Jamie Murray

british tennis player

Jamie Robert Murray, ( born 13 February 1986 ) is a british professional tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time Grand Slam doubles winner, a Davis Cup ace, and a former doubles world No. 1. murray is the elder brother of early singles world No. 1 tennis player, Andy Murray. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He has won seven Grand Slam titles : in interracial 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 2016 australian Open and 2016 US Open with Bruno Soares.

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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 men ‘s doubles finals. After the partnership split up, Murray joined with Bruno Soares for the 2016 Tour, the new pair enjoying about contiguous achiever after winning alone their second ATP tournament playing in concert. [ 4 ] The match went on to win the 2016 Australian and US Opens, and Murray reached the populace no. 1 doubles ranking. murray was in the Great Britain team that won the Davis Cup in 2015, the nation ‘s first championship in the tournament for 79 years. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] With his brother Andy, he won the doubles matches in Britain ‘s quarterfinal, semifinal and final victories. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The Davis Cup team was awarded the 2015 BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award. [ 9 ] Brad Gilbert, who coached Andy Murray, gave Jamie the list ‘Stretch ‘ because of his 6-foot-3-inch stature and long arms. [ 10 ]

early and personal life [edit ]

Jamie Murray was born in Glasgow, Scotland, [ 11 ] the elder son of Judith ( née Erskine ) and William Murray. He grew up in Dunblane and attended Dunblane Primary School. He and his brother Andy were deliver during the 1996 Dunblane school slaughter, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] when Thomas Hamilton killed 16 children and a teacher before shooting himself. Both brothers were separate of a group of pupils who took binding in a classroom. [ 12 ] His parents separated in 1998, with the boys living with their beget while being mentored in tennis by their mother. [ 14 ] At the age of 10, Jamie was No 3-ranked tennis actor of his age in Europe. [ 15 ] At 11 years and 5 months, he finished runner-up in the boys under 12 category at the prestigious Junior Orange Bowl. [ 16 ] Murray was the junior worldly concern number 2 when he was 13 years old [ 17 ] and was selected to be educated at The Leys School in Cambridge with four other boys whilst being trained by national coaches. But being the youngest mean that alternatively of Leys, he went to St Faith ‘s School [ 18 ] down the road, which was a feeder school. He was isolated from the other players and the coach was n’t to his wish, thus after eight months he returned home plate. He has not criticised the coach in consign, and stated that blaming the Lawn Tennis Association ( LTA ) would be an easy choice. [ 19 ] Back base, he did not touch a tennis racket for two years. [ 15 ] In 2004, he partnered his brother to the semi-final of the Junior US Open. [ 20 ] Jamie and Andy call each other ‘Tight ‘ as a nickname. [ 15 ] Murray said that André Sá is probably his best ally on the go. Murray supports Hibernian F.C. and Manchester United F.C. [ 21 ] His enate grandfather, Roy Erskine, is a retire professional football player who played reserve team matches for Hibernian and in the scottish Football League for Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] In 2009, Jamie began dating Alejandra Gutiérrez, a colombian MBA student. They married in Cromlix House near Dunblane on 28 October 2010, with brother Andy acting as well man ; [ 26 ] Andy would by and by buy and refurbish the struggling hotel, [ 27 ] and both he and their father Willie besides subsequently celebrated their marriage receptions at the venue. [ 28 ]

career [edit ]

Murray partnered Colin Fleming, winning their first Futures tournament on 4 September 2005 at the Great Britain F10 in Nottingham. [ 29 ] Murray/Fleming followed this with Futures titles at Glasgow, [ 30 ] Edinburgh [ 31 ] and Exmouth, [ 32 ] amassing a total of four Futures plus four satellite titles. [ 33 ] Murray besides partnered Ross Hutchins, to win Futures in Bolton [ 34 ] and Laval in Quebec [ 35 ] In November 2005, Murray was function of the Scotland team in the inaugural Aberdeen Cup against England. [ 36 ] This was an exhibition tournament, and the first gear time that Jamie and his brother Andy Murray played doubles as seniors. Murray besides played singles, and interracial doubles with Elena Baltacha. [ 37 ] Scotland defeated England 4+1⁄2– 2+1⁄2. [ 38 ] Murray and Colin Fleming ‘s achiever gained them a wildcard into the main disembowel of the men ‘s doubles at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships though they lost in the inaugural attack. [ 33 ] Colin Fleming decided to quit the enlistment to return to the University of Stirling to complete his degree. [ 39 ] In late July 2006, Murray and the American player Eric Butorac, playing together for the first time, reached the final of the Los Angeles ATP tournament which they lost in heterosexual sets to the world ‘s top-ranked doubles team, the Bryan brothers. [ 40 ] The pair came to be known as Booty and Stretch, putting their nicknames on the back of their shirts. [ 10 ] In September, partnering his young brother, Murray reached the final of the Bangkok ATP tournament, losing to the top Israeli doubles pairing, Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich. In November, the Aberdeen Cup was held for the moment time. Playing for Scotland, Murray participated in the singles, doubles with Andy, and blend doubles with Elena Baltacha. [ 41 ] Scotland won 6+1⁄2–1. [ 42 ]

