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Andy Murray
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
ResidenceLondon, United Kingdom
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2005
PlaysRight-handed, two-handed backhand
Prize moneyUS$10,909,093
Singles
Career record228–78 (74.50%)
Career titles14
Highest rankingNo. 2 (17 August 2009)
Current rankingNo. 4 (3 May 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (2010)
French OpenQF (2009)
WimbledonSF (2009)
US OpenF (2008)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2008)
Olympic Games1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record23–38
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 89 (2 April 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2006)
French Open2R (2006)
Wimbledon1R (2005)
US Open2R (2008)
Last updated on: 9 January 2009.

Andrew "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player and current British number 1. He is ranked World No. 5, having previously held the No. 2 ranking position for two weeks from 17 August 2009 to 31 August 2009, making him the highest-ranked British male player since Fred Perry.[1] Murray achieved a top 10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 16 April 2007. He has reached two Grand Slam finals, finishing runner-up to Roger Federer both times at the 2008 US Open and the 2010 Australian Open.[2]

Murray is most proficient on a fast surface (such as hard courts),[3] although he has worked hard since 2008 on improving his clay court game.[4] Murray works with a team of fitness experts,[5] along with Miles Maclagan, his main coach.[5]

Personal life

Early life

Andy Murray was born to Willie and Judy in Glasgow, Scotland.[6][7][8] His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, was a professional footballer who played reserve team matches for Hibernian and in the Scottish Football League for Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath.[9][10][11][12] His brother, Jamie, is also a professional tennis player, playing on the doubles circuit.[13] Murray was born with a bipartite patella, where the kneecap remains as two separate bones instead of fusing together in early childhood.[14][15]

Dunblane massacre

Murray attended Dunblane Primary School, where he experienced the Dunblane Massacre of 1996.[16] Thomas Hamilton killed 17 people, mostly children who were in a younger age group than Murray, before turning one of his four guns on himself. Murray himself took cover in a classroom.[17] Murray says he was too young to understand what was happening and is reluctant to talk about it in interviews, but in his autobiography Hitting Back he says that he attended a youth group run by Hamilton, and that his mother gave him rides in her car.[18]

Murray later attended Dunblane High School.[19][20] Following the separation of his parents when he was aged nine, Murray and his brother Jamie lived with their father.[21]

Later life

Murray was in a four-year relationship with Kim Sears, which ended in 2009.[22][23] His tennis idol is Andre Agassi[24]

Career

Junior tennis

Murray began playing tennis at a very early age.[7] Leon Smith, Murray's tennis coach from 11 to 17,[25] said he had never seen a five-year-old like Murray, describing him as "unbelievably competitive". Murray attributes his abilities to the motivation gained from losing to his older brother Jamie, who had been the second-best junior player in the world. He first beat Jamie in an under-12s final in Solihull, afterwards teasing Jamie until his brother hit him hard enough to lose a nail on his left hand. At 12, Murray won the Orange Bowl, a prestigious event for under-12s.[26] He briefly played football before reverting to tennis.[27]

At 15, Murray moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he attended the Schiller International School[28] and trained on the clay courts of the Sánchez-Casal Academy. Murray described this time as "a big sacrifice".[20] While in Spain he trained with Emilio Sánchez, formerly the world number one doubles player.[20]

In July 2003 Murray started out on the Challenger and Futures circuit. In his first tournament he reached the quarter finals of the Manchester challenger. In his next tournament, Murray, lost in the first round to future world top tenner Fernando Verdasco in a challenger on clay. In September Andy won his first senior title by taking the Glasgow futures event. He reached the semi finals of the Edinburgh futures event as well.

Andy did not play seniors until May when he retired after 5 games of his first round match at the Surbiton futures event. Murray returned to futures events in Nottingham in July where he lost to future Grand Slam finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the 2nd round. Murray spent the whole of August playing in clay future events. He won the events in Xativa and Rome as well reaching the semi final in the Vigo event.

In September 2004, he won the junior US Open and was selected for the Davis Cup match against Austria later that month.[29] However he wasn't selected to play.

Later that year, he won BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.[30]

2005

Murray began 2005 ranked 407 in the World.

In March he became the youngest Briton to ever play in the Davis Cup.[31] As he helpped Britain win the tie with a crucial doubles win. Following the tie, Andy played in a challenger and a future event in Italy, reaching the semi finals of the latter. Turning professional in April,[32] Murray played his first ATP tournament when he was given a wild card to the Open SEAT clay court tournament in Barcelona. Where he lost in 3 sets to Jan Hernych.

