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Andy Murray
2008: First Grand Slam final and first Masters titles
In the Masters tournaments Murray went oot in roond fower in Indian Wells an the first roond o Miami. In the clay Masters Murray made the third roond o Monte Carlo an Hamburg an the seicont o Rome. On the American haurd court swin Murray made the semi finals o Toronto afore winnin his first Masters shield in Cincinnati. He added anither shield tae his collection in Madrid; afore losin in the quarter finals o Paris. Nou at No. 4 in the world, Murray qualified for the first time for the Masters Cup. He played well in defeatin an injured Federer but lost tae Davydenko in the semi-finals. Murray ended 2008 ranked fowert in the world. Murray an aa won tournaments in Doha, Marseille an St Petersburg.
2013: Wimbledon champion and third Australian Open final
Goin intae Wimbledon, Murray hadn't lost a match on gress syne the previous year's final, an wis on a winnin streak o 11 matches on gress. In the first twa roonds, Murray faced Benjamin Becker an Yen-hsun Lu respectively, defeatin baith in straucht sets. His third roond match wis against 32nd seed Tommy Robredo, an despite a tour comeback ower the past year, Murray overcame the Spaniard in straucht sets tae set up a clash wi Mikhail Youzhny, the heichest seed left in Murray's half follaein the unexpectedly early exits o Roger Federer an Rafael Nadal. Despite facin a fightback in the seicont set, Murray won in straucht sets tae mak it throu tae his tenth consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal, in which he wis tae play Fernando Verdasco, the first left-handed player Murray haed faced syne the 2012 US Open. For the seivent time in his career, Murray haed tae come back frae a deficit o twa sets tae ultimately come throu in five, settin up a semifinal clash wi 24t seed Jerzy Janowicz, the Pols player who beat Murray in thair previous encounter. Efter Murray failed tae break Janowicz's serve, the Pole teuk the openin set in the tiebreak, follaein a dooble fault frae Murray. Houiver Murray managed tae up his level o play, an won the next three sets, makin it throu tae his seicont consecutive Wimbledon final, an third consecutive major final against Novak Djokovic.
Murray vs. Djokovic
Novak Djokovic an Andy Murray hae met 34 times wi Djokovic leadin 24–10. Djokovic leads 5–1 on clay, 19–7 on haurd courts, an Murray leads 2–0 on gress. The twa are awmaist exactly the same age, wi Murray bein anly a week aulder than Djokovic. Thay went tae trainin camp thegither, an Murray won the first match thay ever played as teenagers. The pair hae met 16 times in finals, wi Djokovic leadin 9–7. Ten o the finals war at ATP Masters 1000 events, an thay are tied at 5–5. Thay hae met in seiven Major finals: The 2011 Australian Open, the 2012 US Open, the 2013 Australian Open, the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 Australian Open, the 2016 Australian Open, an the 2016 French Open. Djokovic haes won in Australie fower times an thair single French open final, Murray emerged as the victor at the US Open an Wimbledon. The umwhile o Murray's victories wis the langest ever final at the US Open, tyin wi the 1988 final played atween Ivan Lendl an Mats Wilander at 4 oors an 53 minutes, whilst the latter wis notable for bein the first home triumph in men's singles at Wimbledon syne 1936.
2007: Warld top 10
Murray won tae the fowert roond o the Australian Open, whaur he lost a five-set match agin warld No. 2, Rafael Nadal.
2011: Second Australian Open final and two Masters titles
Murray defaitit Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, winnin his seicont Queen's Club title. At Wimbledon, Murray lost in the semifinal tae Nadal, despite takin the first set. At the Davis Cup tie atween Great Britain an Luxembourg, Murray led the British team tae veectory. Murray wis the twa-time defendin 2011 Rogers Cup champion, but lost in the seicont roond tae South African Kevin Anderson. Houiver, the follaein week, he won the 2011 Western & Southern Open, beatin Novak Djokovic, efter Djokovic retired due tae injury. At the 2011 US Open, Murray battled frae twa sets doun tae win a five-set seicont-roond encounter wi Robin Haase, but lost in the semifinals tae Rafael Nadal in fower sets.
2012: US Open champion, Wimbledon runner-up and Olympic gold
Murray retired early in the Rogers Cup due tae a knee injury, an wis beaten bi unseedit Jérémy Chardy at the Cincinnati Masters in straucht sets. He next competit in the final major o the saison at the US Open. He cruised throu his openin twa roonds in straucht sets against Alex Bogomolov an Ivan Dodig, afore facin a tough fower-set battle wi Feliciano López, whaur Murray haed tae win three tie-breakers. In the fowert roond, he defeatit the Canadian Milos Raonic in straucht sets, an then in the quarterfinals, haed tae come frae a set an twa breaks doun against Marin Čilić tae prevail in fower. In the semifinals, he defeatit Tomáš Berdych in a lang-focht match that lasted awmaist fower oors, tae reach his seicont consecutive Grand Slam final. Murray defeatit Djokovic in five sets, acomin the first British man tae win a Grand Slam final syne Fred Perry in 1936, an the first Scottish-born player tae win a Grand Slam final syne Harold Mahony in 1896. The win wad an aa set several records for Murray: it involved the langest tiebreak in US Open final history at 12–10 in the first set, it made Murray the first man ever tae win an Olympic gowd medal an the US Open in the same year, an it tied wi the 1988 US Open final (in which Murray's coach Lendl competit) as the langest final in the tournament's history. Bi defeatin Djokovic in the final, Murray achieved his 100th Grand Slam match win o his career. The victory made Murray pairt o the "Big Four" accordin tae mony pundits, includin Novak Djokovic.