2007 : Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Champion [edit ]

In early February, Murray and Butorac claimed their foremost doubles style [ 43 ] in the AT & T Challenger tournament. They then won back to back doubles titles on the ATP Tour, at the SAP Open in San Jose [ 44 ] and the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at the Racquet Club of Memphis. [ 45 ] These victories lifted Murray into the top 50 in the ATP doubles rankings for the first time. In March, Murray received his first call-up to the Great Britain Davis Cup team, where he was picked for the doubles rubber in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I tie against the Netherlands. Jamie played alongside Greg Rusedski, beating Robin Haase and Rogier Wassen. After the match, Rusedski announced his retirement on woo. Murray met Jelena Janković at a party in Miami in 2006, Jankovic being unaware that he played tennis. Murray ‘s agent subsequently asked her if she would like to play desegregate doubles with him at Wimbledon. She had made no decision until they arrived at the All England Club at the same clock, the sidereal day before the tournament started and Murray asked again, when she agreed. [ 46 ] They won the Mixed Doubles title at Wimbledon, Murray becoming the first Briton to win a Wimbledon title for 20 years. Britain ‘s survive wimbledon winners were Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie in 1987, besides in the Mixed Doubles. Murray again reached a mix doubles semi-final at the US Open alongside Liezel Huber, coming within ten-spot points of winning a rate in the final. Since Memphis in February, Murray and Butorac only went past the quarter-finals of a tournament once, winning the title on supergrass in Nottingham in June. In August, they agreed an amicable split, but decided to play the US Open, where they lost in the irregular round. [ 47 ] In September, Murray was selected for the Davis Cup World Group Play-off against Croatia. Murray played the doubles with Tim Henman beating Marin Cilic and Lovro Zovko. [ 48 ] Great Britain won 4-1 and were promoted to the World Group. murray lost his singles ranking this year. [ 49 ]

2008 [edit ]

Murray began 2008 with his new doubles partner Max Mirnyi, but the partnership struggled. Despite victory in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in February, they had failed to reach any other finals, winning equitable one of their first four matches as a copulate and exiting eleven tournaments within the first two rounds, including at the 2008 australian Open. Without Mirnyi, Murray has appeared to have had more achiever, reaching the semi-final of the Movistar Open with Nicolás Lapentti in January and final of the Estoril Open with Kevin Ullyett in April. Murray hush showed some interest in singles tennis. He competed in a singles qualifying peer against Marcel Granollers in January and applied for a wildcard singles entrance for Wimbledon. He was given a wildcard into the qualify stages for the 2008 Artois Championships, but lost to Poland ‘s Łukasz Kubot and was refused entry into the Wimbledon singles tournament. Whilst Murray enjoyed singles, he besides thought the Davis Cup team would stand in estimable stead to have another member with late singles experience, but he now accepted that he would henceforth entirely be a doubles player. [ 49 ] With Mirnyi, he reached the final and semi-final of the Slazenger Open and Artois Championships respectively, but failed to progress beyond the third round of Wimbledon. Murray had a public fall out with buddy Andy Murray, criticising him for dropping out of the World Group first round tie against Argentina over fears he could aggravate a knee injury. Jamie played in and lost the doubles match with Ross Hutchins. Great Britain finally lost 4–1. This was Great Britain ‘s beginning World Group match since 2003, immediately facing a delegating play-off with Austria. The Murrays would not speak to each other for two weeks. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] At the Olympic Games, the two Murrays competed together in the doubles tournament. [ 52 ] After defeating canadian pair Frédéric Niemeyer and Daniel Nestor in the beginning Round, they then lost to the french pair, Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra, in straight sets. [ 53 ] The Davis Cup captain John Lloyd said he watched the Murrays doubles at the Olympics, and it was clear they were not getting on. [ citation needed ] mix doubles once again proved to be more successful for Murray in 2008. Competing with Liezel Huber, he reached the final of the 2008 US Open, though they lost to Cara Black and Leander Paes. He besides reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon and quarter-finals of Roland Garros. Seven months after the Davis Cup Argentina catch, the Murray brothers prepared for the tie against Austria, with Andy declaring that he had healed the rupture with Jamie. [ 54 ] Andy won his singles matches, but Jamie and Ross Hutchins lost the doubles. Great Britain finally lost their World Group play-off to Austria 3-2 and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group 1. Mirnyi and Murray had mediocre results, compiling a 15–17 criminal record. They split in September 2008, [ 55 ] and Murray formed a fresh partnership with Dušan Vemić of Serbia at the originate of the 2009 season. [ 56 ]

