Samantha Murray Sharan

Samantha Murray
Samantha Murray at Wimbledon in 2019
Nation:	United Kingdom
Birthday:	October 9, 1987
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	68 kg
1st professional season:	2004
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	David Collect
Prize money:	$ 294,702
singles
Career record:	236: 190
Career title:	0 WTA , 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	165 (September 23, 2013)
Current placement:	180
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	207: 125
Career title:	0 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest ranking:	148 (October 14, 2013)
Current placement:	192
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Samantha Dawn Murray Sharan (* as Samantha Dawn Murray on October 9, 1987 in Stockport ) is a British tennis player .

Career

Murray began playing tennis at the age of five and mostly plays ITF tournaments, where she has won two singles and 18 doubles so far.

She competed three times to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament , but could never reach the main field. In 2013 and 2014 she got a wildcard for the main draw at Wimbledon , but was eliminated in the first round.

Murray, who did not play a tournament from July 2014 to April 2016, was no longer in the world rankings from July 2015 . But shortly after her comeback, she won her eleventh double title on April 30, 2016 at the ITF Women's Circuit .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 21, 2012	Glasgow	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Alison Van Uytvanck	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 3
2.	October 28, 2017	Weird	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court (hall)	Eden Silva	6: 2, 6: 2
3.	11th August 2019	Chiswick	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	March 8, 2020	Potchefstroom	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Marina Melnikova	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	October 29, 2005	Quartu Sant'Elena	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Kika Hogendoorn	Simona Dobrá Renata Kučerková	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 5
2.	May 7, 2011	Edinburgh	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Jade Windley	Surina De Beer Scarlett Werner	7: 5, 4: 6, [10: 8]
3.	May 15, 2011	Heraklion	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Anna Fitzpatrick	Amanda Elliott Nicole Rottmann	6: 3, 6: 2
4th	July 31, 2011	Chiswick	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Jade Windley	Lucy Brown Francesca Stephenson	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	September 11, 2011	Alice Springs	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Maria Fernanda Alves	Brooke Rischbieth Storm Sanders	3: 6, 7: 5, [10: 3]
6th	September 25, 2011	Darwin	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Maria Fernanda Alves	Stephanie Bengson Tyra Calderwood	6: 4, 6: 2
7th	January 15, 2012	Glasgow	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Anna Fitzpatrick	Alexandra Walker Lisa Whybourn	6: 2, 6: 3
8th.	March 17, 2012	Bath	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Emily Webley-Smith	Lenka Juríková Katarzyna Piter	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 5]
9.	19th August 2012	West end	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Amy Bowtell	Steffi Distelman's Magali Kempen	6: 3, 6: 3
10.	January 27, 2013	Preston	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Jade Windley	Tara Moore Melanie South	6: 3, 3: 6, [10: 5]
11.	May 1, 2016	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Despina Papamichail	Ola Abou Zekry Jaqueline Cristian	6: 3, 6: 2
12.	May 8, 2016	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Despina Papamichail	Nidhi Chilumula Rishika Sunkara	3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 1]
13.	July 10, 2016	Lisbon	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Emma Laine	Mathilde Armitano Inês Murta	7: 6 5 , 6: 3
14th	20th October 2017	Joué-lès-Tours	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Sarah Beth Gray	Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
15th	October 28, 2017	Weird	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court (hall)	Maia Lumsden	Alicia Barnett Laura Sainsbury	6: 4, 6: 3
16.	August 10, 2018	Chiswick	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Freya Christie	Sarah Beth Gray Olivia Nicholls	3: 6, 7: 5, [10: 8]
17th	September 7, 2018	Santarém	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Dasha Ivanova	Maria Masini Inês Murta	0: 6, 6: 1, [10: 4]
18th	September 21, 2018	Lisbon	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Emma Laine	Michaëlla Krajicek Tereza Martincová	7: 5, 6: 4
19th	29th September 2019	Roehampton	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Anna Smith	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic Julia Wachaczyk	6: 4, 6: 3
20th	October 13, 2019	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Naomi Broady	Myrtille Georges Kimberley Carpenter	6: 3, 6: 2
21st	March 7, 2020	Potchefstroom	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Fanny Stollár	Berfu Cengiz Paige Hourigan	6: 1, 6: 1

Personal

Samantha Murray married the Indian Davis Cup player Divij Sharan on July 19, 2019 in Manchester and on November 23, 2019 in New Delhi .

Web links

Commons : Samantha Murray  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• WTA profile Samantha Murray Sharan (English)
• ITF profile Samantha Murray Sharan (English)
• ITF junior profile Samantha Murray Sharan (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wimbledon 2013: Brits Elena Baltacha, Kyle Edmund, Samantha Murray and Johanna Konta crash out , accessed on November 7, 2013
2. ↑ Divij Sharan ties the knot with 'best partner' Samantha Murray (timesofindia from July 21, 2019, accessed April 8, 2020)
3. ↑ Take Two: Divij Sharan & Samantha Murray Hold Second Wedding Ceremony (atptour.com November 29, 2019, accessed April 8, 2020)