Andy Murray joins Jack Draper's coaching team for grass-court season after British No. 2 splits with Jamie Delgado

Three-time Grand Slam winner Murray has not been involved in coaching since his six-month stint with Novak Djokovic ended in May 2025.

He will make his return to coach British No. 2 Draper, who has split from Jamie Delgado.

”I am very grateful for everything Jamie Delgado has done for me over these past six months. He is a world-class coach and a great man,” said Draper.

”In the interim, I will continue to be supported by the excellent team at the LTA [Lawn Tennis Association], with the addition of Andy Murray, who will be supporting me throughout the grass-court season.”

Draper is currently out with a knee injury that will see him miss the French Open.

He was ranked at No. 4 in the world last summer after winning Indian Wells, reaching the Madrid Open final, and making the fourth round of the Australian Open and French Open.

However, an arm injury forced him to withdraw from the US Open and he did not play again until February this year.

He showed promising signs at Indian Wells as he beat Djokovic in a thrilling match to reach the quarter-finals.

But he had to retire from his first clay match of the season due to injury and will not play again until the grass season.

He has played just nine matches in 2026 and has fallen to No. 50 in the world rankings.

Murray will hope to inspire Draper up the rankings and reignite his own fledgling coaching career.

The Scot's brief partnership with Djokovic may not have yielded a record 25th Grand Slam, but the Serb still had high praise for Murray.

"We felt like we couldn't get more out of that partnership on the court," Djokovic said when it was confirmed they would part ways.

"My respect for Andy remains the same and it's even greater now that I've got to know him better as a person.

"He has a brilliant tennis IQ, a rare champion's mindset."

TNT Sports tennis expert Alex Corretja, reflecting on their time together, said: "Maybe they thought that they're not on the same path right now. 

"Maybe Andy feels like he’s not helping him as much as he thought he could because Novak is not ready for that. Maybe he needs his time and he needs to just do things the way he wants and doesn't need to be told what to do. 

"It's a shame because I think it was very attractive for everyone to have them together, but they tried and well, it worked as it worked, but probably different as they expected."

Murray admitted himself that he was "disappointed" by his period alongside Djokovic, although he acknowledged that the experience was a valuable one.

"I was disappointed. Probably didn't get the results I would have liked for him," he said in December.

"But it was a good opportunity because I felt I wanted to coach at some stage and if I didn't take it, I might look back and think, 'It would have been really interesting. I could have learned a lot', or potentially regretted it.

"I learned a lot about what coaching is. I was fully invested, tried my hardest to help, and made some good relationships along the way with his team."
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