What makes a great doubles partner?

Jamie Murray, one of the most decorated doubles players in tennis history, announced his retirement from tennis earlier this month, aged 40. He claimed seven Grand Slam titles across his career, playing alongside four different partners, as well as teaming up with his brother Andy to help Great Britain win the 2015 Davis Cup.

But what makes a great doubles player, and what are the ingredients for making a partnership tick? Does tennis take doubles seriously enough, and what does the future of the format look like?

Rennae Stubbs is a six-time Grand Slam doubles champion, forming formidable partnerships with Lisa Raymond and Cara Black during the 1990s and 2000s, as well as playing along the likes of Steffi Graf, Samantha Stosur and Lindsay Davenport. She tells More than the Score's John Bennett about the strategies and qualities that took those pairings to the top of the game, and why their contrasting personalities were key to making the partnerships work.

John's also joined by Ben Rothenberg, editor of the tennis magazine Bounces, who talks about the status of doubles tennis in the sport, and what experiments at tournaments like the US Open could mean for the future of the game.

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