Over the next few weeks Murray reached the semis and a quarter finals in 2 more futures events. Before reaching the semi finals of the boys French Open. Where he lost in straight sets to Marin Cilic,[33] after he had defeated Juan Martin Del Potro in the quarter finals,[34] in his first junior tournament since winning the US Open.[35]

Given a wild card to Queens,[36] Murray progressed past Santiago Ventura in straight sets for his first ATP win. He followed this up with another straight sets win against Taylor Dent. In the last 16 he played former Australian Open champion, Thomas Johansson, where he lost a match in 3 sets. After losing the opener on a tie break, Murray won the 2nd also on a tie break. Before the onset of cramp and an ankle injury in a tight 3rd.[37] But Andy bravely battled on and almost won the match before losing, 7-6, 6-7, 7-5.[38]

Following his performance at Queens, Murray received a wild card for Wimbledon.[39] Ranked 312, he defeated George Bastl and 14th seed Radek Štěpánek in the opening 2 rounds, in straight sets. Becoming the first Scot in the open era to reach the third round of the men's singles tournament at Wimbledon.[40] Where Murray played 2002 Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian.[41] and lost, 7-6, 6-1, 0-6, 4-6, 1-6.

Following Wimbledon, Murray played in Newport, at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, where he lost in the 2nd round. He had a wild card for the US Open, as he was the junior champion. In the run up to the tournament Murray won challengers on the hard courts of Aptos, which sent him into the top 200 and Binghamton, New York. He also experienced his first Masters event at Cincinnati. Where he beat Dent again in straight sets before losing in 3 to world #4 Marat Safin.

Andy played Andrei Pavel in the opening round of the US Open. Murray recovered from 2 sets to 1 down to win his first 5 set match, 6-3, 3-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. He lost in the second round to Arnaud Clément, 2-6, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 0-6.

Murray was again selected for the Davis Cup match against Switzerland. Murray was picked for the opening single rubbers, losing in straight sets to Stanislas Wawrinka.[42] Andy then made his first ATP final at the Thailand Open. Andy beat Bastl, Robin Soderling, Robby Ginepri and local boy Paradorn Srichaphan. In the final he faced world number 1, Roger Federer, losing in straight sets. On 3 October, Murray achieved a top-100 ranking for the first time.[43] Andy then retired from a challenger in Mons, before he competed in his last tournament of the year, an ATP event in Basel. In the opening round Andy faced British #1 Tim Henman.[44] Murray won in 3 sets before doing the same to Tomas Berdych. The year finished with a 3rd round loss to Fernando Gonzalez. He completed the year ranked 64 and was named the 2005 BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year.[45]

2006

2006 saw Murray compete on the full circuit for the first time. Getting his season under way at the Adelaide International. Murray won his opening match of 06' against Paolo Lorenzi in 3 sets before bowing out to Thomas Berdych. Murray's season then moved to Auckland where he beat Kenneth Carlsen. Murray was then lost 3 matches in a row to Marin Cilic,Juan Ignacio Chela at the Australian Open and Ivan Ljubicic in Zagreb.

Murray arrested the situation to beat Mardy Fish in straight sets when the tour came to San Jose, California; going on to win his first ATP title, the SAP Open, defeating world # 11 Lleyton Hewitt in the final. He triumphed over Jimmy Wang and Robin Soderling before his first win over a top ten player, Andy Roddick, the world #3, to reach his 2nd ATP final, which he won. Murray backed this up with a quarter final appearance in Memphis, beating Rainer Schuettler and Rik De Voest before falling to Soderling.

Murray won just 3 times between the end of February and the middle of June, losing to Tommy Robredo in Las Vagas in a first round exit, beating Vasilis Mazarakis and losing to Nikolay Davydenko at Indian Wells. First round exits in Miami and Monte Carlo then followed to Stanislas Wawrinka and Jean-Rene Lisnard. He progressed past Marcel Granollers in Barcelona before losing to David Ferrer. A first round loss to local boy Filippo Volandri in Rome followed before a win in Hamburg against Gael Monfils. But defeats to James Blake at Hamburg, Monfils at the French Open, in 5 sets, and Janko Tipsarevic at Queens followed.

Murray recorded consecutive wins at the Nottingham Open for the first time since Memphis. With wins over Dmitry Tursunov and Max Mirnyi before bowing out to Andreas Seppi in the quarter finals. He progressed to the fourth round at Wimbledon, beating Nicolas Massu, Julien Benneteau and Roddick, before succumbing in the last 16 to Australian Open finalist, Marcos Baghdatis.

