Sam Murray Sharan

scottie1 · Futures level

Sam Murray Sharan

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Sam Murray

the addict · Tennis legend

Good news ! Congrats to Sam.

Sam has been entering for tournaments, but is a fair way down the acceptance lists. I saw five entries for Week 4, and I think the best she reached was around 19th alt.
I think she is one of those that is going to find entries difficult until there are more tournaments in a week, as she is WR568 and ITF442 - not high enugh in either right now.

Priesty · Challenger level

It seems from Twitter that Sam married Divij Sharan today.

Congratulations Sam!

Michael D · All-time great

Yes congrats to Sam!

A lovely photo here posted by Steven on his twitter thread.

twitter.com/SamMurray87/status/1152694043127767042/photo/1%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3AGBtennis&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishtennis.net%2Fstats.html

Michael D · All-time great

So yesterday's title is just Sam's 2nd W25 title, '5 years to the day' since Sam had wrist surgery. And it's clear her (recurring) injury problems over the last several years have been much more serious than I had realised. It would be wonderful if she can have an injury free period for a while, and a chance to show a little more of what she is capable of achieving. The following is from Steven's twitter feed.

twitter.com/TeamBathTennis%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3AGBtennis&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishtennis.net%2Fstats.html

the addict · Tennis legend

This link might work better for some
twitter.com/SamMurray87/status/1160918136704708608

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Below is a list of ITF wins in GB domestic events this year, 2019. Sam tops the table with 10 wins, Emma Raducanu on 9 and Jodie Anne Burrage on 7 get the podium places

Women ITF
TOTAL
S. Murray 10
E. Raducanu 9
J.A. Burrage 7
M. Lumsden 5
H. Dart 4
K. Dunne 3
T. Moore 3
A. Barnett 2
F. Christie 2
H. Watson 2
N. Broady 2
S.B. Grey 2
V. Allen 2
A. Blake 1
E. Appleton 1
F. Jones 1
G. Piper 1
G. Taylor 1
K. Swan 1
L. Robson 1

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Seems that Sam and Divij enjoyed a second wedding ceremony last week, congrats to them!

www.atptour.com/en/news/sharan-wedding-november-2019

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

From steven:

Steven
@GBtennis
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15h
W80 points go on the rankings immediately, so
@SamMurray87's Cagnes-sur-Mer title win sees her jump 31 places in the WTA doubles rankings to 165, just 17 off her career high (though coincidentally, 165 happens to be her CH in singles)

(Mods, we have two player threads for Sam: maybe someone could kindly merge them?)

indiana · Tennis legend

Ah, apparently it has been kindly done.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bravo to Sam Murray Sharan

As per Steven,

Many congratulations to @SamMurray87, who finally takes out her 8-year-old WTA doubles career high (148 set in Oct 2013), rising 23 places to 147 after winning the Poitiers W80 title with Mariam Bolkvadze yesterday

Aberdaberdonian · Club Coach

So Sam finished 2021 as GB#8 with a total of 239 points. Here's a breakdown of how she collected them.

So perhaps if anyone has benefited from the suspension of the normal rolling 52 week approach to points, it would be Sam. While she has 5 tournaments from 2021 amongst her counters, they only contribute 24% of her total points (58 out of the 239). Although she only has 1 tournament from Africa amongst her counters, her win in South Africa in 2020, means the 21% it contributes to her total is the most amongst the Top10. It would seem GB women are far more averse to the dirt, than the men.....Sam is one of 3 GB women who have 0% of their points come from clay court tournaments.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just for completeness, congrats to Sam (age 34) who took the ITF 60k doubles title in Germany, with Mariam B

the addict · Tennis legend

Sam has been missing from the tour for some time now and there has been little news about her. This picture rather explains why.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpsE6rBNDZ9/

Congrats to Sam and Divij