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An unbelievable 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 as we speak, teaming with compatriot Max Purcell to change into the primary all-Australian group in 28 years to triumph at Flushing Meadows.

> READ: Purcell and Thompson topped males’s doubles champions at US Open 2024

Thompson’s Grand Slam breakthrough achieves an unbelievable 45-year first and reaffirms Australia’s standing as a doubles powerhouse.

It marks the primary time since 1979 that seven totally different Australians gained a Grand Slam males’s doubles title inside a three-year interval.

Gamers from eight totally different international locations have claimed Grand Slam males’s doubles titles previously 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
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 all the time had good gamers,” Purcell mentioned. “We had Peersy earlier than us going deep in Slams, and Ebby [Matt Ebden] final 12 months had a extremely good run after which into the beginning of this 12 months, myself and Ebby a pair years earlier than that.

“I simply suppose we’re such well-rounded gamers that when we have to play doubles and work out win doubles matches, we’ve obtained greater than sufficient courtroom craft to try 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 sort of stick collectively, Thommo and I particularly,” Purcell mentioned. “That’s an enormous consider why we win.”

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