288 Facts About Andy Murray

Sir Andrew Barron Murray was born on 15 May 1987 and is a British former professional tennis player and coach.

Andy Murray was ranked as the world No 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals for 41 weeks, including as the year-end No 1 in 2016.

Andy Murray won 46 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including three majors at the 2012 US Open, 2013 Wimbledon Championships, and 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

Andy Murray won two gold medals at the Summer Olympics, the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals, 14 Masters events, and contested a total of eleven major finals.

Originally coached by his mother Judy alongside his older brother Jamie, Andy Murray moved to Barcelona at age 15 to train at the Sanchez-Casal Academy.

Andy Murray began his professional career around the time Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal established themselves as the two dominant players in men's tennis.

Andy Murray had immediate success on the ATP Tour, making his top 10 debut in 2007 at age 19.

Andy Murray initially struggled against the rest of the Big Four, losing his first four major finals.

Andy Murray made his breakthrough in 2012 by defeating Federer to win the London Olympics and defeating Djokovic to win the US Open, becoming the first British major singles champion since Virginia Wade in 1977.

Andy Murray then beat Djokovic to win Wimbledon in 2013, the first home champion at the men's event since Fred Perry in 1936.

Andy Murray had his career-best season in 2016, when he made three major finals, winning Wimbledon.

Andy Murray defended his title at the 2016 Rio Olympics to become the only player, male or female, to win two Olympic gold medals in singles.

Andy Murray became world No 1 for the first time in 2016, and clinched the year-end No 1 ranking by winning the Tour Finals title over Djokovic.

Andy Murray retired from the sport after the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Andy Murray was an all-court player who excelled in particular at defence, returning serve and constructing points.

Andy Murray was generally regarded as possessing one of the most consistent two-handed backhands on the ATP Tour.

Andy Murray is credited with re-establishing the United Kingdom as a leading force in men's tennis for the first time since the early 20th century.

Andy Murray has been outspoken on issues of equality, and became only the second top-10 player in the history of the ATP Tour to have a female coach when he hired Amelie Mauresmo in 2014.

Shortly following his playing career, Andy Murray took up a coaching partnership with his former rival Djokovic for the 2025 Australian Open.

Andy Murray was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Judy Murray and William Murray.

Andy Murray's maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, was a professional footballer in the late 1950s.

Andy Murray is a supporter of Hibernian Football Club, one of the teams his grandfather represented, and Arsenal Football Club.

Andy Murray began playing tennis at the age of three, when his mother Judy took him to play on the local courts.

Andy Murray played in his first competitive tournament at age five and by the time he was eight he was competing with adults in the Central District Tennis League.

Andy Murray grew up in Dunblane and attended Dunblane Primary School.

Andy Murray says he was too young to understand what was happening and is generally 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 his mother gave Hamilton lifts in her car.

Andy Murray believes this could be the reason behind his competitive spirit.

Andy Murray was born with a bipartite patella, a condition in which the kneecap remains as two separate bones instead of fusing together in early childhood.

Andy Murray has been seen holding his knee due to the pain caused by the condition and has withdrawn from tournaments because of it.

The hotel had been closed since 2012, but Andy Murray reopened it in April 2014.

Later that month Andy Murray was awarded the freedom of Stirling and received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Stirling in recognition of his services to tennis.

Andy Murray began dating Kim Sears, daughter of player-turned-coach Nigel Sears, in 2005.

Andy Murray has been repeatedly vocal in his support for women players and coaches.

Andy Murray is a vocal supporter of LGBT+ rights and supports same-sex marriage.

In 1999 Andy Murray was a champion in the Orange Bowl, an international tournament for junior players, winning in the 12-year-old category.

Andy Murray then led the British team to victory in the European Winter Cup and won a title in Telford, finishing the season as the No 2 in the ETA ranking for U14s, only behind Djokovic.

In July 2003, Andy Murray started out on the Challenger and Futures circuit.

Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of the Edinburgh Futures event.

In July 2004, Andy Murray played a Challenger event in Nottingham, where he lost to future Grand Slam finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round.

