Jamie Murray is hoping his remarkable Wimbledon triumph will help him finally emerge from the shadow of his famous younger brother.

The 21-year-old left-hander from Dunblane was virtually ignored as Andy Murray surged up the rankings to eighth in the world but he beat him to a Wimbledon title thanks to Sunday's mixed doubles success.

Jamie made up for Andy's enforced absence from the All England Club by partnering ''adopted Brit'' Jelena Jankovic to victory over fifth seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Alicia Molik and become Britain's first Wimbledon champion for 20 years.

Reaction to his shock triumph has been positive but comparisons are still being made with the 20-year-old British number one, who flies to America this week to plan his comeback from a wrist injury.

''The questions have been about half and half so far,'' he said. ''I can't really do much more.

''I saw Andy as I was walking off the court and he was pretty pumped up. He said he was so proud of what I've done.''

Jamie went into Wimbledon with a career-high world ranking of 33 in doubles and looks set to continue his climb under Canadian doubles specialist coach Louis Cayer.

He has won four ATP tour titles with American partner Eric Butorac already this year and the pair reached the third round at Wimbledon before their defeat by French Open runners-up Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner enabled him to concentrate on the mixed event.

With Jankovic producing some punishing groundstrokes and the 6ft 3in Murray living up to his nickname of ''Stretch'' by putting away winners at the net, the Scottish-Serbian pair proved to be a lethal combination.

''She's a good player,'' added Murray. ''It's a bonus that she's very attractive. I guess you want to get a girl who can serve well, which she obviously does.

''She's so steady throughout the whole tournament. She hardly missed any shots, only off maybe the guy's returns.

''She never misses a volley. The guy keeps playing to her and she keeps putting it back. I certainly didn't expect that at all.

''She told me how scared she was whenever the guy hit the ball at her but she kept putting it back in the court.''

Murray and Jankovic say they hope to defend their Wimbledon title next year but, with the world number three determined to win a grand-slam title at singles, it could be some time before they are next in mixed doubles action together.

''I don't know,'' said Murray, who had never played mixed doubles before Wimbledon.

''I guess that's up to her. She obviously has singles commitments so I guess I'll keep asking her from now on until she agrees to play again.''

Jankovic, who beat former Wimbledon champion and world number two Maria Sharapova to win the DFS Classic in Birmingham last month, needs to reach the final of the US Open if she is to avoid dropping world ranking points after getting as far as the semi-final last September.

Still a novice at mixed doubles which she plays for fun, Jankovic hints, however, that she may take up Murray's offer again in the hope that it will improve her singles game.

''It's kind of relaxing because you don't have so much pressure,'' she said. ''You're just going on court and you can just enjoy your game.

''I don't really expect too much from mixed but it can actually help me to improve my returns, my serves, my volleys. I can even maybe play better in my singles.

''So I hope that we can maybe play at the US Open."