“Wimbledon kind of helped us and probably made us focus a little bit more once it kind of slipped again to make sure it didn’t slip a third time,” Purcell said.
Close friends who have both been coached by Thompson’s father, the duo improved to 50-10 overall, including 37-6 this season. This was their fifth title together and earned them $750,000.
“We don’t think of it as, ‘We’re doubles players,’” said Thompson, who got to the fourth round of singles at the US Open before losing to another Australian, Alex de Minaur. “We think we’re singles players, and doubles is just a bonus, and we get an extra practice trying to improve our singles. And then it all just comes together.”
It was Thompson’s first Grand Slam doubles title. Purcell won Wimbledon in 2022 with another Australian, Matthew Ebden.
Thompson and Purcell became the first all-Australian team to win the US Open men’s doubles title since Hall of Famers Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge in 1995 and 1996.
Krawietz and Puetz will share $375,000.