2009 [edit ]

Jamie played the Brisbane and Sydney tournaments with Vemić but played the australian Open with his old spouse Eric Butorac as Vemić was unavailable. Butorac and Murray, who had not played together since the 2007 US Open, lost in the beginning circle at Melbourne Park. [ 57 ] Since splitting from Vemić at the end of February, Murray played with several different partners, including Simon Aspelin, Jamie Delgado, Paul Hanley, Pavel Vízner, Gilles Müller and Jonathan Erlich. [ 58 ] With Müller he reached the semi-final at Nottingham, his best resultant role since the same tournament last year. [ 59 ] Murray played with Vízner at the french Open and with Erlich at Wimbledon, but was defeated in the first circle of both tournaments. [ 60 ] however, he did reach the semi-finals of the shuffle doubles at Wimbledon with his regular partner Liezel Huber. [ 61 ] Dropping out of the world top one hundred, Murray returned to the Challenger tour with newfangled partner Jamie Delgado. Playing in these lower ranked tournaments, he won his first tournament of any kind in eighteen months at the Tirani Cup in August 2009, followed by wins at the TEAN International ( with Jonathan Marray ) and the Ljubljana Open. He was a semi-finalist in the Challenger event in Orléans, France. He topped off the year with a gain in Astana, Kazakhstan again partnering Jonathan Marray. [ 62 ]

2010 [edit ]

Jamie started the 2010 year as a semi-finalist in the ATP Challenger event in São Paulo, Brazil. His first gear succeed of the year came in Salinas, Ecuador with Marray again. He lost with Marray in another Challenger event in Bucaramanga, Colombia on clay in the quarter-finals. He besides competed in the mix doubles at Wimbledon, this time aboard Laura Robson, but lost in the first round. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, he competed for Scotland. Playing singles, he was beaten by England ‘s James Ward in the second round ; partnering Colin Fleming in the doubles, they lost in the first gear round. [ 63 ] Playing in his first tournament since getting married, Murray played with his brother Andy Murray. The pair had a great workweek in Valencia and won the tournament. This was Jamie ‘s first acquire on the top tied of the enlistment for over two years and the first time that he has won a doubles style with his brother. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Murray ended the season with another Challenger succeed, in Bratislava .

2011 [edit ]

Jamie Murray at 2011 Aegon Championships Murray began 2011 playing with Xavier Malisse. Though the pair lost in their first base ATP event at Chennai, Murray won his foremost match at a Grand Slam since Wimbledon 2008 as they progressed to the second gear round of the australian Open. Murray followed this up with two semi-final appearances, partnering Alexander Peya at the SA Open and his brother Andy at Rotterdam. These successes saw Murray climb back into the populace top 50. At the french Open, Murray and his collaborator Chris Guccione were eliminated in the second round of the men ‘s doubles by the top-seeded Bryans, but he progressed to the semi-finals of the desegregate doubles with Nadia Petrova. In August, he reached the semi-finals of the Winston–Salem Open but lost in straight sets to Christopher Kas and Alexander Peya. He partnered Santiago González. At the US Open, he and partner González went out in the first round in true sets to Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner, who went on to win the tournament. He next played at the Open de Moselle, where he partnered André Sá, going on to win the tournament by defeating Lukáš Dlouhý and Marcelo Melo in the final examination, winning in uncoiled sets. Two weeks former, he won his second title of the class partnering with brother Andy Murray at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. They defeated František Čermák and Filip Polášek. In doing sol, he rose to a career-high doubles ranking of no. 23 in the universe .

