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Andy Murray
Andy Murray at the 2011 Japan Open
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceLondon, England, UK
Born (1987-05-15) 15 May 1987 (age 37)
Glasgow, Scotland, UK[1][2][3]
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$20,926,752[4]
Official websitewww.andymurray.com
Singles
Career record345–114 (75%)
Career titles22
Highest rankingNo. 2 (17 August 2009)
Current rankingNo. 4 (30 July 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (2010, 2011)
French OpenSF (2011)
WimbledonF (2012)
US OpenF (2008)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2008, 2010)
Olympic Games Gold Medal (2012)
Doubles
Career record45–53
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 51 (17 October 2011)
Current rankingNo. 70 (28 May 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2006)
French Open2R (2006)
Wimbledon1R (2005)
US Open2R (2008)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2008)
Mixed doubles
Career record3–3
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open–
French Open–
Wimbledon–
US Open–
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesF (2012)
Last updated on: 5 August 2012.
Olympic medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's Tennis
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Singles

Andrew "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player. Murray is the British No. 1 and ranked No. 4 in the world.[4] He was ranked world No. 2 from 17 to 31 August 2009.[5] Murray achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 16 April 2007. He has been runner-up in four Grand Slam finals: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open, the 2011 Australian Open, and 2012 Wimbledon, losing three to Roger Federer and one to Novak Djokovic. In 2011, Murray became only the seventh player in the Open Era to reach the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year.[6] Murray is the only British player to reach the Wimbledon men's singles final in the Open Era (the last Briton prior to this being Bunny Austin in 1938, when the tournament was restricted to amateurs).

Early life

Andy with his brother Jamie (left) at the 2011 Japan Open

Murray was born to Will and Judy in Glasgow, Scotland.[1][2] 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.[7][8][9][10] Murray's brother, Jamie, is also a professional tennis player, playing on the doubles circuit.[11] Following the separation of his parents when he was nine years old, Andy and Jamie lived with their father.[12] Murray later attended Dunblane High School.[13][14] Murray is in a five-year relationship with Kim Sears, who is regularly seen attending his matches. The relationship ended briefly in 2009 before they reconciled a short time later in 2010.[15][16][17]

At 15, Murray was asked to train with Rangers Football Club at their School of Excellence, but declined, opting to focus on his tennis career instead.[18] Murray's tennis idol is Andre Agassi.[19]

Murray was born with a bipartite patella, where the kneecap remains as two separate bones instead of fusing together in early childhood.[20] He was diagnosed at the age of 16 and had to stop playing tennis for six months. Murray is seen frequently to hold his knee due to the pain caused by the condition and has pulled out of events because of it,[21] but manages it through a number of different approaches.[22]

Murray attended Dunblane Primary School, and was present during the 1996 Dunblane school massacre.[23] Thomas Hamilton killed 17 people before turning one of his four guns on himself. Murray took cover in a classroom.[24] 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 states that he attended a youth group run by Hamilton, and that his mother gave Hamilton lifts in her car.[25]

Career

Junior tennis

Murray began playing tennis at age 5.[26] Leon Smith, Murray's tennis coach from 11 to 17,[27] 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. 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.[28] At the age of 12, Murray won his age group at the Orange Bowl, a prestigious event for junior players.[29] He briefly played football before reverting to tennis.[30] When Murray was 15 years old he decided to move to Barcelona, Spain. There he studied at the Schiller International School and trained on the clay courts of the Sánchez-Casal Academy. Murray described this time as "a big sacrifice".[14] While in Spain, he trained with Emilio Sánchez, formerly the world no. 1 doubles player.[14]

In July 2003, Murray started out on the Challenger and Futures circuit. In his first tournament, he reached the quarterfinals of the Manchester challenger. In his next tournament, Murray lost on clay in the first round to future world top-tenner Fernando Verdasco. In September, Murray won his first senior title by taking the Glasgow Futures event. He also reached the semi-finals of the Edinburgh Futures event.[31] In July 2004 Murray played a Futures event in Nottingham, where he lost to future Grand Slam finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round. Murray then went on to win events in Xàtiva and Rome.