Andy Murray then went on to win Futures events in Xativa and Rome.

Andy Murray began 2005 ranked No 407, but whilst in South America in January he injured his back and was forced to take three months off.

Andy Murray then reached the semi-finals of the boys' French Open, where he lost in straight sets to Marin Cilic.

Andy Murray won Challenger events on the hard courts of Aptos and Binghamton, New York.

Andy Murray was again selected for the Davis Cup match against Switzerland.

Andy Murray made his first ATP final at the Thailand Open where he lost to No 1 Roger Federer in straight sets.

Andy Murray beat Tim Henman in their first meeting, at the Basel Swiss Indoors in the first round, and reached the quarter-finals.

Andy Murray completed the year ranked No 64 and was named the 2005 BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year.

The 2006 season saw Andy Murray compete on the full circuit for the first time and split with his coach Mark Petchey and team up with Brad Gilbert.

Andy Murray went on to win the title, beating No 11 Lleyton Hewitt.

Andy Murray was now world No 42, Greg Rusedski No 43, and Tim Henman No 49.

Andy Murray suffered a straight sets defeat at the Australian Open, to Juan Ignacio Chela in the first round and to Gael Monfils at the French Open, in five sets.

Andy Murray played in Davis Cup ties against Serbia, Israel and Ukraine.

Andy Murray missed the opening singles matches before losing the doubles as Britain lost their tie against Serbia.

Against Ukraine, Andy Murray won both his singles rubbers, but lost the doubles, as Britain won the tie.

At the Masters, Andy Murray lost in the first round in Miami, Monte Carlo and Rome.

Andy Murray went out of the tournaments in Indian Wells and Hamburg in the second round.

Andy Murray reached his first Masters semi-final in Toronto at the Rogers Cup, losing to Richard Gasquet.

At Cincinnati, Andy Murray became only one of two players, alongside Rafael Nadal, to defeat Roger Federer in 2006, breaking the Swiss star's 55 match winning streak on hard courts.

Andy Murray lost two rounds later to Andy Roddick, but broke into the top 20 for the first time.

Andy Murray was a finalist at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

Andy Murray reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, where he lost a five-set match against No 2, Rafael Nadal.

At the Masters tournaments, Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of Indian Wells and Miami.

At Rome and Cincinnati, Andy Murray exited in the first round whilst going out in the second in Canada.

Andy Murray reached the final of tournaments in Doha and Metz, finishing the season ranked 11th in the world.

In 2008, Andy Murray suffered a first round loss at the Australian Open to eventual runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and a third round loss at the French Open to Nicolas Almagro.

Andy Murray then made his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Wimbledon before making his first final at the US Open.

Andy Murray then lost in straight sets to the eventual champion, Rafael Nadal.

At the Beijing Olympics, Andy Murray suffered one of the worst defeats of his career, losing his first round singles match to No 77 Yen-hsun Lu of Taiwan in straight sets.

Andy Murray added another shield to his collection in Madrid; before losing in the quarter-finals of Paris.

Andy Murray played well in defeating an injured Federer but lost to Davydenko in the semi-finals.

At the Australian Open, Andy Murray made it to the fourth round, losing to Fernando Verdasco.

Andy Murray won Rotterdam, defeating No 1, Nadal in three sets.

Andy Murray lost in the final to Nadal at Indian Wells, but won a week later in Miami over Djokovic for another masters title.

Andy Murray beat No 9, Nikolay Davydenko at Monte Carlo, the first time he had beaten a top ten player on clay, though he lost to Nadal in the semi-finals.

Andy Murray was upset in round two of Rome by qualifier Juan Monaco, and he reached the quarter-finals of Madrid, losing to Juan Martin del Potro.

Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals of the French Open, but was defeated by Fernando Gonzalez in four sets.

Andy Murray won a title for the first time on grass at Queen's and became the first British winner of the tournament since 1938.

Andy Murray held the number two position until the start of the US Open.

Andy Murray followed the Masters win playing at the Cincinnati Masters, where he lost to Federer.