2012 [edit ]

Murray began 2012 play at the Brisbane International partner Paul Hanley for the first fourth dimension. They made it into the moment attack, but lost in straight sets. At the australian Open the pair lost in the beginning round in three sets to Julian Knowle and Michael Kohlmann. Murray got to his first final of the temper again partnering Paul Hanley at the Open Sud de France, but lost the concluding to Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in neat sets. At the french Open, Murray, this time partnering Carsten Ball, lost in the first turn to Yen-Hsun Lu and Go Soeda in three sets. At Wimbledon, Murray re-partnered with longtime collaborator Eric Butorac for the foremost time in five years. They went out in the irregular round in straight sets to Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra. Having lost in the first round at the german Open, Murray future competed at the London 2012 Summer Olympics in the doubles consequence partnering Brother Andy, who was besides competing in the singles event. [ 66 ] Jamie described partnering his brother at the London Olympics as a dream come true. Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins besides competed together to represent Great Britain in the doubles event. unfortunately, the pipe dream was not retentive lived as they lost in the first polish to Austria ( Melzer / Peya ) in a identical close three-setter. At the 2012 US Open, Murray had another disappoint campaign as he and partner André Sá lost in the first round to fifteenth seeds Peya / Soares in straight sets. They did, however, go on to reach the final examination of a rival in Pétange the keep up week. The couple did n’t go on to achieve much more in the remainder of the 2012 season, their most celebrated consequence coming at the Erste Bank Open where they reached the semi-finals. Murray then spent the final month of the temper playing with a assortment of different partners on the Challenger Tour .

2013 [edit ]

Murray began 2013 playing with mate Scot, Colin Fleming. Their first tournament was the Brisbane International where they were only able to make the quarter-finals despite being second seeds. They followed this up with a poor show at the australian Open where they lost their opening match to Kohlmann / Nieminen in straight sets. Murray was close up to sliding out of the doubles top 100 and contemplated quitting the sport altogether. [ 67 ] At the start of February, Murray paired up with John Peers. This partnership looked to be more successful as they reached the semi-finals of their first tournament together, the Open Sud de France. They continued playing together and won their first championship of the class at the US Men ‘s Clay Court Championship, upsetting the top-seeded Bryan brothers in the final. [ 68 ] The pair played their first Grand Slam together at the french Open where they lost in the second orotund in three sets to the colombian pair of Cabal / Farah. [ 69 ] Going out early on allowed them to play in the Aegon Trophy on the Challenger Tour during the second base workweek of the slam which they went on to win. They followed this with a fairly successful grass woo season where they reached the quarter-finals of the Aegon Championships and the semi-finals of the Aegon International. This gave them confidence heading into Wimbledon, however they lost in the first attack to Blake / Melzer in an arouse match where the decision making set finished 14–12 after lasting 87 minutes. [ 70 ] not disheartened, Murray/Peers won their second ATP Tour title of the year only a few weeks late in Gstaad, [ 71 ] beating the spanish copulate of Andújar / García-López in the final examination. They followed this up with a potent usher at the Bet-at-home Cup where they reached the semi-finals. future up was the US Open. The couple faced ninth seeds Marrero / Verdasco in their afford match and pulled off a traumatize, winning in square sets. Two narrow three set wins followed over López / Sá american samoa well as the american copulate of Baker / Ram. This resulted in Murray reaching his first ever Grand Slam quarter-final in the men ‘s doubles. Murray/Peers would not progress any further, losing to second seeds Peya / Soares. [ 72 ] Murray/Peers had a highly successful asian swing of tournaments, reaching back-to-back finals in Bangkok and Tokyo, winning the former against Bednarek / Brunström. In Shanghai, Murray reached lone his second gear Masters 1000 semi-final, defeating established doubles champions Julien Benneteau, Nenad Zimonjic and Robert Lindstedt en route before losing in two tightly contested tiebreaks against Marrero / Verdasco. As a resultant role of their highly successful first season as a copulate, Murray/Peers finished 10th in the Race to London, only 665 points behind the 8th placed qualifiers. In November, the Lawn Tennis Association announced a dramatic cut in elite actor fund with all fiscal support recall from Britain ‘s doubles specialists and any singles players aged complete 24 to reduce the number of confirm players from 16 this class to just six in 2014. [ 73 ]

