Andy Murray – tennis legend from Scotland
Andy Murray, or Sir Andrew Barron Murray, OBE, as his full name is, was born on May 15, 1987 in Glasgow, Scotland. For a long time he was one of the "Big Four", the four dominant players of the 2010s. Alongside Andy Murray, these are Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic .
When Murray was three years old, his mother Judy, who is a tennis coach, took him to the tennis court. Together with his younger brother Jamie, who is a highly successful doubles player, the family grew up in Dunblane, outside Glasgow. When the massacre happened in 1996, the two brothers were at school and were hiding in a classroom.
Andy Murray was ten years old when his parents separated. The two brothers lived with their father William, but were still coached by their mother Judy. She coached her older son for a total of nine years. In 2002, when Andy was 15, Glasgow Rangers invited him to play football at their academy. However, he preferred to play tennis and went to Barcelona instead to continue his development as a tennis professional at the academy of former world number one Emilio Sánchez.
Andy Murray, who describes himself as a feminist and has been a vocal advocate for female tennis professionals and coaches, married his long-time girlfriend Kim Sears in 2015, who often accompanies him on tour. Off the tennis court, Murray supports many small local businesses through crowdfunding.
Style: Outstanding transition play
Andy Murray is an all-court player with excellent defensive skills. He is considered one of the best defensive players of all time and scores many winners from almost hopeless positions. His quick switching from defense to attack is unparalleled. The 1.91 meter tall right-hander makes very few mistakes on groundstrokes, and his two-handed backhand is considered one of the best on the tour.
Tactical finesse, coupled with an outstanding ability to anticipate, make Andy Murray one of the best players of his generation. One of his few weaknesses is his second serve, which he has worked on and refined for years. Another strength of the grass and hard court lover is his drop shots coupled with effective trips to the net. But what makes him such a special player is his aforementioned ability to surprise opponents with breathtaking winners from even the most hopeless positions.
Beginnings, breakthrough & milestones on the tour
Andy Murray, described by his former coach Leon Smith as "incredibly ambitious", was already very successful as a youth player and is one of the very few to have won the Orange Bowl - the unofficial youth world championship in tennis - twice: in 1999 and 2001. Murray made his professional debut in 2005 and in the same year became the youngest Briton ever to represent his country in the Davis Cup. Just one year later, now ranked 42nd in the world, he replaced Tim Henman as the British number one and won his first ATP tournament when he defeated the then number eleven in the world, Lleyton Hewitt, in the final of the SAP Open. In 2007, Andy Murray was ranked in the top 10 in the world for the first time in his career. And his rise into the tennis elite continued.
In 2008, Andy Murray reached his first Grand Slam final at the US Open, which he lost to Roger Federer in three sets, and won his first Masters title in Cincinnati. Four years later, he won the gold medal in singles at the London Olympics and the silver medal in mixed doubles with Laura Robson. In the final, he defeated Federer, who he had lost to just a few weeks earlier in his first Wimbledon final. But shortly after the Olympics, Andy finally won: in the final of the US Open, he beat Marin Cilic and won his first Grand Slam title - the first Scot to do so since Scott Mahoney in 1896.
A year later, Andy Murray finally won his home tournament in Wimbledon, with a three-set victory against Novak Djokovic. The last time such a success was achieved was the legendary Fred Perry in 1936. In 2015, he triumphed in the Davis Cup over Belgium, again the first for his home country since 1936. 2016 turned out to be one of the best years of Andy Murray's career. In Rio, he became the first tennis professional to ever defend his gold medal, won the world's most important grass tournament for the second time, as well as the ATP finals, and ended the year ranked number 1 in the ATP world rankings.
The following years were marked by injuries for Andy Murray, which meant that he was unable to match the performances of previous years and was unable to remain among the Big Four. In 2018 and 2019 he had to undergo hip surgery, which meant that at one point his career was even on the cards. Against all expectations, Murray returned to the tour and even won a tournament again after defeating Stan Wawrinka in the final of the European Open, with whom he has a long-standing, respectful rivalry. In the same year, Andy Murray was knighted by Prince Charles for his services to British tennis.
Andy Murray swears by these tennis things
In his numerous successes, Andy Murray always had reliable partners at his side. This doesn't just mean his coaching team, but also his tennis suppliers, who always provide him with the very best equipment for the court. Because without good tennis equipment, all the training and good preparation is of little use. That's why Andy Murray plays with tennis rackets and strings from HEAD. And when it comes to his tennis clothing, the Scottish tennis star relies on the quality of the relatively new Liverpool company Castore.
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