Jonathan Marray

Jonathan Marray

Country	Great Britain
Residence	Sheffield, England
Born	(1981-03-10) 10 March 1981 Liverpool, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$826,654
Singles
Career record	4–8 (33.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 215 (25 April 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2007)
French Open	Q1 (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2004, 2005, 2007)
US Open	Q2 (2005)
Doubles
Career record	43–62 (40.95%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 15 (28 January 2013)
Current ranking	No. 43 (27 January 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	1R (2010, 2013)
Wimbledon	W (2012)
US Open	QF (2013)
Other Doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2012)
Mixed Doubles
Career record	3–5
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2010)
US Open	1R (2012)
Last updated on: 2 May 2013.

Jonathan "Jonny" Marray (born 10 March 1981) is an English tennis player and a previous Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion. Marray is primarily a doubles player, currently ranked World No. 27 and the British No. 2 behind Colin Fleming. He reached a career high of No. 15 in January 2013, mainly due to more regular appearances on the ATP World Tour, following his victory at Wimbledon 2012. He has also competed on the singles tour, reaching as high as World No. 215 in April 2005.

Biography

Education

Marray was educated at All Saints Catholic High School, a Voluntary Aided Roman Catholic state secondary school in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire in Northern England.

Personal life and career

Born in Liverpool, Marray turned professional in 2000^[1] and first came to prominence at the 2004 Queen's Club Championship where he reached the third round.^[2] Marray has since played predominantly on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he has reached one singles final and won multiple doubles competitions. He reached his highest singles ranking of 215 in April 2005.^[3]

Marray failed to progress further in the singles ranking, in part due to injuries,^[1] but has enjoyed more success as a doubles player. In 2012 at Wimbledon he stunned the tennis world as he and his doubles partner, Frederik Nielsen, won a wildcard entry into Wimbledon 2012 and won the final in five sets, beating the much favoured fifth seeds, Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău. Marray made history as the first British men's doubles champion since 1936, the same year that Fred Perry last won the Wimbledon singles title. He also became the first player alongside Nielsen to win the men's doubles event on a wildcard.

Tennis career

Early career

Marray made his doubles début at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships. He first hit the headlines in 2004, however, when he reached the third round of the 2004 Queen's Club Championship, getting his first wins on the ATP Tour. In the third round he lost to the sixth seed Lleyton Hewitt, 7–6(2), 7–6 (8), wasting seven set points over two sets (respectively six and one), Hewitt needed five match points to finish the contest.^[4] This earned him his first singles appearance at Wimbledon as a wild card, although he was defeated in the first round.^[3] In January 2005 he won his first Challenger doubles tournament in Wrexham, with Mark Hilton^[5] He reached his highest singles ranking of 215 in May 2005.

He stayed in the top 300 of the singles ranking for all but one week from May 2004 to June 2006, but despite this consistency, did not progress any further.^[6] He reached a then-high of 138 in the doubles in August 2005. He did manage to make a final in singles of an ATP Challenger event, at the Nottingham Challenger event where he lost in straight sets to Robin Vik 3–6, 2–6.

Marray suffered from a number of injuries through the middle of his career.^[1] He continued to compete on the Challenger tour, although he eventually stopped playing singles matches.^[1] Until 2012, his best Grand Slam performance was at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships when he reached the third round.^[3]

2009–2011

2009 proved to be a breakthrough season for Marray. At Wimbledon, he made it into the third round for only the second time partnering longtime partner Jamie Delgado, they lost in straight sets to the second seeds and eventual winners, Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić 5–7, 4–6, 4–6.^[3] This thrust him back into the top 200 of the world's doubles rankings, setting off a period of improved form. Following Wimbledon, Marray's increased ranking allowed him to become a regular on the ATP Challenger Tour,^[7] winning two titles with Jamie Murray and one with Joshua Goodall. He finished the season in the top 100 for the first time.^[6] Through 2010 and 2011, Marray continued to have some success on the Challenger circuit, competing in 14 finals and winning 7. He most successful Grand Slam appearance was t at the US Open where he again partnered Delgado. They made it into the third round but lost to sixth seeds and tournament runners up Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in three sets 7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 3–6. He finished the season ranked 86th in the world.