In September 2004, he won the Junior US Open by beating Sergiy Stakhovsky, now a top-100 player. He was selected for the Davis Cup match against Austria later that month;[32] however, he was not selected to play. Later that year, he won BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.[33]

2005

Murray began 2005 ranked 407 in the world.[34] In March, he became the youngest Briton ever to play in the Davis Cup,[35] as he helped Britain win the tie with a crucial doubles win. Following the tie, Murray turned professional in April,[36] as he played his first ATP tournament. Murray was given a wild card to a clay-court tournament in Barcelona, the Open SEAT, where he lost in three sets to Jan Hernych.[37] Murray then reached the semifinals of the boys' French Open, which was his first junior tournament since the US Open.[38] In the semi finals Murray lost in straight sets to Marin Čilić,[39] after he had defeated Juan Martín del Potro in the quarter-finals.[40]

Given a wild card to Queen's,[41] Murray progressed past Santiago Ventura in straight sets for his first ATP match win.[42] 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 the match in three sets. After losing the opener on a tie-break, Murray won the second on a tie-break, but the onset of cramp and an ankle injury sealed the match 6–7, 7–6, 5–7 in Johansson's favour.[43][44] Following his performance at Queen's, Murray received a wild card for Wimbledon.[45] Ranked 312, he defeated George Bastl and 14th seed Radek Štěpánek in the opening two rounds in straight sets, thereby becoming the first Scot in the open era to reach the third round of the men's singles tournament at Wimbledon.[46] In the third round, Murray played 2002 Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian[47] 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 second 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 three sets to world no. 4 Marat Safin. Murray played Andrei Pavel in the opening round of the US Open. Murray recovered from being down two sets to one to win his first five-set match,[48] despite being sick on court.[49] He lost in the second round to Arnaud Clément in another five set contest.[50] Murray was again selected for the Davis Cup match against Switzerland. He was picked for the opening singles rubbers, losing in straight sets to Stanislas Wawrinka.[51] Murray then made his first ATP final at the Thailand Open. In the final, he faced world no. 1 Roger Federer, losing in straight sets. On 3 October, Murray achieved a top-100 ranking for the first time.[52] In his last tournament of the year, an ATP event in Basel Murray faced British no. 1 Tim Henman in the opening round.[53] Murray defeated him in three sets, before doing the same to Tomáš Berdych. He then suffered a third-round loss to Fernando González. He completed the year ranked 64 and was named the 2005 BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year.[54]

2006

2006 saw Murray compete on the full circuit for the first time and split with his coach Mark Petchey[55] and team up with Brad Gilbert.[56]

Getting his season under way at the Adelaide International, Murray won his opening match of 2006 against Paolo Lorenzi in three sets, before bowing out to Tomáš Berdych. Murray's season then moved to Auckland, where he beat Kenneth Carlsen. Murray then lost three matches in a row including a first round matche at the Australian Open. Murray stopped the run as he 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 no. 11 Lleyton Hewitt in the final.[57] The run to the final included his first win over a top-ten player, Andy Roddick,[58] the world no. 3, to reach his second ATP final, which he won. Murray backed this up with a quarterfinal appearance in Memphis, falling to Söderling. Murray won a total of three times between the end of February and the middle of June, the run included a first round defeat to Gael Monfils at the French Open, in five sets.[59] After the French Open, where Murray was injured again, he revealed that his bones hadn't fully grown, causing him to suffer from cramps and back problems.[60]

At the Nottingham Open, Murray recorded consecutive wins for the first time since Memphis, with wins over Dmitry Tursunov and Max Mirnyi, before going out to Andreas Seppi in the quarterfinals. He progressed to the fourth round at Wimbledon, beating Nicolás Massú, Julien Benneteau, and Roddick, before loosing to Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis. Murray reached the semifinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, defeating Ricardo Mello, Sam Querrey, and Robert Kendrick, with his first main tour whitewash (also known as a double bagel). He exited in the semifinals to Justin Gimelstob. Murray then won a Davis Cup rubber against Andy Ram, coming back from two sets down, but lost the doubles alongside Jamie Delgado, after being 2 sets to 1 up. The tie was over before Murray could play the deciding rubber. His good form continued as the tour moved to the hard courts of the USA, where he recorded a runner-up position at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic losing to Arnaud Clément in the final. Murray then reached his first Masters Series semifinal in Toronto at the Rogers Cup, beating David Ferrer, Tim Henman, Carlos Moyá, 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 becoming only one of two players, alongside Rafael Nadal, to defeat Roger Federer in 2006. This was followed by a win over Robbie Ginepri and a loss to Andy Roddick. He also reached the fourth round of the US Open losing in four sets to Davydenko.[citation needed] In the Davis Cup, Murray won both his singles rubbers, but lost the doubles, as Britain won the tie. As the tour progressed to Asia, he lost to Henman for the first time in straight sets in Bangkok. In the final two Masters events in Madrid and Paris, Murray exited both tournaments at the last-16 stage ending his season, with losses to Novak Djoković and Dominik Hrbatý.

