Four-time Olympian Jamie Murray retires from tennis aged 40: “I feel very fortunate and privileged”
Jamie Murray has announced his retirement from professional tennis at the age of 40.The former No. 1 doubles player signs off with seven Grand Slam doubles titles and the Davis Cup trophy for Great Britain, which he won alongside his younger brother and double Olympic champion, Andy, in 2015.After making his professional debut in 2004, Jamie went on to compete at four Olympic Games editions across his career, most recently at Tokyo 2020 in 2021.“My tennis journey comes to an end after 36 [years]”, Murray said in a social media post. “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 [who’s] helped/supported me - I appreciate all of you! Excited to enter the real world!”The older Murray brother’s last professional match was at the 2025 US Open alongside Olympic silver medallist Ivan Dodig, a first-round exit in his 15th consecutive appearance in New York City.In fact, the Dunblane native only missed seven majors out of the last 80 contested, competing in 59 straight Grand Slams (excluding Wimbledon 2020, which was not held) from 2011 to 2025.The 40-year-old won his home Slam at Wimbledon twice in the mixed doubles and was a three-time mixed doubles champion at the US Open. In 2016, Scotsman Murray clinched the men’s doubles majors at the Australian Open and US Open, reaching world No. 1 in the process.