Andy Murray won both his singles matches, and lost at doubles in the Davis Cup against Poland, but then missed six weeks with a wrist injury.

At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Andy Murray lost in the quarter-finals to Robin Soderling in straight sets.

Andy Murray lost his first match at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open to Mardy Fish, afterwards saying that his mind hadn't been fully on tennis.

Andy Murray lost his first match at Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters to Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Andy Murray reached the third round in the Rome Masters, and the quarter-finals at the Madrid Masters, losing both times to David Ferrer.

In London, Andy Murray progressed to the third round, where he lost to Mardy Fish in a tie-breaker for his second defeat by him in the year.

At Wimbledon, Andy Murray progressed to the semi-finals, losing to Nadal in straight sets.

At 2010 Farmers Classic, Andy Murray lost in the final to Sam Querrey in three sets.

In Canada, Andy Murray became the first player since Andre Agassi in 1995 to defend the Canadian Masters.

Andy Murray defeated Nadal and then Federer in straight sets, ending his eight-month title drought.

At Cincinnati, Andy Murray first complained about the speed of the court, and then in a quarter-final match with Fish, Andy Murray complained that the organisers refused to put the match on later in the day.

Andy Murray lost the second set, but forced a final-set tie-breaker, before Fish won.

At China Open in Beijing, Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals, losing to Ivan Ljubicic.

Andy Murray then won the Shanghai Rolex Masters beating Roger Federer in straight sets.

Andy Murray did not drop a set throughout the event.

However, in doubles, Andy Murray partnered his brother Jamie Andy Murray to the final, where they beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi.

Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals at the BNP Paribas Masters losing to Gael Monfils in three sets.

Andy Murray ended the year ranked 4 for the third consecutive year.

At the Australian Open, Andy Murray met former champion Novak Djokovic in the final and was defeated in straight sets.

Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of the doubles tournament with his brother Jamie.

Andy Murray lost to qualifiers in the first rounds at the Masters Series events in Indian Wells and Miami, after which he split with coach Alex Corretja.

Andy Murray returned to form at Monte Carlo, but lost to Nadal in the semi-finals.

Andy Murray sustained an elbow injury before the match and subsequently withdrew from Barcelona due to the injury.

Andy Murray lost in the third round at the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, but made it to the semi-finals of the Rome Masters, where he lost to Novak Djokovic.

Andy Murray defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win his second Queen's Club title.

At Wimbledon, Andy Murray lost in the semi-final to Nadal, despite taking the first set.

At the Davis Cup tie between Great Britain and Luxembourg, Andy Murray led the British team to victory.

Andy Murray was the two-time defending 2011 Rogers Cup champion, but lost in the second round to South African Kevin Anderson.

At the US Open, Andy Murray battled from two sets down to win a five-set second-round encounter with Robin Haase, but lost in the semi-finals to Rafael Nadal in four sets.

Andy Murray then won the doubles with his brother Jamie, becoming the first person in the 2011 season to capture both singles and doubles titles at the same tournament.

At the ATP World Tour Finals, Andy Murray lost to David Ferrer in straight sets and withdrew from the tournament after the loss with a groin pull.

Andy Murray ended the year ranked 4, behind Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer, for the fourth consecutive year.

At Dubai, Andy Murray beat Djokovic in the semi-finals, but lost the final to Roger Federer.

Andy Murray then had quarter-final losses at the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona Open, and a third round loss at the Italian Open.

Andy Murray battled back spasms throughout the French Open, and in the quarter-finals, he was beaten by David Ferrer.

Andy Murray lost in the opening round of Queen's to No 65 Nicolas Mahut.

At Wimbledon, Andy Murray set the then record for the latest finish at the championships when he completed a four-set victory over Marcos Baghdatis at 23:02 BST.

Andy Murray beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-final in four sets to become the first male British player to reach the Wimbledon final since Bunny Austin in 1938.

Andy Murray returned to Wimbledon to compete in the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

In singles, Andy Murray lost only one set and beat Federer in the final for the loss of just 7 games.

Andy Murray became the first British man to win the Olympic singles gold medal in tennis since Josiah Ritchie in 1908.

