden's career so far: First, he successfully qualified at the ATP tournament in Tokyo , where he defeated the top 50 player Pablo Andújar , before beating the third-placed semi-finalist in three sets David Ferrer left. A week later, he qualified again at the Masters tournament in Shanghai by defeating the top 100 player Philipp Petzschner . There he reached the second round after another victory over Andújar and Ryan Harrison, where he defeated the world number twelfth Gilles Simon in a competitive match of three. In the quarter-finals Ebden then lost straight to the eventual tournament winner Andy Murray in two sets , but thanks to these successes he rose to 80th place in the world rankings and thus to the top 100 for the first time.
In early 2012, Matthew Ebden won a Grand Slam match for the first time at the Australian Open against João Souza . In the second round he already led 2-0 sets against the 24th seeded Kei Nishikori , but lost the match in five sets against the later quarter-finalist. In early February 2012 Ebden was nominated for the first time for the Australian Davis Cup team and contributed to the 5-0 win over China an individual victory over Ma Ya-nan . In March 2012, Matthew Ebden qualified for the Masters tournament in Indian Wells , where he reached the third round by beating Julien Benneteau, who was placed 32nd . There he triumphed over Mardy Fish in straight sets , defeating a top 10 player for the first time in his career. In the second round, however, it was the end of the line after two sets against the eventual finalist John Isner .
2013: Mixed title at the Australian Open
While Ebden failed in the first round at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year in Melbourne both in singles and doubles (in singles against Michail Juschny even after leading the set 2-0), he was able to win a big one in the mixed competition Celebrate success: alongside Jarmila Gajdošová , he won the title with a final victory over Lucie Hradecká and František Čermák .
Australia
Nottingham
Benjamin Becker
Tatsuma Ito
Denis Kudla
Calvin Hemery
Busan
Vasek Pospisil
Johan Brunström Adil Shamasdin
Xavier Malisse Michael Russell
Acapulco
Kevin Anderson
Feliciano López Max Mirny
Zagreb
Pavol Červenák Ivo Klec
Taipei (1)
Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
Prajnesh Gunneswaran Saketh Myneni
Jinan
Jarkko Nieminen
Geneva
Oliver Marach Mate Pavic
Lucie Hradecká František Čermák