2006: British No. 1
Murray dreed a straucht sets defait at the Australian Open, tae Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela in the first roond an tae Gaël Monfils at the French Open, in five sets. Murray housomiver won tae the fowert roond for the first time at baith Wimbledon an the US Open.
Junior tennis
French Open: SF (2005)
Ither
In 2007, Murray suggestit that tennis haed a match-fixin problem, statin that everyone knows it goes on, in the wake o the investigation surroondin Nikolay Davydenko. Baith Davydenko an Rafael Nadal questioned his comments, but Murray responded that his words haed been taken oot o context. On 20 December 2015 Andy Murray wis awairdit the BBC sports personality o the year award in Belfast.
Junior tennis
Junior Slam results:
2009
Murray withdrew frae the tie against Ukraine efter failin tae shake aff a virus, an Great Britain lost 4-1.
2014: Recovery from surgery and 30th career title
Prior tae the North American haurd court swing, Murray annoonced he wis stendin his partnership wi Amélie Mauresmo til the end o the US Open, but wis ideally leukin for a lang-term deal. He an aa revealed he haed anly juist returned tae a fou trainin schedule follaein his back surgery last September. Murray reached back-tae-back quarter-finals at the Canadian Open an Cincinnati Masters, losin tae eventual champions Jo Wilfried Tsonga, efter bein a break up in the decider, an Roger Federer, efter bein twa breaks up in the seicont set, respectively. He then made it tae the quarterfinals o the 2014 US Open, losin tae Novak Djokovic, efter earnin his first tap ten win o the year in the previous roond against Jo Wilfried Tsonga. This wis the first saison syne 2009 whaur Murray failed tae reach a grand slam final. As a consequence Murray fell ootside o the tap 10 rankin places for the first time syne Juin 2008.
National identity
Murray identifies himsel as Scottish an British. His national identity haes eften been commented on bi the media. Whilst makin a cameo appearance on comedy shaw Outnumbered, Murray wis asked whether he wis British or Scottish, tae which he responded "It depends if I'm winning". Much o the discussion aboot Murray's national identity began prior tae Wimbledon 2006, when he wis quoted as sayin he wad "support whoever England is playing" at the 2006 World Cup. Inglis ex-tennis player Tim Henman confirmed that the remarks haed been made in jest an war anly in response tae Murray bein teased bi jurnalist Des Kelly an Henman aboot Scotland's failure tae qualify.
2015: Fourth Australian Open final, first clay titles and Davis Cup champion
Playin against Australie in the semifinals o the Davis Cup World Group in Glesga, Murray won baith his singles rubbers in straucht sets, against Thanasi Kokkinakis an Bernard Tomic. He an aa pairtnered his brither Jamie, an thay won in five sets against the pairin o Sam Groth an Lleyton Hewitt, the results guidin Great Britain tae the Davis Cup final for the first time syne 1978 wi a 3–2 lead ower Australie.
Efter lossin in the semifinals o the Shanghai Masters tae Djokovic in straucht sets, Murray reached the finals o the Paris Masters for the lost o juist ane set, wi victories against Borna Ćorić, David Goffin an David Ferrer. Efter a three set win ower Richard Gasquet, he jynt Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer an Rafael Nadal as the anly players tae reach the semi-finals (or better) at all nine o the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, an an aa ensured that he compiled his best match record in a single saison. He then lost the final tae Djokovic again in straucht sets.
2007
Efter the retirement o Tim Henman an Greg Rusedski, the Davis Cup team wis nou dependent on Murray haein tae win three matches, tho Henman haed telt him hou wearin an time consumin that can be. While the LTA wis fundin Brad Gilbert, Murray wis obligate tae play for his kintra, but in November, Murray finished wi Brad Gilbert as his coach.
Murray vs. Nadal
Andy Murray haes played against Rafael Nadal on 24 occasions syne 2007, wi Nadal leadin 17–7. Nadal leads 7–2 on clay, 3–0 on gress an 7–5 on haurd courts. The pair regularly meet at Grand Slam level, wi nine oot o thair twinty-ane meetins comin in slams, wi Nadal leadin 7–2 (3–0 at Wimbledon, 2–0 at the French Open, 1–1 at the Australian Open an 1–1 at the US Open). Aicht o thir nine appearances hae been at Quarter-final an Semi-final level. Thay hae never met in a Slam final, houiver, Murray leads 3–1 in ATP finals, wi Nadal winnin at Indian Wells in 2009 an Murray winnin in Rotterdam the same year, Tokyo in 2011, an at Madrid in 2015.
2012: US Open champion, Wimbledon runner-up and Olympic gold
Whan Rafael Nadal poued oot o baith the Paris Masters an the Year-End Championships, Murray feinisht the year at No. 3 in the warld, efter fower year at No. 4. This wis the first time Murray haed feinisht the year heicher than No. 4 in the warld. At the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Murray foond hisel votit third oweraw, aheid o Mo Farah. Murray won the World Breakthrough o the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awairds.
Murray vs. Nadal
Murray lost three consecutive Grand Slam semifinals tae Nadal in 2011 frae the French Open tae the US Open. Of the past 20 Grand Slam drawsheets, thay hae been drawn in the same half 16 times. The pair haed nae met for three years syne the final o the 2011 Japan Open until the quarter finals o the 2014 Rome Masters, awtho thay war scheduled tae meet in the semi-final o the 2012 Miami Masters afore Nadal withdrew wi injury. At the semifinal stage o the 2014 French Open, Nadal triumphed in a dominant straucht sets win for the loss o juist 6 gemmes. In ane o thair maist recent meetins, Murray beat Nadal for the first time on clay, an the first time in a Masters 1000 final, at the Madrid Open in 2015. Murray continued his form tae beat Nadal at the 2016 Mutual Madrid Open in the semifinals.