Murray reached the semi finals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships defeating Ricardo Mello and Sam Querrey. Before completing his first ever main tour whitewash (also known as a double bagel) against Robert Kendrick. He exited in the semis to Justin Gimelstob. Murray then won a Davis Cup rubber against Andy Ram coming back from 2 set down, but lost the doubles along side Jamie Delgado after being 2 sets to 1 up. The tie was over before Andy could play the deciding rubber.

His good form continued as the tour moved to the hard courts of the USA, recording a runner-up position at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. He defeated Ramon Delgado, Feliciano Lopez, Fish and Tursunov before losing to Arnaud Clement. Murray then reached his first Masters Series semi final in Toronto at the Rogers Cup, beating Ferrer, Tim Henman, Carlos Moya and Jarkko Nieminen along the way before exiting to Richard Gasquet in straight sets. At the ATP Masters Series event in Cincinnati Murray defeated Henman before coming only one of two players, along side Rafael Nadal, to defeat Roger Federer in 2006. This was followed by a win over Ginepri and a loss to Roddick. He also reached the fourth round of the US Open with wins over Kendrick, who pushed Murray to 4 sets. Alessio Di Mauro for the loss of 2 games and a 5 set win over Fernando Gonzalez. He lost in four sets to Davydenko, including a whitewash in the final set.

In the Davis Cup, Murray won both his singles rubbers but lost the doubles as Great Britain won the tie. As the tour progressed to Asia, Andy lost to Henman for the first time in straight sets in Bangkok and followed it up with a defeat to Jiri Novak in Tokyo. In the final 2 Masters events in Madrid and Paris, Murray defeated Ivan Navarro and world #3 Ljubicic in Madrid, followed by Chela in Paris. He exited both tournaments at the last 16 stage ending his season, with losses to Novak Djokovic and Dominik Hrbaty

Murray ended the year ranked 17th, his career best to that point.

2007

The season started well for Murray as he reached the final of the Qatar Open. He defeated Filippo Volandri, Christophe Rochus, Max Mirnyi and Nikolay Davydenko. Before falling to Ivan Ljubicic in straight sets. Murray reached the fourth round of the Australian Open.[46] After defeating Alberto Martin for the loss of one game, then beating Fernando Verdasco and Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets. In the round of 16 Murray lost a 5 set match against world number 2, Rafael Nadal, 7-6(7-3), 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 1-6. He then successfully defended his San Jose title. Defeating Kevin Kim, Kristian Pless, Hyung-Taik Lee, Andy Roddick and Ivo Karlovic to retain the tournament.

Murray then made the semi finals of his next 3 tournaments. Making the semis in Memphis, he defeated Frank Dancevic, Pless and Stefan Koubek before a reverse to Roddick. In Indian Wells, Murray won against Wesley Moodie, Nicolas Mahut, Davydenko and Tommy Haas before falling to Novak Djokovic. At Miami Murray was victorious against; Paul Goldstein, Robert Kendrick, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Roddick before going down to Djokovic for the second tournament running.

Before the clay season Murray defeated Raemon Sluiter in the Davis Cup to help Britain win the tie. In his first tournament in Rome, Murray lost in the first round to Gilles Simon in 3 sets. In Hamburg Murray played Volandri first up. In the first set Murray was 5-1 when he hit a forehand from the back of the court and snapped the tendons in his wrist.[47]

Murray missed a large part of the season including the French Open and Wimbledon.[48] He returned at the Rogers Cup in Canada. On his first match he defeated Robby Ginepri in straight sets before bowing out to Fabio Fognini. At the Cincinnati Masters Murray drew Marcos Baghdatis in the first round and won only 3 games. At the US Open Murray beat Pablo Cuevas in straight sets before edging out Jonas Bjorkman in a 5 setter. Murray lost in the 3rd round to Lee in 4 sets.

Murray played in Great Britain's winning Davis Cup tie against Croatia, beating Marin Cilic in 5 sets. Before coming back to claim one of the dead rubbers. Murray hit form, as he then reached the final at the Metz International. After knocking out, Janko Tipsarevic, Michaël Llodra, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Guillermo Canas before failing against Tommy Robredo in the final, despite winning the first set 6-0. Murray had early exits in Moscow and Madrid; falling to Tipsarevic after winning against Evgeny Korolev in Moscow and to Nadal after defeating Radek Stepanek and Chela in Madrid.