2014 [edit ]

Murray started the year at Brisbane International with regular partner John Peers. The pair made it to the semi-finals before they lost to Daniel Nestor and Mariusz Fyrstenberg in heterosexual sets. Their future tournament was the Heineken Open. They made the quarterfinals before withdrawing from the tournament. At the australian Open they were the fifteenth seeds ( the inaugural time they were a seed pair in a exalted slam tournament ). They made the second round before losing to Raven Klaasen and Eric Butorac in straight sets. due to injury Jamie Murray did n’t play again until the BNP Paribas Open where he and regular partner John Peers lost to Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin. Their next tournament was the Sony Open Tennis where they lost in true sets to sixth seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. Murray and Peers started their clay court season at the Grand Prix Hassan II where they were the seconds seeds. The pair made the semi-finals before losing to Lukáš Dlouhý and Tomasz Bednarek in square sets. They made a second consecutive semi-final at the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy before losing to top seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău. At the BMW Open the pair defeated the top seeds Raven Klaasen and Eric Butorac in the semi-finals before defeating mate countrymen Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins to win their first base title of the class. [ citation needed ] They then lost in the open round of the Mutua Madrid Open, but managed to bounce back and reach the semi-finals of the Düsseldorf Open. The pair followed this up by reaching the third round of the french Open, Murray ‘s best solution at the tournament, where they were defeated by top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan. [ 74 ] Murray and Peers immediately gained revenge for their loss as the eatage court season began, defeating the Bryan brothers in true sets at the Aegon Championships. [ 75 ] They made it all the way to the final examination, their second of the year, but were beaten by second seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in a heatedly contested equal. [ 76 ] They then lost their first step match of the Aegon International. At Wimbledon they were seeded 14th and won their possibility two matches in straight sets. They then faced Peya and Soares in the one-third round. The match went all the way to a fifth specify but Murray and Peers once again were unable to overcome the duet and narrowly missed out on making their second Grand Slam quarterfinal. [ 77 ] Murray did, however, make the quarterfinals of the mix doubles, partnering australian Casey Dellacqua. [ citation needed ]

2015 : Grand Slam finals and Davis Cup Champion [edit ]

Murray/Peers again began their year at the 2015 Brisbane International where they defeated acme seeds Rojer / Tecau in the first round before going on to win the title by defeating the pair of Dolgopolov / Nishikori. The pair reached the third round at the 2015 australian Open as the 16th seeds losing to 4th seeds Dodig / Melo. The pair ‘s good shape continued in Rotterdam where after losing in the qualifying rounds they were handed a 1R match as golden losers following a withdrawal. The copulate went on to reach the finals before losing in a replay against Rojer / Tecau.

2016 : australian Open and US Open Doubles Champion and Doubles worldly concern No 1 [edit ]

Murray partnered Bruno Soares to win the australian Open, beating Daniel Nestor and Radek Štěpánek in the final on January 30. With Andy Murray lose in the singles final examination, this was the first clock two brothers had reached discriminate finals at the like Grand Slam since Lawrence and Reginald Doherty at the 1906 Wimbledon Championships. [ 89 ] Consequently, Jamie became the doubles earth no. 2, while Andy was the singles universe no. 2, [ citation needed ] which was the first time that brothers had achieved this. [ 90 ] The two populace count 2 ‘s play doubles in the Davis Cup World Group first base beat meet against Japan beating Yoshihito Nishioka and Yasutaka Uchiyama in straight sets in a little under two hours. Andy was chosen because Leon Smith had expected Japan ‘s no. 1 Kei Nishikori, but he had been rested, disappointing Britain ‘s other doubles specialist, Dom Inglot. [ citation needed ] Great Britain won 3-1 progress to the quarter-finals. Following the frustration of Marcelo Melo at the Miami Masters, Murray became the new worldly concern count 1 chosen, and overtook Melo at the top of the rankings on the 4th of April. Murray was appointed Officer of the Order of the british Empire ( OBE ) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to tennis and charity. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] He and Soares enjoyed more Grand Slam success at the US Open, defeating Pablo Carreño Busta and Guillermo García-López in the final, in straight sets. [ 93 ] [ 94 ]

2017 : 2nd Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Title and US Open Mixed Doubles Champion [edit ]

