Jamie Murray (tennis)
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Jamie Robert Murray is a British
tennis
player from Scotland
who specialises in doubles and is Britain's number 1 doubles player. He is the older brother of Andy Murray. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Jelena Janković
. Murray had an early career partnership with Eric Butorac
, winning three titles in 2007. Having split with Butorac at the end of 2007, Murray has since played with a large number of players: his six subsequent ATP finals since have been with different partners. He has also competed regularly alongside his brother Andy, with whom he has won two titles. As of October 2011 he was still ranked within the World Top 25 doubles players on the ATP Tour.
, Scotland
. At the age of 11, Jamie finished runner up in the boys under 12 category at the prestigious Junior Orange Bowl
. Murray was the junior world #2 when he was about 13 years old and was selected to be educated at The Leys School
while being coached by national coaches. Jamie's younger brother Andy said of this experience that the LTA 'ruined' him when he went to Cambridge. In 2004 he partnered his brother to the semi final of the Junior US Open
His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine
, was a professional
footballer who played reserve team
matches for Hibernian
and in the Scottish Football League
for Stirling Albion
and Cowdenbeath
.
, who he has partnered in Mixed Doubles since the 2007 US Open. In October 2010, Murray married Alejandra Gutierrez.
Tour doubles finals. In late July, Murray and the American player Eric Butorac
reached the final of the Los Angeles tournament which they lost in straight sets to the world's top-ranked doubles team, the Bryan brothers
. In September, partnering his younger brother, Murray reached the final of the Bangkok tournament, losing to the top Israeli doubles pairing Andy Ram
and Jonathan Erlich
(2–6 6–2 4–10).
in San Jose
and the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships
at the Racquet Club of Memphis. These victories lifted Murray into the top 50 in the ATP doubles rankings for the first time.
On 20 March 2007 Murray received his first call-up to the Great Britain Davis Cup team, where he was picked for the doubles rubber on the Saturday of the tie against the Netherlands on 7 April. Jamie played alongside Greg Rusedski
versus Robin Haase
and Rogier Wassen
. Murray and Rusedski beat the Dutch pairing 6–1 3–6 6–3 7–6 (7–5).
After winning his mixed doubles title with Jelena Janković
at Wimbledon, Murray again reached a mixed doubles semi-final of the 2007 US Open
aside Liezel Huber
, coming within ten points of winning a place in the final.
, but the partnership struggled. Despite victory in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
in February, they had failed to reach any other finals, winning just one of their first four matches as a pair and going out of eleven tournaments within the first two rounds, including at the 2008 Australian Open
. Without Mirnyi, Murray has appeared to have had more success, reaching the semi-final of the Movistar Open
with Nicolás Lapentti
in January and the final of the Estoril Open
with Kevin Ullyett
in April.
Murray has also shown some interest in singles tennis. He competed in a singles qualifying match against Marcel Granollers
in January and applied for a wildcard singles entry for Wimbledon. He was given a wildcard into the qualifying stages for the 2008 Artois Championships, but lost to Poland's Łukasz Kubot and was refused entry into the Wimbledon singles tournament. With Mirnyi he reached the final and semi-final of the Slazenger Open and the Artois Championships respectively, but failed to progress beyond the third round of Wimbledon.
Competing for Great Britain, he had a public fall out with brother Andy Murray, criticising him for dropping out of the squad
for a Davis Cup match against Argentina
; Jamie played in and lost the doubles match with Ross Hutchins
. At the 2008 Summer Olympics
the two Murrays competed together in the doubles tournament. After defeating Canadian pair Frédéric Niemeyer
and Daniel Nestor
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the First Round, they then lost to French pair and 2007 Wimbledon Doubles Champions Arnaud Clément
and Michaël Llodra
, 6–1, 6–3.
Mixed 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 out to Cara Black
and Leander Paes
. He also reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the quarter-finals in the French Open.