2013: Wimbledon champion and third Australian Open final
Despite the Serb bein the favourite tae win the title throughout the Championships, Murray overcame Djokovic in a straucht sets match that lasted ower three oors, tae become the first British winner o the men's singles title syne Fred Perry in 1936, the first Scot o aither sex tae win a Wimbledon singles title syne Harold Mahony in 1896, an tae extend his winnin streak on gress tae 18 matches. Wi the win, he an aa became anly the seicont man in the open era efter Rafael Nadal tae haud the Olympic singles gowd medal an Wimbledon title simultaneously.
Charitable work
In Juin 2013, Murray teamed up wi umwhile British number 1 Tim Henman for a charity doubles match against Murray's coach an aicht-time grand slam champion Ivan Lendl, an world No. 6 Tomáš Berdych at the Queen's Club in London. The event named Rally Against Cancer wis organised tae raise money for Royal Marsden Cancer Charity efter his best friend an fellae British player Ross Hutchins wis diagnosed wi Hodgkin's lymphoma. The event teuk place follaein the final day o competitive play at the AEGON Championships, on Sunday 16 Juin. Subsequently, follaein his veectory at the tournament, Murray donated his entire prize money pot tae The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.
In Juin 2014, follaein the daith o Elena Baltacha, Murray featurt in an event kent as 'Rally for Bally'. Murray played at Queen's Club alongside Victoria Azarenka, Martina Hingis, Heather Watson an his brither Jamie. The event raised money for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity an the Elena Baltacha Academy o Tennis. Childer frae Baltacha's academy teuk tae the court tae play alongside Murray. As a result o his various charitable exploits, Murray wis awairdit the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year award for 2014.
Junior tennis
Wimbledon: 3R (2004)
2009: World No. 2
Murray opened the 2009 saison wi a successfu defence o his title at the Qatar Open in Doha, defeatin Andy Roddick in straucht sets. At the Australian Open, Murray made it tae the fowert roond, losin tae Fernando Verdasco. Murray won his eleventh career title in Rotterdam, defeatin No. 1, Nadal in the three sets. Murray next went tae Dubai but withdrew afore the quarterfinals wi a re-occurrence o a virus that haed affected him at the Australian Open. The virus caused Murray tae miss a Davis Cup tie in Glesga. Murray then lost in the finals tae Nadal at Indian Wells, but won a week later in Miami ower Novak Djokovic for anither masters title.
2012: US Open champion, Wimbledon runner-up and Olympic gold
Murray next kempit at the London 2012 Summer Olympics in singles, doubles, an mixed doubles. He pairtnered his brither Jamie Murray in doubles an suffered a first-roond exit tae Austria (Jürgen Melzer an Alexander Peya) in three sets. In the mixed doubles, Murray wis pairtnered bi Laura Robson. Thay made it all the wey tae the finals whaur thay lost tae the Belarusian top seeds (Victoria Azarenka an Max Mirnyi) in three sets, settlin for the siller medal. In singles, Murray lost anly ane set on his wey tae the finals whaur he met Federer, defeatin him in straucht sets, for the loss o juist 7 gemmes. Bi winnin the Olympic gowd medal, Murray became the first British man tae win the Olympic singles gowd medal in tennis syne Josiah Ritchie in 1908, an anly the 7t man in the open era tae win twa medals at the same Olympic Gemmes.
2008
Murray skippit the World Group 1st roond tie agin Argentina, ower fears he coud exacerbate a knee injury, leavin the British team in a hopeless situation - thay lost 4-1. Jamie wis furious that Andy wis lettin them doun an the Murrays wad nae speak tae ilk ither for twa week. Seeven month later, as the brithers prepared for the tie against Austria, Andy declared that he haed healed the rift wi Jamie. When Jamie Murray an Ross Hutchins war beaten in the doubles, John Lloyd suffered criticism for nae playin Andy. Great Britain lost thair World Group play-off tae Austria 3-2 an war relegated tae Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
2015: Fourth Australian Open final, first clay titles and Davis Cup champion
Efter Wimbledon, Murray returned tae Queen's Club, tae play for Great Britain against France in thair Davis Cup quarterfinal tie. Great Britain went 1–0 doun when James Ward lost tae Gilles Simon in straucht sets, housomiver Murray levelled the tie wi a veectory agin Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Murray then teamed up wi his brither Jamie tae win the doubles rubber, comin back frae a set doun tae defeat Tsonga an Nicolas Mahut in fower sets, giein Britain a crucial 2–1 lead gaun intae the final day. He then faced Simon in the fowert rubber an efter initially bein a set an a break doun, he suddent foond his form again taewart the end o the seicont set an eventually won in fower sets, winnin 12 o the last 15 gemmes in the process (wi Simon strugglin frae an ankle injury). Wi a 3–1 lead ower France, this resulted in Great Britain reachin thair first Davis Cup semifinal syne 1981.
