Born in Glasgow in 1986, the elder brother of Andy Murray, Jamie turned professional in 2004 and made his name in doubles. He won the Wimbledon mixed in 2007, aged 21. With Bruno Soares he won the Australian Open and US Open in 2016, and on 4 April that year became the first British player to reach No. 1 in doubles. He won four more mixed titles: Wimbledon and the US Open with Martina Hingis in 2017, and the US Open with Bethanie Mattek-Sands in 2018 and 2019. He played doubles with Andy in the 2015 Davis Cup final, which Britain won for the first time in 79 years. He took the last of his 34 doubles titles in Belgrade in 2024, became tournament director at Queen's that year and retired in April 2026.
On grass
Wimbledon mixed
Champion 2007 with Jelena Janković, beating Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; champion 2017 with Martina Hingis, beating Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen 6-4, 6-4. Runner-up 2018 with Victoria Azarenka
Wimbledon doubles
Runner-up 2015 with John Peers, losing to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău 6-7, 4-6, 4-6
Queen's Club
Doubles champion 2017 with Bruno Soares, beating Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin. Runner-up 2014 with John Peers. Tournament director from 2024
Finals to remember
Wimbledon mixed 2007: unseeded with Janković, he won Britain's first title at the Championships for 20 years
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"He'll go down as one of the best doubles players the UK's ever had."
Anecdotes
The person behind the player.
Wimbledon 2007
"Come on Mrs Murray"
He and Jelena Janković had never met before the week of the tournament. They turned up to practise at the same time and agreed to play together. By the final the crowd were calling "Come on Mrs Murray" to her. He gave her the credit: "She won the match because she kept returning the guy's serve and I couldn't do that."
At the Champions' Dinner at the Savoy the two posed like a couple and insisted the partnership was purely professional. Janković said he had kept asking what she would wear: "He kept asking me what kind of dress… long or short… and I had to disappoint him by telling him it is very long!" She called him "a very nice guy, very sweet as well."
Martina Hingis let it be known before the Championships that she wanted to play with him. They did not drop a set on the way to the final and beat the defending champions, Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen, 6-4, 6-4. Two months later they won the US Open too, and finished their partnership with ten wins from ten matches.
The brothers call each other "Tight". Brad Gilbert, once Andy's coach, named Jamie "Stretch", and the pair became Booty and Stretch. When they finally met across the net in a tour match in 2015, Jamie said: "It was weird. We've only ever played together."
He partnered Andy in the doubles of the final against Belgium, and Britain won the Cup for the first time in 79 years. He finished his Davis Cup career with 14 wins from 20 doubles rubbers. Leon Smith, the captain, said he "played an invaluable role in our Davis Cup 2015 winning campaign."
In December 2023 the LTA named him tournament director of the Queen's Club Championships from 2024, while he was still playing. He agreed to skip the tournament and the week before it to prepare. He called it "a real honour" and said he had "a genuine interest in the events side of the business". He retired in April 2026, after 36 years in the game.