Murray improved as he won his third senior ATP title at the St. Petersburg Open. Beating Mirnyi, Lukas Dlouhy, Dmitry Tursunov, Mikhail Youzhny and Fernando Verdasco to claim the title. In his final tournament in Paris, Murray went out in the quarter finals. He beat Jarkko Nieminen and Fabrice Santoro before falling to Richard Gasquet. With that result he finished at #11 in the world. Just missing out on a place at the Masters Cup.

2008

Murray at the 2008 US Open

Murray re-entered the top-ten rankings early in 2008, winning the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. With wins over Olivier Rochus, Rainer Schuttler, Thomas Johansson, Nikolay Davydenko and Stanislas Wawrinka for the title. He was the ninth seed at the Australian Open but was defeated by eventual runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round.[49]

Murray took his second title of the year at the Open 13 after beating Jesse Huta Galung, Wawrinka, Nicolas Mahut, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Marin Cilic. But Murray exited to Robin Haase in straight sets in Rotterdam. In Dubai Murray defeated Roger Federer in 3 sets before doing the same to Fernando Verdasco and falling short against Davydenko. At Indian Wells Murray defeated Jurgen Melzer and Ivo Karlovic in 3 sets and crashed out to Tommy Haas before a first match exit to Cilic in Miami.

On the clay courts Murray in Monte Carlo defeated Feliciano Lopez and Filippo Volandri before winning just four games against Novak Djokovic. Cilic then handed Murray another first match defeat in Barcelona. In Rome Murray first played Juan Martin Del Potro in an ill tempered 3 set match. Murray won his first match in Rome[50] when Del Potro retired with an injury. Murray was warned for bad language and there was disagreement between the two players where Murray claimed that Del Potro insulted his mother, who was in the crowd, and deliberately aimed a ball at his head.[51][52] In the next round Murray lost in straight sets to Wawrinka. In his last tournament before the French Open Murray participated in Hamburg. He defeated Dmitry Tursunov and Gilles Simon before a defeat against Rafael Nadal. At Roland Garros he overcame local boy Jonathan Eysseric in 5 sets and clay courter Jose Acasuso, where he lost just 4 games. He ended the tournament after a defeat by Nicolas Almagro in 4 sets in the 3rd round.

At Queens Murray played just 2 games of his opening match before Sebastien Grosjean withdrew. Against Ernests Gulbis Murray slipped on the damp grass and caused a sprain to his thumb.[53] He won the match in 3 but withdrew ahead of his quarter final against Andy Roddick.[54] Any thought that Andy would pull out of Wimbledon was unfounded as he made the start line to reach the quarter finals for the first time.[53] Murray defeated Fabrice Santoro, Xavier Malisse in 3 sets and Tommy Haas in 4, before the one of the matches of the tournament. Murray found himself two sets down to Richard Gasquet who was serving for the match. Murray broke took it to a tie break before the shot of the tournament on set point. Murray hit a backhand winner from way off the court, when he was almost in the stands.[55] Murray progressed through the 4th set before an early break in the 5th. Gasquet failed to break back in the next game and made a complaint about the light. But Murray completed a 5-7, 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2, 6-4 win.[56] In the next round Murray was defeated by world #2 Nadal in straight sets.

In his first tournament after Wimbledon, the Rogers Cup. Andy defeated Johansson, Wawrinka and Djokovic before losing to Nadal in the semi finals. The Nadal loss was Murray's last defeat in ATP events for 3 months. In Cincinnati Murray went one better than in Canada as he reached his first ATP Masters Series final. He beat Sam Querrey Tursunov, Carlos Moya and Karlovic to make the final. Murray showed no signs of nerves as on debut he won his first Masters Shield. Defeating Djokovic in 2 tie breakers. At the Olympics which is ITF organised. Murray was dumped out in round one by Yen-Hsun Lu.[57] Citing a lack of professionalism on his part.[58]

Murray then went to New York to participate in the US Open. All grand slams are ran by the ITF. He became the first Brit since Greg Rusedski in 1997, to reach a grand slam final. Murray defeated Sergio Roitman, and Michael Llodra won against Melzer after being 2 sets down.[59] He beat Wawrinka to set up a match with Del Potro.[60] Before Nadal to beat him for the first time in a rain affected match which lasted for 2 days; to reach his first grand slam final after a 4 set battle.[61] In the final playing for his 3rd day in a row, against a rested Federer, Murray's fatigue got to him and he went down in straight sets.[62][63]