Murray then reached the semifinals o the 2015 Indian Wells, owertakin Tim Henman's record o 496 career wins tae hae the maist career wins for a British man in the Open Era. Housomiver, he suffered a 6t consecutive defeat tae Djokovic in straucht sets. Murray then reakit the 2015 Miami Open final, recordin his 500th career win alang the wey tae become the first British player tae hae 500 or mair wins in the Open Era. He went on tae lose the final tae Djokovic, this time in three sets. Murray added Jonas Björkman tae his coachin staff in Mairch initially on a five-week trail tae help oot in periods when Mauresmo wis unavailable as she anly agreed tae wirk wi him for 25 weeks. Housomiver, at the Australian Open end, Mauresmo haed informed Murray that she wis pregnant an he annoonced at the end o Aprile, that Björkman wad be his main coach for aw o the gress court saison an aw o the US haurd court swing, while Mauresmo wad anly be wi the team for Wimbledon.
2006: British No. 1
On 27 Februar, Murray became the British Number 1, endin Tim Henman's seiven-year run. Murray wis nou warld No 42, Greg Rusedski No 43, an Tim Henman No 49.
Murray played in Davis Cup ties agin Serbia, Israel an Ukraine. Murray missed the openin singles matches afore losin the doubles as Britain lost thair tie against Serbia. Durin the tie wi Israel, Murray won his rubber an lost the doubles afore pouin oot wi a neck injury afore the reverse singles, as Britain lost the tie. Against the Ukraine, Murray won baith his singles rubbers, but lost the doubles, as Britain won the tie.
2013: Wimbledon champion and third Australian Open final
Murray began his 2013 saison bi retainin his Brisbane International title, defeatin Grigor Dimitrov in the final in straucht sets. Tryin tae win his seicont Major in a row, he began the 2013 Australian Open weel wi a straucht sets veectory ower Dutchman Robin Haase. He follaed this up wi straucht set victories ower João Sousa, practice pairtner Ričardas Berankis an French No. 14 seed Gilles Simon. In the quarterfinals he cruised past Jérémy Chardy in straucht sets tae set up a semi final clash wi Roger Federer. Efter exchangin sets, Murray eventually prevailed in 5 sets, recordin his first Grand Slam tournament triumph ower Federer. Wi this veectory, each member o the ATP's maist dominant quartet of the previous fower years (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray) haed beaten the ither three at the Majors. This veectory set up Murray's third consecutive Major final appearance, an seicont in a row against Novak Djokovic. Efter takin the first set in a tiebreak, Murray wis eventually defeatit in fower sets. His defeat in this final meant that Murray became anly the seicont man in the Open Era tae achieve three runner-up finishes at the Australian Open, the ither bein Stefan Edberg.
2014: Recovery from surgery and 30th career title
At the ATP World Tour Finals, Murray lost his openin roond robin match tae Kei Nishikori but won his seicont match against Milos Raonic. Houiver, he lost his final group match agin Federer in straucht sets an anly managed tae win ane gemme agin him, merkin his worst defeat syne lossin tae Djokovic in the 2007 Miami Masters, eliminatin him frae the tournament. Despite the loss, his late-saison run haed already propelled him back up the rankings tae No. 6 in the world, his best rankin syne Juin.
2006: British No. 1
The 2006 saison saw Murray compete on the fou circuit for the first time an split wi his coach Mark Petchey an team up wi Brad Gilbert.
2015: Fourth Australian Open final, first clay titles and Davis Cup champion
Murray conteenad his winnin streak at the Italian Open, beatin Jeremy Chardy in straucht sets in his openin match, but then withdrew due tae fatigue efter haein played nine matches in the space o ten day. Murray then reakit his third semifinal at the French Open, but lost tae Djokovic in five set efter threatenin a comeback frae twa set tae luve doun, endin his 15 match winnin streak on clay. Tae stairt his gress court campaign, Murray went on tae win a record tyin fowert Queen's Club title, defeatin the big servin South African Kevin Anderson in straucht sets in the final. At the third grand slam o the year, the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, Murray drappit anly twa set on his wey tae settin up a semifinal clash wi Roger Federer. Mony fowk saw Murray as the favourite due tae his racent form, housomiver he lost tae the Swiss veteran in straucht sets, gainin anly ane break pynt in the hail match.
He bounced back frae this defeat bi winnin the Montreal Masters Rogers Cup, defeatin Tsonga an Nishikori in the quarter-finals an semifinals respectively. He then prevailed in the final against Djokovic in three sets. This broke his aicht-match, twa-year losin streak against Djokovic, his last win against him bein in the finals o Wimbledon in 2013. Winnin the title, he forby surpassed Federer in terms o ranking, acomin the warld No. 2 for the first time in ower twa year. In doobles, he pairtnered Leander Paes an thay won thair first match agin Chardy an Anderson, but war then defeatit bi Murray's brither Jamie an John Peers in twa sets - the first time the Murrays haed competit agin ilk anither in a Tour-level match.
2012: US Open champion, Wimbledon runner-up and Olympic gold
Wi Ivan Lendl as his new full-time coach, Murray began the saison bi playin in the 2012 Brisbane International. He owercame a slow stairt in his first twa matches tae win his 22nt title bi beatin Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final. In doubles, he lost in the quarterfinals against seicont seeds Jürgen Melzer an Philipp Petzschner in a tight match. Efter an exhibition tournament, Murray made it tae the semifinals o the 2012 Australian Open, whaur he wis defeatit bi Djokovic in a fower-oor-and 50-minute match.
Olympics
Murray represented Great Britain at his maiden Olympics in Beijing 2008. He competit in the singles an doubles competitions. In maugre o bein seedit saxt in the singles competeetion, he wis eliminate in the first roond bi Cheenese Taipei's Yen-hsun Lu. Alang wi his brither Jamie, he advanced tae the seicont roond o the doubles competeetion wi a win ower the Canadian pairin o Daniel Nestor an Frédéric Niemeyer. The Murray brithers war eliminated in the seicont roond bi France's Arnaud Clément an Michael Llodra. In Februar, Murray pulled oot o the Davis Cup tie agin Argentina, acause o a knee injury, sae Argentina thrashed the under-strength British team. Jamie Murray scathingly criticised Andy an thay didnae speak tae ilk anither for a fortnicht. Thair rift conteenad in the Olympic doubles, ower a perceived lack o effort frae Andy.
