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Andy Murray is a professional tennis player who has been ranked world number 1 for 41 weeks. He is the only player, male or female, to win two Olympic gold medals in singles, which he did at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics (since tennis was re-introduced to the Olympics in 1988). He has reached eleven
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finals in total, winning the
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,
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and the 2012 US Open, and finished as runner-up at the 2008 US Open, the 2010, 2011,
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, 2015 and
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, at Wimbledon in
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and the
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. Murray made his professional tennis debut on the main tour in
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in 2005. Murray has won 46 singles titles. This includes three
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titles, 14 Masters 1000 Series titles (the fifth-most since 1990), two gold medals at the Olympics, and a title at the ATP Finals. He also has two exhibition titles, two doubles titles with his brother
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and an
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silver medal in the mixed doubles with
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. Below is a list of career achievements and titles won by Andy Murray.


Career achievements

Murray reached his first Major semi-final and final at the 2008 US Open, where he lost in the final to
Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ...
in straight sets. He reached his second Major final at the 2010 Australian Open, again losing to Federer in straight sets. At the 2011 Australian Open, Murray's third Major final appearance ended in another straight sets defeat, this time at the hands of
Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...
. He made his fourth appearance in a Major final at the
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, becoming the first male British player since Bunny Austin in 1938 to make it to a Wimbledon final. He lost to Federer, who recovered from losing the first set to prevail in four sets. This meant that Murray matched Ivan Lendl's record of losing his first four Major finals. A month after this defeat, however, at the same venue, Murray won the gold medal at the
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, defeating Federer in three sets in the final, losing only 7 games. This was Murray's first victory over Federer in the best of five sets format. Later the same day, he and
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won the silver medal in the mixed doubles. In his fifth Major final appearance, at the 2012 US Open, he defeated Djokovic in five sets. By winning his first Major final at the fifth attempt, he again emulated his coach Ivan Lendl, who also needed five Major final appearances to win his maiden Grand Slam tournament. His victory over Djokovic took four hours and fifty-four minutes, equal to the 1988 US Open final between Ivan Lendl and Mats Wilander as the longest U.S. Open singles final in terms of time. In addition, Murray has appeared in 21 Masters 1000 Series finals, winning 14. He qualified for the
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every year from 2008 to 2016, with his best result coming in the 2016 event in which he went undefeated in round-robin play and then defeated
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in the semi-finals. En route to the final, he played the two longest 3-set matches in the event's history against
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and Raonic. In the final he defeated Djokovic in straight sets to clinch his first World Tour Finals crown, as well as the year-end No. 1 ranking. Murray has lost 25 finals in his career, of which 17 were against the other members of the Big Four (Djokovic 11, Federer 5,
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1). Between August 2010 when he lost to
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, and August 2016 when he lost to
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in the Cincinnati Masters, Murray's final losses all came against one of the Big Four. Additionally, in all but one of Murray's eleven grand slam finals, his opponent has been either Djokovic (7 times) or Federer (3 times) – the exception being the most recent, his win over Raonic at Wimbledon in 2016. Murray has taken 12 wins over #1-ranked players: 3 against Nadal, 4 against Federer, and 5 against Djokovic. He has won 11 out of 21 grand-slam semi-finals, with all but two of his defeats at that stage (the first in 2009 and the most recent in
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) coming against Nadal, Federer or Djokovic. Murray's 11 grand slam singles finals is the ninth best total of the Open Era. He is in the top 10 for most match wins at three of the four grand slams (5th at the Australian Open with 51 wins, 6th at Wimbledon with 60 wins, and 9th at the US Open with 48 wins). In Masters 1000 events (going back to 1990), his 14 titles rank him 5th overall. His win at the 2016 Paris Masters 1000 event was his 8th Tour title of the season and means that he has won 7 of the 9 different Masters 1000 events (missing Indian Wells and Monte Carlo).


Performance timelines


Singles

''Current through the 2023 Canadian Open.''


Doubles


Mixed doubles


Grand Slam finals


Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)


Other significant finals


Year–End Championships


Singles: 1 (1 title)


ATP Masters 1000 finals


Singles: 21 (14 titles, 7 runner-ups)


Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)


Olympic medal matches


Singles: 2 (2 gold medals)


Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)


Team competitions finals


ATP career finals


Singles: 71 (46 titles, 25 runner-ups)


Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)


ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals


Singles: 11 (10 titles, 1 runner-up)


Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)


ATP ranking

Andy Murray has spent in total 41 consecutive weeks as ATP world No. 1, from November 7, 2016 to August 20, 2017. :''*.''