Murray beat Alexander Paya and Melzer in the Davis Cup tie against Austria., but it was in vain as Great Britain lost the deciding rubber. Andy returned to ATP tournaments in Madrid. Where he won his second consecutive Masters shield. Defeating Simone Bolelli, Cilic (for the first time in 08') and Gael Monfils. Before avenging his US Open final loss against Federer in 3 sets before taking the title against Simon. Murray then made it 3 ATP tournament wins on the bounce with his 5th title of the year at the St Petersburg Open. Where Murray beat Viktor Troicki, Gulbis, Janko Tipsarevic, without dropping a set. Before thrashing Verdasco for the loss of just 3 games in the semi final and Andrey Golubev for the loss of 2 games in the final. To become the first British player to win 2 Master tournaments and the first Brit to win 5 tournaments in a year.[64] Heading into the final Masters event of the season, Murray was on course for a record 3rd consecutive masters shield.[65] Murray defeated Sam Querrey and Verdasco. Before David Nalbandian ended Murray's run, of 14 straight wins, when he beat him in straight sets. This was Murray's 1st defeat on the ATP tour in 3 months, since Nadal beat him in Canada.[66]

Now at number 4 in the world Andy qualified for the first time for Masters Cup. Murray beat Roddick in 3 sets, before the American withdrew from the competition. Followed by a win over Simon to qualify for the semi finals.[67] In his final group match against Federer, Murray defeated him in 3 sets.[68][69] In the semi final Murray faced Davydenko. After leaving it all on the court against Federer, Murray succumbed to the Russian in straight sets as fatigue took hold.[70].

Murray ended 2008 ranked fourth in the World.

2009

Murray made the quarter-finals of the 2009 French Open

Murray began 2009 by beating James Blake, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to win the exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi. He followed this with a successful defence of his title at the Qatar Open in Doha. Where he beat Albert Montanes, Philipp Petzschner and Sergiy Stakhovsky in straight sets before beating Federer again, 6-7, 6-2, 6-2. Before defeating Andy Roddick in straight sets to win the final[71]

Seeded fourth at the Australian Open, Murray made it to the fourth round, after winning against Andrei Pavel, Marcel Granollers and Jurgen Melzer in straight sets. Before losing to Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round.[72] After the loss to Verdasco, Murray was delayed from going home as he was found to be suffering from a virus.

He won his eleventh career title at Rotterdam. Beating Ivan Ljubicic and Andreas Seppi in striaght sets before dropping a set before Marc Gicquel pulled out injured. Murray reached the final with a win over Mario Ancic for the loss of just 3 games. In the final he faced the World number one, Nadal, defeating him in the 3rd set.[73] But an injury in the semi final forcing his withdrawal from the Marseille Open, which he had won in 2008.[74]

Returning from injury, Murray went to Dubai and reached the quarter finals after a 3 set win of Stakhovsky followed by a straight sets win over Arnaud Clement. He withdrew before the quarter finals with a re-occurrence of the virus which had affected him at the Australian Open.[75] The virus caused Murray to miss a Davis Cup tie in Glasgow.

Returning from the virus Murray made it to the final at Indian Wells. Andy defeated Montanes, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Tommy Robredo and Ljubicic in straight sets before winning his semi final in 3 sets against Federer. He lost in the final against Nadal, winning just 3 games in windy conditions.[76] In the Miami Murray beat Juan Monaco, Nicolas Massu, Viktor Troicki, Verdasco, and Juan Martin Del Potro to reach the final where he defeated Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Murray got his clay season underway at the Monte Carlo Masters. He reached the semi finals after beating Victor Hănescu, Fabio Fognini and Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets. Before losing to Nadal, 6-2, 7-6. Andy then moved to the Rome Masters, where he lost in the second round, after a R1 bye, to Monaco in 3 sets. Despite this on 11 May 2009, he achieved the highest ever ranking of a British male in the open era when he became World number 3.[77] Murray celebrated this achievement by trying to defend his Madrid Masters title which had switched surfaces from Hard to Clay. He reached the quarter finals after beating Simone Bolelli and Robredo in straight sets before losing to Del Potro. Murray reached the quarter finals of the 2009 French Open but was defeated by Fernando Gonzalez in 4 sets, after defeating Juan Ignacio Chela, Potito Starace, Janko Tipsarevic and Cilic to reach the quarters.