Andy Murray retired early in the Rogers Cup due to a knee injury, and was beaten by Jeremy Chardy at Cincinnati in straight sets.

Andy Murray beat Djokovic in five sets, becoming the first British man to win a Grand Slam final since Fred Perry in 1936, and the first Scottish-born player to win a Grand Slam final since Harold Mahony in 1896.

Andy Murray lost in the semi-finals of the Japan Open to Milos Raonic in three sets.

At Shanghai, Andy Murray beat Roger Federer in the semi-finals in straight sets.

When Nadal pulled out of both the Paris Masters and the year-end championships, Andy Murray finished the year at No 3.

At the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Andy Murray was voted third, ahead of Mo Farah.

Andy Murray won the World Breakthrough of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards.

Andy Murray was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to tennis.

Andy Murray won Brisbane beating Grigor Dimitrov in the final in straight sets.

Andy Murray became only the second man in the Open Era to achieve three runner-up finishes at the Australian Open, the other being Stefan Edberg.

At Indian Wells, Andy Murray lost in the quarter-finals to Juan Martin del Potro in three sets.

Andy Murray briefly fell back to No 3, following a third round defeat by Stanislas Wawrinka in Monte-Carlo, but soon reclaimed the No 2 ranking.

Andy Murray lost in the quarter-finals in Madrid to Tomas Berdych in straight sets.

At Rome, Andy Murray retired due to a hip injury during his second round match against Marcel Granollers on his 26th birthday.

Andy Murray made his comeback at Queen's, where he came from behind to beat Marin Cilic in three sets to claim his third title at Queen's Club.

Andy Murray made it through to his tenth consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final.

At the US Open, Andy Murray entered a Grand Slam tournament as defending champion for the first time and reached the quarter-finals at a major for the 11th straight tournament.

The Great Britain Davis Cup team played their World Group Play-off tie on clay against Croatia, where Andy Murray beat 16-year-old Borna Coric in straight sets.

At Australian Open, Andy Murray went out in four sets in the quarters to Roger Federer, ending his streak of four consecutive Australian Open semi-finals.

Andy Murray won both of his ties against Donald Young and Sam Querrey, helping Britain to their first Davis Cup quarter-final since 1986.

Andy Murray lost in the quarter finals of Rotterdam, to Marin Cilic and the semis of Mexican Open in Acapulco, to Grigor Dimitrov.

At Indian Wells, Andy Murray lost in round four to Milos Raonic in three sets.

Andy Murray then lost to qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the next round.

Andy Murray then reached the quarter-finals of Rome where he lost to No 1 Rafael Nadal in a tight match in which he had been up a break in the final set.

Andy Murray then beat Fernando Verdasco and Gael Monfils in a five set quarter-final, which saw Murray rise to No 5 and equal his best ever French Open by reaching the semi-finals.

Andy Murray lost to Nadal in straight sets, winning only 6 games.

Andy Murray then appointed former women's world No 1, and two-times slam titlist, Amelie Mauresmo as his coach in a 'historic move' which made Mauresmo the first woman to coach a top male tennis player.

At Wimbledon Grigor Dimitrov ended his 17 match winning-streak on Wimbledon grass with a straight sets win in the quarter finals, meaning Andy Murray failed to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2008.

Andy Murray reached back-to-back quarter-finals at the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Masters, losing to eventual champions Jo Wilfried Tsonga, after being a break up in the decider, and Roger Federer, after being two breaks up in the second set, respectively.

Andy Murray made it to the quarter-finals of the 2014 US Open, losing to Novak Djokovic, after earning his first top ten win of the year in the previous round against Jo Wilfried Tsonga.

At Shenzhen Open Andy Murray reached his first final of the season, breaking a drought of 14 months.

Andy Murray lost in the third round at the Shanghai Masters to David Ferrer despite being a set up.

Andy Murray defeated Ferrer again in the semi-finals of Valencia to move into his third final in five weeks.

Andy Murray then reached the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters, where he lost to Djokovic in his 23rd match in 37 days.

