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Andy Murray won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 2012 US Open by defeating Novak Djokovic, ending a 76-year drought for British men. He added Wimbledon titles in 2013 and 2016, becoming the first British man since Fred Perry to win multiple Wimbledon singles championships. Murray also won Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016, the only tennis player to achieve back-to-back singles golds. Off the court, he has appeared as an actor in sports documentaries and comedy shows.
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Andy Murray — early life, career, personal life, and legacy.
Eight-year-old Andy Murray was at Dunblane Primary School on March 13, 1996, when a gunman killed 16 children and a teacher. He later wrote in his autobiography Hitting Back that his mother Judy had given the killer lifts. His parents Judy and William divorced when he was 10. His mother Judy, a tennis coach, and his brother Jamie, a professional doubles player, shaped his early training. Murray won the 2004 U.S. Open boys’ singles title at age 17.
Murray turned professional in 2005 and won his first two matches on his Wimbledon debut that year. At the 2012 US Open, he defeated Novak Djokovic in five sets to win his first Grand Slam, ending a 76-year British drought. He beat Djokovic again for his first Wimbledon title in 2013, then won a second Wimbledon in 2016. He won Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016, the only tennis player to win back-to-back singles golds. He led Great Britain to the Davis Cup title in 2015 with an 11-0 record. Away from tennis, he played Abberline in the TV series Forever 2014 and appeared in the documentary Andy Murray: Resurfacing 2019.
Murray married Kim Sears in 2015; they have children. He is the younger brother of Jamie Murray, a Grand Slam-winning doubles player. His mother Judy coached him early and is a well-known figure in British tennis. Murray has spoken openly about his video game addiction and said he rarely discusses the Dunblane massacre in interviews.
Murray’s three Grand Slam titles ended a 76-year British drought in men’s tennis. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him in 2017 for services to tennis and charity. His 2012 US Open win is frequently called a turning point for British sport. He is the only tennis player to win two Olympic singles golds. Murray’s influence reaches beyond tennis: his knighthood recognized both his playing and charity work. He is among Britain’s greatest athletes.
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When You Have Beaten Guys a Few Times, You Don’t Want Them to Think They Know How You Are Going to Play Them. You Have to Try and Find Different Ways of Beating Them. You Have to Do Things They Don’t Expect Sometimes, Put Something Unpredictable into Your Game.
When a Lot of Things Are Going the Wrong Way for a Country, for a People, When You Can’t Really Think of Anything Worse Than a War, You Always Try to Take Life on the Brighter Side and That’s How I Grew up with My Parents.
People Say to Me, ‘You Don’t Seem That Interested in Interviews.’ Well, You Know, I’m Not, Often. I’m Not Going to Talk Tactics with the Press, so You Are Left with Talking About How You Are Feeling; for Me, It Is Not the Most Interesting Thing to Be Doing.
I’ve Been Asked a Lot Lately If Tennis Is Clean or Not. I Don’t Know Any More How You Judge Whether a Sport Is Clean. If One in 100 Players Is Doping, in My Eyes That Isn’t a Clean Sport.
I Don’t Want a Flashy Car, Just Something That Would Allow Me to Stop Using the Tube. and It Would Be Good Not to Have to Rely on My Mum All the Time, Particularly When I Have to Listen to Her Singing in Her Car.
A Lot of the Players Are Very Complimentary About Each Other; They Embrace at the End of Matches Because the Level of the Tennis Has Been so Good. I Think That’s Something That Tennis Has Got to Be Proud Of.
You Have to Go into Each Match Believing You Can Beat All of the Players.
You Can’t Focus on Other People’s Careers. Everybody Is Different.
You Are Always Talking About Yourself and Tennis and How You Are Feeling. I Try to Avoid It When I Don’t Have To.
When I’m Training in December, I Have to Eat Like 6,000 Calories a Day to Maintain My Weight. It’s a Bit Tiring.
When I’m in Miami I Like to Go and Watch Basketball, the Miami Heat.
When I’m at Home, I Enjoy Going Go Karting.
Well, My Mum’s Been a Tennis Coach She Coached Me Till I Was 12.
To Be Honest, I Think Bananas Are a Pathetic Fruit.
There Is a Fear of Emotion in Tennis.
The Only Pressure I Feel Is the Pressure I Put on Myself to Win.
