Australia’s Ebden and Purcell Channel Woodies to Win Wimbledon Doubles Crown

Australia's Matthew Ebden (L) and Max Purcell (R) celebrate with the trophy after winning against Croatia's Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic in their men's doubles final tennis match at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in London on July 9, 2022. Matthew Childs/Reuters

LONDON—Australia’s Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell prevented the Croatian duo of Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic from winning back-to-back men’s doubles titles at Wimbledon with a 7–6(5) 6–7(3) 4–6 6–4 7–6(10–2) victory in the final on Saturday.

It was a long and arduous journey to the final for the Australians, with five of their six matches going to five sets while they saved a total of eight match points along the way.