{"id":533404,"date":"2026-04-16T03:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533404\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T03:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:24:11","slug":"seven-time-grand-slam-champion-jamie-murray-retires-from-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533404\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven-time Grand Slam champion Jamie Murray retires from tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven-time doubles Grand Slam champion Jamie Murray announces retirement from tennis.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish sporting legend has hung up his racket after more than two decades competing at the pinnacle of sport.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old won two men\u2019s doubles titles at the Australian Open and US Open, as well as five mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>He also played a pivotal part alongside his brother Andy in Great Britain\u2019s Davis Cup triumph in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The former doubles number one has gone on to play in more than 1000 matches, with his last coming at the 2025 US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Murray announced he has called time on his career in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cMy tennis journey comes to an end after 36 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel very fortunate and privileged for all the amazing experiences this great sport has given me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor everybody else that\u2019s helped\/supported me \u2013 I appreciate all of you!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcited to enter the real world!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tennis Scotland chief executive Blane Dodds described the Dunblane-born star as one of the \u201cgreatest sportspeople to ever come out of Scotland\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe are very proud of Jamie and everything he has achieved in professional tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis performances have helped to inspire so many, and his success has played a crucial role in the growth of our sport in Scotland, where more people than ever before are picking up a racket and competing, club membership is at an all-time high, and record numbers of courts are being built.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sure everyone involved with tennis in Scotland wishes him all the very best for the next chapter of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven-time doubles Grand Slam champion Jamie Murray announces retirement from tennis. The Scottish sporting legend has hung up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-533404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}