2007

In November Murray split with his coach Brad Gilbert[61] and added a team of experts along with Miles Maclagan, his main coach.[62] Ahead of the first event of the season Murray signed a sponsorship deal with Highland Spring worth £1m. It was reportedly the biggest shirt-sponsorship deal in tennis.[63] 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 Ljubičić in straight sets. Murray reached the fourth round of the Australian Open.[64] After defeating Alberto Martín 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 five-set match against world No. 2 Rafael Nadal, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 1–6.[65] He then successfully defended his San Jose title, defeating Kevin Kim, Kristian Pless, Hyung-Taik Lee, Andy Roddick and Ivo Karlović to retain the tournament.[66]

Murray at the US Open with Gilbert

Murray then made the semi-finals of his next three 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, Nikolay Davydenko and Tommy Haas before falling to Novak Djoković. 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 three 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.[67]

Murray missed a large part of the season including the French Open and Wimbledon.[68] He returned at the Rogers Cup in Canada. In his first match he defeated Robby Ginepri in straight sets[69] before bowing out to Fabio Fognini. At the Cincinnati Masters Murray drew Marcos Baghdatis in the first round and won only three games. At the US Open Murray beat Pablo Cuevas in straight sets before edging out Jonas Björkman in a five-setter. Murray lost in the third round to Lee in four sets.

Murray played in Great Britain's winning Davis Cup tie against Croatia, beating Marin Čilić in five sets. Murray hit form, as he then reached the final at the Metz International after knocking out Janko Tipsarević, Michaël Llodra, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Guillermo Cañas. He lost to Tommy Robredo in the final, despite winning the first set 6–0. Murray had early exits in Moscow and Madrid; falling to Tipsarević after winning against Evgeny Korolev in Moscow and to Nadal after defeating Radek Štěpánek and Chela in Madrid.

Murray improved as he won his third ATP title at the St. Petersburg Open, beating Mirnyi, Lukáš Dlouhý, 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 No. 11 in the world, just missing out on a place at the Masters Cup.

2008

Murray on his way to becoming a finalist at the US Open

Murray re-entered the top-ten rankings early in 2008, winning the Qatar ExxonMobil Open with wins over Olivier Rochus, Rainer Schüttler, 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.[70]

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 Čilić. But Murray exited to Robin Haase in straight sets in Rotterdam. In Dubai Murray defeated Roger Federer in three sets before doing the same to Fernando Verdasco and falling short against Davydenko. At Indian Wells Murray defeated Jürgen Melzer and Ivo Karlović in three sets and crashed out to Tommy Haas, before a first-match exit to Mario Ančić in Miami.

On the clay courts in Monte Carlo Murray defeated Feliciano López and Filippo Volandri before winning just four games against Novak Djoković. Ančić then handed Murray another first-match defeat in Barcelona. In Rome Murray first played Juan Martín del Potro in an ill-tempered three-set match. Murray won his first match in Rome[71] 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.[72][73] 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 five sets and clay-courter José Acasuso, where he lost just four games. He ended the tournament after a defeat by Nicolás Almagro in four sets in the third round.

At Queen's Murray played just two games of his opening match before Sébastien Grosjean withdrew. Against Ernests Gulbis Murray slipped on the damp grass and caused a sprain to his thumb.[74] He won the match in 3 but withdrew ahead of his quarter-final against Andy Roddick.[75] Any thought that he would pull out of Wimbledon was unfounded as he made the start line to reach the quarter-finals for the first time. Murray defeated Fabrice Santoro, Xavier Malisse in three 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 and took the set to a tie-break, before winning on set point. Murray hit a backhand winner from way off the court, when he was almost in the stands.[76] Murray progressed through the fourth 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, 6–2, 6–4 win.[77] In the next round Murray was defeated by world No. 2 Nadal in straight sets.

In his first tournament after Wimbledon, the Rogers Cup, Murray 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 three 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 Moyá and Karlovic to make the final. Murray showed no signs of nerves as on debut he won his first Masters Shield, defeating Djokovic in two tie-breakers. At the Olympics, which is ITF organised, Murray was dumped out in round one by Yen-Hsun Lu,[78] citing a lack of professionalism on his part.[79]

Murray debuted at the season ending Masters Cup in 2008

Murray then went to New York to participate in the US Open. He became the first Briton since Greg Rusedski in 1997 to reach a Grand Slam final. Murray defeated Sergio Roitman, Michaël Llodra and won against Melzer after being two sets down.[80] He then beat Wawrinka to set up a match with Del Potro;[81] he overcame Nadal in the semi-finals after a four-set battle, beating him for the first time, in a rain-affected match that lasted for two days.[82] In the final he lost in straight sets to Roger Federer.[83][84]

Murray beat Alexander Peya and Jürgen Melzer in the Davis Cup tie against Austria, but it was in vain as Great Britain lost the deciding rubber. He returned to ATP tournaments in Madrid, where he won his second consecutive Masters shield. He defeated Simone Bolelli, Čilić (for the first time in 2008) and Gaël Monfils before avenging his US Open final loss against Federer in three sets, and taking the title against Simon. Murray then made it three 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 Tipsarević, without dropping a set, before thrashing Verdasco for the loss of just three games in the semi-final and Andrey Golubev for the loss of two games in the final. He thus became the first British player to win two Master tournaments and the first Briton to win five tournaments in a year.[85] Heading into the final Masters event of the season, Murray was on course for a record third consecutive Masters shield.[86] 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 first defeat on the ATP tour in three months, since Nadal beat him in Canada.[87]