Murray vs. Federer
In August 2012, Murray met Federer in the final of the London 2012 Olympics at Wimbledon Centre Court, juist fower weeks efter the 2012 Wimbledon Final, in which Federer haed defeatit Murray tae win his record-tyin 7t title at the All-England Club. Murray defeatit Federer in straucht sets tae win the gowd medal, denyin Federer a Career Golden Slam. In 2013 Murray beat Federer for the first time in a Major in the semi-finals o the Australian Open, prevailin in five sets efter Federer haed come back twice frae a set doun. Thair last grand slam meetin wis at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships semifinals, whaur a dominant Federer defeatit Murray in straucht sets, earnin a place in his 10t Wimbledon final. Murray is ane o anly three players tae hae recorded 10 or more victories ower Federer, the ither twa bein Nadal an Djokovic. Thair maist recent meetin teuk place at the 2015 Cincinnati Masters semifinals, wi Federer winnin the match in twa close sets, recordin his fift consecutive veectory ower Murray.
2009
Murray suffered an injury tae his left wrist at the US Open, an wad hae rested if his next event haed nae been the Davis Cup. At the Poland match, Murray won baith his singles rubbers. For the doubles wi Ross Hutchins, Murray began in the right-haund court, the side uisually occupied bi the less dominant pairtner, sae as tae afford more pertection tae his troublesome left wrist than when strikin dooble-handed backhands frae the left court., tho allowed his pairtner tae resume his uisual role in the seicont set. Houiver, the pair succumbed tae the world-cless Pols duo, an Poland won 3-2;Great Britain war relegated tae Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the first time syne 1996. Murray haed aggravated his wrist injury, sae couldn't play for anither sax weeks.
2006: British No. 1
At Cincinnati, Murray became anerly ane o twa player, alang wi Rafael Nadal, tae defait Roger Federer in 2006, breakin the Swiss starn's 55 match winnin streak on haurd courts. He lost twa roonds later tae Andy Roddick, but broke intae the tap 20 for the first time. In the final twa Masters events in Madrid an Paris, Murray exited baith tournaments at the last-16 stage endin his saison, wi losses tae Novak Djokovic an Dominik Hrbatý. Whan the tour reakit San Jose, California; Murray defeatit a tap ten player for the first time in the shape o Andy Roddick. Murray went on tae claim the SAP Open title defeatin world No. 11 Lleyton Hewitt. Murray wis an aa a finalist at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. Playin doubles wi his brither in Bangkok the pair reached the final. Efter the French Open, whaur Murray wis injured again, he revealed that his bones hadn't fully grown, causin him tae suffer frae cramps an back problems.
2015: Fourth Australian Open final, first clay titles and Davis Cup champion
Murray neist participated in the Rotterdam Open as the tap seed, but he lost in the quarterfinals tae Gilles Simon wha endit a 12 match lossin streak agin Murray. Murray then played in the Dubai Championships but suffert anither quarterfinal defeat tae 18-year-auld Borna Ćorić an as a eftercast, Murray slipped tae No. 5 in the world rankins ahint Rafael Nadal an Kei Nishikori. Afterwards, Murray played the Davis Cup World Group in Glasgow against the United States. He won baith his matches agin Donald Young an John Isner, allouin Great Britain tae progress tae the quarterfinals for the seicont consecutive time wi a 3–2 lead ower the United States.
As the world No. 2, Murray participated in the ATP World Tour Finals in London, an wis drawn intae the Ilie Năstase group wi David Ferrer, Rafael Nadal an Stan Wawrinka. He went oot in the roond-robin stage, efter defeatin Ferrer an losin tae Nadal an Wawrinka. Houiver, efter Federer failed tae win the tournament, he finished the saison as world No. 2 for the first time.
Murray began his year bi winnin an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi. He then played the Hopman Cup wi Heather Watson and, despite winnin all his singles matches in straucht sets, thay finished seicont in thair group behind Poland. His first competitive tournament o the year wis the Australian Open. He won his appenin three match in straucht sets afore defeatin 11t seed Grigor Dimitrov tae reak the quarter-final. Wins ower Nick Kyrgios an Tomáš Berdych follaed as Murray reakit his fowert final at the tournament (three o whilk wis agin Djokovic) an the aicht grand slam final o his career. He lost the final tae Novak Djokovic in fower sets, houiver his run tae the final saw his return tae the tap fower in the world rankings for the first time in 12 month.
2014: Recovery from surgery and 30th career title
Murray next competit at the Madrid Open an follaein his openin win, ower Nicolas Almagro, he dedicated the veectory tae umwhile player Elena Baltacha. He then lost tae qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the follaein roond. Murray then reached the quarter-finals o the Rome Masters whaur he lost tae world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in a tight match in which he haed been up a break in the final set. At the French Open, Murray defeatit Andrey Golubev an Marinko Matosevic afore edgin oot 28t seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 12–10 in the final set. This wis the first time Murray haed ever gone beyond 7–5 in a decidin set. He followed this up wi a straucht sets win ower Fernando Verdasco an then recorded a five set veectory ower Frenchman Gaël Monfils in the quarter-final, which saw Murray rise tae world No. 5 an equal his best ever French Open bi reachin the semi-finals. Houiver, he subsequently lost tae Rafael Nadal in straucht sets, winnin anly 6 gemmes in the match. Efter losin the 2014 French Open semi-finals tae Nadal, Murray appyntit umwhile women's world No. 1, an twa-times slam titlist, Amélie Mauresmo as his coach in a 'historic muive' which made Mauresmo the first woman tae coach a tap male tennis player.
