Murphy Jensen

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Murphy Jensen (born October 30, 1968) is an American former professional tennis player and Grand Slam doubles champion. He is the younger brother of former professional tennis player Luke Jensen, with whom he teamed to win the 1993 French Open Doubles title.[1]

He is the co-founder of WEconnect, a healthcare information technology company with a platform designed to aid addiction recovery, and currently the head coach of the Washington Kastles of World TeamTennis.

Early life

Murphy Jensen grew up on a Christmas-tree farm in the summer resort town of Ludington in western Michigan. He is of Danish descent.[2] He first saw a tennis net being used to corral salmon along the Pere Marquette River as a boy.[3] His father (who tried out with the New York Giants as an offensive guard[4] and then became a high school tennis coach) Howard Jensen, taught Murphy and brother Luke to play tennis before they were 5 years old.

Collegiate tennis career

Jensen and his brother Luke both attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.[5] After two years playing for the USC Trojans, Murphy transferred to the University of Georgia for one year and then turned professional to pursue a career in tennis and to join his brother Luke on the ATP Tour.

Business ownership and activism

After winning the 1993 French Open with Luke, the Jensen brothers became a center-court attraction.[6] Murphy turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with the stress of his new-found success and celebrity status. In 1995, he missed a mixed-doubles match at Wimbledon with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and his family feared he had been kidnapped.[7] During this period of his life Murphy partnered with the very popular Jimmy Buffett to open a Bait Shack in Key West.

After losing in the first round of the 1999 US Open, feeling the pressure of work and family responsibilities (his son, William, was born a few weeks after the tournament), Jensen found himself in the throes of addiction. A hotel manager noticed Jensen's apparent crisis and contacted an interventionist, who asked Jensen to consider treatment for addiction recovery. Jensen agreed, and has since been in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction.

In 2014, Jensen met serial entrepreneur Daniella Tudor, also in treatment for addiction recovery. After leaving recovery, the two worked together towards improving addiction recovery awareness. In 2016, Jensen, Tudor, and business owner Jen Mallory co-founded WEconnect, a web application platform designed to assist patients with addiction recovery after treatment. Described as a "social-purpose corporation", WEconnect's business platform is centered around providing "accountability for an individual's recovery activities by closing the gap in communication with their support network." In June 2016, WEconnect won the TechCrunch Seattle Meet-Up, and was then chosen as the wildcard battlefield startup at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco in September later that year.[8]

Personal life

Jensen has a son William (born 1999[9][10]) with actress Robin Givens, whom he dated periodically during the late 1990s.

Jensen has been open about his addiction and the factors that led to his recovery.[11] He has been in long-term recovery and sober since June 1, 2006, and he cites his close relationships with recovery mentors as one of the key factors in preventing relapse.[12]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (1–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–1)
ATP World Series (2–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–5)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–6)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 [[1993 Peters NSW Open|Template:Dts]] Sydney, Australia World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle
Template:Flagicon Jason Stoltenberg 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 [[Bologna Outdoor|Template:Dts]] Bologna, Italy World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Danie Visser
Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder 		6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 [[1993 French Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Paris, France Grand Slam Clay Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Marc-Kevin Goellner
Template:Flagicon David Prinosil 		6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss 1–3 [[1993 Tokyo Indoor – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Carpet Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Grant Connell
Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 [[1994 Abierto Mexicano|Template:Dts]] Mexico City, Mexico World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Francisco Montana
Template:Flagicon Bryan Shelton 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 [[Bancolombia Open|Template:Dts]] Bogota, Colombia World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles
Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor 		4–6, 6–7
Win 2–5 [[1995 Nottingham Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Nottingham, United Kingdom World Series Grass Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Danie Visser
Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith 		6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win 3–5 [[1996 Genovese Hamlet Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Long Island, United States World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Hendrik Dreekmann
Template:Flagicon Alexander Volkov 		6–3, 7–6
Loss 3–6 [[1997 International Tennis Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Coral Springs, United States World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Dave Randall
Template:Flagicon Greg Van Emburgh 		7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 3–7 [[Hypo Group Tennis International|Template:Dts]] St. Pölten, Austria World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Kelly Jones
Template:Flagicon Scott Melville 		2–6, 6–7
Win 4–7 [[1997 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Washington, United States Championship Series Hard Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Neville Godwin
Template:Flagicon Fernon Wibier 		6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Template:Dts Salou, Spain Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Francisco Montana Template:Flagicon Wayne Arthurs
Template:Flagicon Carl Limberger 		5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–0 Template:Dts Hong Kong, Hong Kong Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Mike Briggs
Template:Flagicon Trevor Kronemann 		walkover
Loss 2–1 Template:Dts Zaragoza, Spain Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Martin Damm Template:Flagicon David Adams
Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy 		2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Template:Dts Cologne, Germany Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Brian Devening Template:Flagicon Marc-Kevin Goellner
Template:Flagicon Bernd Karbacher 		4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Win 3–2 Template:Dts Birmingham, United States Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergh
Template:Flagicon Rikard Bergh 		6–2, 7–6

Performance timelines

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Doubles

Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R A A 1R A A 0 / 6 3–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open A A W 3R QF 1R 3R 1R A A A A 1 / 6 13–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon Q1 A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 6 1–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open A A 2R 3R 3R 1R 1R 3R 1R A A A 0 / 7 7–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 9–3 5–4 6–4 0–4 2–4 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1 / 25 24–24 Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals DNQ RR Did not qualify 0 / 1 0–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A Q2 2R SF 1R 2R 1R A Q1 A A 0 / 5 5–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 1R A A 0 / 7 1–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo A A 2R 1R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg A A 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome A A SF 2R A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 3 5–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada A A A A A A 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati A A 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R A A 1R 1R 0 / 8 3–8 Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris A A 2R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 4–6 3–5 3–4 1–3 2–4 2–5 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 / 30 15–30 Template:Tennis win percentage

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open SF 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 4 4–4 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R A 1R 0 / 4 1–4 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open 2R QF A A 1R 0 / 3 3–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 5–3 2–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 0 / 13 8–13 Template:Tennis win percentage

Film and television career

Since retiring from the game, Jensen has acted in bit parts in films such as Wimbledon and more recently Tennis, Anyone. He currently hosts several programs on the Tennis Channel, including Open Access and Murphy's Guide.

On Open Access Jensen reports on high-profile tennis events around the world and interviews participating players about their lives and careers.

Each episode of the more comedic Murphy's Guide is a guide for tourists to a particular city where a major tennis tournament is taking place, such as Paris, London, New York, Melbourne etc. At least one major player appears at some point in the episode, and there is usually a brief segment about where enthusiasts of the game can play when in town, but the show's content mainly features Jensen attempting to navigate the city's sights, trying exotic food, and interacting with locals in his unique style. Through his experiences and misadventures, however, specific travel information about local hotels, restaurants, and attractions is conveyed, often with the help of animated maps and graphics. Many episodes also feature a scripted opening sequence, such as Jensen being made to walk the plank by the pirates of Treasure Island in Las Vegas, being psychoanalyzed by Sigmund Freud in Vienna, and impersonating James Bond and Crocodile Dundee in London and Melbourne, respectively.

References

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  3. ↑ Only when Murphy Jensen hit rock bottom did he find what he needed
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