In January, Murray and spouse Bruno Soares reached the final examination of the Sydney International fall back in straight sets to Dutch pair Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop in straight sets. At the 2017 australian Open they lost in the first beat to Americans Sam Querry and Donald Young. In March, they won their first claim of 2017 at the Mexico Open, defeating american John Isner and Spaniard Feliciano López in straight sets. In June, Murray and Soares reached the quarterfinals at the 2017 French Open of the men ‘s doubles but lost in three sets to eventual runner-up Santiago González and Donald Young. however, they did go on to win back to back titles during the grass court season at both the Stuttgart Open defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in three sets, and at the Queen ‘s Club Championships defeating the french duet of Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in square sets. At the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, Murray and Soares poor run at the Grand Slams continued as they went out in the second round in five sets to Sam Groth and Robert Lindstedt having led two sets to one. however, he won the Mixed Doubles title aboard Martina Hingis without losing a set. They defeated the maintain champions : chap Briton Heather Watson and Finland ‘s Henri Kontinen ( the Men ‘s Doubles world No 1 ) in straight sets. This was precisely 10 years since Jamie won his beginning title partnering Jelena Janković, and his fourth major deed overall. [ 95 ] In August, at the Cincinnati Masters he and Soares lost in the final in straight sets to french copulate Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. In September, At the 2017 US Open he again partnered Martina Hingis in the Mixed Doubles. They beat chinese Taipei ‘s Chan Hao-ching and the New Zealander Michael Venus in three sets in 69 minutes to win the US Open Mixed Doubles Title. Murray and Hingis frankincense won back to back majors in the Mixed Doubles and presently have an undefeated partnership of 10–0 at the Grand Slams. [ 96 ] He and seasonal worker spouse Soares lost in the quarter finals of the Men ‘s Doubles in straight sets to eventual winners Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău .

2018 : Cincinnati Masters and retentiveness of US Open Mixed Doubles [edit ]

In July, Murray and fresh mix doubles spouse Victoria Azarenka reached the final of the Wimbledon tournament, but were defeated in square sets. [ 97 ] In August, he and partner Bruno Soares won the Washington Open [ 98 ] followed by the Cincinnati Masters. [ 99 ] In September, he retained the US Open assorted doubles style, partnering american Bethanie Mattek-Sands in their first submission as a couple ; it was her eighth Grand Slam doubles title overall and Murray ‘s sixth. [ 100 ]

2019-2020 : New partnership, US Open doubles semifinal and mix doubles title ; Two more major quarterfinals [edit ]

In January, Murray and doubles partner Bruno Soares reached the men ‘s doubles quarter-finals of the australian Open, but were defeated in directly sets, [ 101 ] with the same result in the interracial doubles with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. After a decline in mannequin including a first base round exit at the french Open, Murray disconnected with Soares and formed a new partnership with mate Briton Neal Skupski. [ 102 ] The new couple fell in the first round at Wimbledon, [ 103 ] while in the mix doubles, Murray and Mattek-Sands lost in the second gear round off. [ 104 ] In the quarterfinal of the 2019 Cincinnati Masters tournament, Jamie Murray ( the title holder with Soares ) and Neal Skupski met Andy Murray and Feliciano López in only the second match between the siblings in their senior careers ; Jamie and Skupski won in three sets to progress. [ 105 ] The brothers had already teamed up a few weeks earlier for the Washington Open where Jamie was besides the reigning supporter, being eliminated in the quarterfinals. [ 106 ] At the 2019 US Open Murray reached the semifinals in doubles with Skupki and then won the Mixed Doubles with Mattek-Sands .

2021 : third US Open final [edit ]

At the 2021 US Open Murray partnering with Bruno Soares reached the final for the third time in his career defeating Filip Polášek and John Peers in the semifinals. [ 107 ]

career statistics [edit ]

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline [edit ]

Key
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( W ) Won ; ( F ) finalist ; ( SF ) semifinalist ; ( QF ) quarterfinalist ; ( # R ) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1 ; ( RR ) round-robin stage ; ( Q # ) reservation round ; ( P # ) preliminary round off ; ( DNQ ) did not qualify ; ( A ) absent ; ( Z # ) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group ( with number indication ) or ( PO ) play-off ; ( G ) gold, ( F-S ) silver or ( SF-B ) bronze Olympic/Paralympic decoration ; a ( NMS ) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament ; ( P ) postponed ; ( NH ) not held. SR=strike rate ( events won/competed ) To avoid confusion and double count, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the actor ‘s participation has ended .