2012: US Open champion, Wimbledon runner-up and Olympic gold
Murray wis appyntit Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services tae tennis.
2015: Fourth Australian Open final, first clay titles and Davis Cup champion
In the Davis Cup final, Murray's veectory ower Ruben Bemelmans in straucht sets pulled Great Britain level in the final efter Kyle Edmund haed lost the first singles rubber in five sets, played on indoor clay courts at Ghent. He then pairtnered his brither Jamie in a fower-set veectory ower the pairin o Steve Darcis an David Goffin, afore defeatin Goffin again in the reverse singles on Sunday, sicweys ensurin a 3–1 veectory for Great Britain, thair first Davis Cup title syne 1936 an thair tenth oweraw. Murray an aa became anly the third person syne the current Davis Cup format wis introduced tae win all aicht o his singles rubbers in a Davis Cup saison, efter John McEnroe an Mats Wilander.
2005
Murray made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain in the Europe/Africa Zone Group 1 2nt Round against Israel in 2005 at 17 years o age, the youngest ever player for Great Britain. He teamed up wi fellae debutant David Sherwood an came oot victorious in the crucial doubles rubber against the experienced Jonathan Erlich an Andy Ram, that helped Great Britain advance 3–2.
2006: British No. 1
At the Masters, Murray lost in the first roond in Miami, Monte Carlo an Rome. Murray went oot o the tournaments in Indian Wells an Hamburg in the seicont roond. Murray won tae his first Masters semifinal in Toronto at the Rogers Cup lossin tae Richard Gasquet.
Olympics
At the London 2012 Olympics, Murray competit in the singles, doubles (pairtnerin his brither Jamie) an mixed doubles (pairtnerin Laura Robson). In the singles, he won the Gowd Medal, includin straucht-set victories ower Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals an Roger Federer in the final, fower weeks efter Federer haed beaten him in on the same court in the Wimbledon final. He forby won the siller medal in the mixed doubles, lossin tae the Belarusian pairin o Max Mirnyi an Victoria Azarenka.
2009: World No. 2
Murray returned tae action in Montreal, defaitin del Potro in three set tae tak the title. Efter this veectory, he owerteuk Nadal in the rankings an held the number twa poseetion until the stairt o the US Open. Murray followed the Masters win playin at the Cincinnati Masters, whaur he lost tae Federer. At the US Open, Murray wis hampered bi a wrist injury an suffered a straucht-sets loss tae Čilić. Murray won baith his singles matches, an lost at doubles in the Davis Cup against Poland, but wis then forced tae miss sax weeks wi a wrist injury.
2016: Fifth Australian Open final, first Rome title, first French Open final
Murray then muived on tae the French Open whaur he struggled in the openin roonds comin throu twa five-set matches agin Radek Stepanek an French wildcard Mathias Bourgue. He came throu in straucht sets agin big servers Ivo Karlovic an John Isner tae reak the quarterfinals whaur he beat hame favourite Richard Gasquet tae set up a semifinal clash agin defendin champion Stanislas Wawrinka. Murray defeatit Wawrinka in fower sets tae become the first British player syne Bunny Austin in 1937, tae reach a French Open final. He wis unable tae win his maiden French Open final, losin tae Djokovic in fower sets. He won his seicont Wimbledon an Olympic titles later in the year, an became Warld No. 1 in November.
2006
In the same week as the relegation 1st roond play-off against Israel, Murray wis offeecially entered for the ATP tournament in Indianapolis, sparkin fears aboot his commitment. Thare wis a controversial muive bi the Lawn Tennis Association tae pey £500,000 taewart Murray's neist coach's cost, Brad Gilbert as a wey o securin Murray's lang-term services for the Davis Cup team. In the event, Murray played, winnin his first singles. Housomiver he lost the doubles wi Jamie Delgado, durin which Murray damaged his shouder an neck. He wis diagnosed wi whiplash, causin him tae sit oot the final day’s singles, an eventually Great Britain war beaten 3-2 tae proceed tae the relegation 2nt roond play-off against Ukraine. Wi Murray an Greg Rusedski playin, Great Britain beat Ukraine 3-2, tae stay in Group I.
2007: Warld top 10
Follaein the Miami Masters, whaur he reached the semi-finals, Murray became the world No. 10 on 16 Aprile.
Early and personal life
Murray grew up in Dunblane an attendit Dunblane Primary School. He an his brither wis present durin the 1996 Dunblane school massacre, whan Thomas Hamilton killt 16 weans an a teacher afore shootin himsel; Murray teuk kiver in a classroom. Murray says he wis too young tae understand what wis happenin an is reluctant tae talk aboot it in interviews, but in his autobiography Hitting Back he states that he attendit a youth group run bi Hamilton, an that his mither gae Hamilton lifts in her car. Murray later attended Dunblane High School.
2015: Fourth Australian Open final, first clay titles and Davis Cup champion
Murray won his first ATP clay court title at the 2015 BMW Open. He defeatit German Philipp Kohlschreiber in three close sets tae become the first Briton syne Buster Mottram in 1976 tae win a tour level clay court event. The follaein week, he reakit his seicont final on clay, at the Madrid Open efter recordin anly his seicont an third victories ower tap 10 opposition on clay, agin Raonic an Nishikori. In the final, he defeatit Rafael Nadal in straucht sets for his first Madrid title on clay, an first ever clay court Masters 1000 title. The win wis Murray's first ower Nadal, Federer or Djokovic syne Wimbledon 2013, an his first ower Nadal on a clay court.
