Andy Murray
 
PROFILE
  • Birth Name: Andrew Murray
  • Birth Date: May 15, 1987
  • Birth Place: Glasgow, Scotland
  • Height: 6'3"
  • Turned Professional: 2005
 
PICTURES
 

August 3, 2008
Western & Sourthern Financial Group Masters

August 3, 2008
Western & Sourthern Financial Group Masters

August 3, 2008
Western & Sourthern Financial Group Masters

August 3, 2008
Western & Sourthern Financial Group Masters
       

July 2, 2008
Quarterfinal - Wimbledon

June 30, 2008
4th round - Wimbledon

June 26, 2008
2nd round - Wimbledon

June 24, 2008
1st round - Wimbledon
       

May 30, 2008
3rd round - French Open

May 28, 2008
2nd round - French Open

May 25, 2008
1st round French Open

September 1, 2007
US Open
       

September 1, 2007
US Open

September 1, 2007
US Open

August 30, 2007
US Open

August 30, 2007
US Open
       

August 30, 2007
US Open

August 27, 2007
US Open

August 27, 2007
US Open

August 27, 2007
US Open
       
BIOGRAPHY
       
Andrew "Andy" Murray is a Scottish tennis player, who is currently the highest-ranking British player. Murray broke into the official ATP Top 10 for the first time on April 16, 2007, achieving his current career-high of No. 8 on June 18, 2007. He re-entered the Top 10 on January 7, 2008 at No. 9, but slipped to No, 12 after the Australian Open. His ranking as of February 18, 2007 is 10. In December 2005, he won the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year Award, and the sport section of the Top Scot awards. His elder brother Jamie is Great Britain's highest ranked doubles player.

In late 2007 Murray split with his former coach, American Brad Gilbert. He is now working with a team of fitness experts, with former player Miles Maclagan currently acting as his main coach.

Murray was a former pupil of Dunblane Primary School between 1992 to 1999. He was eight years old and in Primary Four when the Dunblane Massacre devastated the school, resulting in the deaths of a teacher and sixteen Primary One pupils. Murray, however, says he was shielded from the aftermath of the tragedy and, still being a child, wasn't truly aware of what was going on. In 1999, he went on to attend Dunblane High School.

Between the ages of 11 and 13 Murray was a member of the junior tennis team at the Next Generation club in Newhaven, Edinburgh, where he played regularly. At 14 he moved to Barcelona in Spain, where he attended the Schiller International School and trained on the clay courts of the Sánchez-Casal Academy, where he was nicknamed 'Lazy English'. He won the Boys Singles title at the US Open in 2004, and won BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year the same year. He finished higher education in 2005.

In an interview with Gabby Logan for the BBC's Inside Sport programme, Andy said that he was both Scottish and British and was comfortable and happy with his British identity. He said he saw no conflict between the two and was equally proud of them. He also mentioned that while Wimbledon was not his favourite tournament, he loved the support of the British fans. There is some suspicion that this was a public relations comment however, as one year previously he commented that he would not support the England football team at the World Cup, although it should be noted his comment was tongue-in-cheek.
       
 

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