2012

In 2012 Marray competed at both the Australian Open and the French Open but lost both in the first round. He partnered Jamie Delgado at the Australian Open and Dustin Brown at the French Open. He also reached seven Challenger tour finals, winning two with Dustin Brown.

During 2012, he began partnering Frederik Nielsen, reaching the final of the 2012 Aegon Trophy, but lost to fellow Brit Dominic Inglot and Treat Conrad Huey of the Philippines, in three sets 4–6, 7–6^(11–9), 8–10.^[8] At Wimbledon Marray and partner Frederik Nielsen were granted a wildcard. Marray was supposed to compete with Adil Shamasdin, but they did not get their paperwork in time. Before they reached the finals, they defeated two seeded teams, in addition to the defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan in four sets 6–4, 7–6^(11–9), 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–5). By getting into the final, Marray became the first British man to get to a Wimbledon men's doubles final since 1960. In the final, they faced fifth seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău, winning in five sets 4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(5–7), 6–3. Marray became the first British player to win the Wimbledon men's doubles final since 1936, he thus became the first English person to win any Wimbledon Championship title since Virginia Wade; Marray and Nielsen became the first players to get to the final and to win the men's doubles on a wildcard at Wimbledon.^[9] This also raised his doubles ranking to a career-high no. 21 in the world. This was the first time Marray broke into the top 50 in the rankings, making him Britain's and England's No. 1.

Following his win, Marray received direct entry to higher level Masters tournaments for the first time. He initially struggled, however, playing with seven different partners and winning just two of thirteen matches in his eleven tournaments after Wimbledon.^[10] At the US Open Marray partnered again with Nielsen and were ranked as the eleventh seeds. They were beaten in the second round by Jesse Levine and Marinko Matosevic in three sets 1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 4–6. Marray also competed in the Mixed doubles event but lost in the first round to Abigail Spears and Scott Lipsky in straight sets 1–6, 3–6. He partnered Vladimíra Uhlířová.

At the Paris Masters, Marray had his most successful run at a masters 1000 and since Wimbledon, reaching the semi-finals with Paul Hanley. on their way to the semi-finals they beat top seeds the Bryan Brothers in three sets. They eventually lost to fifth seeds and eventual winners Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in straight sets. This put Marray into the top 20 for the first time in his career. Following straight on from Paris, he and Nielsen competed at the ATP World Tour Finals, for which they qualified thanks to winning at Wimbledon.^[11] The pair won their opening two matches of the group but lost their final match, however they qualified out of the robin round. They were eliminated in the semi-finals to eventual winners Marcel Granollers and Marc López in straight sets 4–6, 3–6. Marray ended the year ranked No. 17 in the world, a career high that makes him the British and English No. 1 doubles player.

2013

Marray began 2013 partnering Dustin Brown, reaching the semi-finals of the Qatar Open before being defeated by Filip Polášek and Julian Knowle in three sets. At the Australian Open, Marray partnered Brazilian player André Sá, and the pair were seeded 16th. They reached the second round, where they were defeated by Dutch pair Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling in straight sets. Marray later teamed up with fellow Brit Colin Fleming for several events, including a semifinal appearance at the Open Sud de France, where they were the top seeds. After the pair were knocked out in the first round of the Miami Masters, Marray and Fleming headed to Coventry, UK to play in the doubles rubber of Great Britain's Davis Cup tie with Russia. The pair won against Victor Baluda and Igor Kunitsyn in straight sets to keep the tie alive after the team had lost the first two rubbers in five sets. Continuing his partnership with Fleming, Marray reached his second career ATP final, at the 2013 Aegon International. En route to the final, the pair defeated Marray's former partner Frederik Nielsen, with whom he had won the Wimbledon doubles title the previous year. In the final the pair faced the duo of Austrian Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares of Brazil. Despite a strong start in which they took the first set, the pair couldn't maintain their intensity and ultimately lost in three sets, a trio of double faults from Marray in the 8th game of the second set proving to be fatal.

