In the main draw, he was drawn against sixth seed and world number 28 Jürgen Melzer of Austria in the first round and caused a huge upset by winning in straight sets 7–5, 6–1.
Ebden represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games, he advanced to the semifinals defeating Patrick Ogier, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan 6–4, 7–5, and Joshua Goodall, but lost to number one seed Somdev Devvarman 3–6, 1–6.
Edben ended up winning the bronze medal by beating fellow Australian and second seed Peter Luczak in straight sets 6–3, 6–3 in the third place play-off.
At the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Ebden caused a major upset in the first round against 4th seed Ryan Sweeting by winning the match 6–4, 6–2.
Ebden then bounced back by reached the quarterfinals of the BB&T Atlanta Open defeating Sergey Bubka and James Blake in three sets, before losing to Gilles Müller.
[9] Ebden began his year at the 2014 Brisbane International where he won his opening round over lucky loser Alex Kuznetsov after Nick Kyrgios had to withdraw with a shoulder injury.
Ebden then played at the Miami Masters and defeated Łukasz Kubot in the first round before losing to world number 6 Andy Murray in 3 sets.
Ebden then competed in a series of Challenger events throughout February and March in Hong Kong, Burnie, Launceston, Shimadzu, Guangzhou, Shezhen and Israel with limited success.
Ebden had a poor run of form in June and early July, which saw him fail to win a main draw singles match at five consecutive tournaments.
At the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Ebden snapped his losing streak and made a surprise run to his first ATP final, where he lost to John Isner in straight sets.
In the main draw, Ebden won his opening match against Ivo Karlović, before falling to 4th seed and eventual champion, David Goffin in the second round.
At the 2018 Australian Open, Ebden recorded his first win against a top 20 player at a Grand Slam by defeating 16th seed John Isner in round 1.
At the 2019 Sofia Open he defeated Bulgarian teenager Adrian Andreev in a close three sets match[25] before losing to 2016 champion and fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the second round.
[29] Playing at the first edition of the Singapore Open as a wildcard, Ebden reached the quarterfinals where he lost to eventual champion Alexei Popyrin.
Getting past qualifying at the Open 13, he upset third seed Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals of an ATP tournament for the first time since 2018.
[33] In Dubai, he retired during his second round match against fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut due to the same injury he suffered from the previous tournament he played in.
[46] Together with Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios, Ebden and Purcell made it the most Australians to reach this stage of the men's doubles tournament since 1993 and the first since 1985 that two all-Australian pairings contested the semifinals.
Ebden and Purcell faced Kokkinakis and Kyrgios in the final, the first in men's doubles at the Australian Open to feature two all-Australian teams since 1980,[48] where they ultimately lost in straight sets.
[51] They went on to win the title defeating second seeded pair of Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić in a more than a four hours, five set match with a super tiebreak.
[52] At the same tournament, in mixed doubles partnering Sam Stosur they reached their second major final as a pair defeating Jack Sock and Coco Gauff.
[53] In Rotterdam he reached the final with his new partner Rohan Bopanna but lost after they held a championship point in the match tiebreak to Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek.
[55] Ebden won his first Masters title at Indian Wells once again partnering Bopanna, defeating defending champions Jack Sock and John Isner in the semifinals,[56] and top seeded and world No.
Ebden alongside Bopanna reached the Adelaide International final in their first outing of the 2024 season, where they lost to the pair of Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in a tight match 5–7, 7–5, [9–11].
Ebden's straight sets win over the 14th-seeded pair of Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic in the third round assured him of a career high ranking of World No.
[60] They defeated the Argentinian pair of Máximo González and Andrés Molteni in the quarterfinals and Ebden reached a new career-high ranking of world No.
[61][62] He reached his second Australian Open final with a win in a three sets with a super tiebreaker close match over unseeded pair of Tomáš Macháč and Zhizhen Zhang.
[63] Bopanna and Ebden won the Australian Open men's doubles in straight sets defeating the Italian duo of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.
[67] Partnering with Storm Hunter at the same tournament, Ebden won the inaugural eight-team invitational mixed doubles title, defeating Caroline Garcia and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final.
[68] The following week, Ebden played at the 2024 Miami Open, where the pair went on to lift the trophy by defeating Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek in the final.
[70] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Ebden entered the men's singles tournament as an alternate, where he was drawn against the top seed Novak Djokovic, and lost 0–6, 1–6.