Samantha Murray Sharan

Samantha Murray Sharan

Murray at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Samantha Dawn Murray Sharan
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1987-10-09) 9 October 1987 Stockport, United Kingdom
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Prize money	US $294,702
Singles
Career record	236–190 (55.4%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 165 (23 September 2013)
Current ranking	No. 180 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2013, 2014)
US Open	Q2 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	207–125 (62.3%)
Career titles	21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 148 (14 October 2013)
Current ranking	No. 192 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
Last updated on: 30 April 2020.

Samantha Dawn Murray Sharan (born 9 October 1987 in Stockport) is a British tennis player.

Murray has won four singles titles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 23 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 165. On 14 October 2013, she peaked at No. 148 in the doubles rankings.

Murray made her WTA Tour debut at the 2011 Aegon Classic, losing to Anna Tatishvili in the first round.

Personal life

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runners–up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2010	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard (i)	Anna Fitzpatrick	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	0–2	May 2011	ITF Rethymno, Greece	10,000	Hard	Alexandra Artamonova	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Oct 2012	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Alison Van Uytvanck	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Jul 2013	Challenger de Granby, Canada	25,000	Hard	Risa Ozaki	6–0, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 2013	ITF Winnipeg, Canada	25,000	Hard	Johanna Konta	3–6, 1–6
Loss	1–5	May 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Julia Wachaczyk	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–5	Oct 2017	ITF Wirral, United Kingdom	15,000	Hard (i)	Eden Silva	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–6	Sep 2018	ITF Santarém, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Greet Minnen	5–7, 3–6
Win	3–6	Aug 2019	ITF Chiswick, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Lesley Kerkhove	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–6	Mar 2020	ITF Potchefstroom, South Africa	25,000	Hard	Marina Melnikova	2–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 39 (21 titles, 18 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	24 October 2005	Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy		Hard	Kika Hogendoorn	Simona Dobrá Renata Kučerková	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	16 July 2007	Frinton-on-Sea, United Kingdom		Grass	Alexis Prousis	Rebecca Llewellyn Elizabeth Thomas	6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	2.	2 May 2011	Edinburgh, United Kingdom		Clay	Jade Windley	Surina de Beer Scarlett Werner	7–5, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner	3.	9 May 2011	Heraklion, Greece		Hard	Anna Fitzpatrick	Amanda Elliott Nicole Rottmann	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	25 July 2011	Chiswick, United Kingdom		Hard	Jade Windley	Lucy Brown Francesca Stephenson	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	5 September 2011	Alice Springs, Australia		Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Brooke Rischbieth Storm Sanders	3–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Runner-up	2.	12 September 2011	Cairns, Australia		Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Ayu Fani Damayanti Jessy Rompies	3–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	19 September 2011	Darwin, Australia		Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Stephanie Bengson Tyra Calderwood	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	21 November 2011	Bendigo, Australia		Hard	Storm Sanders	Stephanie Bengson Tyra Calderwood	6–2, 1–6, [5–10]
Winner	7.	9 January 2012	Glasgow, United Kingdom		Hard (i)	Anna Fitzpatrick	Alexandra Walker Lisa Whybourn	6–2, 6–3
Winner	8.	12 March 2012	Bath, United Kingdom		Hard (i)	Emily Webley-Smith	Lenka Juríková Katarzyna Piter	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner-up	4.	21 May 2012	Karuizawa, Japan		Grass	Emily Webley-Smith	Hsieh Shu-ying Kumiko Iijima	6–3, 6–7(6–8), [1–10]
Winner	9.	13 August 2012	Westende, Belgium		Hard	Amy Bowtell	Steffi Distelmans Magali Kempen	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	24 September 2012	Clermont-Ferrand, France		Hard (i)	Jade Windley	Diāna Marcinkēviča Bibiane Schoofs	3–6, 0–6
Winner	10.	21 January 2013	Preston, United Kingdom		Hard (i)	Jade Windley	Tara Moore Melanie South	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss	10–6	Feb 2013	Dow Tennis Classic, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Maria Fernanda Alves	Melinda Czink Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	10–7	May 2013	Soweto Open, South Africa	50,000	Hard	Jade Windley	Magda Linette Chanel Simmonds	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	22 July 2013	Winnipeg, Canada		Hard	Jade Windley	Heidi El Tabakh Allie Kiick	4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Runner-up	9.	16 September 2013	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom		Hard (i)	Jade Windley	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	11.	25 April 2016	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt		Hard	Despina Papamichail	Ola Abou Zekry Jaqueline Cristian	6–3, 6–2
Winner	12.	2 May 2016	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt		Hard	Despina Papamichail	Nidhi Chilumula Rishika Sunkara	3–6, 6–2, [10–1]
Winner	13.	4 July 2016	Lisbon, Portugal		Hard	Emma Laine	Mathilde Armitano Inês Murta	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	10.	8 August 2016	Gatineau, Canada		Hard	Mana Ayukawa	Bianca Andreescu Charlotte Robillard-Millette	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	11.	14 October 2017	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France		Hard (i)	Karman Kaur Thandi	Manon Arcangioli Shérazad Reix	1–3 ret.
Winner	14.	22 October 2017	Joué-lès-Tours, France		Hard (i)	Sarah Beth Grey	Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Winner	15.	28 October 2017	Wirral, United Kingdom		Hard (i)	Maia Lumsden	Alicia Barnett Laura Sainsbury	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	15 December 2017	Pune, India		Hard	Ana Veselinović	Jessy Rompies Varunya Wongteanchai	4–6, 2–6
Winner	16.	10 August 2018	Chiswick, United Kingdom		Hard	Freya Christie	Sarah Beth Grey Olivia Nicholls	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Winner	17.	7 September 2018	Santarém, Portugal		Hard	Dasha Ivanova	Maria Masini Inês Murta	6–0, 1–6, [10–4]
Winner	18.	21 September 2018	Lisbon, Portugal		Hard	Emma Laine	Michaëlla Krajicek Tereza Martincová	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	26 May 2019	Jerusalem, Israel		Hard	Despina Papamichail	Yuliya Hatouka Tereza Mihalíková	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	14.	2 June 2019	Santa Margarida de Montbui, Spain		Hard	Elitsa Kostova	Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	15.	11 August 2019	Chiswick, United Kingdom		Hard	Freya Christie	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Sarah Beth Grey	7–6(6), 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	18–16	Sep 2019	Jinan International Open, China	60,000	Hard	Eden Silva	Yuan Yue Zheng Wushuang	6–1, 4–6, [7–10]
Winner	19.	29 September 2019	Roehampton, United Kingdom		Hard	Anna Smith	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic Julia Wachaczyk	6–4, 6–3
Winner	20.	13 October 2019	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France		Hard (i)	Naomi Broady	Myrtille Georges Kimberley Zimmermann	6–3, 6–2
Loss	20–17	Oct 2019	Challenger de Saguenay, Canada	60,000	Hard (i)	Bibiane Schoofs	Mélodie Collard Leylah Annie Fernandez	6–7(3–7), 2–6
Runner-up	18.	16 February 2020	Grenoble, France		Hard (i)	Julia Wachaczyk	Amandine Hesse Elixane Lechemia	3–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Winner	21.	7 March 2020	Potchefstroom, South Africa		Hard	Fanny Stollár	Berfu Cengiz Paige Hourigan	6–1, 6–1

External links

• Samantha Murray Sharan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Samantha Murray Sharan at the International Tennis Federation