Mirnyi and Murray had mediocre results, compiling a 15 for 17 record. They split in September 2008 and Murray formed a new partnership with Dušan Vemić of Serbia at the start of the 2009 season.
and Sydney tournaments with Serbian Dušan Vemić
but played the Australian Open with his old partner Eric Butorac as Vemić was unavailable. Butorac and Murray, who had not played together since the 2007 US Open, lost in the first round at Melbourne Park. Since splitting from Vemić at the end of February, Murray has played with several different partners, including Simon Aspelin
, Jamie Delgado
, Paul Hanley
, Pavel Vízner
, Gilles Müller
and Jonathan Erlich
. With Müller he reached the semi-final at Nottingham
, his best result since the same tournament last year.
Murray played with Vízner at the French Open and with Erlich at Wimbledon, but was defeated in the first round of both tournaments. However, he did reach the semi-finals of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon with his regular partner Liezel Huber
. Dropping out of the world top one hundred, Murray returned to the Challenger circuit with new partner Jamie Delgado
. Playing in these lower ranked tournaments, he won his first tournament of any sort 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 semi-finalist in the Challenger event in Orléans
, France. He topped off the year with a win in Astana
, Kazakhstan
again partnering Jonathan Marray.
, Brazil
. His first win 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 also competed in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, this time alongside Laura Robson
, but lost in the first round. Playing in his first tournament since getting married, Murray played with his brother Andy Murray. The pair had a great week in Valencia and won the tournament. This was Jamie's first win on the top level of the tour for over two years and the first time that he has won a doubles title with his brother. Murray ended the season with another Challenger win, in Bratislava
.
. Though the pair lost in their first ATP event at Chennai, Murray won his first match at a Grand Slam since Wimbledon 2008 as they progressed to the second 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 world top 50. At the French Open
Murray and his partner Chris Guccione
were eliminated in the second round of the men's doubles by the number one seeded Bryan Brothers, but he has progressed to the semi-final of the mixed doubles
with Nadia Petrova
. In August he reached the semi-finals of the Winston–Salem Open he lost in straight sets to Christopher Kas
and Alexander Peya
7-6, 6-3, He partnered Santiago González. At the US Open he and partner Santiago González went out in the first round in straight sets to Jurgen Melzer
and Philipp Petzschner
who went on to win the US Open. He next played at the Open de Moselle
, where he partnered Andre Sa
, going on to win the tournament defeating Lukáš Dlouhý
and Marcelo Melo
in the final, winning in straight sets. Two weeks later he then won his second title of the year partnering with brother Andy Murray at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
, they defeated František Čermák
and Filip Polášek
6-1, 6-4. In doing so this rose his doubles ranking to a career high of 23rd in the world.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
who specialises in doubles and is Britain's number 1 doubles player. He is the older brother of Andy Murray. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
. Murray had an early career partnership with Eric Butorac
Eric Butorac
Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray...
, winning three titles in 2007. Having split with Butorac at the end of 2007, Murray has since played with a large number of players: his six subsequent ATP finals since have been with different partners. He has also competed regularly alongside his brother Andy, with whom he has won two titles. As of October 2011 he was still ranked within the World Top 25 doubles players on the ATP Tour.
Early life
Jamie Murray was born to Willie and Judy in DunblaneDunblane
Dunblane is a small cathedral city and former burgh north of Stirling in the Stirling council area of Scotland. The town is situated off the A9 road, on the way north to Perth. Its main landmark is Dunblane Cathedral and the Allan Water runs through the town centre, with the Cathedral and the High...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. At the age of 11, Jamie finished runner up in the boys under 12 category at the prestigious Junior Orange Bowl
Junior Orange Bowl
The Junior Orange Bowl is a non-profit organization based in Coral Gables, Florida that holds the Junior Orange Bowl International Youth Festival, a series of events held for the Youth of South Florida and the World...
. Murray was the junior world #2 when he was about 13 years old and was selected to be educated at The Leys School
The Leys School
The Leys School is a co-educational Independent school, located in Cambridge, England, and is a day and boarding school for about 550 pupils aged between 11 and 18 years...
while being coached by national coaches. Jamie's younger brother Andy said of this experience that the LTA 'ruined' him when he went to Cambridge. In 2004 he partnered his brother to the semi final of the Junior US Open
His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine
Roy Erskine
Roy Erskine is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a full back. Erskine made a total of 46 appearances in the Scottish Football League.-Career:...
