Maxwell Exsted (born March 12, 2007) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 863 achieved on August 31, 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 282 achieved on August 24, 2026.
Exsted won the boys' doubles titles at the 2024 and 2025 editions of the Australian Open.
Early and personal life From Savage, Minnesota, Exsted started taking tennis lessons in his early childhood. He won his first junior tennis tournament at the age of four.
Exsted relocated with his parents, Christian and Jodi, to Miramar, Florida to train with private coach Courtney Scott at the USTA National Campus in Orlando. He has two siblings, Alex and Isabelle, who both played collegiate tennis.
Junior career With Darwin Blanch and Jagger Leach, Exsted was part of the American team which finished third at the 2023 Junior Davis Cup.
Exsted also had good results on the ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 120–68 singles win-loss record. In January 2024, he won the boys' doubles category at the Australian Open, with compatriot Cooper Woestendick. The pair also won the J300 Traralgon International doubles competition together two weeks earlier.
The following season, Exsted earned another major jr. trophy in doubles, and successfully defended his title in Melbourne, this time alongside Czech Jan Kumstát.
He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of No. 12 on January 20, 2025.
Professional career In August 2025, Exsted received a wildcard to the men's doubles event at the 2025 US Open, with compatriot and friend Cooper Woestendick. The American pair caused a shock upset win against experienced players David Goffin and Alexandre Muller in the first round. They were defeated in the second round by sixth seeds and eventual runners-up Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski.
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF WTT (4–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0M15 Kayseri, TurkeyWTTHard Iván Marrero Curbelo Semen Pankin Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine6–2, 4–6, [10–7]Win2–0M15 Pontevedra, SpainWTTHard Enzo Wallart Adrien Burdet William Nolan7–5, 7–5Win3–0M15 Orlando, USWTTClay William Nolan Ryan Colby Noah Zamora6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win4–0M15 Orlando, US (2)WTTClay Felix Corwin Ryan Cozad Gavin Goode6–3, 6–1Loss4–1M15 Naples, USWTTClay Miguel Tobón Adam Jones Toby Martin4–6, 2–6
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2024Australian OpenHard Cooper Woestendick Petr Brunclík Viktor Frydrych6–3, 7–5Win2025Australian OpenHard Jan Kumstát Ognjen Milić Egor Pleshivtsev7–6, 6–3
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