Max Purcell
Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian tennis player.
| Country (sports) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
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| Residence | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Born | 3 April 1998 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $566,552 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 1–2 |
| Career titles | 0 1 Challenger, 4 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 204 (10 February 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 232 (13 October 2020) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2020) |
| French Open | Q2 (2020) |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2018) |
| US Open | Q2 (2018) |
| Australian Open Junior | QF (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 9–13 |
| Career titles | 0 9 Challenger, 1 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 39 (2 March 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 40 (13 October 2020) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (2020) |
| French Open | 1R (2020) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2019) |
| US Open | 1R (2020) |
| Last updated on: 13 October 2020. | |
As a junior, he reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 Australian Open boys' singles event and semifinals of the boys' doubles event.
Career
2016-2019: Career beginning
In July 2016, Purcell qualified for and won the Gimcheon Challenger in South Korea against fellow Australian Andrew Whittington. Purcell was ranked 762 in the world leading into the tournament, making him the second lowest-ranked player to win an ATP Challenger title in 16 years.[1] He finished the season ranked 324 in the world.
In 2017, Purcell received a wildcard into the Australian Open doubles event, where he partnered Alex De Minaur. The duo lost in the opening round to Spanish pairing Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Pablo Carreno Busta. Purcell made four Futures Tour finals in 2017, claiming three titles. He finished the year ranked 277 in the world.
2020: Grand Slam debut
In January 2020, Purcell made his grand slam singles debut after qualifying for the 2020 Australian Open – Men's Singles.[2] He lost to Jannik Sinner in the first round in straight sets. At the same tournament, he paired with Luke Saville in the 2020 Australian Open – Men's Doubles, where they reached the final.
2021: First ATP Tour win
Purcell commenced the 2021 season at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he defeated Norbert Gombos for his first ATP main draw win.[3] Purcell was defeated by Karen Khachanov in the second round.[4]
Significant finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2020 | Australian Open | Hard | Luke Saville |
 Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury |
4–6, 2–6 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2020 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Luke Saville |
Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2020 | Astana Open, Kazakhstan | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Luke Saville |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 9 (5–4)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | May 2016 | Gimcheon, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Whittington |
3–6, 7–6(8–6), 5–1 ret. |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2016 | Australia F10, Blacktown | Futures | Hard | Christopher O'Connell |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Mar 2017 | Japan F2, Nishitōkyō | Futures | Hard |  Yusuke Takahashi |
7–5, 7–6(10–8) |
| Loss | 2–2 | Apr 2017 | Indonesia F6, Jakarta | Futures | Hard |  Chen Ti |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Oct 2017 | Thailand F8, Nonthaburi | Futures | Hard |  Martins Podzus |
6–7(7–9), 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 4–2 | Oct 2017 | Thailand F9, Pattaya | Futures | Hard (i) | Wu Tung-lin |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Mar 2018 | Australia F3, Mornington | Futures | Clay | Marc Polmans |
6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | Apr 2018 | Australia F4, Mornington | Futures | Clay | Marc Polmans |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–4 | May 2019 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard |  Kwon Soon-woo |
5–7, 5–7 |
Doubles: 18 (12–6)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2015 | Australia F8, Toowoomba | Futures | Hard | Jake Delaney |
Steven de Waard Marc Polmans |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2017 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | Alex Bolt |
 Tom Jomby Eric Quigley |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 2017 | Thailand F9, Pattaya | Futures | Hard (i) | Chen Ti |
 Skyler Butts Li Yuanfeng |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–1 | Nov 2017 | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | Andrew Whittington |
 Ruben Gonzales Christopher Rungkat |
6–3, 2–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 3–2 | Mar 2018 | Australia F3, Mornington | Futures | Clay | Tom Evans |
Hsu Yu-hsiou Matthew Romios |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Aug 2018 | Vancouver, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Marc Polmans |
Luke Bambridge Neal Skupski |
6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Loss | 3–4 | Oct 2018 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
Jeremy Beale Marc Polmans |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Nov 2018 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
 Purav Raja Antonio Šančić |
7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
| Win | 5–4 | Jan 2019 | Playford, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
 Ariel Behar Enrique López Pérez |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 6–4 | Feb 2019 | Launceston, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
Hiroki Moriya Mohamed Safwat |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6–5 | Mar 2019 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
 Moez Echargui Skander Mansouri |
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), [7–10] |
| Loss | 6–6 | Mar 2019 | Zhuhai, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 7–6 | Mar 2019 | Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
 Hans Hach Sriram Balaji |
6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 8–6 | Apr 2019 | Anning, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
 David Pel Hans Podlipnik Castillo |
4–6, 7–5, [10–5] |
| Win | 9–6 | May 2019 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
Ruben Bemelmans Sergiy Stakhovsky |
6–4, 7–6(9–7) |
| Win | 10–6 | Jul 2019 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
Alex Lawson JC Aragone |
6–4, 4–6, [10–5] |
| Win | 11–6 | Oct 2019 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
Brydan Klein Scott Puodziunas |
6–7(2-7), 6–3, [10-4] |
| Win | 12–6 | Jan 2020 | Bendigo, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Luke Saville |
 Jonathan Erlich Andrei Vasilevski |
7-6(7-3), 7-6(7-3) |
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles
Current through the end of 2021 Australian Open
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | ||||
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| Australian Open | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| US Open | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | – | |||||
| Year-end ranking | 277 | 280 | 221 | 239 | |||||||
Doubles
Current through the end of 2020
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | ||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | F | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | |||||
| French Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5-3 | 0 / 7 | 6-7 | |||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | QF | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |||||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–1 | |||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0-0 | 0–0 | 3-3 | 0 / 3 | 3-3 | |||||
| Year-end ranking | 226 | 128 | 88 | 38 | |||||||
References
- "Purcell scores breakthrough Challenger win - News - Tennis Australia". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- "MAX PURCELL QUALIFIES FOR AUSTRALIAN OPEN MAIN DRAW". Tennis Australia. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Australians Chris O'Connell, Aleksander Vukic and Max Purcell achieved new milestones". Tennis Australia. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- "Thompson Advances at Great Ocean Road". Tennis Australia. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
External links
- Max Purcell at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Max Purcell at the International Tennis Federation
- Max Purcell at Tennis Australia
Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Australian male doubles tennis players, as of 1 February 2021 | |
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