, was a professional
Professional sports
Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations...
footballer who played reserve team
Reserve team
Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...
matches for Hibernian
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...
and in the Scottish Football League
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland, comprising theScottish First Division, Scottish Second Division and Scottish Third Division. From the league's foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League was formed in 1998, the Scottish Football League...
for Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion F.C.
Stirling Albion F.C. are a Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Second Division. The club are nicknamed The Binos . They play at Doubletree Dunblane Stadium in Stirling, on the outskirts of the city near the River Forth...
and Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath F.C.
Cowdenbeath Football Club are a professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League. The club plays its home games at Central Park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor...
.
Personal life
He has a good working relationship with Liezel HuberLiezel Huber
Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,...
, who he has partnered in Mixed Doubles since the 2007 US Open. In October 2010, Murray married Alejandra Gutierrez.
2006
In 2006 he reached two ATPAssociation of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
Tour doubles finals. In late July, Murray and the American player Eric Butorac
Eric Butorac
Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray...
reached the final of the Los Angeles tournament which they lost in straight sets to the world's top-ranked doubles team, the Bryan brothers
Bob and Mike Bryan
Twin brothers Robert Charles Bryan and Michael Carl Bryan are American professional tennis double players. They have been the World No. 1 doubles player for over 270 weeks and have finished the ATP year-end number 1 doubles team a record 7 times...
. In September, partnering his younger brother, Murray reached the final of the Bangkok tournament, losing to the top Israeli doubles pairing Andy Ram
Andy Ram
Andy Ram is a professional tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event . He plays more doubles than singles as he prefers doubles more and wins more matches...
and Jonathan Erlich
Jonathan Erlich
Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is a professional Israeli tennis player...
(2–6 6–2 4–10).
2007
In early February 2007, Murray and Butorac claimed their first doubles title in the AT&T Challenger tournament. They then won back to back doubles titles on the ATP Tour, at the SAP OpenSAP Open
The SAP Open is a men's tennis tournament held annually in San Jose, California. It is the second-oldest tennis tournament in the United States, which is still played. It is an ATP World Tour 250 series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour...
in San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
and the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup
The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup are tennis tournaments held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships is a men's ATP Tour event that has been held since 1976. In previous years it has been known as the U.S. Indoor Championships, the...
at the Racquet Club of Memphis. These victories lifted Murray into the top 50 in the ATP doubles rankings for the first time.
On 20 March 2007 Murray received his first call-up to the Great Britain Davis Cup team, where he was picked for the doubles rubber on the Saturday of the tie against the Netherlands on 7 April. Jamie played alongside Greg Rusedski
Greg Rusedski
Gregory "Greg" Rusedski is a British Canadian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991 and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33...
versus Robin Haase
Robin Haase
Robin Haase is a Dutch tennis player. Haase is currently the highest-ranked Dutch player, with his career high of No. 41 coming on 29 August 2011. He is endorsed by Head and SNS Reaal.-Career:...
and Rogier Wassen
Rogier Wassen
Rogier Wassen is a Dutch tennis player who competes regularly on the ATP Tour as a doubles player.Wassen reached his highest doubles ranking on the ATP Tour on 10 September 2007 when he became world no. 24. The right-hander has won three ATP doubles titles...
. Murray and Rusedski beat the Dutch pairing 6–1 3–6 6–3 7–6 (7–5).
After winning his mixed doubles title with Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
at Wimbledon, Murray again reached a mixed doubles semi-final of the 2007 US Open
2007 U.S. Open (tennis)
The 2007 US Open was held from 27 August to 9 September 2007, at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City....
aside Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,...
, coming within ten points of winning a place in the final.
2008
Murray began 2008 with his new doubles partner Max MirnyiMax Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
, but the partnership struggled. Despite victory in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
The International Tennis Championships is an ATP World Tour 250 series men's tennis tournament held every year in Delray Beach, Florida, and played on hard courts. The event was held in Coral Springs from 1993–1998; in 1999, it was relocated to the Delray Beach Tennis Center...
in February, they had failed to reach any other finals, winning just one of their first four matches as a pair and going out of eleven tournaments within the first two rounds, including at the 2008 Australian Open
2008 Australian Open
The 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 through 27 January 2008.After twenty years of playing on...
. Without Mirnyi, Murray has appeared to have had more success, reaching the semi-final of the Movistar Open
Movistar Open
The Movistar Open is an ATP International Series men's tennis tournament held in February 2010 in Las Condes commune, and it's played on clay. It was previously played in Viña del Mar.-History:In 1992, Brazil suspended its three ATP tournaments...
with Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Lapentti
----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th...
in January and the final of the Estoril Open
Estoril Open
The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal . The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009–2010 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings,...
with Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...
in April.
Murray has also shown some interest in singles tennis. He competed in a singles qualifying match against Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers i Pujol is a professional tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 33 on August 1, 2011, and his highest doubles ranking of World Number 5.-2006:Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in...
in January and applied for a wildcard singles entry for Wimbledon. He was given a wildcard into the qualifying stages for the 2008 Artois Championships, but lost to Poland's Łukasz Kubot and was refused entry into the Wimbledon singles tournament. With Mirnyi he reached the final and semi-final of the Slazenger Open and the Artois Championships respectively, but failed to progress beyond the third round of Wimbledon.
Competing for Great Britain, he had a public fall out with brother Andy Murray, criticising him for dropping out of the squad
Great Britain Davis Cup team
The Great Britain Davis Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Davis Cup tennis competition and is controlled by the Lawn Tennis Association. The United Kingdom played in the very first International Lawn Tennis Challenge...
for a Davis Cup match against Argentina
Argentina Davis Cup team
The Argentina Davis Cup team represents Argentina in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis.Argentina has never won the tournament, but have finished as the runner-up three times, in 1981, 2006 and 2008....
; Jamie played in and lost the doubles match with Ross Hutchins
Ross Hutchins
Ross Dan Hutchins is a British professional tennis player, known best as a doubles player. Hutchins was born in Wimbledon, a location synonymous with tennis. Having turned professional in 2002, he enjoyed success on the Challenger circuit and broke through to the ATP Tour in late 2007...
. At the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
the two Murrays competed together in the doubles tournament. After defeating Canadian pair Frédéric Niemeyer
Frederic Niemeyer
Frédéric Niemeyer is a retired, veteran minor tour and Canadian Davis Cup tennis player who now is a Tennis Canada coach. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Niemeyer hails from Deauville, Sherbrooke, Quebec...
and Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the First Round, they then lost to French pair and 2007 Wimbledon Doubles Champions Arnaud Clément
Arnaud Clément
Arnaud Clément is a professional tennis player from France. His best achievement is reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open.-Career:Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland...
and Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...
, 6–1, 6–3.
Mixed doubles once again proved to be more successful for Murray in 2008. Competing with Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,...
he reached the final of the 2008 US Open, though they lost out to Cara Black
Cara Black
Cara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles...
and Leander Paes
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...
. He also reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the quarter-finals in the French Open.
Mirnyi and Murray had mediocre results, compiling a 15 for 17 record. They split in September 2008 and Murray formed a new partnership with Dušan Vemić of Serbia at the start of the 2009 season.
2009
Jamie played the BrisbaneBrisbane International
The Brisbane International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association Tour...
and Sydney tournaments with Serbian Dušan Vemić
Dušan Vemic
Dušan Vemić is a Serbian professional tennis player. He was born on June 17, 1976, in Zadar, in Yugoslavia, now Croatia; he currently lives in Belgrade.-Professional career:...
but played the Australian Open with his old partner Eric Butorac as Vemić was unavailable. Butorac and Murray, who had not played together since the 2007 US Open, lost in the first round at Melbourne Park. Since splitting from Vemić at the end of February, Murray has played with several different partners, including Simon Aspelin
Simon Aspelin
Simon Aspelin is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998...
, Jamie Delgado
Jamie Delgado
Jamie Delgado is a professional male tennis player from Great Britain. Delgado has represented the UK in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006. His best performance at Wimbledon was reaching the second round on three occasions, most notably in 2001 where he played against former champion Andre...