Now at No. 4 in the world, Murray qualified for the first time for the Masters Cup. He beat Roddick in three sets, before the American withdrew from the competition. This was followed by a win over Simon to qualify for the semi-finals.[88] In his final group match against Federer, Murray defeated him in three sets.[89][90] In the semi-final Murray faced Davydenko, but after leaving it all on the court against Federer, Murray succumbed to the Russian in straight sets.[91]

Murray ended 2008 ranked fourth in the world.

2009

Murray made the quarter-finals of the 2009 French Open

Murray began 2009 by beating 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, defeating Andy Roddick in straight sets to win the final.[92] At the Australian Open, Murray made it to the fourth round, losing to Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round.[93] After the loss to Verdasco, Murray was delayed from going home, as he was found to be suffering from a virus.

Murray got back to winning ways quickly though as he won his eleventh career title in Rotterdam. In the final, Murray faced the world no. 1, Nadal, defeating him in the third set.[94] However, an injury, sustained in the semifinal forced his withdrawal from the Marseille Open, which he had won in 2008.[95] Returning from injury, Murray went to Dubai and withdrew before the quarterfinals with a re-occurrence of the virus that had affected him at the Australian Open.[96] 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. Murray defeated Federer in the semifinal but lost the final against Nadal, winning just three games in windy conditions.[97] However a week later and Murray made another final in Miami and defeated Novak Djokovic for another masters title.

Murray got his clay season underway at the Monte Carlo Masters. With a series of impressive performances, Murray made it to the semifinals losing in straight sets to Nadal. Murray then moved to the Rome Masters, where he lost in the second round, after a first-round bye, to Juan Mónaco in three sets. Despite an early exit of the Rome Masters Murray achieved the highest ever ranking of a British male in the open era when he became world no. 3 on 11 May 2009.[98] Murray celebrated this achievement by trying to defend his Madrid Masters title, which had switched surfaces from hard to clay. He reached the quarterfinals, after beating Simone Bolelli and Robredo in straight sets, before losing to Del Potro. Murray reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open, but was defeated by Fernando González in four sets.

Murray won at Queen's, without dropping a set, becoming the first British winner of the tournament since 1938. In the final Murray defeated American James Blake. This was Murray's first tournament win on grass and his first ATP title in Britain.[99] Murray was initially seeded third at Wimbledon, but after the withdrawal of defending champion Nadal, Murray became the second-highest seeded player, after Federer and highest-ever seeded Briton in a senior event at Wimbledon.[100] Rain meant that Murray's fourth-round match against Stanislas Wawrinka was the first match to be played entirely under Wimbledon's retractable roof, also enabling it to be the latest finishing match ever at Wimbledon. Murray's win stretched to five sets and 3 hours 56 minutes, resulting in a 22:38 finish that was approximately an hour after play is usually concluded.[101] However Murray lost a tight semifinal to Andy Roddick, achieving his best result in the tournament to date.

Murray returned to action in Montreal, defeating del Potro in three sets to take the title.[102] After this victory, he overtook Nadal in the rankings and held the number two position until the start of the US Open.[103] Murray followed the Masters win playing at the Cincinnati Masters, where Federer beat him for the first time since the US Open in straight sets. At the US Open, Murray was hampered by a wrist injury and suffered a straight-sets loss to Čilić.[104] 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 was relegated to the next group. During the weekend, Murray damaged his wrist further and was forced to miss six weeks of the tour, and with it dropped to no. 4 in the world.[105]

Murray returned to the tour in Valencia, where he won his sixth and final tournament of the year.[106] In the final Masters event of 2009, in Paris, Murray beat James Blake in three sets, before losing to Štěpánek in three. At the World Tour Finals in London, Murray started by beating del Potro in three sets, before losing a three-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 lost out by a game,[107] bringing an end to his 2009 season.

2010

Murray and Laura Robson represented Britain at the Hopman Cup. The pair progressed to the final, where they were beaten by Spain.[108] At the Australian Open Murray progressed through his opening few matches in straight sets to set up a quarterfinal clash with the world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. Murray led by two sets and a break before the Spaniard had to retire with a torn quadriceps. Murray became the first British man to reach more than one Grand Slam final in 72 years when he defeated Marin Cilic.[109] Murray lost the final to world no. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets.[110]

Murray reached his second Grand Slam Final in Australia.