At the ATP World Tour Finals, Andy Murray lost his opening round robin match to Kei Nishikori but won his second match against Milos Raonic.

Andy Murray lost his final group match against Federer in straight sets and only won one game against him, marking his worst defeat since losing to Djokovic in the 2007 Miami Masters, eliminating him from the tournament.

Andy Murray lost the final to Novak Djokovic in four sets, but returned to the top four in the world rankings for the first time in 12 months.

At Rotterdam Andy Murray lost in the quarter-finals to Gilles Simon.

Andy Murray then reached the semi-finals of Indian Wells, overtaking Tim Henman's record of 496 career wins to have the most career wins for a British man in the Open Era.

Andy Murray then reached the final of Miami, recording his 500th career win.

Andy Murray lost the final to Djokovic in three sets.

Andy Murray won his first ATP clay court title at the 2015 BMW Open, defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber to become the first Briton since Buster Mottram in 1976 to win a tour level clay court event.

Andy Murray then reached his third semi-final at the French Open, losing to Djokovic in five sets and ending his 15 match winning streak on clay.

At the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, Andy Murray dropped only two sets before a semi-final clash with Roger Federer which he lost in straight sets, gaining only one break point in the match.

In Great Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final tie against France at Queen's, Andy Murray beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and then he and his brother Jamie won the doubles, beating Tsonga and Nicolas Mahut in four sets.

Andy Murray then beat Simon in the fourth rubber in four sets, which resulted in Great Britain reaching their first Davis Cup semi-final since 1981.

Andy Murray won Montreal, beating Tsonga and Nishikori in the quarter-finals and semi-finals.

Andy Murray then won the final against Djokovic in three sets.

Andy Murray overtook Federer to become the world No 2.

At Cincinnati, Andy Murray lost to defending champion Roger Federer in straight sets, and after Federer went on to win the tournament, this result saw Andy Murray return to the No 3 ranking.

At the US Open, Andy Murray beat Nick Kyrgios in four sets and Adrian Mannarino in five sets after being two sets down, equaling Federer for winning eight matches from two sets to love down.

Andy Murray then beat Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets but lost in the fourth round to Kevin Anderson in four sets.

Andy Murray lost the final to Djokovic in straight sets.

At ATP World Tour Finals, Andy Murray went out in the round-robin stage, after defeating David Ferrer and losing to Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka.

Andy Murray became only the third person since the current Davis Cup format was introduced to win all eight of his singles rubbers in a Davis Cup season, after John McEnroe and Mats Wilander.

Andy Murray became the second man in the Open Era to lose five Grand Slam finals at one event, and the only one not to have won the title.

Andy Murray then played at 2016 Davis Cup defeating the Japanese Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori in the first round.

At Monte Carlo Andy Murray lost in the semi finals to eventual champion Rafael Nadal despite winning the first set.

Shortly afterwards Mauresmo and Andy Murray issued a joint statement announcing that they had "mutually agreed" to end their coaching partnership.

Andy Murray regained his number two ranking after he won the 2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia for his 1st title of the season and 36th overall.

Andy Murray defeated Wawrinka in four sets to become the first male British player since Bunny Austin in 1937, to reach a French Open final.

At the 2016 Wimbledon Championships Andy Murray beat 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets in the quarter-final and 10th seed Tomas Berdych in straight sets to reach his third straight major final.

Andy Murray then entered the US Open and lost to sixth seed Kei Nishikori in five sets despite holding a two sets to one lead.

Andy Murray then beat Guido Pella in straight sets, though Great Britain lost the tie.

Andy Murray then won the China Open for his fifth title of 2016 and 40th career tour title.

Andy Murray then won Shanghai defeating Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets.

Andy Murray brought his win streak to 15 consecutive match wins by winning the Erste Bank Open for his seventh tour title of the 2016 season.

Andy Murray beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, for his third title in succession.

Andy Murray entered the Paris Masters knowing that in the event of Djokovic not reaching the final, winning the title would be enough to see him crowned world No 1 for the first time.

Andy Murray then defeated John Isner in the final in three sets to win his fourth consecutive tournament and first Paris Masters title.

