This is 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 first tennis player and only man in history to have won two Olympic gold medals in the singles category and on two different surfaces (grass in 2012, and hard 2016). Subsequent to his success at the Olympics in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013, Murray was voted the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
By reaching 2016 French Open final, Murray became the 10th man since the Open Era began in 1968 to reach the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments. [1]
In 2016, he became the only man in history to win singles titles at a Grand Slam, the Olympic Games, a Masters 1000 event, and the Year-End Championships in the same calendar year.
Murray is a two-time Olympic champion. In the 2012 Olympic Games, Murray defeated Roger Federer 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.
Time Span | Records at each Grand Slam tournament | Players matched |
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2008 US Open — 2012 Wimbledon | First 4 finals lost [2] | Ivan Lendl |
2008 US Open — 2016 French Open | Runner-up finishes at all 4 Majors | Ivan Lendl Roger Federer |
2012 US Open — 2013 Australian Open | Reached final of next consecutive tournament after winning first title [3] | Daniil Medvedev |
2012 Olympics — 2012 US Open | Winner of Olympic singles gold medal and US Open in same calendar year [4] | Stands alone |
2016 Wimbledon — 2016 Olympics | Winner of Olympic singles gold medal and Wimbledon in same calendar year | Rafael Nadal |
2012 Olympics — 2013 Wimbledon | Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and Wimbledon[ citation needed ] | Rafael Nadal |
2012 Olympics — 2013 Wimbledon | Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal, Wimbledon and US Open | Rafael Nadal |
2012 Olympics — 2016 Olympics | Simultaneous holder of two Olympic singles gold medals and Wimbledon | Stands alone |
2012 Olympics — 2013 Wimbledon | Simultaneous holder of two Olympic medals and two singles Majors [ citation needed ] | Stands alone |
Grand Slam tournaments | Time Span | Records at each Grand Slam tournament | Players matched |
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Australian Open | 2010–2016 | 5 runner-up finishes overall | Stands alone |
2010–2011 2015–2016 | 2 consecutive runner-up finishes | Pat Cash Steve Denton Stefan Edberg | |
2010–2016 | First 5 finals lost | Stands alone [5] | |
Wimbledon | 2012 | Latest finish for a match (11:02 pm) vs. Marcos Baghdatis [6] | Marcos Baghdatis |
US Open | 2012 | Longest final (by duration) vs. Novak Djokovic [7] | Ivan Lendl Mats Wilander Novak Djokovic |
2012 | Longest tiebreak in a final (by points – 22) vs. Novak Djokovic [7] | Novak Djokovic |
Time span | Other selected records | Players matched |
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2009–2016 | 5 Queen's Club Championships titles | Stands alone |
2010–2012 | 3 consecutive Shanghai Masters finals | Stands alone |
2010–2016 | 4 Shanghai Masters finals | Novak Djokovic |
2010–2015 | Winner of US Open Series twice | Rafael Nadal Andy Roddick |
2006–2015 | Most top-3 finishes in US Open Series (5) | John Isner |
2011 | Triple bagel win (6–0, 6–0, 6–0) | Nikola Špear Karel Nováček Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl Sergi Bruguera other 11 players |
2012–2016 | Two consecutive Olympic singles gold medals | Stands alone |
Two consecutive Olympic singles finals | Stands alone | |
Winner of two Olympic singles gold medals | 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 | |
2012 | Two medals won at the same Olympics | Mike Bryan Stefan Edberg Fernando Gonzalez Goran Ivanišević Nicolás Massú Miloslav Mečíř |
2015 | Eight Davis Cup singles wins in a year | John McEnroe Mats Wilander |
2012–2016 | Winner of Grand Slam, World Tour Finals, Olympic Games and Masters 1000 singles titles | Andre Agassi |
Winner of Grand Slam, World Tour Finals, Olympic Games and Masters 1000 singles titles in same year | Stands alone | |
2006–2023 | 11 match wins after trailing 0–2 in sets | Stands alone |
Achievements below are all as a singles player
Time span | Description | Comments |
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2016 | 13 Tour finals in a single season | Tied for 27th in Open Era |
2016 | 7 consecutive Tour finals | Tied for 14th in Open Era |
2016 | 9 Tour titles in a single season | Tied for 29th in Open Era |
2006–2017 | 12 consecutive seasons with 1+ title per season | Tied for 6th in Open Era |
2006–2019 | 46 career Tour titles | Tied for 15th in Open Era |
2016–2017 | 28 consecutive Tour-level match wins | Tied for 22nd in Open Era |
2016 | 3 Masters 1000 titles in a single season | Tied for 14th in Open Era |
2016 | 5 Masters 1000 finals in a single season | Tied for 7th in Open Era |
2016 | 1 career World Tour Finals title | Tied for 11th in the Open Era |
2016 | 3 grand slam finals in a single season | Tied for 7th in Open Era |
2005–2016 | 11 career grand slam finals | Tied for 9th in the Open Era |
2012–2016 | 3 career grand slam titles | Tied for 18th in Open Era |
2011 | Made semi-finals or better in all 4 grand slams | 7th player in Open Era |
2016 | 78 Tour-level match wins in a single season [8] | Tied for 59th in Open Era |
2016 | 16 match wins over top-10 opponents in a single season | Tied for 29th in Open Era |
2006–2016 | 12 match wins over No.1 ranked opponents | 5th in Open Era |
2016 | $16,349,701 single season earnings | 3rd highest all-time |
2005–2024 | $64,687,542 career earnings | 4th highest all-time |
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