List of career achievements by Andy Murray

This a list of career achievements by Andy Murray.

At the 2012 US Open, Murray became the first British player since 1977, and the first British man since 1936, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final in five sets. This title made him the only British male to become a Grand Slam singles champion during the Open Era. On 7 July 2013, Murray won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first British player to win a Wimbledon senior singles title since Virginia Wade in 1977, and the first British man to win the Men's Singles Championship since Fred Perry, 77 years previously. Murray is the only man in history to have won Olympic Gold and the US Open in the same calendar year, as well as the third man to hold the Gold Medal and two majors on different surfaces (after Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal). He is also the very first tennis player and only man in its history to have won two Olympics Gold Medal in the singles category and on two different surfaces (grass in 2012, and hard 2016), making a consecutive Olympics singles Gold Medal final in Rio 2016 and defending his title by defeating Juan Martín del Potro in the Gold Medal singles final. Subsequent to his success at the Olympics and Wimbledon in 2013, Murray was voted the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

By reaching 2016 French Open final Andy Murray becomes one of only 10 men since the open era began in 1968 to have reached the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments.[1]

Olympic Games

Murray is the reigning two-time Olympic champion. In the 2012 Olympic Games, Murray defeated Roger Federer at the in straight sets to win the gold medal in the men's singles final, becoming the first British singles champion in over 100 years. In the 2016 Olympic Games, Murray defeated Juan Martín del Potro in 4 sets to defend his singles gold medal. He also won a silver medal in the mixed doubles, playing with Laura Robson.

Grand Slam tournaments - Open Era Records

Time Span Records at each Grand Slam tournament Players matched
2008 US Open —
2012 Wimbledon		First 4 finals lost[2]Ivan Lendl
2010 Australian Open —
2016 Australian Open		5 runner-up finishes at a single Major[3]Ivan Lendl
Novak Djokovic
2008 US Open —
2016 French Open		Runner-up finishes at all 4 MajorsIvan Lendl
Roger Federer
2012 US Open —
2013 Australian Open		Reached final of next consecutive tournament after winning first title[4] Stands alone
2012 Olympics —
2012 US Open		Winner of Olympic singles gold medal and US Open in same calendar year[5]Stands alone
2016 Wimbledon —
2016 Olympics		Winner of Olympic singles gold medal and Wimbledon in same calendar yearRafael Nadal
2012 Olympics —
2013 Wimbledon		Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and WimbledonRafael Nadal
2012 Olympics —
2013 Wimbledon		Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal, Wimbledon and US OpenRafael Nadal
2012 Olympics —
2016 Olympics		Simultaneous holder of two Olympic singles gold medals and WimbledonStands alone
2012 Olympics —
2013 Wimbledon		Simultaneous holder of two Olympic medals and two singles Majors Stands alone

Records at each Grand Slam tournament

Grand Slam tournaments Time Span Records at each Grand Slam tournament Players matched
Australian Open2010–2016 5 runner-up finishes overallStands alone
2010–2011
2015–2016		2 consecutive runner-up finishesPat Cash
Steve Denton
Stefan Edberg
2010–2016First 5 finals lostStands alone[6]
Wimbledon2012Latest finish for a match (11:02) vs. Marcos Baghdatis[7]Marcos Baghdatis
US Open2012Longest final (by duration) vs. Novak Djokovic[8]Ivan Lendl
Mats Wilander
Novak Djokovic
2012Longest tiebreak in a final (by points – 22) vs. Novak Djokovic[8] Novak Djokovic

Other selected records (Olympics, ATP 500 Series, ATP Masters 1000, & Davis Cup)

Time span Other selected records Players matched
2009–20165 Queen's Club Championships titlesStands alone
2010–20112 consecutive Shanghai Masters titlesNovak Djokovic
2010–20163 Shanghai Masters titlesNovak Djokovic
2010–20123 consecutive Shanghai Masters finalsStands alone
2010–20164 Shanghai Masters finalsStands alone
2010–2015Winner of US Open Series twiceRafael Nadal
Andy Roddick
2006–2015Most top-3 finishes in US Open Series (5)John Isner
2011Triple bagel win (6–0, 6–0, 6–0)Nikola Špear
Karel Nováček
Stefan Edberg
Ivan Lendl
Sergi Bruguera
2012–2016 Two consecutive Olympic singles gold medals Stands alone
Two consecutive Olympic singles finals Stands alone
Winner of two Olympic singles gold medals in Open Era Stands alone
Winner of two Olympic singles gold medals on two different surfaces (Grass and Hard) Stands alone
Winner of two Olympic gold medals in open era Nicolas Massu
Rafael Nadal
2012Two medals won at the same OlympicsMike Bryan
Stefan Edberg
Fernando Gonzalez
Goran Ivanišević
Nicolás Massú
Miloslav Mečíř
2015Eight Davis Cup singles wins in a yearJohn McEnroe
Mats Wilander
2016Winner of Grand Slam, ATP World Tour Finals, Olympic Games and Masters 1000 titles in same year Stands alone

Awards and honours

Notes

  1. ↑ ATP World Tour Finals semifinal lost. Rafael Nadal 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–7(6)
  2. ↑ Rome semifinal lost. Novak Djokovic 1–6, 6–3, 6–7(2)
  3. ↑ Shanghai final lost. Novak Djokovic 7–5, 6–7(11), 3–6

References

  1. ↑ Andy Murray beats Stan Wawrinka to reach his first French Open final
  2. ↑ Clarey, Christopher (8 July 2012). "Federer Beats Murray, and Britain, for Seventh Wimbledon Title". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2012. The only other man in the Open era to lose his first four major finals is Ivan Lendl ...
  3. ↑ "Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to win sixth Australian Open title". BBC Sport. 31 January 2016. [Murray] becomes only the second man - behind his former coach Ivan Lendl at the US Open - to lose five finals at the same Grand Slam since the open era began in 1968.
  4. ↑ "Australian Open Men's Final Open Thread: Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray". tennis-x.com. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Alleyne, Richard (11 September 2012). "Andy Murray's US Open victory hailed as perfect end to perfect summer of sport". The Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Murray "proud" after semi-final win over Berdych". Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Mitchell, Kevin (30 June 2012). "Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray beats Marcos Baghdatis in latest finish". The Observer. London. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Andy Murray wins Open, first Slam". ESPN. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "2010 Best Matches of the Year". atpworldtour.com. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "2011 Best ATP World Tour match of the Year". atpworldtour.com. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  11. ↑ "2012 Best ATP World Tour match of the Year". atpworldtour.com. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Honorary degree and freedom of Stirling for Andy Murray". BBC News. BBC.com. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Murray Given Freedom of Merton". Association of Tennis Professionals. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "Andy Murray given Freedom of Merton". Merton Council. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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