In November 2016, Andy Murray reached the final of the ATP World Tour Finals for the first time before winning against Novak Djokovic in two sets, thus reaching year-end No 1 and in doing so, became the first player to win a Grand Slam, the ATP World Tour Finals, the men's singles at the Olympic Games and a Masters 1000 title in the same calendar year.

Andy Murray was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to tennis and charity, making him the UK's youngest knight, at 29.

Andy Murray reached the final of the Qatar Open, but lost to Novak Djokovic in three sets despite saving three championship points.

At Dubai he won his only tournament of the year, beating Fernando Verdasco in straight sets, despite almost losing in the quarter-finals to Philipp Kohlschreiber where Andy Murray had to save seven match points.

Andy Murray then competed in Barcelona where he was beaten by Dominic Thiem in the semi-finals.

Andy Murray lost to Borna Coric in the third round of Madrid, and to Fabio Fognini in second round of Rome.

Andy Murray missed the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Masters due to his hip injury, which led to him losing his No 1 ranking to Rafael Nadal.

Andy Murray returned to the court to play a charity match against Federer in Glasgow and expressed his hope to return to the tour in Brisbane.

In March, Andy Murray lost his British No 1 ranking for the first time since 2006, to Kyle Edmund.

Later that month, Andy Murray said he was making progress after several days of playing at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Nice after posting pictures of himself practising against Aidan McHugh, a British junior player, on Instagram.

Andy Murray returned at Queen's and lost to Nick Kyrgios in the first round in three sets.

Andy Murray was given a wildcard for the Eastbourne International, where he beat Stan Wawrinka in the first round before losing to Kyle Edmund in the second.

Andy Murray withdrew from Wimbledon with a "heavy heart" a day before the tournament, saying it was too soon to play five-set matches.

Andy Murray then withdrew from the tournament and the Canadian Open the following week to continue his recovery and to focus on the Cincinnati Masters for which he was awarded a wildcard.

Andy Murray lost in the first round to Lucas Pouille in three sets.

Andy Murray made his grand slam return at the US Open where he beat James Duckworth in four sets.

Andy Murray entered the Shenzhen Open as a wildcard and beat Zhizhen Zhang and David Goffin.

Andy Murray lost to Fernando Verdasco in the quarter-finals in straight sets.

Andy Murray had been due to play at the China Open the following week, but, after suffering a slight ankle problem, he decided to end his season early to ensure he would be fit for the following year.

Andy Murray was defeated in the next round by Daniil Medvedev.

On 11 January, at a press conference just before the 2019 Australian Open, an emotional Andy Murray announced that he could possibly retire from professional tennis due to struggling physically for a "long time", particularly with his hip injury.

Andy Murray said that he had been suffering with hip pain on a daily basis, and that it caused him to struggle with tasks like putting his shoes and socks on.

Andy Murray said that the Australian Open could be his final tournament, stating: "I'm not sure I can play through the pain for another four or five months".

At the Australian Open Andy Murray lost his opening match against 22nd seed Roberto Bautista Agut in a four-hour, five-setter.

Bob Bryan urged Andy Murray to have the "Birmingham hip resurfacing " operation he underwent in August 2018, involving a cobalt-chrome metal cap being placed over the femur with a matching metal cup in the acetabulum.

On 16 May 2019, Andy Murray received his knighthood from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, two years after he was awarded the honour.

Andy Murray played the 2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell Challenger, the first time he had competed on the Challenger Tour since 2005.

Andy Murray lost to Matteo Viola in the third round.

Andy Murray won the European Open, beating Stan Wawrinka in the final.

Andy Murray beat world No 7 Alexander Zverev in the second round, his first victory over a top-10 player in over three years.

Andy Murray lost his third round match to Milos Raonic in straight sets.

Andy Murray then entered the French Open as a wildcard but was defeated in the first round in straight sets by Stan Wawrinka.

Andy Murray was largely inactive during the next three months due to a groin injury.

Andy Murray returned to singles play as a wildcard at the Queen's Club Championships where he lost to Matteo Berrettini in straight sets.