Head-to-head records


Record against top-10 players

Murray's match record against those who have been
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in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface.


Record against players ranked No. 11–20

''Active players are in boldface.'' *
Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016.In 2005, López was t ...
11–0 *
Viktor Troicki Viktor Troicki ( sr-Cyrl, Виктор Троицки, ; born 10 February 1986) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup, and his second and third ATP singles titles at the 2015 a ...
8–0 *
Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi (born 21 February 1984) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on 28 January 2013. He became the first Italian to win a title on all three surfaces. Tennis ca ...
8–1 *
Sam Querrey Samuel Austin Querrey (; born October 7, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles. Known for his powerful serve ...
8–2 *
Ivo Karlović Ivo Karlović (; born 28 February 1979) is a former Croatian professional tennis player. His height of 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) makes him the joint tallest ranked tennis player in history, along with Reilly Opelka. He has won eight ATP sin ...
7–0 *
Juan Ignacio Chela Juan Ignacio Chela (; born 30 August 1979), nicknamed as “El Flaco” or “Liliano,” is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Chela was given a three-month ban from the professional tour in 2001 for failing a drugs test. Post-d ...
7–1 * Marcel Granollers 7–1 *
Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the ...
6–0 * Nick Kyrgios 6–1 *
Jarkko Nieminen Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen (born 23 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. His highest ranking of world No. 13, achieved in July 2006, is a Finnish record. He has won two Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles titles ...
5–0 *
Bernard Tomic Bernard Tomic (; hr, Bernard Tomić, ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player whose career-high ranking was world No. 17. As a junior, Tomic enjoyed a successful career in which he won an Orange Bowl title and two ju ...
5–0 *
Dmitry Tursunov Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (; born 12 December 1982) is a retired Russian tennis player and current tennis coach. At age 12 he moved to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player. His career-high singl ...
5–0 *
Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Cha ...
5–1 * Alexandr Dolgopolov 4–0 *
Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse (born 19 July 1980) is a former Belgian professional tennis player. Born in the north-western Flemish city of Kortrijk and nicknamed ''X-Man'', he is one of only two Belgian men (the other being David Goffin) to have been ranked ...
4–0 * Jerzy Janowicz 4–1 *
Nikoloz Basilashvili Nikoloz Basilashvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი, tr, ; born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 on 27 May 2019. In July 2018, ...
3–0 *
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3–0 *
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3–0 *
Max Mirnyi Maksim "Max" Mikalaevich Mirnyi ( be, Максім Мікалаевіч Мірны, ; russian: Максим Николаевич Мирный, ; born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Mirnyi became a doubles speci ...
3–0 * Benoît Paire 3–0 *
Kyle Edmund Kyle Steven Edmund (born 8 January 1995) is a South African born-British professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 and was the top-ranked male British tennis player from March 2018 through October 2019. E ...
3–1 *
Florian Mayer Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP fin ...
3–1 *
Andrei Pavel Andrei Pavel (born 27 January 1974) is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Career Andrei began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen. Turned professional in 1995. He won three singles tit ...
2–0 *
Fabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a French retired tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career, and he is ...
2–0 *
Borna Ćorić Borna Ćorić (; born 14 November 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. On 5 November 2018, he reached his best singles ranking of world No. 12. On 21 August 2022, Ćorić became the lowest-ranked champion in Masters 1000 history when ...
2–2 *
José Acasuso José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso (; born 20 October 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favoured clay. He was known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both side ...
1–0 *
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1–0 * Stefan Koubek 1–0 *
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1–0 *
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1–0 *
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1–1 *
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0–1 * Aslan Karatsev 0–1 *
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0–1 *
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0–4 :*'


Wins over top ranked players


Wins over top ranked opposition

Murray has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, top
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player, or if he was world No. 1 himself, then the highest ranked player other than himself which is the world No. 2.


Top-10 wins

Murray has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played,
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in the top 10. Murray has 12 wins over No. 1-ranked players, beating Djokovic 5 times, Federer 4 times and Nadal 3 times.


Career Grand Slam tournament seedings

The tournaments won by Murray are in boldface. ''* ''


ATP Tour career earnings

:''* Statistics correct .''


