Matthew Ebden

Nickname is "Matty"...Speaks English, understands Afrikkans...Started playing tennis at aged five, with his family in South Africa...Went to high school at the prestigious Hale School in Perth, Western Australian...Father, Charles, is a Chief Financial Officer; mother, Ann, is a housewife; has two sisters, Tarryn, a physiotherapist, and Candice, an accountant...Father played state cricket and tennis in South Africa…Sister, Tarryn, was in the Top 3 in South Africa for tennis before moving to Australia to pursue her career in physiotherapy…Candice was also a national-ranked tennis player, as well as member of the national swimming and water polo squads...Favourite surfaces are hard and grass...Favourite shot is forehand...Favourite tournament is Australian Open...Idols growing up were Stefan Edberg and Andre Agassi...Trains in Perth and Melbourne and is a member of the Australian Davis Cup squad...Hobbies include the beach, surfing, movies and computer games...If he wasn't a tennis player he would probably be a lawyer as he was enrolled to do a law/commerce degree at University of WA but deferred to pursue a career in tennis...Favourite sporting team is the Wallabies (Australian Rugby Union)...Managed by Sam Maxwell Sports Management...Coached by Darren Tandy.

2011 -- The No. 2 Aussie (behind No. 42 Tomic) finished in Top 100 for 1st time, highlighted by 3 ATP World Tour QF results, including at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai where he qualified and posted win over No. 12 Simon before losing to eventual champion Murray…Afterwards, broke Top 100 from No. 124 to No. 80...Compiled a 10-10 match record (7-8 on hard)…Overall, qualified into main draw 6 times on ATP World Tour...In 1st week of season, advanced to QF in Brisbane (l. to Soderling) and then in Newport in July (l. to O. Rochus), his 1st QF on grass...In Challengers, compiled a 18-9 mark with 3 SF showings (Caloundra, Dallas, Cremona)...In doubles, won 1st ATP title in Newport (w/Harrison) and in next tournament in Atlanta (w/Bogomolov Jr.)...In Grand Slam play, lost in Australian Open 1R (l. to Russell) and in qualifying 2R at Wimbledon and US Open...Went 0-4 vs. Top 10 opponents and earned a career-high $261,516...

2010 -- Made ATP debut as qualifier in Brisbane and reached 2R (d. Melzer, l. to Gasquet)…Made Grand Slam debut as qualifier at Australian Open (l. to Monfils)…Reached 1st Challenger final in Kyoto…Claimed 1 Futures title and reached 2 SF...

2009 -- Was 31-8 in Futures, including 3 titles and 2 finals...

2008 -- Started year with 25-13 Futures record, including title in Korea…In 2nd half of season, was 6-7 in Challengers, including SF at Penza…Closed year with 12-7 Futures record, including 3 SF...

2007 -- Claimed 1st Futures title in 1st final in Milwaukee (d. Yani) while posting 19-22 record...

2006 -- Was 8-15 in Futures play, including 1 SF and 1 QF...

2005 -- Was 2-4 in 2 months of Futures play in Australia...