At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Murray reached the quarterfinals. He was defeated by Robin Söderling in straight sets. Murray next played at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, but lost his first match of the tournament, afterwards he said that his mind hadn't been fully on tennis.[111][112]

Switching attention to clay, Murray requested a wild card for Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. He suffered another first match loss, this time to Philipp Kohlschreiber. He also entered the doubles competition with Ross Hutchins and defeated world no. 10 doubles team Cermak and Meritmak, before losing to the Bryan Brothers on a champions tie-breaker. Murray then went on to reach the third round in the Rome Masters 1000, where he lost to David Ferrer in straight sets. At the Madrid Masters, he reached the quarterfinals, where he subsequently lost to Ferrer again in a closely fought battle. Murray completed his preparations for the second Grand Slam of the year by defeating Fish in an exhibition match 11–9 in a champions tie-breaker.[113] At the French Open, Murray was drawn in the first round against Richard Gasquet. Murray battled back from two sets down to win in the final set.[114] In the third round, Murray lost a set 0–6 against Marcos Baghdatis, something he had not done since the French Open quarterfinals the previous year.[115] Murray lost in straight sets to Tomáš Berdych in the fourth round and credited his opponent for outplaying him.[116][117]

Murray's next appearance was at the grass courts of London. Attempting to become the first Briton since Gordon Lowe in 1914 to defend the title successfully,[118] Murray progressed to the third round, where he faced Mardy Fish. At 3–3 in the final set with momentum going Murray's way (Murray had just come back from 3–0 down), the match was called off for bad light, leaving Murray fuming at the umpire and tournament referee. Murray was quoted as saying he (Fish) only came off because it was 3–3.[119] Coming back the next day, Murray was edged out by the eventual finalist in a tie-breaker for his second defeat to him in the year.[120] In Murray's second-round match at Wimbledon, he defeated Jarkko Nieminen,[121] a match which was viewed by Queen Elizabeth II during her first visit to the Championships since 1977.[122] Murray lost to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals in straight sets.[123]

On 27 July 2010, Andy Murray and his coach Maclagan split, and Murray replaced him with Àlex Corretja just before he competed in the Farmers Classic as a wild-card replacement for Novak Djoković.[124] Murray stated that their views on his game differed wildly and that he didn't want to over-complicate things.[125] He thanked Maclagan for his 'positive contribution' and said that they have a great relationship. Jonathan Overend, the BBC's tennis journalist, reported that the split happened over Maclagan's annoyance at what he saw as Corretja's increasing involvement in Murray's coaching. But Murray had no intention of sacking him,[126] despite the press report that Murray was ready to replace him with Andre Agassi's former coach Darren Cahill.[127]

Starting the US hard-court season with the 2010 Farmers Classic, Murray reached the final. During Murray's semifinal win against Feliciano López,[128] whilst commentating for ESPN, Cahill appeared to rule himself out of becoming Murray's next coach.[129] In Murray's first final since the Australian Open, he lost against Sam Querrey in three sets This was his first loss to Querrey in five career meetings and the first time he had lost a set against the American.[130] In Canada, Murray successfully defended a Masters title for the first time. He became the first player since Andre Agassi in 1995 to defend the Canadian Masters. Murray also became the fifth player to defeat Rafael Nadal (the fifth occasion that Murray has beaten the player ranked world no. 1) and Roger Federer (Murray had achieved this previously at the unofficial 2009 Capitala World Tennis Championship exhibition) in the same tournament. Murray defeated Nadal and Federer in straight sets. This ended his title drought dating back to November 2009.[131][132] At the Cincinnati Masters, Murray complained about the speed of the court after his first match.[133] Before his quarterfinal match with Fish, Murray complained that the organisers refused to put the match on later in the day. Murray had played his two previous matches at midday, and all his matches in Toronto between 12 and 3 pm.[134]

I don't ever request really when to play. I don't make many demands at all during the tournaments." "I'm not sure, the way the tennis works, I don't think matches should be scheduled around the doubles because it's the singles that's on the TV."

Murray, after the match against Fish in Cincinnatti.[135]

The reason given for turning down Murray's request was that Fish was playing doubles. Murray had no option but to play at midday again, with temperatures reaching 33°C in the shade. Murray won the first set on a tie-breaker, but after going inside for a toilet break, he began to feel ill. The doctor was called on court to actively cool Murray down. Murray admitted after the match that he had considered retiring. He lost the second set, but forced a final-set tie-breaker, before Fish won.[135] At the US Open, Murray played Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round. Murray bowed out of the tournament, losing in four sets.[136] However, questions about Murray's conditioning arose, as he called the trainer out twice during the match.[137]

His next event was the China Open in Beijing, where Murray reached the quarterfinals, losing to Ivan Ljubičić.[138] At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, Murray reached his seventh Masters Series final.[139] There, he faced Roger Federer and dismissed the Swiss player in straight sets.[140] He did not drop a single set throughout the event, taking only his second title of the year and his sixth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. Murray returned to Spain to defend his title at the Valencia Open 500 but lost in the second round to Juan Mónaco.[141] However in doubles, Murray partnered his brother Jamie Murray to the final, where they defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi. The victory was Murray's first doubles title and the second time he had reached a final with his brother.[142][143] Murray reached the quarter finals at the BNP Paribas Masters losing to Gaël Monfils in three sets.[144] Combined with his exit and Söderling's taking the title, Murray found himself pushed down a spot in the rankings, down to no. 5 from no. 4.[145] At the Tour finals in London, Murray opened with a straight-sets victory over Söderling.[146] In Murray's second round-robin match, he faced Federer, whom he had beaten in their last two meetings. On this occasion, however, Murray suffered a straight-sets defeat.[147] Murray then faced David Ferrer in his last group match. Murray lost the first two games, but came back to take six in a row to win the set 6–2 and to qualify for the semifinals. Murray closed out the match with a 6–2 second set to finish the group stage with a win,[148] before facing Nadal in the semifinal. They battled for over three hours, before Murray fell to the Spaniard in a final-set tie-breaker, bringing an end to his season.[149]

2011

Murray started 2011 by playing alongside fellow Brit Laura Robson in the 2011 Hopman Cup. They did not make it past the round-robin stage, losing all three ties against Italy, France, and the USA. Despite losing all three ties, Murray won all of his singles matches. He beat Potito Starace, Nicolas Mahut, and John Isner . Murray, along with other stars such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djoković, participated in the Rally for Relief event to help raise money for the flood victims in Queensland.[150]

Murray reached his second Australian Open final.

Seeded fifth in the Australian Open, Murray met former champion Novak Djoković in the final and was defeated in straight sets. Murray made a quick return, participating at Rotterdam. He was defeated by Marcos Baghdatis in the first round.[151] Murray reached the semifinals of the doubles tournament with his brother Jamie. Murray lost in the first round at the Masters Series events at Indian Wells and Miami. Murray lost to American qualifiers Donald Young and Alex Bogomolov Jr. respectively. After Miami, Murray split with Àlex Corretja, who was his coach at the time.[152]

Murray made a return to form at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, where he faced Nadal in the semifinals. Murray sustained an elbow injury before the match but put up a battle losing to the Spaniard after nearly three hours.[153] Murray subsequently withdrew from the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell due to the injury.[154] Murray played at the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he was then beaten in the third round by Thomaz Bellucci.[155] After Madrid, Murray proceeded to the Rome Masters where he lost in the semifinals against Novak Djoković.[citation needed] At the 2011 French Open, Murray twisted his ankle during his third round match with Berrer and looked like he may have to withdraw but limped round to win the match.[156] Murray carried on and battled back from two sets down against Troicki in the fourth round. A ball boy inadvertently interfered with play at a start of a game and eventually Murray found himself broken and 5–2 down before recovering to win the set.[157] Murray lost in the his first semifinal at Roland Garros, against Rafael Nadal.[158]

Murray defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, to win his second Queen's Club title.[159] At Wimbledon, Murray lost in the semifinal to Nadal, despite taking the first set.[160] At the Davis Cup tie between Great Britain and Luxembourg, Murray led the British team to victory.[161]

Murray was the two-time defending 2011 Rogers Cup champion, but lost his first match in the second round, to South African Kevin Anderson.[162] However, the following week, he won the 2011 Western & Southern Open, beating Novak Djoković, 6–4, 3–0 (ret), after Djokovic retired due to injury.[citation needed] At the 2011 US Open, Murray defeated Somdev Devvarman in straights sets in the first round, and battled from two sets down to win a five set encounter 6–7, 2–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–4 with Robin Haase. He then defeated Feliciano López and Donald Young in straight sets in the third and fourth round. He then fought out a four set encounter with American giant John Isner 7–5, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6. He reached the semi-finals for a third time in a row this year, but again lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 2–6.

His next tournament was the Thailand Open, Murray went on to win the tournament defeating Donald Young 6–2, 6–0 in 48 minutes. He only dropped one set all tournament. The following week he won his third title in four tournaments by winning the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. His opponent in the final was Rafael Nadal who he beat for the first time in the year by winning in three sets 3–6, 6–2, 6–0. Murray dropped only four points in the final set. He then completed his domination in Tokyo by winning the doubles partnering brother Jamie Murray defeating František Čermák and Filip Polášek 6–1, 6–4. This is his second doubles title and with this victory, he became the first person in the 2011 season to capture both singles and doubles titles at the same tournament. Murray then successfully defended his Shanghai Masters crown with a straight sets victory over David Ferrer in the final 7–5, 6–4.

The defence of the title meant he overtook Roger Federer in ranking points and moved up to no. 3 in the world. At the ATP World Tour Finals, Murray lost to David Ferrer in straight sets, 4–6, 5–7, and withdrew from the tournament after the loss with a groin pull. With the early loss and withdrawal from the tournament and with Roger Federer winning the title, Murray dropped one position back in the rankings to end the year as no. 4 in the world behind Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer.

2012

Murray started the season once again ranked world no. 4 and appointed former world no. 1 Ivan Lendl as his new full-time coach.[163] He began the season by playing in the 2012 Brisbane International for the first time as the top seed in singles. He also played doubles with Marcos Baghdatis.[164] He overcame a slow start in his first two matches to win his 22nd title by beating Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6–1, 6–3 in the final.[165] In doubles, he lost in the quarterfinals against second seeds Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner in a tight match which ended 6–3, 3–6, 13–15.[166]

Murray at Wimbledon 2012

In the week prior to the Australian Open, Murray appeared in a one-off exhibition match against David Nalbandian at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, home of the unofficial AAMI Classic. Murray emerged victorious, defeating Nalbandian, 6–3, 7–6, after coming from a break down in the second set.[167] At the Australian Open, Murray started off with a 4-set win against Ryan Harrison. In the second round, he beat Édouard Roger-Vasselin in three sets, and in the third round, he beat Michaël Llodra, also in three sets, to proceed to the last sixteen.[168] Murray went on to beat Mikhail Kukushkin in the fourth round, 6–1, 6–1, 1–0 (ret), after his opponent retired due to the searing heat in Melbourne. Murray also beat Kei Nishikori in straight sets in the quarterfinals. Murray played a 4 hour and 50 minute semifinal match against Novak Djokovic, but was defeated, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6, 1–6, 5–7.[169]

At the Dubai Open, Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, 6–2, 7–5,[170] but lost in the final to Roger Federer, 5–7, 4–6.[171] At the 2012 BNP Paribas Open, Murray lost his opening second-round match to Spanish qualifier Guillermo García López, in straight sets, 4–6, 2–6. This was the second successive time that Murray had lost his opening match at the event.[172] Following Indian Wells, Murray made the finals of the Miami Masters, losing to Novak Djokovic, 1–6, 6–7.[173]

In Rome, he was eliminated in the third round by Richard Gasquet, 7–6(1), 3–6, 2–6.

Murray battled back pain all through the French Open and got slow starts, notably in the second round against Jarkko Nieminen and the fourth round against Richard Gasquet. He got his revenge for Rome though, beating Gasquet in four sets to move into the quarterfinals, where ultimately he was beaten by David Ferrer.[174]

At the Queen's Club Championships, Murray suffered a three-set defeat to World No. 65 Nicolas Mahut in the second round.[175]

At Wimbledon that year, Murray again set the record for the latest ever finish at the championships, when he completed a 4 set victory over Marcos Baghdatis at 23:02 BST.[176] The final set was played with the assumption that due to local rules concerning the health and safety of spectators travelling from the venue, play would not be allowed to continue beyond 23:00 BST,[176] but the final game did take the match 2 minutes over that time limit. Murray made it to quarter-finals by defeating Marin Cilic,[177] where he defeated David Ferrer[178] in four sets to make it to his 10th Grand Slam semi-final. Murray beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-final in four sets to become the first male British player[179] to reach the final of Wimbledon since Bunny Austin in 1938.[180] In the Final he faced Roger Federer, but after making a bright start by taking the first set he lost the match in four sets 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 4–6,[181] [182]

Andy next competed at the London 2012 Summer Olympics in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. He partnered his brother Jamie Murray in doubles but suffered a first-round exit to Austria (Jurgen Melzer & Alexander Peya) in three sets 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 5–7 [183].

In singles, Murray defeated 11th seed Nicolas Almagro from Spain in straight sets 6–4, 6–1 in the quarter-finals and next faced second seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the semi-finals.[184] Murray defeated Djokovic in straight sets 7–5, 7–5 in a fantastic performance. He won the Olympic Gold by defeating [Federer] in straight sets(6-2, 6-1, 6-4). This was his first victory in a major tournament.

In the mixed doubles, Murray and partner Laura Robson are currently in the final. They beat Czech Republic's (Lucie Hradecká & Radek Štěpánek) in the first round in three sets 7–5, 6–7(7–8), [10–7] and then went on to beat Australia's (Sam Stosur & Lleyton Hewitt) in the quarter finals in three sets 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]. In the semi finals they beat the much more favored German side of (Sabine Lisicki & Christopher Kas) in three sets 6–1, 6–7(7–9), [10–7] guaranteeing themselves at least a Silver medal. They will next face Belarus's (Victoria Azarenka & Max Mirnyi) for the Gold Medal.