Olympics

Murray represented
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at his maiden Olympics in
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. He competed in the singles and doubles competitions. Despite being seeded sixth in the singles competition, he was eliminated in the first round by Chinese Taipei's
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. Along with his brother Jamie, he advanced to the second round of the doubles competition with a win over the Canadian pairing of Daniel Nestor and
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. The Murray brothers were eliminated in the second round by France's Arnaud Clément and Michael Llodra. In February, Murray pulled out of the Davis Cup tie against Argentina, because of a knee injury, so Argentina thrashed the under-strength British team. Jamie Murray scathingly criticised Andy and they did not speak to each other for a fortnight. Their rift continued in the Olympic doubles, over a perceived lack of effort from Andy. At the
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Olympics, Murray competed in the singles, doubles (partnering his brother Jamie) and
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(partnering Laura Robson). In the singles, he won the gold medal, including straight-set victories over Novak Djokovic in the semifinals and Roger Federer in the final, four weeks after Federer had beaten him in on the same court in the Wimbledon final. He also won the silver medal in the mixed doubles, losing to the Belarusian pairing of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka. Murray was the
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flag bearer during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He reached the gold medal match in the singles competition, whilst losing in the first and second rounds of the men's doubles and mixed doubles competitions respectively. After a 4-hour final, Murray defeated
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and successfully retained his title as Olympic champion, achieving a second Olympic gold medal – a feat which no other male singles player has achieved. Murray attributed the motivation of his win as coming from
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's 10,000 m win.


Davis Cup


Year by year


2005

Murray made his Davis Cup debut for
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in the Europe/Africa Zone Group 1 2nd Round against Israel in 2005 at 17 years of age, the youngest ever player for Great Britain. He teamed up with fellow debutant
David Sherwood David Sherwood is a British tennis coach and retired tennis player. In his only live Davis Cup match, Sherwood played doubles with Andy Murray beating the Israeli World No 4 doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, Early and personal life ...
and came out victorious in the crucial doubles rubber against the experienced
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and
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, helping Britain advance 3–2. In September, Murray played his debut singles match for the Davis Cup in the World Group Play-off against Switzerland in Geneva on clay with
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, Alan Mackin and
David Sherwood David Sherwood is a British tennis coach and retired tennis player. In his only live Davis Cup match, Sherwood played doubles with Andy Murray beating the Israeli World No 4 doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, Early and personal life ...
. Captain Jeremy Bates surprised everyone by naming Murray as the British No 1 and Alan Mackin as British No 2. Under the Davis Cup rules, this meant that for Friday's singles, Murray played the Swiss No 2, Stan Wawrinka while Mackin played the Swiss No 1,
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. Bates opted for this line-up believed that Federer was virtually unbeatable because he was on a winning streak and hadn't lost since June, and consequently Britain gambled on beating Wawrinka twice, with Murray playing Wawrinka on Friday when he was freshest. Under the rules for the Sunday reverse singles, he would have been able to substitute Mackin with Greg Rusedski, so that Rusedski would play Wawrinka, while Murray played Federer. However Great Britain lost both of their Friday rubbers, giving Switzerland a 2–0 lead. In the doubles, Murray/Rusedski played Federer and
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. The British tactics came to nought as Switzerland won the doubles rubber as well, gaining an unassailable 3–0 lead after two days. Alan Mackin and David Sherwood were consequently nominated for the dead singles rubbers losing both of them, resulting in a clean sweep for Switzerland.


2006

For the Europe/Africa Zone Group I tie against Serbia and Montenegro, Murray had been suffering with a bacterial infection, so he was restricted to playing the doubles alongside
Greg Rusedski Gregory Rusedski (born 6 September 1973) is a British and Canadian former tennis player. He was the British No. 1 in 1997, 1999 and 2006, and reached the ATP ranking of world No. 4 for periods from 6 October 1997 to 12 October 1997 and from 25 ...
, which they lost. With
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also losing in the singles, Great Britain were beaten 3–2. In the same week as the relegation 1st round play-off against Israel, Murray was officially entered for the ATP tournament in Indianapolis, sparking fears about his commitment. There was a controversial move by the Lawn Tennis Association to pay £500,000 towards the cost of Murray's next coach, Brad Gilbert as a way of securing Murray's long-term services for the Davis Cup team. In the event, Murray played, winning his first singles. However he lost the doubles with Jamie Delgado, during which Murray damaged his shoulder and neck. He was diagnosed with whiplash, causing him to sit out the final day's singles, and eventually Great Britain were beaten 3–2 to proceed to the relegation 2nd round play-off against Ukraine. With Murray and Greg Rusedski playing, Great Britain 2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I#Great Britain vs. Ukraine, beat Ukraine 3–2, to stay in Group I.