, Paul Hanley
Paul Hanley (tennis)
Paul Jason Hanley is a professional male tennis player from Australia, specialising in doubles. His parents, Jay and Judy, co-own a tennis centre, one of the main reasons Hanley pursued a career in the sport.He lost the 2005 Wimbledon finals in mixed doubles, playing with Tatiana Perebiynis...
, Pavel Vízner
Pavel Vízner
Pavel Vízner is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Vízner has reached the French Open final twice, having had turned professional in 1990 and achieved a career high doubles ranking of World Number 5 on September 10, 2007.- Career :While Vízner had played tournaments in 1988...
, Gilles Müller
Gilles Müller
Gilles Müller is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player. He was a US Open junior champion and is the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country...
and Jonathan Erlich
Jonathan Erlich
Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is a professional Israeli tennis player...
. With Müller he reached the semi-final at Nottingham
Nottingham Open
The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain...
, his best result since the same tournament last year.
Murray played with Vízner at the French Open and with Erlich at Wimbledon, but was defeated in the first round of both tournaments. However, he did reach the semi-finals of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon with his regular partner Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,...
. Dropping out of the world top one hundred, Murray returned to the Challenger circuit with new partner Jamie Delgado
Jamie Delgado
Jamie Delgado is a professional male tennis player from Great Britain. Delgado has represented the UK in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006. His best performance at Wimbledon was reaching the second round on three occasions, most notably in 2001 where he played against former champion Andre...
. Playing in these lower ranked tournaments, he won his first tournament of any sort in eighteen months at the Tirani Cup in August 2009, followed by wins at the TEAN International (with Jonathan Marray
Jonathan Marray
Jonny Marray is a British tennis player who represents Yorkshire. As of June 2009 he is the 9th highest ranked player in Britain....
) and the Ljubljana Open. He was semi-finalist in the Challenger event in Orléans
Orléans
-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...
, France. He topped off the year with a win in Astana
Astana
Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...
, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
again partnering Jonathan Marray.
2010
Jamie started the 2010 year as a semi-finalist in the ATP Challenger event in São PauloSão Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. His first win of the year came in Salinas
Salinas
-People:*Anita Reeves Salinas, Chilean television, film and theatre actress*Camilo Salinas, Chilean musician*Carlos Salinas de Gortari, a Mexican president*Francisco de Salinas, a 16th century Spanish music theorist*Francisco Vidal Salinas, Chilean politician...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
with Marray again. He lost with Marray in another Challenger event in Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
on clay in the quarter-finals. He also competed in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, this time alongside Laura Robson
Laura Robson
Laura Robson is a British tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her...
, but lost in the first round. Playing in his first tournament since getting married, Murray played with his brother Andy Murray. The pair had a great week in Valencia and won the tournament. This was Jamie's first win on the top level of the tour for over two years and the first time that he has won a doubles title with his brother. Murray ended the season with another Challenger win, in Bratislava
2010 Ritro Slovak Open – Men's Doubles
Philipp Marx and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions, however Marx decided not to participate.Zelenay partners up with Daniele Bracciali. They lost in the first round against Brian Battistone and Andreas Siljeström....
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2011
Murray began 2011 playing with Xavier MalisseXavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
. Though the pair lost in their first ATP event at Chennai, Murray won his first match at a Grand Slam since Wimbledon 2008 as they progressed to the second round of the Australian Open
2011 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan, the two-time defending champions in this event, successfully defended their title. They defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes 6–3, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:# Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan ...
. Murray followed this up with two semi-final appearances, partnering Alexander Peya
Alexander Peya
Alexander Peya is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career high singles ranking of No. 92 on April 30, 2007. His career high doubles ranking was No. 48 on January 15, 2007. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and currently resides there.In September 2008 Peya helped Austria to a Davis Cup...
at the SA Open
2011 SA Tennis Open – Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin won this tournament, by defeating top seeded Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram in the final, 6–3, 3–6, [10–7].-Seeds:...
and his brother Andy at Rotterdam
2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but Nestor chose not to participate this year.Zimonjić played with Michaël Llodra and reached the final, but lost to Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5].-Seeds:...
