British doubles legend Jamie Murray has retired from tennis at the age of 40.
The Scot became the first British doubles player to reach world No 1 and won seven grand slam titles over the course of a lengthy career.
He wrote on Instagram: “My tennis journey comes to an end after 36 years. I feel very fortunate and privileged for all the amazing experiences this great sport has given me.
“Thanks Mum, Dad, Andy, Ale, Alan, Louis and Thomas for all your incredible support, efforts and sacrifices throughout my career that allowed me to achieve everything I could in the game.
“For everybody else that’s helped and supported me – I appreciate all of you! Excited to enter the real world!”
Murray won 34 doubles titles in all, including two with younger brother Andy, with their biggest triumph together the 2015 Davis Cup title – the first time Britain had won the tournament in 79 years.
He played for Britain in 20 Davis Cup ties as well as four Olympic Games.
He reached 13 major men’s doubles finals, winning two of the four majors in 2016 – the Australian Open and US Open – alongside Brazil’s Bruno Soares.
The pair ended 2016 as the top-ranked doubles partnership, while Andy, who won the Wimbledon singles title that summer, also finished as world No 1 – making them the first brothers to simultaneously hold the top ranking in both disciplines.
The brothers joined forces again in doubles at Andy’s final Wimbledon before retirement, losing in the first round before an emotional send-off for the younger Murray.
Jamie Murray won five mixed doubles grand slam titles, including two Wimbledon trophies ten years apart, alongside Jelena Jankovic in 2007 and Martina Hingis in 2017.
He also won the US Open mixed title three years running from 2017 to 2019, winning the first with Hingis and the latter two alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
His most recent major final appearance came in the US Open in 2021, when he lost in three sets to compatriot Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram, while he made his last competitive appearance at Flushing Meadows last year.
He retires with the most grand slam and ATP Tour doubles titles of any British player in the Open Era. In the later years of his career he moved into organisational roles too, becoming tournament director of the Queen’s Club Championships in late 2023.