Tennis Is an Individual Sport, and I Am Quite a Self Conscious Person.
Sometimes You’re Looking to Play Perfect Tennis but It’s Not Going to Happen All the Time and You Have to Accept It.
One of the Things I Would Have Loved to Have Had Was a Family That Worked Better Together, Although I Love My Mother and Father to Bits.
Obviously You Try to Keep as Much of Your Private Life as Private as You Can.
Normally I Sleep for 9, 10 Hours a Night.
My Fitness Trainer’s English, My Physio’s English, Some of My Friends Are English. I Don’t Have a Problem with English People at All.
Like Most Guys, I’ve Always Liked Watches. I Can Always Check the Time on My Phone, but Having a Watch Is so Much Better.
It’s Easy to Start Over Thinking Things and Over Analysing Things.
In Tennis, It Is Not the Opponent You Fear, It Is the Failure Itself, Knowing How near You Were but Just Out of Reach.
If You Want a Player to Serve and Volley More, You Need to Teach Them to Do That More, How to Move at the Net.
I’ve Realised Over the Years I Play My Best When I Have Time to Prepare for Each Tournament as Best as Possible.
I’ve Never Felt Nervous in Front of Big Crowds and in Big Stadiums.
I Think Most Players Would Love, at One Stage in Their Career, to Say, ‘I’ve Been No. 1 in the World.’
I Tend Not to Argue About Things That I Don’t Believe In.
For Me, by Far, the Olympics Is the Biggest Sporting Event in the World.
Everything in Tennis Is so Neat and Nice but Boxing Has Sport Down to Its Essence; It Is Very Pure and I Like That.
Everybody Always Talks About the Pressure of Playing at Wimbledon, How Tough It Is, but the People Watching Make It so Much Easier to Play.
Contrary to My Image, I Do Have a Sense of Humour.
Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts and Tennis Are the Hardest Sports to Train For.
I Believe You Should Give 100% on the Court, so I Chase Every Ball.
I Am Scottish. I Am Also British.
I Am Not Stroppy at All.
I Am Not Anti English, and I Never Was.
Having a Normal Knee Would Make Life a Lot Easier.
I Play Fantasy Basketball and Fantasy Football, Soccer.
I Never Read. the Paper or Anything. I Watch a Lot of Movies, and TV Series and Stuff. but I Never, Ever Read.
I Love Music. I Listen to a Lot of It.
I Hate Losing.
I Don’t Actually Go to That Many Concerts.
A Lot of Athletes Use Sports Psychologists.
I Used to Think That Losing Made You More Hungry and Determined but After My Success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I Realise That Winning Is the Biggest Motivation.
I Don’t Play Any Tournaments to Come Second Best.
It’s Not the End of the World to Lose.
I’m Definitely Open to Change, but at the Same Time I Am Quite Stubborn.
Little-known facts about Andy Murray — origins, oddities, and behind-the-scenes details from a public life.
On July 7, 2013, Murray defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4 to win Wimbledon, becoming the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win the title. He was also the first British winner to wear shorts.
The Queen’s 2013 New Year Honours List granted Murray an OBE for services to tennis.
In 2017, Murray was knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours for services to tennis and charity.
Murray is the younger brother of doubles specialist Jamie Murray and the son of coach Judy Murray.
As an eight-year-old, Murray was at Dunblane Primary School during the 1996 massacre in which 16 children and a teacher were killed. He has rarely discussed the event, but his autobiography Hitting Back reveals his mother had given the killer lifts.
Ivan Lendl coached Murray from 2011 to 2014, including during his 2013 Wimbledon victory.
When Murray was 10, his parents Judy and William divorced.
As of January 2017, Murray’s net worth was estimated at $22.3 million.
Rafael Nadal defeated Murray three times at Wimbledon.
Murray’s first Grand Slam title came at the 2012 US Open; he later won Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016.
Based in London, England, Murray is primarily known as a tennis player.
Murray has a disappointing record at the Australian Open, losing all five finals and winning just two sets total.
His Wimbledon finals record stands at two wins and one loss.
Murray has described himself as addicted to video games.
In his Wimbledon debut in 2005, Murray won his first two matches.
At age 17 in 2004, Murray won the US Open boys’ singles title in his final junior season.
In a 2013 interview, Murray said that despite living in Spain for two years, he never became fluent in Spanish, though he understood it.
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