Jo Durie
Retirement
Retirement
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Durie retired from competitive tennis at the Wimbledon Championships in 1995, (her 18th appearance at the Championships), and marked it with a memorable performance. After three successive operations on her left knee, Durie went into the Championships ranked No. 326 in the world, yet reached the second round of the ladies' singles. She beat France's [Alexia Dechaume\-Balleret](/wiki/Alexia_Dechaume-Balleret "Alexia Dechaume-Balleret"), ranked No. 85 in the world, in straight sets in the first round. Her second round, and last singles match at Wimbledon, was against [Jana Novotná](/wiki/Jana_Novotn%C3%A1 "Jana Novotná"). Her last match at Wimbledon was a mixed doubles match on Centre Court, where she played alongside her long\-standing partner [Jeremy Bates](/wiki/Jeremy_Bates_%28tennis%29 "Jeremy Bates (tennis)").

She is one of the very few players to have a winning record against [Steffi Graf](/wiki/Steffi_Graf "Steffi Graf") and leads 4–3 in head\-to\-heads. Note, however, that all of her wins against Graf were before or during 1985, when Graf was typically a much lower\-ranked player during the initial stages of her career.

After retiring from the professional tour, Durie had heart surgery to rectify a problem for which she had originally been prescribed [Beta blockers](/wiki/Beta_blockers "Beta blockers") early in her career. She did not take the prescribed medication, as she didn't feel well after taking them. She revealed this fact in March 2016 in an interview with [BBC Radio 5 Live](/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live "BBC Radio 5 Live"), after the revelation that [Maria Sharapova](/wiki/Maria_Sharapova "Maria Sharapova") had been found taking a similar heart\-issue drug, which later had been banned by the [World Anti\-Doping Agency](/wiki/World_Anti-Doping_Agency "World Anti-Doping Agency").[BBC Radio 5 Live](/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live "BBC Radio 5 Live"), Breakfast show, 8 March 2016

Since retirement, Durie has worked as a TV tennis commentator for both the [BBC](/wiki/BBC "BBC") and British [Eurosport](/wiki/Eurosport "Eurosport"). She used to coach British number one [Elena Baltacha](/wiki/Elena_Baltacha "Elena Baltacha") alongside her own former coach Alan Jones. She won back\-to\-back Wimbledon Ladies' Senior Invitation doubles titles in 1996 and 1997\.

Durie currently works as an academy coach at the FC\*\* Academy in [Middlesex](/wiki/Middlesex "Middlesex").


Who did Durie coach alongside Alan Jones?