Jamie Murray, among others, will be recognised as a distinguished honorary graduate by the University of Stirling in next week’s graduation ceremony.

Jamie will join his mother, Judy, and brother, Andy, as honorary graduates of Scotland’s University of Sporting Excellence, in the National Tennis Centre, where both Jamie and Andy trained. Jamie will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate for his contribution to Scottish and UK tennis. Jamie is a Davis Cup winner, seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion, and former doubles world number one. He attended school not far from Stirling, in Dunblane, and by his early teens was among the top three players in Europe, alongside Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet. From the ages of 10-17 he was a Great British Junior Internationalist and in 2002 Jamie was the National 18 and Under Boys Doubles Champion. 

After he decided to focus solely on doubles as his career in 2006, Jamie won his first Grand Slam title in the Wimbledon mixed doubles with Jelena Jankovic, and Jamie became the first Great British player in 20 years to win a senior title at the tournament. Jamie went on to the Australian Open and the US Open, both in 2016, where he won two men’s Grand Slam doubles titles with partner Bruno Soares, before winning another two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles in 2017 at the US Open and at Wimbledon with Martina Hingis. He gained the seventh Grand Slam victory of his career with Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the 2018 and 2019 US Open. 

In total, Jamie has 32 ATP Tour doubles titles and was a part of the Great British team that won the Davis Cup in 2015, which was Great Britain’s first Davis Cup win in almost 80 years. Jamie and the team went on to win the BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award in 2015 for their historic victory in the tournament. 

Jamie was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) from Queen Elizabeth II during the 2016 Birthday Honours at Buckingham Palace for his services to both tennis and charity. Jamie organised the ‘Battle of the Brits’ in 2020, which was an indoor tennis tournament, in an attempt to raise money for NHS Charities Together, and they managed to raise an incredible £120,000. 

In 2023, Jamie was appointed the role of tournament director for the 2024 cinch Championships which took place at the Queen’s Club and he was featured in the Lawn Tennis Association’s film series ‘From Champion to Tournament Director’ which offered behind the scenes insight into his first year in charge.

Jamie and his wife, Alejandra, currently live in Wimbledon, London, with their daughter, Ava. When not playing golf, Jamie is a commentator on the BBC, Sky Sports, and Eurosport.

Featured Image Credit: University of Stirling.

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