2007

In the 2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I#Great Britain vs. Netherlands, tie against the Netherlands, Murray and Tim Henman won the opening singles, then Jamie Murray and Greg Rusedski won the doubles to secure victory. Rusedski announced his retirement on the doubles court. In the run up to 2007 Davis Cup World Group play-offs#Great Britain vs. Croatia, World Group play-off against Croatia, Tim Henman had announced he would retire after this match. Murray said "I'm not going to want to let the team down or let Tim down, I'd feel terrible if I was the one that was responsible for losing Tim's last tie. This means a lot to me and it's definitely going to be the biggest Davis Cup match of my career.". "Everyone is going to want to win for Tim. I'm hoping the way I play will show him what his career meant to my development and me." Great Britain beat Croatia 4–1 to qualify for the World Group in 2008. After the retirement of Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski, the Davis Cup team was now dependent on Murray having to win three matches, though Henman had told him how wearing and time-consuming that can be. While the LTA was funding Brad Gilbert, Murray was obligated to play for his country, but in November, Murray finished with Brad Gilbert as his coach.


2008

Murray skipped the World Group 1st round tie against 2008 Davis Cup World Group#Argentina vs. Great Britain, Argentina, over fears he could exacerbate a knee injury, leaving the British team in a hopeless situation – they lost 4–1. Jamie was furious that Andy was letting them down and the Murrays would not speak to each other for two weeks. Seven months later, as the brothers prepared for the tie against Austria, Andy declared that he had healed the rift with Jamie. When Jamie Murray and Ross Hutchins were beaten in the doubles, John Lloyd suffered criticism for not playing Andy. Great Britain lost their 2008 Davis Cup World Group play-offs#Great Britain vs. Austria, World Group play-off to Austria 3–2 and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group I.


2009

Murray withdrew from the tie against Ukraine after failing to shake off a virus, and 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I#Ukraine vs. Great Britain, Great Britain lost 4–1. Murray suffered an injury to his left wrist at the US Open, and would have rested if his next event had not been the Davis Cup. At the 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I#Great Britain vs. Poland, Poland match, he won both his singles rubbers. For the doubles with Ross Hutchins, Murray began in the right-hand court, the side usually occupied by the less dominant partner, so as to afford more protection to his troublesome left wrist than when striking double-handed backhands from the left court., though allowed his partner to resume his usual role in the second set. However, the pair succumbed to the world-class Polish duo, and Poland won 3–2;Great Britain were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the first time since 1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone, 1996. Murray had aggravated his wrist injury, so couldn't play for another six weeks.


2010

Murray pulled out of the match against Lithuania, so younger players could gain more international experience, and to allow him to focus on trying to win Grand Slam titles. His absence was criticised by Davis Cup captain John Lloyd (tennis), John Lloyd. The Lithuanian side entered the tie as underdogs; fielding a team of teenagers, but 2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II#Great Britain vs. Lithuania, Lithuania won 3–2. This was the first time that Great Britain had lost five ties in a row and was described as a humiliating Davis Cup defeat for Great Britain. It led to the resignation of John Lloyd as Davis Cup captain, with Britain now threatened with relegation to the lowest tier of the competition.


2011

Murray returned for the 2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II#Great Britain vs. Luxembourg, Europe/Africa Zone Group II tie versus Luxembourg. He beat Laurent Bram, a tennis coach, 6–0, 6–0, 6–0, the last time a Briton had achieved this score line in Davis Cup was Alan Mills (tennis), Alan Mills defeating Josef Offenheim in 1959, also against Luxembourg. Andy and Jamie Murray teamed up for the first time in Davis Cup doubles for a straight sets win. In his second singles match, Andy then recorded a third straight sets victory, over No. 81 Gilles Müller, with Great Britain eventually winning 4–1. Three of Hungary's top four players were not available for the 2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II#Great Britain vs. Hungary, Great Britain vs Hungary tie, so Murray defeated Sebő Kiss, a law student without a ranking, in his first singles rubber. Earlier, James Ward (tennis), James Ward overcame sickness to beat the Hungarian No 1, then Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins won the doubles, and Great Britain was promoted into Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the first time since 2009. Afterwards, Murray criticised the tournament schedule and cast doubt on his availability for next year's Davis Cup.