Marray entered Wimbledon as defending champion, but despite his previous success with Frederik Nielsen, the two decided not to play together, Marray instead was partnered by Colin Fleming. The two made it to the third round, but they couldn't replicate the form that saw Marray clinch the title during the previous season, going out in straight sets to Daniel Nestor, and Robert Lindstedt, against whom Marray won the title the previous year. Failure to defend his title meant that Marray plummeted 19 places in the ATP Rankings to no. 34, making him the second ranked British player behind Fleming.

Followong on from Wimbledon, Marray remained in his partnership with Fleming, and going into the American hardcourt season, the pair made their second final of the year at the BB&T Atlanta Open, Marray's first on hard courts. Here they faced French-Dutch duo of Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Igor Sijsling, however despite a close opening set, the Brits were ultimately defeated in straight sets. Marray had to miss both Montreal and Cincinnati due to injury, and so the pair played their next tournament at the US Open. Marray reached only the second Grand Slam quarterfinal of his career, defeating Indian/French duo of Rohan Bopanna and Édouard Roger-Vasselin before falling to Bob and Mike Bryan in a close straight sets encounter.

During the Asian swing of tournaments, Marray continued to partner Fleming, however the pair only managed two second round appearances, at the China Open and the Shanghai Masters respectively. After the pair lost in the first round of the Swiss Indoors, Marray parted ways with Fleming, playing his final tournament of the year with Igor Sijsling, however once again losing his opening match. Marray ended the year ranked number 41 in the world, having lost a considerable number of points from failing to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals.

Major finals

Grand Slam: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Frederik Nielsen	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–3

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	7 July 2012	Wimbledon, London, Great Britain	Grass	Frederik Nielsen	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Runner-up	1.	21 June 2013	AEGON International, Eastbourne, Great Britain	Grass	Colin Fleming	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	2.	29 July 2013	BB&T Atlanta Open, Atlanta, United States	Hard	Colin Fleming	Édouard Roger-Vasselin Igor Sijsling	6–7(6–8), 3–6

