Samantha Murray (tennis)
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Samantha Dawn Murray Sharan (
née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...
Murray; born 9 October 1987) is a British
tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player who specializes in doubles. On 22 August 2022, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 76. Murray has won four singles titles and 28 doubles titles on the
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. On 23 September 2013, she peaked at No. 165 in the singles rankings.


Career

Murray made her
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debut at the 2011 Eastbourne Classic, losing to
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in the first round. Partnering
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, she won the biggest title of her career to date by taking the doubles at the 2024 W1000 Wiesbaden Open, defeating
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and Anita Wagner in the final.


Personal life

Murray married Indian tennis doubles specialist
Divij Sharan Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He specialises in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has won five ATP doubles titles and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold medal in the men' ...
in July 2019.


Grand Slam performance timelines


Singles


Doubles


ITF Circuit finals


Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups)


Doubles: 48 (28 titles, 20 runner-ups)


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murray Sharan, Samantha 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Stockport Northwestern Wildcats women's tennis players British expatriate tennis players in the United States Summer World University Games medalists in tennis English female tennis players British female tennis players Tennis players from Greater Manchester FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain 21st-century English sportswomen