Andy Murray lost in the third round to Denis Shapovalov.

At the 2021 Winston-Salem Open, Andy Murray entered as a wildcard again and won in straight sets against Noah Rubin, before losing to Frances Tiafoe.

The match was controversial, with Andy Murray accusing Tsitsipas of cheating, in reference to an eight-minute bathroom break that was had by Tsitsipas during the match.

Andy Murray reached the quarterfinal of the Moselle Open as a wildcard losing to Hubert Hurkacz.

Andy Murray lost as a wildcard in the round of 16 to the 2nd seed and eventual champion Casper Ruud at the 2021 San Diego Open.

Andy Murray received another wildcard for Indian Wells, where he reached the third round and was beaten by Alexander Zverev.

Andy Murray then reached the second round of the European Open as a wildcard after a 3-hour and 45 minute marathon win against Frances Tiafoe.

Andy Murray lost in the second round to Diego Schwartzman in straight sets.

At the Vienna Open, Andy Murray entered as a wildcard and upset world No 10 Hubert Hurkacz in the first round in three sets to claim his first top 10 victory of the year, but fell in straight sets to Carlos Alcaraz the following round.

At the 2022 Australian Open Andy Murray lost in the second round in straight sets to Taro Daniel.

Andy Murray lost to Felix Auger-Aliassime in the second round.

At Miami as a wildcard, Andy Murray lost in straight sets to world No 2 Daniil Medvedev in the second round.

Andy Murray later withdrew from the match due to a stomach illness, giving Djokovic a walkover.

At Stuttgart, Andy Murray won his first match against a top 5 player since 2016 by beating top seed and world No 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets.

Andy Murray then beat Nick Kyrgios in straight sets to reach the final, where he lost to Matteo Berrettini in three sets.

At Wimbledon, Andy Murray lost in the second round to 20th seed John Isner.

Andy Murray had a first-round loss at the Citi Open to Mikael Ymer, as well as a first-round loss to Taylor Fritz, at the Canadian Open as a wildcard.

Andy Murray lost to 24th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the third round.

Andy Murray received wildcards for the 2023 Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, in which he reached the final but was defeated by Daniil Medvedev in straight sets, and the 2023 Dubai Tennis Championships equaling the record of 53, for most wildcards received for a player since 1990, of former player Tommy Haas, who retired in 2017.

At the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Open, Andy Murray lost in the third and first rounds, respectively.

Andy Murray next played the Aix-en-Provence Challenger in France, where he defeated first seed Tommy Paul in the final in three sets to clinch his first title since 2019.

Andy Murray began his grass court season with the 2023 Surbiton Trophy Challenger 125 as a wildcard, where he clinched his second title of the season after defeating Jurij Rodionov in the final.

Andy Murray's winning streak continued at the 2023 Nottingham Open, another home Challenger 125, where he won the final, beating Arthur Cazaux.

Andy Murray had first-round defeats in both singles and doubles at the French Open.

At Queen's where he received a wildcard, Andy Murray played the 1000th match of his career, with a win over Alexei Popyrin in three sets.

Andy Murray joined Djokovic, Nadal, Fernando Verdasco and Richard Gasquet as the fifth active player to complete the milestone.

Andy Murray pulled out of the singles event at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships on the day he was supposed to play his first round match against Tomas Machac.

On 23 July 2024, Andy Murray announced that he would retire from active professional tennis after the 2024 Paris Olympics, concluding a career spanning nearly two decades.

Andy Murray made it to the quarterfinals before losing to third seeds Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul and officially ended his career in August 2024.

On November 23,2024, it was announced via social media that Andy Murray had been hired by his longtime rival Djokovic to serve as his head coach ahead of Djokovic's 2025 season.

Djokovic won in Australia all four times and at the French Open, Andy Murray emerged as the victor at the US Open and Wimbledon.

In 2016, Andy Murray suffered his fourth loss in the final of the Australian Open from Djokovic, followed by another defeat in the French Open final, where Djokovic won his first Roland Garros title and completed the Career Grand Slam.