He won at Queen's, with out dropping a set, becoming the first British winner of the tournament since 1938. Andy beat Seppi, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Mardy Fish, Juan Carlos Ferrero and James Blake on route to the title. This was Murray's first tournament win on grass and his first ATP title in Britain.[78]

Murray was initially seeded third at Wimbledon, but after the withdrawal of defending champion Rafeal Nadal, Murray became the second highest seeded player, after Roger Federer, and highest-ever seeded Briton in a senior event at Wimbledon.[79] Murray reached the semi finals. He opened with a win over Robert Kendrick followed by Ernests Gulbis and Troicki. Rain meant that Murray's 4th round match against Stanislas Wawrinka was the first match to be played entirely under Wimbledon's retractable roof, also enabling it to be latest finishing match ever at Wimbledon. Murray's win stretched to 5 sets and three hours 56 minutes (2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3), resulting in a 22.38 finish that was approximately an hour after play is usually concluded.[80] In the Quarter finals he dispatched Ferrero in straight sets. Murray lost a tight semi final to Andy Roddick, achieving his best result in the tournament to date.

Murray returned to action in Montreal. Andy beat Jeremy Chardy, Ferrero, Davydenko and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the final. Where he beat Del Potro in 3 sets.[81] After this victory Andy over took Nadal in the rankings and held the #2 spot until the start of the US Open.[82] Andy followed the Masters win and the #2 by playing at the Cincinnati Masters where he beat Almagro, Radek Stepanek, and Julien Benneteau before Federer beat Murray for the first time since the US Open following 4 defeats, in straight sets. In the US Open, after getting past Gulbis, Paul Capdeville and Taylor Dent, Murray, hampered by a wrist injury, suffered a straight sets loss to Cilic.[83] Murray competed in the Davis Cup tie in Liverpool against Poland. Murray won both his singles matches but lost the doubles as Britain lost the tie and swas relegated to the next group. During the weekend Murray damaged his wrist further and was forced to miss 6 weeks of the tour, and with it dropped to #4 in the world.[84]

Murray returned to the tour in Valencia, where he won his sixth and final tournament of the year.[85] After beating Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Leonardo Mayer, Montanes, Verdasco and Mikhail Youzhny to claim the title. In the final Master event of 2009, in Paris, Murray beat Blake in 3 sets before losing to Stepanek in 3. At the World Tour Finals in London, Murray started well by beating Del Potro in 3 sets. Before losing a 3 set match to Federer. He won his next match against Verdasco but because Murray, Federer and Del Potro all ended up on equal wins and sets, it came down to game percentage and Murray was squeezed out by a game.[86] Bringing an end to his 2009 season.

2010

Murray and Laura Robson represented Great Britain at the Hopman Cup. The pair progressed to the final where they were beaten by Spain.[87]

Murray was seeded fifth in the Australian Open, following Andy's decision not to play Doha, he lost ranking points and swapped places with Juan Martin Del Potro. He progressed through the opening few matches in straight sets against, Anderson of South Africa, Marc Gicquel Florent Serra and John Isner. Against the world #2 Rafael Nadal Murray lead 6-3, 7-6(2), 3-0 before the Spaniard had to retire with a torn quadricep. He became the first British man to reach more than one Grand Slam final in 72 years.[88] After battling back from a set down to beat Croatia's Marin Čilić with some magical shot making. But in the final, he lost to world #1 Roger Federer in straight sets.[89]

After pulling out of the Open 13 event, Murray returned to action in Dubai. He beat Russia's Igor Kunitsyn in the first round of the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships 6-2 6-3 but was defeated in a match in the second round, by Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 7-6(7-3) 4-6 6-4. In the gap between the Dubai and Indian Wells tournament Great Britain lost the Davis Cup tie putting them one match away from the bottom tier. Murray did not participate in the tie, but received lots of questions about it.

At the BNP Paribas Open Masters 1000 event held in Indian Wells, USA. He defeated Andreas Seppi, Michael Russell and an early finish against Nicolas Almagro who retired at the end of the 1st set, to enter his second quarter-final. However he was defeated by Robin Soderling, losing 1-6,6-7, despite saving three match points and then coming 2 points away from forcing a decider at 6-5, 30-0.

Murray next played at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open. However, he had an early exit in a match with Mardy Fish, 6-4, 6-4 in the second round (after receiving a bye in the first round). He said following the defeat that his mind hadn't been fully on Tennis.[90] He consequently lost his number three ranking to Nadal.[91]

Murray requested a wildcard for the clay court tournament; the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters to prevent him losing his No.4 ranking to Juan Martin Del Potro. He entered the doubles competition with Ross Hutchins and stunned World No.10 doubles team Cermak and Meritmak and then lost to the Bryan Brothers on a champions tie breaker. In the singles competition he suffered another early exit, this a thrashing Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd Round. He lost the #4 ranking to Del Potro, following the defeat.

