Aussie Jordan Thompson caps 'miracle' run with singles and doubles sweep in Los Cabos

It's safe to say that Casper Ruud might not want to see Jordan Thompson across the net from his anytime soon. The 29-year-old Aussie toppled the three-time Grand Slam finalist not once, but twice, on Saturday night in Los Cabos, Mexico to cap a "miracle" week in Mexico and, ultimately, sweep the singles and doubles titles.

Thompson had already dubbed his week a "miracle" in the afternath of his 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(2) semifinal win over No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev, which lasted three hours and 42 minutes and finished after 1 a.m. on Saturday. In the quarterfinals, he was down 6-0, 3-0 (and 4-1, 15-40) against American teenager Alex Michelsen, but saved three match points in an eventual 0-6, 7-6(1), 7-5 win, in which he was also down 5-3 in the decider..

But the lore only grew on finals day, as, in all, Thompson won three matches on Saturday to leave Los Cabos with a pair of trophies, including his first career ATP singles crown.

He first faced much less adversity against three-time Grand Slam finalist Ruud, who dethroned defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinals and was contesting his first hard-court final since the 2022 season-ending ATP Finals. Thompson broke Ruud's serve three times, and saved 11 of the 13 break points he faced, in a 6-3, 7-6(4) victory that lasted two hours and two minutes. Though he failed to serve out victory at 6-3, 5-4, he won five of the first seven points of the tiebreak to finish things off.

"I spent so many hours on the court this week. In the quarterfinal I could have been double bageled, I could have been losing 6-0, 6-0. And now I'm about to lift the trophy, so I think it's still a miracle," Thompson said afterwards.

“It’s been a journey. I’m nearly 30 and I’m lifting a trophy; I never thought I would do that.”

Following his singles triumph, Thompson later got the better of the Norwegian for a second time in the doubles semifinals, as he and Purcell beat Ruud and American Will Blumberg 7-6(1), 6-3.

The all-Aussie pair eventually won their second title of the season, and third overall together, by beating Ecuador's Gonzalo Escobar and Kazakhstan's Aleksandr Nedovyesov 7-5, 7-6(2) in 98 minutes.

Thompson is the first man to sweep the singles and doubles titles at the same ATP Tour event since Nick Kyrgios won both trophies in Washington, D.C. in 2022.