2012

Murray intended to play 2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I#Great Britain vs. Slovakia, in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I tie against Slovakia, but was prevented by injury concerns after the 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles, Australian Open. In any event, Great Britain won 3–2.


2013

By 2013, Great Britain's other tennis players had earned the team a chance to return to the World Group. Murray was suffering a vulnerable back and intended to have surgery after the US Open. Murray revealed that the fear of being branded "unpatriotic" led him to delay the surgery until after the Davis Cup tie in Croatia in September, which jeopardised his place in the next Australian Open. With Croatia's No 1
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absent for committing a doping offence, Murray won both his singles matches and the doubles with Colin Fleming, 2013 Davis Cup World Group play-offs#Croatia vs. Great Britain, Great Britain eventually winning 4–1, for their first victory on clay since Ukraine in 2006, and returning to the World Group for the first time since 2008.


2014

At the 2014 Davis Cup World Group#United States vs. Great Britain, World Group first round tie against the United States in San Diego, Murray defeated Donald Young (tennis), Donald Young and James Ward (tennis), James Ward unexpectedly beat
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on the first day. On the last day, Murray beat Sam Querrey to put Great Britain into the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup for the 1986 Davis Cup World Group, first time since 1986. Britain's only previous victory on American soil was 1903 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, 111 years ago. Murray had to recover from a virus to play in the 2014 Davis Cup World Group#Italy vs. Great Britain, Quarter Final tie against Italy in Naples after missing the Thursday draw ceremony. James Ward lost his rain delayed match, while Murray's match against
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was halted on Friday evening due to fading light with the score at one set and 5–5 to Murray. On Saturday morning, Murray finished his match, winning in three sets. Two hours later, Murray partnered Colin Fleming to win the doubles rubber. Murray had only beaten one top ten player on clay, Nikolay Davydenko, back in 2009, and was upset by No. 13 Fabio Fognini in straight sets, which took Great Britain to the deciding final rubber. However, James Ward (tennis), James Ward was defeated by Andreas Seppi, also in straight sets, knocking Great Britain out of the Davis Cup.


2015

Murray helped lead Great Britain to the final of the World Group for the first time since 1978, winning both his singles rubbers in the matches against the US, France and Australia. In the final against Belgium in Ghent, Murray beat Ruben Bemelmans and combined with brother Jamie to win the doubles rubber before defeating David Goffin to 2015 Davis Cup World Group#Belgium vs. Great Britain, win the Davis Cup for Great Britain, 1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge#Challenge Round, 79 years after the national team's last win.


2016

Murray led Britain against Japan in the first World Group match in Birmingham, before sitting out the quarter final in Belgrade against Serbia which fell just after Wimbledon. He returned for the semifinal against Argentina, where Great Britain lost.


2019

In his only match in this year's Davis Cup, Murray defeated the Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor in the group stages against the Netherlands.


2022

Murray competed in two doubles matches and one singles match for Great Britain in this year's Davis Cup Finals. Partnered with Joe Salisbury, they lost to the United States' Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock, and the Netherlands' Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop. Both matches were the deciding factor in each tie, which Great Britain lost 2–1. Great Britain therefore did not qualify for the quarterfinals. Murray then took part in his only singles match this year, against Kazakhstan, where he was victorious.


Participations (41–10)

* indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by Davis Cup#Ties and rubbers, the score, date, place of event, Davis Cup structure, the zonal classification and its phase, and Tennis court#Types of tennis courts, the court surface.


Notable exhibitions


Singles finals: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-up)


Team competitions


See also

*List of career achievements by Andy Murray *Open Era tennis records – men's singles *All-time tennis records - men's singles * List of Grand Slam men's singles champions *List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players *List of highest ranked tennis players per country *List of flag bearers for Great Britain at the Olympics *2016 Summer Olympics national flag bearers *Sport in Great Britain *Big Four career statistics


References


External links

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Andy Murray at the ITF profile
* {{Men's Tennis Player Seasons: 2010–2019 Andy Murray Andy Murray tennis seasons Tennis career statistics, Murray, Andy