2007
In the tie against the Netherlands, Andy Murray an Tim Henman won the openin singles, then Jamie Murray an Greg Rusedski won the doubles tae secure veectory. Rusedski annoonced his retirement on the doubles court. In the run up tae World Group play-off against Croatia, Tim Henman haed annoonced he wad retire efter this match. Murray said "I'm not going to want to let the team down or let Tim down, I'd feel terrible if I was the one that was responsible for losing Tim's last tie. This means a lot to me and it's definitely going to be the biggest Davis Cup match of my career." "Everyone is going to want to win for Tim. I'm hoping the way I play will show him what his career meant to my development and me." Great Britain beat Croatia 4-1 tae qualify for the World Group in 2008.
2007: Warld top 10
Murray dreed a third roond loss at the US Open. At the Masters tournaments, Murray won tae the semifinals o Indian Wells an Miami. At Rome an Cincinnati, Murray exited in the first roond whilst goin oot in the seicont in Canadae. In the final twa masters tournaments, Murray exited in the third roond in Madrid an he went oot in the quarter finals o Paris. Murray won titles in San Jose an St. Petersburg. He an aa reached the final o tournaments in Doha an Metz, finishin the saison ranked 11t in the world.
2014: Recovery from surgery and 30th career title
Murray teuk a wildcard intae the inaugural Shenzhen Open in China, enterin as the number 2 seed. Victories ower Somdev Devvarman, Lukáš Lacko an Juan Mónaco saw Murray reak his first final o the saison, breakin a drocht o 14 month follaein his title at Wimbledon. In the final he faced Tommy Robredo o Spain, the seicont final atween the twa. Efter savin five championship pynts in the seicont set tie break, Murray went on tae win the title in three sets, Robredo's drop in fitness ultimately provin decisive. He then teuk his good form intae Beijing, whaur he reached the semifinals afore losin tae Djokovic in straucht sets, houiver he lost in the third roond at the Shanghai Masters tae David Ferrer despite bein a set up. Follaein his early exit in Shanghai, Murray teuk a wildcard intae the Vienna Open in an attempt tae claim a place at the ATP World Tour Finals. He reached the final, whaur he ance again faced Ferrer, an triumphed in three sets for his seicont title o the saison, an the 30t o his career. Murray defeatit Ferrer again in the semi-finals o the Valencia Open tae muive intae his third final in five weeks, an faur strengthen his bid for a place at the saison finale in London. In a repeat o the Shenzhen Open final, Murray again saved five championship pynts as he overcame Tommy Robredo in three sets. Murray then went on tae reak the quarter-finals o the Paris Masters, whaur he wis eliminate bi Djokovic in whit wis his 23rd match in the space o anly 37 day. Housomiver, his win ower Dimitrov in the third roond haed awready guaranteed him a spot at the ATP World Tour Finals.
Playin style
Murray's tactics uisually involve passive exchanges frae the baseline. He is capable o injectin suddent pace intae his groondstrokes tae surprise his opponents who are uised tae the slow rally. Murray is an aa ane o the tap returners in the gemme, eften able tae block back fast serves wi his excellent reach an ability tae anticipate. For this reason, Murray is rarely aced. Murray is kent for bein ane o the maist intelligent tacticians on the court, eften biggin pynts. Murray is maist proficient on a fast surface, lik gress, whaur he haes won sax singles titles includin the Wimbledon Championships an the 2012 Olympic Gowd Medal. He haes worked haurd syne 2008 on improvin his clay court gemme, ultimately winnin his first clay titles durin 2015 at Munich an Madrid, as well as his first French Open final. While Murray's serve is a major wappen for him, wi his first serve reachin speeds o 130 mph or higher on some occasions, it whiles can be a weakness for him when hit under pressure, especially wi a more inconsistent seicont serve. Syne his 2011 saison an Ivan Lendl's coaching, he haes worked tae improve his consistency, seicont serve, returns an mental gemme, resultin in a more offensive gemme.
Murray vs. Federer
Andy Murray an Roger Federer hae met 25 times wi Federer leadin 14–11. Federer leads 12–10 on haurd courts, 2–1 on gress, an thay hae never met on clay. Efter Federer won the first professional match thay played, Murray dominated the rivalry frae 2006 until 2014 wi Federer beatin Murray three straucht times tae reverse the lead at the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals. Federer leads 5–3 in finals, haein won each o thair Grand Slam Final meetins at the 2008 US Open an 2010 Australian Open, baith o which Federer won in straucht sets, an the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, whaur Murray teuk the first set, but ended up losin in 4 sets. Murray leads 6–3 in ATP 1000 tournaments an 2–0 in finals. Thay hae met five times at the ATP World Tour Finals, wi Murray winnin in Shanghai in 2008 an Federer comin oot victorious in London in 2009, 2010, 2012, an in 2014.
