Samantha Dawn Murray Sharan (

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Murray; born 9 October 1987) is a British

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

player. Murray has won four singles titles and 26 doubles titles on the

ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental ...

. On 23 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 165. On 22 August 2022, she peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings. Murray made her

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debut at the 2011 Eastbourne Classic, losing to

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in the first round. She is not related to tennis player

Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray ...

Personal life

Murray married Indian tennis doubles specialist Divij Sharan in July 2019.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Doubles: 45 (26 titles, 19 runner-ups)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murray Sharan, Samantha 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Stockport British female tennis players Northwestern Wildcats women's tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis English female tennis players Tennis people from Greater Manchester Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain