2013 Andy Murray tennis season

2013 Andy Murray tennis season
	Andy Murray's 2012 season included an Olympic Gold Medal
Full name	Andy Murray
Country	Great Britain
Singles
Season record	34–5 (87.18%)
Calendar titles	4
Current ranking	No. 2
Ranking change from previous year	1
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	F
French Open	A
Wimbledon	W
US Open	–
	Other tournaments
Tour Finals	–
	Last updated on: 3 February 2013.

The 2013 Andy Murray tennis season officially began at the Brisbane International where he was the defending champion. He successfully defended that title, defeating Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the final.^[1] After a quarterfinal showing at Indian Wells, where he lost to Juan Martin del Potro in 3 sets, Murray recovered to win the Miami Masters for the second time, defeating David Ferrer in the final. Winning in Miami meant that Murray overtook Roger Federer as World No. 2, the first time Murray had held the ranking since September 2009, meaning that neither Federer nor Rafael Nadal were ranked in the top 2 for the first time since the end of 2003. During the summer Murray won his first Wimbledon title, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final in straight sets to end Britain's 77 year wait for a home grown champion. It was Murray's second major title, and third consecutive title on grass, after winning at the Olympics the previous year. In the summer hard court season, Murray will be defending his US Open title, whilst the next Olympic Games are not until 2016.

Yearly summary

Australian Open series

Murray began his season at the 2013 Brisbane International, defeating John Millman, Denis Istomin and Kei Nishikori (retired) en route to reaching the final for the second consecutive year, where he successfully defended his title by defeating Grigor Dimitrov in the championship match.^[1] Murray next competed at the 2013 Australian Open, where he was the No. 3 seed. He made light work of his first two matches, defeating Dutchman Robin Haase and Portugal's João Sousa respectively, each in straight sets, to set up a third round meeting with his practice partner Ričardas Berankis of Lithuania, who had qualified for the tournament the previous week. Despite having his service broken several times, Murray managed to defeat Berankis in straight sets. He next faced French 14th seed Gilles Simon in the fourth round, winning in straight sets and subsequently advancing to the quarter-finals for the ninth straight Grand Slam tournament, and without dropping a set. In the semifinals, Murray met Roger Federer in their first Grand Slam semifinal, as each of the pair's previous encounters had been in the final round. After exchanging sets over the first four, Murray eventually prevailed in five sets to set up a second consecutive final against Novak Djokovic. In beating Federer, Murray also matched Fred Perry's Grand Slam match win total of 106.

In the final against Djokovic, Murray took the first set in a tiebreak, but ultimately lost in four sets.

Indian Wells & Miami Masters

Following his final defeat in Melbourne, Murray took a six week break in order to train for the first two Masters 1000 series tournaments of the year. He entered the 2013 BNP Paribas Open having not won a match since 2010, when he reached the quarterfinals, so had minimum points to defend. The Scot made it to the quarterfinals once again, before losing to Juan Martin del Potro in three sets. Following this defeat, he returned to Miami for the Sony Open Tennis tournament. Murray faced two potentially tricky opponents in young up-and-comers Bernard Tomic of Australia, and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov respectively, however overcame both in straight sets. He backed this up with an 84 minute victory over Italian Andreas Seppi, making it to his fourth straight quarterfinal of the year, where he faced Marin Čilić of Croatia. Despite a considerable number of lengthy games and rallies, including nine breaks of serve, one game that lasted over 15 minutes, and seven match points, Murray triumphed in just over an hour and a half in straight sets, to reach the semifinals of the Miami Masters for the fourth time. In the semifinals, Murray faced Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who had beaten fourth seed Tomas Berdych in the last 8. Murray lost the first set in a tiebreak, despite serving for the set at 5-4, before taking the second and third sets for the loss of just three games. In the final Murray faced Spaniard David Ferrer, the second time the two have met in a final at a Masters 1000 tournament. After losing the first five games of the match, Murray eventually won in three sets, after saving a match point at 6–5 down on serve in the final set, following which he dominated the tiebreak to win his second Miami title, and 9th masters 1000 title overall. Following this victory, Murray moved up to No. 2 in the world rankings for the first time since September 2009, thus marking the first time in almost ten years in which neither Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal was ranked inside the top two.^[2]

European clay court season

Following a two week break, Murray headed to Monaco for the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, where Spaniard Rafael Nadal was 8-time defending champion. After receiving a bye into the second round, Murray won his opening match against qualifier Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France in straight sets, before being defeated by Swiss number 2 Stanislas Wawrinka, who had previously won both of their previous meetings on clay. Due to this, Murray dropped to World No. 3 in the week starting 22 April 2013.

At the Mutua Madrid Open, Murray faced Florian Mayer of Germany in the second round, after a first round bye. Despite facing several set points, the Scot overcame the German number 3 in straight sets to record his 400th career win.^[3] He faced Frenchman Gilles Simon in round three, and needed three hours, three sets and 6 match points to record his 11th straight victory over Simon, and reach his first clay court quarterfinal of the year. He will next play against the 2012 runner-up Tomas Berdych, whom Murray has defeated three times in their past four meetings, however has yet to record a victory over the Czech on clay. Murray will also return to the number 2 ranking after the tournaments conclusion, following a defeat of Roger Federer by Japanese rising star Kei Nishikori in the third round.^[4] In the quarter-finals, Murray lost to Tomáš Berdych in straight sets.^[5] At the Rome Masters, Murray recovered from a set and a double break down against Marcel Granollers to level the match in a tie-break, only to retire before the start of the third set, citing a back injury. This was the first time Murray had retired mid-match since Hamburg in 2007, when he withdrew from his match against Filippo Volandri during the first set, despite being a double break up.

The back injury he suffered in Rome ultimately forced him to withdraw from the French Open, making this the first Grand Slam tournament since Wimbledon in 2007 that he has missed due to injury.^[6] Despite aiming to improve his clay court results, Murray only managed to gain 10 points more than 2012 in the lead up to the French Open, as over-preparation ultimately lead to him aggravating a recurring back injury.^[7]

Grass court season

Murray entered the grass court season having won 12 of his previous 13 matches on grass, spanning back to last year's Wimbledon, and having not lost since the final. His first tournament after missing the French Open was at the Queen's Club Championships, where he was the top seed. After receiving a first round bye, Murray's first match in the second round pitted him against Nicolas Mahut, who had knocked him out at the same stage the previous year. Despite not having competed for a month, Murray overcame Mahut in straight sets, which he followed up with straight sets wins over Marinko Matosevic and Benjamin Becker respectively. His first match against a top 10 opponent came in the form of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, whom Murray had defeated in the final two years previously. He overcame a slow start that saw him lose the first set to win in three, and set up a clash with 5th seed and defending champion Marin Čilić. Once again Murray had to recover from a set down, and went on to defeat Čilić in three sets to win his third Queen's title, becoming the first British man since Arthur Gore to win the tournament three times. The final was followed by a charity doubles match with Tim Henman, fellow top 10 player Tomas Berdych and former world no. 1 and Murray's coach Ivan Lendl. The match was organised to raise money for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, after Murray's Davis Cup teammate and close friend Ross Hutchins was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in December 2012.

At Wimbledon, Murray made it through his first three matches without losing a set, his first round match, in which he defeated German Benjamin Becker, whom he had defeated at Queen's Club just weeks earlier, took Murray's Grand Slam match wins total to 107, surpassing Fred Perry's total, making Murray the British player with most all time match wins at Grand Slam tournaments. Murray then beat Lu Yen-hsun of Chinese Taipei in round two, and Spanish 32nd seed Tommy Robredo in the third, against whom Murray hadn't played since 2009. In the fourth round match Murray beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets despite going 5-2 down in the second set (which, like the previous round, was also the first meeting between the two since 2009). In the quarterfinals, Murray met left-hander Fernando Verdasco of Spain, who had beaten Murray in their previous Grand Slam meeting. Verdasco won the first two sets, before Murray raised his level of play considerably, eventually coming through to win in five sets and reach his fifth consecutive Wimbledon semifinal, tying him with John McEnroe in fourth place for most consecutive semifinals at Wimbledon behind Roger Federer, Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg. Murray faced Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in the semifinals, against whom Murray lost in the 2012 Paris Masters. Despite dropping the opening set in a tiebreak, the Scot eventually prevailed in four to set up a fourth Grand Slam final against Novak Djokovic, the second meeting between the two at SW19, and the first at the Championships. Murray defeated Djokovic in straight sets (6-4, 7-5, 6-4) to become the first British man to win Wimbledon since 1936, the first Scot of either sex to win a Wimbledon singles title since 1896, as well as becoming the 7th man in the open era to complete the Queen's/Wimbledon double.^[8] With the win, Murray extended his winning streak on grass to 18 matches, his previous loss coming at the 2012 Wimbledon Final.

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Murray in 2013, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.

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.

Singles matches

Tournament	#	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 2–7 January 2013	-	1R	Bye
	1	2R	John Millman	199	Win	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
	2	QF	Denis Istomin	43	Win	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
	3	SF	Kei Nishikori	19	Win	6–4, 2–0 ret.
	4	W	Grigor Dimitrov	48	Win (1)	7–6^(7–0), 6–4
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 14–27 January 2013
	5	1R	Robin Haase	53	Win	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
	6	2R	João Sousa	100	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
	7	3R	Ričardas Berankis	110	Win	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
	8	4R	Gilles Simon	16	Win	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
	9	QF	Jérémy Chardy	36	Win	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
	10	SF	Roger Federer	2	Win	6–4, 6–7^(7–5), 6–3, 6–7^(7–2), 6–2
	11	F	Novak Djokovic	1	Loss (1)	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–3, 6–2
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, California, USA ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 4–17 March 2013
	-	1R	Bye
	12	2R	Evgeny Donskoy	82	Win	5–7, 6–2, 6–2
	13	3R	Lu Yen-hsun	79	Win	6–3, 6–2
	14	4R	Carlos Berlocq	85	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
	15	QF	Juan Martín del Potro	7	Loss	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 1–6
Sony Open Tennis Miami, USA ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 18–31 March 2013
	-	1R	Bye
	16	2R	Bernard Tomic	43	Win	6–3, 6–1
	17	3R	Grigor Dimitrov	32	Win	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
	18	4R	Andreas Seppi	19	Win	6–2, 6–4
	19	QF	Marin Čilić	11	Win	6–4, 6–3
	20	SF	Richard Gasquet	10	Win	6–7^(3–7), 6–1, 6–2
	21	W	David Ferrer	5	Win (2)	2–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay (Red), outdoor 15–21 April 2013
	-	1R	Bye
	22	2R	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	78	Win	6–1, 6–4
	23	3R	Stanislas Wawrinka	17	Loss	1–6, 2–6
Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay (Red), outdoor 6–12 May 2013
	-	1R	Bye
	24	2R	Florian Mayer	26	Win	7–6^(13–11), 7–6^(7–3)
	25	3R	Gilles Simon	17	Win	2–6, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
	26	QF	Tomáš Berdych	6	Loss	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay (Red), outdoor 13–19 May 2013
	-	1R	Bye
	27	2R	Marcel Granollers	37	Loss	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), Ret.
Queen's Club Championships London, United Kingdom ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 10–16 June 2013	-	1R	Bye
	28	2R	Nicolas Mahut	224	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
	29	3R	Marinko Matosevic	65	Win	6–2, 6–2
	30	QF	Benjamin Becker	85	Win	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
	31	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
	32	W	Marin Čilić	12	Win (3)	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 24 June–7 July 2013
	33	1R	Benjamin Becker	95	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
	34	2R	Lu Yen-hsun	75	Win	6–3, 6–3, 7–5
	35	3R	Tommy Robredo	29	Win	6–2, 6–4, 7–5
	36	4R	Mikhail Youzhny	26	Win	6–4, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1
	37	QF	Fernando Verdasco	54	Win	4–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–5
	38	SF	Jerzy Janowicz	22	Win	6–7^(2-7), 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
	39	W	Novak Djokovic	1	Win (4)	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
Rogers Cup Montréal, Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 5–11 August 2013
	-	1R	Bye
	40	2R

Doubles matches

Tournament schedule

Singles Schedule

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	Prev. result	Prev. points	New points	Outcome
30 December 2012– 6 January 2013	Brisbane International	Brisbane (AUS)	ATP World Tour 250	Hard	W	250	250	Won in the final against Grigor Dimitrov
14 January 2013– 27 January 2013	Australian Open	Melbourne (AUS)	Grand Slam tournament	Hard	SF	720	1,200	Lost in the final against Novak Djokovic
4 March 2013– 17 March 2013	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	2R	10	180	Lost in the quarterfinals against Juan Martín del Potro
18 March 2013– 31 March 2013	Miami Masters	Miami (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	F	600	1,000	Won in the final against David Ferrer
15 April 2013– 22 April 2013	Monte-Carlo Masters	Monte-Carlo (MON)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	QF	180	90	Lost in the third round against Stanislas Wawrinka
6 May 2013– 12 May 2013	Mutua Madrid Open	Madrid (ESP)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	A	0	180	Lost in the quarterfinals against Tomáš Berdych
13 May 2013– 19 May 2013	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Rome (ITA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	3R	90	10	Retired in the second round against Marcel Granollers
26 May 2013– 9 June 2013	French Open	Paris (FRA)	Grand Slam tournament	Clay	QF	360	0	Withdrew due to injury
17 June 2013– 23 June 2013	AEGON Championships	London (GBR)	ATP World Tour 250	Grass	2R	0	250	Won in the final against Marin Čilić
23 June 2013– 7 July 2013	Wimbledon	London (GBR)	Grand Slam tournament	Grass	F	1,200	2,000	Won in the final against Novak Djokovic
5 August 2013– 11 August 2013	Rogers Cup	Montreal (CAN)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	3R	90	TBC	Outcome TBC
12 August 2013– 18 August 2013	Western & Southern Open	Cincinnati (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	3R	90	TBC	Outcome TBC
26 August 2013– 9 September 2013	US Open	New York (USA)	Grand Slam tournament	Hard	W	2,000	TBC	Outcome TBC
13 September– 15 September 2013	Davis Cup: World Group Playoffs	Umag (CRO)	Davis Cup	Clay	DNS	0	TBC	Outcome TBC
7 October 2013– 13 October 2013	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai (CHN)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	F	600	TBC	Outcome TBC
28 October 2013– 3 November 2013	Paris Masters	Paris (FRA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard (i)	3R	90	TBC	Outcome TBC
4 November 2013– 10 November 2013	ATP World Tour Finals	London (GBR)	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	SF	400	TBC	Outcome TBC
Total year-end points						8000	9360	1360 difference

Yearly Records

Head-to-head matchups

Ordered by number of wins (Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 50)

Roger Federer 1–0
David Ferrer 1–0
Richard Gasquet 1–0
Robin Haase 1–0
Denis Istomin 1–0
Jerzy Janowicz 1–0
Nicolas Mahut 1–0
Marinko Matosevic 1–0
Florian Mayer 1–0

Finals

Singles: 5 (4–1)

Category
Grand Slam (1–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 (2–0)

Titles by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)

Titles by conditions
Outdoors (4–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	25.	January 6, 2013	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia (2)	Hard	Grigor Dimitrov	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
Runner-up	14.	January 27, 2013	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (3)	Hard	Novak Djokovic	7–6^(7–2), 6–7^(3–7), 3–6, 2–6
Winner	26.	March 31, 2013	Sony Open Tennis, Miami, USA (2)	Hard	David Ferrer	2–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
Winner	27.	June 16, 2013	Aegon Championships, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Marin Cilic	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	28.	July 7, 2013	The Championships, Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	Novak Djokovic	6-4, 7-5, 6-4

Earnings

Bold font denotes tournament win

#	Venue	Singles Prize Money	Year-to-date
1.	Brisbane International	$78,800	$78,800
2.	Australian Open	A$1,215,000	$1,343,858
3.	BNP Paribas Open	$104,000	$1,447,858
4.	Sony Open Tennis	$719,160	$2,167,018
5.	Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters	€32,700	$2,209,730
6.	Mutua Madrid Open	€80,102	$2,329,644
7.	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	€17,235	$2,352,697
8.	Queen's Club Championships	€84,766	$2,466,090
9.	Wimbledon Championships	£1,600,000	$4,850,090
As of July 8, 2013^[update]

References

External links

[Brisbane-1] Murray clinches Brisbane crown – ABC Grandstand Sport – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[2] Murray beats Ferrer to win Miami Masters - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[3] BBC Sport - Madrid Open: Andy Murray beats Florian Mayer for 400th win

[4] Madrid Masters 2013: Federer's loss to Nishikori hands No2 to Murray | Tennis | The Sport Review

[5] Murray exits Madrid as Nadal scrapes through - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[6] Andy Murray withdraws from French Open due to a back injury - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[7] Andy Murray's focus is away from Paris as he works to regain fitness | Tennis | Daily Mail

[8] BBC Sport - Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon

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