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Andy Murray: Tennis Professional
Andy Murray is currently the Number One British tennis player and is presently the only Briton represented in the ATP Top 100 Rankings at Number 4.
He is a staunch Scotsman, and at age 22 represents the only British hope of winning his home tournament, Wimbledon, since the retirements of both Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski.
(Andy Murray's Birthday is May 15, 2010)
Andy Murray Biography
Andy Murray: The Story So Far
Andrew "Andy" Murray (born May 15, 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player. He is ranked World No. 4, the highest-ranked British player since Fred Perry.Andy Murray officially ascends to Number Three, MurraysWorld Murray previously held the No. 2 ranking position for two weeks, from August 17, 2009 to August 31, 2009, during which time he failed to progress beyond the fourth round of the 2009 U.S. Open and fell back to No. 3. Murray achieved a top 10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on April 16, 2007. In 2008, he finished runner-up to Roger Federer at the US Open.Murray stuns Nadal to reach Final, BBC
In 2005, Murray won the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year Award and the sport section of the Top Scot awards. Murray is most proficient on a fast surface (such as hard courts), although he has worked hard since 2008 on improving his clay court game. Murray works with a team of fitness experts,Andy Murray: A nation expects, Belfast Telegraph, 23 June 2008. along with Miles Maclagan acting as his main coach. He was previously coached by American Brad Gilbert, who used to coach former World No. 1 players Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick.
Andy Murray Wins Rogers Cup, 2009
Andy Murray - Career Highlights
Andy Murray's History
2009
Became the World No. 2 on 17th August, the highest ranking by a British player
Won the Montreal Masters Series Title: his 13th ATP Title and 4th Masters
Reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon for the first time
Became the first British winner in 71 years at Queens, his 12th ATP Title
Reached the quarter-finals of the French Open for the first time
Ascended to world No. 3 on May 11th, the highest ranking ever for a British player
Won the Miami Masters Series Title, his 11th ATP Title and 3rd Masters
Won the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, his 10th ATP title
Successfully defended the Qatar Open, his 9th ATP title
2008
Reached the semi-finals of the Masters Cup in Shanghai
Defended the St Petersburg Open, his 8th ATP Title
Won the Madrid Masters Series Title, his 7th ATP title and 2nd Masters
Reached his first Grand Slam final (US Open) losing to Roger Federer
Reached the Semi-Finals of the US Open for the first time
Rose to Number 4 in the world rankings
Won the Cincinatti Masters Series title, his 6th ATP title and first Masters
Reached the Quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time
Beat Novak Djokovic in the quarter finals of the Toronto Masters
Beat Roger Federer in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships
Won the Open 13 in Marseille, his 5th ATP title
Won the Qatar Open, his 4th ATP title
2007
Won the St Petersburg Open, his 3rd ATP title.
Defended his SAP Open tournament, his second ATP title.
Reached the fourth round of the Australian Open.
Helped GB back into the world group in Davis Cup with wins against the Netherlands and Croatia.
Ended the year ranked 11th briefly breaking into the top 10.
Reached the finals of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha.
Reached the finals of the Open de Moselle, Metz.
2006
Beat Roger Federer in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters.
Recruited Brad Gilbert as coach.
Took over from Tim Henman as British number one.
Won the SAP Open tournament, Andy's first ATP title.
Beat Ivan Ljubicic at the Madrid Masters in the second round.
Beat Lleyton Hewitt at the SAP Open in the finals.
Beat Andy Roddick at the SAP Open in the semi-finals.
Reached the Semi-Finals of the Toronto Masters.
Reached the fourth round of the US Open and Wimbledon.
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At Wimbledon 2005, a new star burst onto the international tennis scene. Andy Murray, the 18-year-old wild card, confounded all expectations to make it through to the third round, and his courage when facing some of the biggest names in the game captured the imagination of the public and the media. Since his sensational arrival, Murray has gone on to establish himself as the British No. 1 thanks to a meteoric rise through the rankings. His amazing progress has seen him defeat Tim Henman at the Davidoff Indoor Championship in Switzerland, take on world No. 1 Roger Federer in the final of the Thailand Open, and win his first ATP tournament in San Jose, beating Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt along the way. Murray is now widely viewed as one of the most exciting prospects in the sport. Andy Murray: The Story So Far . . . charts the teenage tennis star's enthralling career to date.
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- Great lens Bonnie! I'm assuming Andy Murray is your favourite tennis player? Mine happens to be Nadal, because of a great experience I had meeting him in Toronto, Ontario. They're both great competitors though! Five stars! :)
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