Jamie Murray

Jamie Murray
OBE
Jamie Murray at 2018 Washington Open
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
Scotland Scotland
ResidenceLondon, England
Born (1986-02-13) 13 February 1986 (age 38)
Glasgow, Scotland
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2004
PlaysLeft-handed (two handed-backhand)
CoachLouis Cayer (2006–present)
Alan MacDonald
Prize money$6,893,534
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 834 (22 May 2006)
Doubles
Career record577–410
Career titles34
Highest rankingNo. 1 (4 April 2016)
Current rankingNo. 27 (11 November 2024)[1]
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2016)
French OpenQF (2017, 2020)
WimbledonF (2015)
US OpenW (2016)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2016, 2017, 2018)
Olympic Games2R (2008, 2020)
Mixed doubles
Career record79–40
Career titles5
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (2020)
French OpenSF (2011)
WimbledonW (2007, 2017)
US OpenW (2017, 2018, 2019)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2015)
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

Jamie Robert Murray, OBE (born 13 February 1986) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time major doubles champion (five in mixed doubles and two in men's doubles), a Davis Cup winner, and a former doubles World No. 1.

He has won seven Grand Slam tournament titles: in mixed doubles at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, with Jelena Janković, the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 US Open, with Martina Hingis, and the 2018 and 2019 US Open, with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and in men's doubles at the Australian Open and US Open in 2016, with Bruno Soares.

Murray had an early career partnership with Eric Butorac, winning three titles in 2007. His following seven ATP finals came with six different partners. In 2013, he began a new partnership with John Peers, winning six ATP tournaments, and reaching two Grand Slam finals. After this partnership ended, Murray played alongside Soares from 2016, with the new pair enjoying almost immediate success after winning only their second ATP tournament together.[2] They went on to win the 2016 Australian Open and US Open, and Murray became world no. 1 in April that year, spending nine weeks at the top of the rankings. He and Soares split in 2019, with Murray competing alongside compatriot Neal Skupski until the end of 2020, winning one ATP title together.[3] He then reunited with Soares, with the pair finishing runners-up at the 2021 US Open.[4][5]

Murray was part of the Great Britain team that won the 2015 Davis Cup, the nation's first victory in the tournament for 79 years.[6][7] He and his brother recorded crucial doubles victories in Britain's quarterfinal, semifinal and final wins.[8][9] The Davis Cup team was awarded the 2015 BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award.[10] Murray has also competed at the Summer Olympics on four occasions.

Brad Gilbert, who coached Andy Murray, gave Jamie the name 'Stretch' because of his 6-foot-3-inch height and long arms.[11]

  1. ^ "Rankings | Doubles | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Sydney: Murray/Soares Triumph | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares Lead Doubles Shakeups | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Bruno Soares wants to lift more Grand Slam titles with Jamie Murray". Sky Sports. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. ^ Graham, Bryan Armen (10 September 2021). "Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram roar back to take US Open men's doubles title". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Andy Murray wins the Davis Cup for Great Britain". BBC Sport. 29 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Davis Cup final 2015: Andy Murray leads Great Britain to first title in 79 years". Telegraph. 29 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Davis Cup: How Great Britain went from no-hopers to champions". Sky Sports. 29 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Belgium v Great Britain: Routes to the 2015 Davis Cup final". Sky Sports. 29 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Sports Personality: Britain's Davis Cup winners take BBC award". BBC Sport. 20 December 2015.
  11. ^ "'Booty' and 'Stretch' have made a name for themselves in doubles tennis". Twin cities. 13 June 2007.