Andy Murray (GBR)
Birthdate: 15-May-87
Birthplace: Dunblane, Scotland
Residence: Dunblane, Scotland
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 175 lbs
Plays: Right-handed
Coach: N/A
2007 IN REVIEW
The young British No. 1 from Scotland continued his ranking improvement, finishing in Top 15 for first time in his career...Broke Top 10 in April and was there for nine weeks, reaching career-high No. 8 in June...Despite success, missed nearly four months of action due to back and wrist injuries...Jumped off to a 23-5 start through March, reaching SF or better in five of first six tournaments...Opened with runner-up in Doha (d. No. 3 Davydenkol. to Ljubicic) and followed with 4th RD at Australian Open (l. to Nadal in five sets)...In February, defended his first ATP title in San Jose (d. No. 4 Roddick in SF, Karlovic in F) and next week reached SF in Memphis (l. to Roddick)...In March, turned in back-to-back SF showings at ATP Masters Series tournaments in Indian Wells (d. No. 4 Davydenko, No. 9 Haas, l. to Djokovic) and Miami (d. Roddick-ret., l. to Djokovic)...In April, suffered a back injury in 1st RD doubles match at AMS Monte Carlo and missed one month...Then in second outing back at AMS Hamburg, on May 15, injured his right wrist while leading Volandri 5-1 but was forced to retire...Sidelined for nearly three months before coming back Aug. 7 at AMS Montreal where he lost in 2nd RD to Fabio Fognini...Following week lost to Baghdatis in 1st RD at AMS Cincinnati and then reached 3rd RD at US Open (l. to Lee)...Finished rest of season with an impressive 16-4 mark...Led Great Britain back into 2008 Davis Cup World Group by winning both of his singles matches vs. Croatia in playoff tie, including a five-sets win over Main Cilic in opening rubber...During five-week European indoor circuit, reached final in Metz (l. to Robredo), 2nd RD in Moscow (l. to Tipsarevic), 3rd RD at AMS Madrid (l. to Nadal), captured title in St. Petersburg (d. Verdasco) and advanced to QF at AMS Paris (l. to Gasquet)...Led ATP with most indoor match wins (23-5)...Went 5-6 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 36-12 on hard, 5-0 on carpet, 2-0 on grass and 0-2 on clay...In limited doubles action, had a 3-3 record (w/brother Jamie), reaching SF in Doha and QF in Metz...Earned a career-high $880,905.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2003 – Claimed first career Futures title at Glasgow (d. Darcis)…Posted a 9-4 Futures record and 3-3 in Challengers…Reached doubles final in Glasgow Futures (w/Thomas)…2004 – Claimed four Futures titles, including a pair in consecutive December weeks…First title came in Xativa, Spain in August (d. Baldellou)…Three weeks later won Futures title in Rome (d. Coene)…In December, claimed back-to-back Spanish Futures…Posted 26-3 Futures record…2005 – Made biggest jump of any player in the Top 100 from previous year, climbing 449 ranking spots...Second-youngest player in year-end Top 100 (behind Djokovic)... First teen from Great Britain to finish in year-end Top 100 since Buster Mottram in 1974... Reached at least 2nd RD at nine of 10 ATP events... Played mainly Challengers and Futures to begin year... Made ATP debut in April at Barcelona (l. to Hernych)... Had ATP breakthrough during British grass season... Won first career ATP matches at Queen’s, defeating Ventura and Dent to reach 3rd RD (l. to T. Johansson)... Was last British man playing at Wimbledon with run to 3rd RD... Defeated Bastl and Stepanek in straight sets before falling to Nalbandian in five sets after holding two-set lead... During summer, won Challenger titles in Aptos (d. Ram) and Binghampton (d. Falla)... Also made ATP Masters Series debut in Cincinnati (d. Dent, l. to Safin)... Made US Open debut, playing a pair of five-setters (d. Pavel, l. to Clement)... Made Davis Cup singles debut against Switzerland in World Group playoff, falling to Wawrinka in straight sets... Reached first ATP final in Bangkok, defeating Bastl, Soderling, Ginepri and Srichaphan before falling to No. 1 Federer... In final ATP event of the year, reached QF at Basel, defeating countryman Henman in 1st RD in third set tie-break... Also defeated Berdych before losing to Gonzalez... Became youngest Briton ever to play a Davis Cup tie at 17 years, 293 days when teaming with Sherwood to defeat Israel’s Erlich-Ram in March... Also played Davis Cup (w/ Rusedski) in defeat to Switzerland’s Allegro-Federer. 2006 --No. 1 British player from Scotland finished in Top 20 for first time and captured his first career ATP title... The second-youngest player (behind Djokovic) to finish in year-end Top 20...After starting off with a 12-14 match record, since mid-June to rest of season compiled a 28-11 mark...Highlights included Nottingham QF (l. to Seppi), 4th RD at Wimbledon (d. No. 5 Roddick, l. to Baghdatis), SF in Newport (l. to Gimelstob), his third career ATP final in Washington (l. to Clement), SF at AMS Toronto (l. to Gasquet) and QF at AMS Cincinnati (d. No. 1 Federer, l. to Roddick)...Was one of only two players (Nadal) during year to defeat Federer and ended his 55-match winning streak in North America...Then advanced to 4th RD at US Open (d. No. 11 Gonzalez, l. to Davydenko)...His best results after Open were 3rd RD at AMS Madrid (d. No. 3 Ljubicic, l. to Djokovic) and AMS Paris (l. to Hrbaty)...Prior to his successful second half run, captured his first career ATP title in San Jose in February, defeating No. 3 Roddick in SF and No. 11 Hewitt in a third set tie-break...Saved two match points against Hewitt to become youngest player to capture an ATP title during year, winning at 18 years, 9 months of age...Afterwards, climbed from 60 into Top 50 for first time at No. 47...Began working with former Top 10 ATP pro Brad Gilbert in Washington (July 31) and went 19-8 record under him...Went 4-4 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled records of 26-14 on hard, 9-4 on grass and 4-5 on clay .
PERSONAL
Full name is Andrew Murray...Began playing at age three...Mother, Judy, is a former Scottish national coach and father, William is a Retail Area Manager...Has one older brother Jamie (born Feb. 13, 1986), who also plays on the ATP circuit...Grew up playing soccer and tennis and once was offered to play with Glasgow Rangers... His favorite movie is The Girl Next Door and favorite musician is 50 Cent...Based in Barcelona since age 15... Won US Open junior title (d. Stakhovsky) and advanced to doubles SF (w/brother Jamie) in 2004...Roland Garros junior SF in 2005...Finished No. 10 in world junior rankings in ‘04...Won Canadian Open junior title in 2003 and finished No. 6 that year...Considers US Open best place he’s played...Awarded 2004 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award...Twice named LTA’s Young Player of the Year...Has a 7-5 career Davis Cup record (6-1 in singles) in seven ties...Favorite surface is clay and considers his serve as best part of his game.