Djokovic dropped only one set en route to the final, but lost in straight sets to Andy Murray, who finished the year at No 1 and became the first British player to achieve this feat.

Andy Murray defeated Federer in straight sets to win the gold medal, denying Federer a Career Golden Slam.

In 2013 Andy Murray beat Federer for the first time in a major in the semifinals of the Australian Open, prevailing in five sets after Federer had come back twice from a set down.

Andy Murray is one of only three players to have recorded 10 or more victories over Federer.

Andy Murray lost three consecutive major semifinals to Nadal in 2011 from the French Open to the US Open.

In one of their last meetings, Andy Murray beat Nadal for the first time on clay, and the first time in a Masters 1000 final, at the Madrid Open in 2015.

Andy Murray fell to Nadal in the semifinals of the 2016 Monte Carlo Masters, despite taking the first set.

Andy Murray had one of the best two-handed backhands on the tour, while he primarily used his more passive forehand and a sliced backhand to let opponents play into his defensive game before playing more offensively.

Tim Henman stated in 2013 that Andy Murray may have the best lob in the game.

Andy Murray was capable of injecting sudden pace into his groundstrokes to surprise his opponents who were used to the slow rally.

Andy Murray was one of the top returners in the game, often able to block back fast serves with his excellent reach and ability to anticipate.

Andy Murray is known for having been one of the most intelligent tacticians on the court, often constructing points.

Andy Murray was most proficient on a fast surface, like grass, where he won eight singles titles including the Wimbledon Championships and the 2012 Olympic Gold Medal, although hard courts were his preferred surface.

Andy Murray worked hard since 2008 on improving his clay court game, ultimately winning his first clay titles during 2015 at Munich and Madrid, as well as reaching his first French Open final during 2016.

Since the 2011 season, under Ivan Lendl's coaching, Andy Murray played a more offensive game and worked to improve his second serve, forehand, consistency and mental game which were all crucial to his further success.

The contract with Adidas allowed Andy Murray to keep his shirt sleeve sponsors Shiatzy Chen, Royal Bank of Scotland and Highland Spring.

Andy Murray signed with Castore for the 2019 season which Andy Murray called his last deal before announcing his retirement.

Andy Murray used Head rackets, and appeared in advertisements for the brand.

Andy Murray is a founding member of the Malaria No More UK Leadership Council and helped launch the charity in 2009 with David Beckham.

Andy Murray made a short public service announcement for the charity to help raise awareness and funds.

Andy Murray has taken part in several charity tennis events, including the Rally for Relief events before the 2011 Australian Open.

In June 2013, Andy Murray teamed up with former British No 1 Tim Henman for a charity doubles match against Andy Murray's coach and eight-time grand slam champion Ivan Lendl, and No 6 Tomas Berdych.

In June 2014, following the death of Elena Baltacha from liver cancer, Andy Murray featured in an event known as 'Rally for Bally' to raise money for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and the Elena Baltacha Academy of Tennis.

Andy Murray was awarded the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year award for 2014.

English ex-tennis player Tim Henman confirmed that the remarks had been made in jest and were only in response to Andy Murray being teased by journalist Des Kelly and Henman about Scotland's failure to qualify.

Andy Murray initially refused to endorse either side of the debate in the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, citing the abuse he had received after his 2006 World Cup comments.

Just before the referendum, Andy Murray tweeted a message that was considered by the media to be supportive of independence.

Andy Murray received online abuse for expressing his opinion, including messages that were described as "vile" by Police Scotland.

Andy Murray was booed for the remark, but said later that the comment had been intended as a jocular response to what Svetlana Kuznetsova had said at the Hopman Cup.

Andy Murray refused to shake hands with the umpire at the end of the match.

In 2007, Andy Murray suggested that tennis had a match-fixing problem, stating that everyone knows it goes on, in the wake of the investigation surrounding Nikolay Davydenko.

From 2020 to 2021, Andy Murray was critical of the ATP's handling of the Alexander Zverev domestic abuse allegations, and urged the ATP to create a formal domestic abuse policy.