. These successes saw Murray climb back into the world top 50. At the French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
Murray and his partner Chris Guccione
Chris Guccione
Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....
were eliminated in the second round of the men's doubles by the number one seeded Bryan Brothers, but he has progressed to the semi-final of the mixed doubles
Mixed Doubles
Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment on Marriage is a programme consisting of a series of eight short plays or revue sketches, each with two characters, composed by various English playwrights. It was first performed on 6 February 1969 in the Hampstead Theatre Club with the title, We Who Are About To......
with Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
. In August he reached the semi-finals of the Winston–Salem Open he lost in straight sets to Christopher Kas
Christopher Kas
Christopher Kas is a professional German tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 224, which he reached on 4 November 2002. His career high in doubles is No. 23 set at 3 November 2008.-Doubles: 15 :...
and Alexander Peya
Alexander Peya
Alexander Peya is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career high singles ranking of No. 92 on April 30, 2007. His career high doubles ranking was No. 48 on January 15, 2007. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and currently resides there.In September 2008 Peya helped Austria to a Davis Cup...
7-6, 6-3, He partnered Santiago González. At the US Open he and partner Santiago González went out in the first round in straight sets to Jurgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...
and Philipp Petzschner
Philipp Petzschner
Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski...
who went on to win the US Open. He next played at the Open de Moselle
2011 Open de Moselle
The 2011 Open de Moselle was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Open de Moselle, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour...
, where he partnered Andre Sa
André Sá
André Rezende Sá is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He is number 29 for doubles, and 467 for singles.-Personal:...
, going on to win the tournament defeating Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý
Lukáš Dlouhý is a professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World Number 5 on June 22, 2009.-2006-2008:...
and Marcelo Melo
Marcelo Melo
Marcelo Melo is a Brazilian tennis player, currently ranked 22nd in the world in doubles. Alongside regular teammate André Sá, he has reached the Mens Doubles semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and the quarterfinal at the 2007 US Open...
in the final, winning in straight sets. Two weeks later he then won his second title of the year partnering with brother Andy Murray at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer were the defending champions but were eliminated in the second round by Robin Haase and Viktor Troicki. Andy Murray and Jamie Murray won the title after beating František Čermák and Filip Polášek 6–1, 6–4 in the final....
, they defeated František Čermák
František Cermák
----František Čermák is a Czech professional tennis player. Čermák turned pro in 1998. He has won 26 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and has been a finalist 19 times. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 14 on February 1, 2010...
and Filip Polášek
Filip Polášek
Filip Polášek is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Polášek's highest doubles ranking has been World Number 22 as of June 22, 2009. Polášek's highest singles ranking has been World Number 555 on November 26, 2007....
6-1, 6-4. In doing so this rose his doubles ranking to a career high of 23rd in the world.
Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 2007 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles The mixed doubles event at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships was held over six rounds of competition. The final took place on July 8 with unseeded pair Jamie Murray and Jelena Janković defeating fifth-seeds Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik in three sets... |
Wimbledon | Grass | Jelena Janković Jelena Janković Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no... |
Alicia Molik Alicia Molik Alicia Molik is a Australian professional female tennis player. She reached a career high singles rank of number 8 and also won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Molik also reached a career high doubles ranking of number 6, and won two grand slam doubles titles, at the... Jonas Björkman Jonas Björkman Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships.... |
6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2008 | US Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881... |
Hard | Liezel Huber Liezel Huber Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,... |
Cara Black Cara Black Cara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles... Leander Paes Leander Paes Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament... |
6–7, 4–6 |
Doubles: 11 (7-4)
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Outcome | Num | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 30 July 2006 | Los Angeles 2006 Countrywide Classic The 2006 Countrywide Classic was the 2006 edition of the Los Angeles Open tennis tournament. The tournament was held on July 24-30, and was one of the ATP International Series tournaments. Prize money for the singles champion was $69,200, and the doubles champions received $23,570.-Men's Singles:... , United States |
Hard (o) | Eric Butorac Eric Butorac Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray... |
Bob Bryan Bob Bryan Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998... Mike Bryan Mike Bryan Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No... |