2012: US Open champion, Wimbledon runner-up and Olympic gold
In his first tournament efter the US Open, Murray reached the semifinals o the Rakuten Japan Open efter enterin as defendin champion. He wis beaten bi Milos Raonic in a close three-set match. He wis an aa defendin champion in the doubles wi his brither Jamie. Houiver, thay war knocked oot in the quarterfinals bi tap seeds Leander Paes an Radek Štěpánek. At the penultimate Masters 1000 tournament o the year in Shanghai, efter receivin a bye intae roond twa, Murray's first match wis due tae be played against Florian Mayer. Houiver, Mayer haed tae pull oot due tae injury, giein Murray a walkover intae roond three. Efter beatin Alexandr Dolgopolov in the third roond, he then overcame Radek Štěpánek in a three-set quarterfinal. Murray next faced Roger Federer in the semifinals, whom he defeatit in straucht sets tae set up a seicont consecutive final against Novak Djokovic, an his third consecutive Shanghai final. Efter failin tae capitalise on five match pynts, Murray eventually lost in three sets, bringin tae an end his 12–0 winnin streak at the competeetion.
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2011: Second Australian Open final and two Masters titles
Murray returned tae form at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, but lost tae Nadal in the semifinals. Murray sustained an elbow injury afore the match an subsequently withdrew frae the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell due tae the injury. Murray lost in the third roond at the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, but made it tae the semifinals o the Rome Masters, whaur he lost tae Novak Djokovic. At the French Open, Murray won twa tough early matches, afore losin in his first semifinal at Roland Garros, against Rafael Nadal.
2015: Fourth Australian Open final, first clay titles and Davis Cup champion
Murray neist participated at the Citi Open (for the first time syne 2006), as the tap seed an favourite tae win the tournament. Housomiver, he suffered a defeat in his first match, lossin tae warld No. 53 Teymuraz Gabashvili in a final set tiebreak, in maugre o servin for the match. In doobles, he pairtnered Daniel Nestor, houiver thay lost in the first roond tae the fowert seeds, Rohan Bopanna an Florin Mergea, again in three sets.
2011
Murray returned for the Europe/Africa Zone Group II tie versus Luxembourg. He beat Laurent Bram, a tennis coach, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, the last time a Briton haed achieved this score line in Davis Cup wis Alan Mills defeatin Josef Offenheim in 1959, an aa against Luxembourg. Andy an Jamie Murray teamed up for the first time in Davis Cup doubles for a straucht sets win. In his seicont singles match, Andy then recorded a third straucht sets veectory, ower world No. 81 Gilles Müller, wi Great Britain eventually winnin 4-1.
2012: US Open champion, Wimbledon runner-up and Olympic gold
At the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Murray defeatit Djokovic in the semifinals, but lost in the final tae Roger Federer. Efter an early defeat at the BNP Paribas Open, Murray made the finals o the Miami Masters, losin tae Djokovic. Murray then haed quarterfinal losses at the Monte Carlo Masters an Barcelona Open, an a third roond loss at the Italian Open. Murray battled back spasms all throu the French Open, an in the quarterfinals he wis beaten bi David Ferrer.
2010
Murray pulled oot o the match agin Lithuania, sae younger players coud gain mair international experience, an tae allou him tae focus on tryin tae win Grand Slam titles. His absence wis criticised bi Davis Cup captain John Lloyd. The Lithuanian side entered the tie as underdogs; fieldin a team o teenagers, but Lithuania won 3-2. This wis the first time that Great Britain haed lost five ties in a row an wis describit as a humiliatin Davis Cup defeat for Great Britain. It led tae the resignation o John Lloyd as Davis Cup captain an Britain wis nou threatened wi relegation tae the lowest tier o the competeetion.
2014: Recovery from surgery and 30th career title
Follaein the conclusion o the saison, Murray mutually greed a split wi lang-term backroom staff, trainin pairtner Dani Vallverdu an fitness coach Jez Green. Thay haed been wi him for five an seiven year respectively but were baith reportit tae hae been unhappy at the lack o consultation thay haed been gien aboot the appointment o Mauresmo. Murray forby teuk pairt in the inaugural saison o the International Premier Tennis League, representin the Manila Mavericks, wha haed drafted him as an icon player in Februar. Murray teuk pairt in the first three matches o the tournament which war all played in Manila.
2007: Warld top 10
In November, Murray split wi his coach Brad Gilbert an added a team o experts alang wi Miles Maclagan, his main coach.
2013
Bi 2013, Great Britain's ither tennis players haed earned the team a chance tae return tae the World Group. Murray wis sufferin a vulnerable back an intendit tae hae surgery efter the US Open. Murray revealed that the fear o bein branded “unpatriotic” led him tae delay the surgery until efter the Davis Cup tie in Croatia in September, which jeopardised his place in the next Australian Open. Wi Croatia's No 1 Marin Cilic absent for committin a dopin offence, Murray won baith his singles matches an the doubles wi Colin Fleming, Great Britain eventually winnin 4-1, for thair first veectory on clay syne Ukraine in 2006, an returnin tae the World Group for the first time syne 2008.
2011
Three o Hungary's tap fower players war nae available for the Great Britain vs Hungary tie, sae Murray defeatit Sebo Kiss, a law student wioot a ranking, in his first singles rubber. Earlier, James Ward overcame sickness tae beat the Hungarian No 1, then Colin Fleming an Ross Hutchins won the doubles, an Great Britain wis promoted intae Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the first time syne 2009.
National identity
Murray initially refused tae endorse aither side o the debate in the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, citin the abuse he haed received efter his comments in 2006. Juist afore the referendum, Murray tweeted a message that wis considered bi the media tae be supportive o independence. He received online abuse for expressin his opinion, includin messages that war describit as "vile" bi Police Scotland; ane referred tae the Dunblane massacre. A few days efter the vote, in which a 55% majority opposed Scottish independence, Murray said that he did nae regret statin his view, but admitted that it wis oot o character an that he wad concentrate on his tennis career in the future.