{"id":18350,"date":"2023-03-20T09:44:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T01:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=18350"},"modified":"2023-03-20T09:45:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T01:45:57","slug":"ebden-crowned-indian-wells-doubles-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2023\/03\/20\/ebden-crowned-indian-wells-doubles-champions","title":{"rendered":"Ebden Crowned Indian Wells Doubles Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Aussie Matt Ebden and Indian partner Rohan Bopanna are the Indian Wells 2023 men\u2019s doubles champions.<\/p>\n

They secured the title by beating the world\u2019s top team, Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Brit Neal Skupski, 6-3 2-6 [10-8] in today\u2019s final.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re super proud and happy to win here,\u201d Ebden said.<\/p>\n

This is 35-year-old Ebden\u2019s ninth career ATP doubles title and first at ATP Masters 1000 level.<\/div>\n

While at age 43, Bopanna becomes the oldest winner of an ATP Masters 1000 title. This is his fifth at this level and first since 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes everything to be a top team and win these huge tournaments,\u201d Ebden said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe call this the fifth Grand Slam for a reason. We\u2019ve faced world-class players, every match was very tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ebden and Bopanna are proving a formidable combination. Since teaming up for the first time in January, they have won 11 of their 15 matches. This is their second title of the season, having also enjoyed a title-winning run in Doha last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re working on our games, even at our ages we\u2019re still improving,\u201d Ebden said.<\/p>\n

With their victory in the Californian desert, Ebden becomes only the eighth Australian to claim an Indian Wells men\u2019s doubles title in the tournament\u2019s 49-year history.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Indian Wells men\u2019s doubles \u2013 Australian champions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Player<\/em><\/td>\nTitle won<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colin Dibley<\/td>\n1976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Macpherson<\/td>\n1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Todd Woodbridge<\/td>\n1996<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Woodforde<\/td>\n1996<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pat Rafter<\/td>\n1998<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sandon Stolle<\/td>\n1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Peers<\/td>\n2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Ebden<\/td>\n2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Ebden, who started the tournament ranked No.37, is projected to rise to a career-high world No.18 following this title-winning run. He\u2019ll also replace Jason Kubler as the Australian No.1.<\/p>\n

Aussies in action \u2013 Indian Wells<\/strong><\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong>
\nMen\u2019s doubles, final<\/em>
\nMatt Ebden (AUS)<\/strong>\/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d [1] Wesley Koolhof (NED)\/Neal Skupski (GBR) 6-3 2-6 [10-8]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

West Aussie Matt Ebden and Indian Rohan Bopanna have claimed the BNP Paribas Open men’s doubles title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6343,"featured_media":18351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}