Wimbledon champion Andy Murray
Updated: 2013-07-08 08:04
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Factbox on Andy Murray who won his second Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon on Sunday by beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4 in the final.
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Andy Murray of Britain celebrates as he defeats Novak Djokovic of Serbia in their men's singles final tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London, July 7, 2013. [Photo/Agencies] |
* Born: Glasgow, Scotland, May 15, 1987 (age 26)
* A survivor of the 1996 Dunblane School massacre
* A talented all-round sportsman, he turned down a promising career as a soccer player to focus on tennis, leaving his homeland at age 15 to train in Barcelona.
* Became the first British player since Greg Rusedski in 1997 to make a Grand Slam final when he played the 2008 championship decider in New York, losing to Roger Federer in straight sets.
* Made the Australian Open final in 2010, losing to Federer, again in straight sets.
* In 2011, he reached the Australian Open final for the second straight year, but lost to Djokovic, also in straight sets.
* In 2012, he hired former world number one Ivan Lendl as his coach.
* He became the first British man to reach the final at Wimbledon since Bunny Austin in 1938. He lost to Federer but won a set.
* A few weeks later, he avenged his loss to Federer when he won the gold medal at the London Olympics.
* In winning the US Open, he became the first British man to win a Grand Slam singles title since Fred Perry won the US Open in 1936.
* He beat Djokovic in an epic five-set US Open final in 2012 to win his first Grand Slam title.
* Djokovic got his revenge at this year's Australian Open, coming from behind to beat Murray 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-2.
* Murray missed this year's French Open due to injury
* Beats top seed Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4 to become first British man to win Wimbledon singles title since 1936.
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