2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1 October 2006 | Bangkok 2006 Thailand Open – Doubles The 2006 Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 25 through October 1, 2006... , Thailand |
Hard (i) | Andy Murray | Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is a professional Israeli tennis player... Andy Ram Andy Ram Andy Ram is a professional tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event . He plays more doubles than singles as he prefers doubles more and wins more matches... |
2–6, 6–2, [4–10] |
Winner | 1. | 18 February 2007 | San Jose 2007 SAP Open The 2007 SAP Open was an ATP Tour tennis tournament held in San José, California, USA from 12 February until 19 February 2007.-Champions: Andy Murray def Ivo Karlović 6–7, 6–4, 7–6-Doubles:... , United States |
Hard | Eric Butorac Eric Butorac Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray... |
Chris Haggard Chris Haggard Chris Haggard is a professional tennis player from South Africa.After finishing runner-up in the NAIA national men's tennis championship singles draw in 1991 while playing for Auburn University-Montgomery, Haggard turned pro in 1993. He has won six ATP Tour doubles titles and finished runner-up a... Rainer Schüttler Rainer Schüttler Rainer Schüttler is a German professional tennis player, ranked World No. 113 in the ATP rankings. He is the last German player who reached a final in a grand slam tournament.... |
7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
Winner | 2. | 25 February 2007 | Memphis 2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships - Doubles Chris Haggard and Ivo Karlović were the defending champions, but Karlovic chose not to participate, and only Haggard competed that year.Haggard partnered with James Auckland, but lost in the first round to Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt.... , United States |
Hard | Eric Butorac Eric Butorac Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray... |
Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but... Julian Knowle Julian Knowle ----Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys double-handed. He is Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no... |
7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 23 June 2007 | Nottingham 2007 Nottingham Open The 2007 Nottingham Open was the 2007 edition of the Nottingham Open tennis tournament. The tournament was held on June 18-25.Ivo Karlović won his second title of the year.-Men's Singles: Ivo Karlović def. Arnaud Clément, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4----... , United Kingdom |
Grass | Eric Butorac Eric Butorac Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray... |
Joshua Goodall Joshua Goodall Joshua Jake Goodall is a British tennis player and the current British No.12 in Doubles, His ATP Doubles world ranking is 293... Ross Hutchins Ross Hutchins Ross Dan Hutchins is a British professional tennis player, known best as a doubles player. Hutchins was born in Wimbledon, a location synonymous with tennis. Having turned professional in 2002, he enjoyed success on the Challenger circuit and broke through to the ATP Tour in late 2007... |
4–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
Winner | 4. | 17 February 2008 | Delray Beach 2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships - Doubles Hugo Armando and Xavier Malisse were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.Max Mirnyi and Jamie Murray won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 10–6, against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.-Seeds:... , Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... , United States |
Hard | Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a... |
Bob Bryan Bob Bryan Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998... Mike Bryan Mike Bryan Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No... |
6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
Runner-up | 3. | 21 April 2008 | Estoril 2008 Estoril Open - Men's Doubles Marcelo Melo and André Sá were the defending champions, but Sa chose not to participate, and only Melo competed that year.Melo partnered with Sebastián Prieto, but lost in the quarterfinals to Yves Allegro and Nicolas Mahut.... , Portugal |
Clay | Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black... |
Jeff Coetzee Jeff Coetzee Jeff Coetzee is a South African professional tennis player and competes regularly on the ATP tour, as a doubles specialist.... Wesley Moodie Wesley Moodie Wesley Moodie is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Wesley is now retired.-Early life and college career:... |
2–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 4. | 16 June 2008 | Nottingham 2008 Nottingham Open - Doubles Eric Butorac and Jamie Murray were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together.Butorac partnered with Bobby Reynolds, but lost in the first round to Murray and partner Jeff Coetzee.... , United Kingdom |
Grass (i) | Jeff Coetzee Jeff Coetzee Jeff Coetzee is a South African professional tennis player and competes regularly on the ATP tour, as a doubles specialist.... |
Bruno Soares Bruno Soares Bruno Soares is a professional tennis player from Brazil.Soares's highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour is World No. 221, which he reached in March 2004. Primarily a doubles specialist, his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 14, reached on May 4, 2009... Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black... |
2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Winner | 5. | 7 November 2010 | Valencia, Spain | Hard (i) | Andy Murray | Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament... Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a... |
7–6(10–8), 5–7, [10–7] |