Endorsements

Murray wears Adidas sportswear; in 2009 he was signed up for a three year deal worth £15 million. He uses Head racquets. In June 2012, the Swiss watch manufacturer Rado announced that Murray had signed a deal to wear their D-Star 200 model.

As of May 2012, Murray has an estimated wealth of £24m, about half of this (£12.6m) won in prize money since making his professional debut in 2003, the remainder coming from sponsorship deals.[185]

Major tournaments

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 2008 US Open Hard Switzerland Roger Federer 2–6, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 2010 Australian Open Hard Switzerland Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(11–13)
Runner-up 2011 Australian Open (2) Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic 4–6, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2012 Wimbledon Grass Switzerland Roger Federer 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 4–6

Olympic Games

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score 6-2 6-1 6-4
Won 2012 London Grass Switzerland Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4

Mixed Doubles: 1 (0–0)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Pending 2012 London Grass United Kingdom Laura Robson Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Belarus Max Mirnyi

Career statistics

Main article: Andy Murray career statistics
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

This table is current through to the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 4R 1R 4R F F SF 0 / 7 23–7 76.67
French Open A 1R A 3R QF 4R SF QF 0 / 6 18–6 75.00
Wimbledon 3R 4R A QF SF SF SF F 0 / 7 30–7 81.08
US Open 2R 4R 3R F 4R 3R SF 0 / 7 22–7 75.86
Win–Loss 3–2 6–4 5–2 12–4 15–4 16–4 21–4 15–3 0 / 27 93–27 77.50

Playing style and equipment

Murray is best described as a defensive counter-puncher;[186] professional tennis coach Paul Annacone stated that Murray "may be the best counterpuncher on tour today."[187] His strengths include groundstrokes with low error rate, the ability to anticipate and react, and his transition from defence to offence with speed, which enables him to hit winners from defensive positions. His playing style has been likened to that of Miloslav Mečíř.[188] Murray's tactics usually involve passive exchanges from the baseline, usually waiting for an unforced error. However, Murray has been criticised for his generally passive style of play and lack of offensive weapons, prompting some to call him a pusher.[189] He is capable of injecting sudden pace to his groundstrokes to surprise his opponents who are used to the slow rally. Murray is also one of the top returners in the game, often able to block back fast serves with his excellent reach and uncanny ability to anticipate. For this reason, Murray is rarely aced.[190] Murray is also known for being one of the most intelligent tacticians on the court, often constructing points.[191][192] Murray is most proficient on a fast surface (such as hard courts),[193] although he has worked hard since 2008 on improving his clay court game.[194]

Early in his career, most of his main tour wins came on hard courts. However, he claimed to prefer clay courts,[195][196] because of his training in Barcelona as a junior player.[197]

Murray is sponsored by Head and plays the YOUTEK Radical Pro with a Prestige grommet. He wore Fred Perry apparel until early 2010, when he signed a five-year £10m contract with Adidas. This includes wearing their range of tennis shoes.[198] The contract with Adidas allowed Murray to keep his shirt sleeve sponsors Royal Bank of Scotland and Highland Spring.

Image

National identity

Murray identifies himself as Scottish and British.[199][200] Prior to Wimbledon 2006, Murray caused some public debate when he was quoted as saying he would "support anyone but England" at the 2006 World Cup.[201] He received large amounts of hate mail on his website as a result.[202] It was also reported that Murray had worn a Paraguay shirt on the day of England's World Cup match with the South American team,[201] something Murray later denied.[203]

Murray explained that his comments were said in jest during a light-hearted interview with sports columnist Maurice Russo,[204] 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.[205] Sports journalist Des Kelly wrote that another tabloid had later "lifted a couple of [the 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".[206]

Murray protested that he is "not anti-English and never was"[199] and he expressed disappointment over England's subsequent elimination by Portugal.[207] 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[204] and Henman.[208]

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.[209] 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, and that his girlfriend, Kim Sears, is English.[210]

Other incidents

In 2006, Murray caused an uproar during a match between him and Kenneth Carlsen. Murray was first given a warning for racket abuse then he stated that he and Carlsen had "played like women" during the first set.[211] Murray was heavily booed for the remainder of the interview, but explained later that the comment was in jest to what Svetlana Kuznetsova had said at the Hopman Cup.[212] A few months later, Murray was fined $2,500 for swearing at the umpire during a Davis Cup doubles rubber with Serbia and Montenegro. Murray refused to shake hands with the umpire at the end of the match.[213]

In 2007, Murray suggested that tennis had a match fixing problem, stating that everyone knows it goes on,[214] in the wake of the investigation surrounding Nikolay Davydenko.[215] Both Davydenko and Rafael Nadal questioned his comments, but Murray responded that his words had been taken out of context.[216]

In 2008, Murray withdrew from a Davis Cup tie, leading his brother to question his heart for the competition.[217]

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