5 sets of siblings who played doubles tennis together
The most iconic siblings in the history of the sport: Serena and Venus WilliamsSeveral pairs of siblings in the history of the game have played doubles tennis together, some more successful than others.Tennis-playing siblings have often seen one outshine the other in their professional tennis careers, and among these are some of the sport’s most iconic surnames – Williams, McEnroe, Djokovic, Safin and others.We chronicle 5 pair of tennis siblings who will go down in the history of the game:
#1 Andy and Jamie Murray
Of the Scottish siblings, it is younger brother Andy who has been significantly more successful. Currently at World No. 3, the younger Murray has delivered a series of strong performances this year, having made at least the semi-finals of every singles event he has been part of this year.
Andy and Jamie trained together as young children, with the younger champion coached by Leon Smith. Andy “constantly lost” to Jamie then, and has credited his own intensely competitive streak to these losses. It appears to have paid off, with Andy one of the world’s highest-ranked players and a part of tennis’ near-invincible Big Four.
Although he has not had as much success numerically at this year’s doubles events, Murray partnered his older brother at Great Britain’s Davis Cup playoffs against Australia. Jamie and Andy took on Sam Groth and Lleyton Hewitt, taking Team GB to the Davis Cup finals for the first time since 1978.