Monday, January 24, 2011

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Andrew "Andy" Murray born 15 May 1987 is a Scottish professional tennis player and current British No. 1. He is currently ranked No. 5 in the world, and was ranked No. 2 from 17 August 2009 to 31 August 2009. Murray achieved a top 10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 16 April 2007. He has reached two Grand Slam finals, the 2008 US Open and the 2010 Australian Open, losing to Roger Federer both times.In addition he has won six Masters 1000 series titles to date.
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. Alex Corretja is Murray's main coach as from July 2010.
Contents
1 Early life
1.1 Dunblane massacre
2 Career
2.1 Junior tennis
2.2 2005
2.3 2006
2.4 2007
2.5 2008
2.6 2009
2.7 2010
2.8 2011
3 Grand Slams
3.1 Grand Slam performance timeline
3.2 Grand Slam finals
3.2.1 Singles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runner-ups)
4 Career statistics
5 Playing style and equipment
6 Personal life
7 Image
7.1 National identity
7.2 Other incidents
8 References
9 External links
Early life
Andy Murray was born to Willie and Judy in Glasgow, Scotland. His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, was a professional footballer who played reserve team matches for Hibernian and in the Scottish Football League for Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath.Murray's brother, Jamie, is also a professional tennis player, playing on the doubles circuit. Murray was born with a bipartite patella, where the kneecap remains as two separate bones instead of fusing together in early childhood. He was diagnosed at the age of 16 and had to stop playing tennis for six months. Murray is seen frequently to hold his knee due to the pain caused by the condition, but manages it through a number of different approaches.
Following the separation of his parents when he was aged nine, Murray and Jamie lived with their father. Murray later attended Dunblane High School.
Dunblane massacre
Murray attended Dunblane Primary School, and was present during the 1996 Dunblane massacre. Thomas Hamilton killed 17 people before turning one of his four guns on himself. Murray took cover in a classroom. Murray says he was too young to understand what was happening and is reluctant to talk about it in interviews, but in his autobiography Hitting Back he says that he attended a youth group run by Hamilton, and that his mother gave Hamilton rides in her car.
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