ATP Challenger career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	14 November 2005	Nottingham, Great Britain	Hard (o)	Robin Vik	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 33 (18–15)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	8 March 2004	Wrexham, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Mark Hilton	Jaroslav Levinský Alexander Waske	5–7, 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up	2.	2 August 2004	Denver, Colorado	Hard (o)	Jamie Delgado	Brian Baker Rajeev Ram	2–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	24 January 2005	Wrexham, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Mark Hilton	Tuomas Ketola Frederik Nielsen	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	18 April 2005	Nottingham, Great Britain	Hard (o)	Mark Hilton	Mustafa Ghouse Harsh Mankad	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	3.	11 July 2005	Manchester, Great Britain	Grass	Mark Hilton	James Auckland Daniel Kiernan	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	6 March 2006	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Alun Jones	Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna	6–4, 3–6, [14–12]
Winner	5.	24 July 2006	Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Lee Martin	Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins	3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Winner	6.	14 August 2006	Graz, Austria	Hard (o)	Ross Hutchins	James Auckland Jamie Delgado	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [15–13]
Runner-up	3.	30 June 2008	Dublin, Ireland	Carpet (o)	Frederik Nielsen	Prakash Amritraj Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	7.	13 July 2009	Manchester, Great Britain	Grass	Joshua Goodall	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6–7(1–7), 6–3, [11–9]
Winner	8.	7 September 2009	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Jamie Murray	Sergei Bubka Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	12 October 2009	Kolding, Denmark	Hard (i)	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Martin Fischer Philipp Oswald	5–7, 3–6
Winner	9.	2 November 2009	Astana, Khazakstan	Hard (i)	Jamie Murray	David Martin Rogier Wassen	6–1, 6–4
Winner	10.	11 January 2010	Salinas, Ecuador	Hard (o)	Jamie Murray	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–3, 6–4
Winner	11.	8 February 2010	Bergamo, Italy	Hard (o)	Jamie Murray	Karol Beck Jiří Krkoška	6–1, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
Runner-up	5.	22 March 2010	Jersey, Great Britain	Hard	Jamie Murray	Rohan Bopanna Ken Skupski	2–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Runner-up	6.	24 April 2010	Rhodes, Greece	Hard (o)	Jamie Murray	Dustin Brown Simon Stadler	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [7–10]
Runner-up	7.	20 September 2010	Iznir, Turkey	Hard (o)	Jamie Delgado	Rameez Junaid Frank Moser	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	8 November 2010	Aachen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Jamie Delgado	Ruben Bemelmans Igor Sijsling	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner	12.	24 January 2011	Heilbronn, Germany	Hard (i)	Jamie Delgado	Frank Moser David Škoch	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	7 February 2011	Quimper, France	Hard (i)	Jamie Delgado	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Winner	13.	7 March 2011	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard (o)	Jamie Delgado	Yves Allegro Andreas Beck	7–6(7–4),6–2
Winner	14.	21 March 2011	Bath, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Jamie Delgado	Yves Allegro Andreas Beck	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	4 April 2011	Monza, Italy	Clay	Jamie Delgado	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	7–5, 2–6, [7–10]
Winner	15.	9 May 2011	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Jamie Delgado	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	7–5, 6–3
Winner	16.	November 2011	Loughborough, Great Britain	Hard	Jamie Delgado	Sam Barry Daniel Glancy	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	12 February 2012	Quimper, France	Hard	Dustin Brown	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Maxime Teixeira	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	12.	4 March 2012	Cherbourg, France	Hard	Dustin Brown	Laurynas Grigelis Uladzimir Ignatik	6–4, 6–7(9–11), [0–10]
Winner	17.	12 March 2012	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard	Dustin Brown	Michal Mertiňák Igor Zelenay	7–6(7–2), 2–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	13.	7 April 2012	Barletta, Italy	Clay	Igor Zelenay	Johan Brunström Dick Norman	4–6, 5–7
Winner	18.	21 April 2012	Rome, Italy	Clay	Dustin Brown	Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea	6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Runner-up	14.	20 May 2012	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Olivier Charroin	Martin Kližan Igor Zelenay	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [4–10]
Runner-up	15.	10 June 2012	Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Frederik Nielsen	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	4–6, 7–6(11–9), [8–10]

Doubles career summary

Men's Doubles

Key

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended. To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Updated as of 2013 US Open

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	Career
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R		1–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R		0–3
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	2R	W	3R		14–11
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	QF		6–3
Grand Slam Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	7–3	3–4		18–18
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A		2–2
Olympics
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	NH		0–0
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R		1–1
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R		1–1
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0–0
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0–0
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A		0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A		0–1
Shanghai Masters	NM1							A	A	A	2R			1–1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF			3–1
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NM1						0–0
Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–4	2–3		6–7
ATP Final Appearances	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		3
ATP Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1
Year End Ranking	198	248	196	159	177	331	389	92	112	86	17

References

External links

• Profile – from the Lawn Tennis Association
• Jonathan Marray at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marray Recent Match Results
• Marray World Ranking History

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten British male doubles tennis players as of 27 January 2014 1. Dominic Inglot (27 1) 2. Jamie Murray (31 2) 3. Colin Fleming (33 3) 4. Jonathan Marray (43 1) 5. Ken Skupski (67 9) 6. Neal Skupski (76 10) 7. Andy Murray (97 5) 8. Jamie Delgado (109 3) 9. Brydan Klein (147 4) 10. Sean Thornley (205 4)