Playing style and equipment

Murray is best described as a defensive counter-puncher,[92] with professional tennis coach Paul Annacone citing that Murray "may be the best counterpuncher on tour today."[93] His greatest strengths include solid groundstrokes with low error rate, the uncanny ability to anticipate and react, and his transition from defense to offense with extraordinary speed which enables him to hit winners from defensive positions. His playing style has been liken to that of Miloslav Mečíř.[94] Murray's tactics usually involve passive exchanges from the baseline, usually waiting for an unforced error. He is also capable of injecting sudden pace to his groundstrokes to surprise his opponents who are used to the slow rally.[95] Murray is also known for being one of the most intelligent tacticians on the court, often constructing points.[96][97] One of his greatest strengths, however, is his first serve.[98]

Early in his career, most of his main tour wins came on hard courts. However, he claimed to prefer clay courts,[99][100] because of his training in Barcelona as a junior player.[101]

Murray is sponsored by Head for his racquets, and uses the new Head Youtek Radical Pro. He wore Fred Perry apparel until late 2009, when he signed a five year £10M contract with Adidas, which he began wearing at the start of the 2010 season.[102]

National identity

Murray identifies himself primarily as "Scottish, but also British".[103][104] Prior to Wimbledon 2006, Murray caused some public debate[105] when he was quoted as saying he would "support anyone but England" at the 2006 World Cup. He received large amounts of hate mail on his website as a result.[106] It was also reported (incorrectly, it turned out) that Murray had worn a Paraguay shirt on the day of England's World Cup match with the South American team.[105]

Murray explained that his comments were said in jest during a light-hearted interview with sports columnist Des Kelly,[107] who asked him if he would be supporting Scotland in the World Cup, in the knowledge that Scotland had failed to qualify for the tournament.[108] Kelly stated another tabloid had later "lifted a couple of them comments into a 'story' that took on a life of its own and from there the truth was lost" and that he despaired over the "nonsensical criticism".[109]

Murray protested that he is "not anti-English and never was"[103] and he expressed disappointment over England's subsequent elimination by Portugal.[110] In an interview with Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live, Tim Henman confirmed that the remarks had been made in jest and were only in response to Murray being teased by Kelly[107] and Henman.[111] He also stated that the rumour that Murray had worn a Paraguay shirt was untrue.[111]

In an interview with Gabby Logan for the BBC's Inside Sport programme, Murray said that he was both Scottish and British and was comfortable and happy with his British identity.[112] He said he saw no conflict between the two and was equally proud of them. He has also pointed out that he is quarter English with some of his family originating from Newcastle, his coach is Scottish and that his then girlfriend, Kim Sears, is English.[113]

Murray was often seen donning wristbands bearing the insignia of the flag of Scotland in his early career.[114]

Major finals

Grand Slam singles

2 finals (2 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 2008 US Open Hard Switzerland Roger Federer 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 2010 Australian Open Hard Switzerland Roger Federer 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11)

ATP Masters Series

5 finals (4 wins, 1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 2008 Cincinnati Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(5), 7–6(4)
Winner 2008 Madrid Hard France Gilles Simon 6–4, 7–6(6)
Runner-up 2009 Indian Wells Hard Spain Rafael Nadal 6–1, 6–2
Winner 2009 Miami Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–2, 7–5
Winner 2009 Montréal, Canada Hard Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 6–7(4), 7–6(3), 6–1

Career finals

Singles

Official tournaments (21)

