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Murphy Jensen
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Country	United States
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia
Date of birth	October 30, 1968 (1968-10-30) (age 41)
Place of birth	Ludington, Michigan
Height	6'4 (193 cm)
Weight	180 lbs (81 kg)
Turned pro	1981
Plays	Left-handed
Career prize money	US$681,817
Career record	0–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	586 (11-Jan-93)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-
Doubles
Career record	125–179
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	17 (18 October 1993)
Last updated on: January 27, 2007.

Murphy Jensen (born October 30, 1968) is an American professional tennis player from Ludington, Michigan and currently the coach of the Washington Kastles of World TeamTennis. His elder brother is former professional tennis player Luke Jensen. Jensen has a son William (born 1999^[1]^[2]) with actress Robin Givens, whom he dated periodically during the late 1990s.

Jensen and his brother attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.^[3]

1 Professional career
2 Film and television career
3 References
4 External links

Professional career

Jensen was unheard of until 1993 when he and his brother, Luke Jensen, won the men's doubles title at the French Open.

In July 1995, he made headlines when failing to turn up for his mixed doubles match at Wimbledon. It later transpired that he had gone on a fishing trip. He was defaulted and fined $1,000. After his family and worried officials eventually traced the American, a spokesman for Wimbledon police said, "He has not behaved in the way you would expect of a tennis professional."^[4]

Film and television career

Since retiring from the game, Jensen has made his home in Hollywood, California, where he 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.