Winner | 6. | 25 September 2011 | Metz 2011 Open de Moselle – Doubles Dustin Brown and Rogier Wassen were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.Jamie Murray and André Sá won the title, defeating Lukáš Dlouhý and Marcelo Melo 6–4, 7–6 in the final.-Seeds:... , France |
Hard (i) | Andre Sa André Sá André Rezende Sá is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He is number 29 for doubles, and 467 for singles.-Personal:... |
Lukáš Dlouhý Lukáš Dlouhý Lukáš Dlouhý is a professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World Number 5 on June 22, 2009.-2006-2008:... Marcelo Melo Marcelo Melo Marcelo Melo is a Brazilian tennis player, currently ranked 22nd in the world in doubles. Alongside regular teammate André Sá, he has reached the Mens Doubles semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and the quarterfinal at the 2007 US Open... |
6–4, 7–6(9–7) |
Winner | 7. | 9 October 2011 | Tokyo 2011 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer were the defending champions but were eliminated in the second round by Robin Haase and Viktor Troicki. Andy Murray and Jamie Murray won the title after beating František Čermák and Filip Polášek 6–1, 6–4 in the final.... , Japan |
Hard (o) | Andy Murray | František Čermák Filip Polášek Filip Polášek Filip Polášek is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Polášek's highest doubles ranking has been World Number 22 as of June 22, 2009. Polášek's highest singles ranking has been World Number 555 on November 26, 2007.... |
6–1, 6–4 |
Men's Doubles
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.Tournament | 2006 | 2007 2007 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-January:... | 2008 2008 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:This... | 2009 2009 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2010 2010 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2011 2011 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | Career |
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Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R 2011 Australian Open – Men's Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan, the two-time defending champions in this event, successfully defended their title. They defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes 6–3, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:# Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan ... |
1–5 |
French Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1–5 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 4–5 |
US Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881... |
A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1–2 | |
Win-Loss | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 7–17 |
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... |
A | 2R | SF 2008 Indian Wells Masters - Men's Doubles Martin Damm & Leander Paes were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together.Damm partnered with Pavel Vízner, but lost in the first round to Eric Butorac and Andy Murray.... |
1R | A | QF 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Doubles The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011... |
6–4 |
Miami Masters Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1–3 |
Monte Carlo Masters | A | 1R 2007 Monte Carlo Masters The 2007 Monte Carlo Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 101st edition of the Monte Carlo Masters and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club from April 14 through April 22, 2007.-Review:Rafael... |
1R | A | A | A | 0–2 |
Rome Masters Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... |
A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1–3 |
Madrid Masters Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1–3 |
Canada Masters Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
A | 1R | 2R | A | A | QF 2011 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions and they reached to the final. Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić defeated them 6–4, 6–7, [10–5] and won the title.-Seeds:The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.... |
3–3 |
Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
A | 2R | QF | A | A | A | 3–2 |
Shanghai Masters Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's... |
NM1 | A | A | 0–0 | |||
Paris Masters Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... |
A | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1–2 | |
Hamburg Masters Hamburg Masters The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship... |
A | A | 1R | NM1 | 0–1 | ||
ATP Final Appearances | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
ATP Titles | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Year End Ranking | 77 | 32 | 28 | 105 | 57 | n/a | |
Mixed Doubles
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 2007 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-January:... | 2008 2008 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:This... | 2009 2009 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2010 2010 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | 2011 2011 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World... | Career |
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Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 2–3 |
French Open | A | A | QF | A | A | SF | 5–2 |
Wimbledon | A | W 2007 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles The mixed doubles event at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships was held over six rounds of competition. The final took place on July 8 with unseeded pair Jamie Murray and Jelena Janković defeating fifth-seeds Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik in three sets... |
SF | SF | 1R | 2R | 15–4 |
US Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881... |
A | SF | F | A | A | 7–2 | |
Win-Loss | 0–0 | 9–1 | 11–4 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 28–10 |