Wins (14)
Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (4)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (8)
Titles by Surface
Hard (12)
Clay (0)
Grass (1)
Carpet (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 19 February 2006 San Jose, United States Hard (i) Australia Lleyton Hewitt 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(3)
2. 18 February 2007 San Jose, United States Hard (i) Croatia Ivo Karlović 6–7(3), 6–4, 7–6(2)
3. 28 October 2007 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Spain Fernando Verdasco 6–2, 6–3
4. 5 January 2008 Doha, Qatar Hard Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
5. 17 February 2008 Marseille, France Hard (i) Croatia Mario Ančić 6–3, 6–4
6. 3 August 2008 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Serbia Novak Ðoković 7–6(4), 7–6(5)
7. 19 October 2008 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) France Gilles Simon 6–4, 7–6(6)
8. 26 October 2008 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev 6–1, 6–1
9. 10 January 2009 Doha, Qatar Hard United States Andy Roddick 6–4, 6–2
10. 15 February 2009 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 4–6, 6–0
11. 5 April 2009 Miami, U.S. Hard Serbia Novak Ðoković 6–2, 7–5
12. 14 June 2009 London, United Kingdom Grass United States James Blake 7–5, 6–4
13. 16 August 2009 Montréal, Canada Hard Argentina Juan Martin del Potro 6–7(4), 7–6(3), 6–1
14. 8 November 2009 Valencia, Spain Hard (i) Russia Mikhail Youzhny 6–3, 6–2
Runner-ups (7)
Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (2)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 1 October 2005 Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) Switzerland Roger Federer 6–3, 7–5
2. 6 August 2006 Washington, United States Hard France Arnaud Clément 7–6(4), 6–2
3. 6 January 2007 Doha, Qatar Hard Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 6–4, 6–4
4. 7 October 2007 Metz, France Hard (i) Spain Tommy Robredo 0–6, 6–2, 6–3
5. 8 September 2008 US Open, U.S. Hard Switzerland Roger Federer 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
6. 22 March 2009 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Spain Rafael Nadal 6–1, 6–2
7. 31 January 2010 Australian Open, Australia Hard Switzerland Roger Federer 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(11)

Exhibition tournaments

Win
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 3 January 2009 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Hard Spain Rafael Nadal 6–4, 5–7, 6–3

Doubles

Runner-up (1)
Legend (pre/post 2009)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 1 October 2006 Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) United Kingdom Jamie Murray Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram 		6–2, 2–6, 10-4

Performance timeline

Singles

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through to the end of the 2009 season.

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career SR Career win-loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 4R 1R 4R F 0 / 6 12–5
French Open A A A 1R A 3R QF 0 / 3 6–3
Wimbledon A A 3R 4R A QF SF 0 / 4 14–4
U.S. Open A A 2R 4R 3R F 4R 0 / 5 15–5
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 N/A 0 / 17
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 3–2 6–4 5–2 12–4 15–4 6–1 N/A 47–17
Year-End Championship
ATP World Tour Finals A A A A A SF RR 0 / 2 5–2
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A 2R SF 4R F QF 0 / 5 15–5
Miami Masters A A A 1R SF 2R W 2R 1 / 5 10–4
Monte Carlo Masters A A A 1R A 3R SF 2R 0 / 3 5–3
Rome Masters A A A 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R 0 / 5 2–5
Madrid Masters A A A 3R 3R W QF 1 / 4 11–3
Canada Masters A A A SF 2R SF W 1 / 4 13–3
Cincinnati Masters A A 2R QF 1R W SF 1 / 5 12–4
Shanghai Masters Not ATP Masters Series A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A 3R QF QF 3R 0 / 4 6–4
Hamburg Masters A A A 2R 1R 3R NM1 0 / 3 3–3
Masters SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 9 0 / 8 2 / 9 2 / 8 0 / 4 4 / 35 N/A
Masters Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 12–9 13–8 22–7 19–6 4–4 N/A 71–35
Career Statistics
ATP Tournaments Played 0 0 10 26 16 19 15 6 N/A 127
ATP Final Appearances 0 0 1 2 4 6 7 1 N/A 21
ATP Titles 0 0 0 1 2 5 6 0 09.07 14
Hardcourt Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 7–4 26–14 36–12 36–9 31–2 10–4 N/A 136-42
Grass Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 5–3 9–4 2–0 8–1 10–1 0–0 N/A 32-9
Carpet Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 5–0 5–0 5–0 0–0 N/A 13-3
Clay Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–5 0–2 7–5 9–4 1–2 N/A 21-20
Overall Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 14–10 40–25 43–14 56–15 66–11 11–6 N/A 232-82
Year End Ranking 540 411 63 17 11 4 4 N/A N/A

Template:Performance timeline legend

NM1 means an event that was not an ATP Masters 1000 tournament.

ATP Tour career earnings

Year Majors ATP wins Total wins Earnings ($) Money list rank
2003 0 0 0 7,609 599
2004 0 0 0 5,380 731
2005 0 0 0 219,490 105
2006 0 1 1 677,802 26
2007 0 2 2 880,905 21
2008 0 5 5 3,705,648 4
2009* 0 5 5 3,142,632 5
Career 0 13 13 8,642,068 38
  • As of 16 October 2009.

Head-to-head record against other players

Murray's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

*As of 27 January 2010

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