The 21st century
Great Britain · born Glasgow, 1987 · twice Wimbledon champion · Olympic champion on Centre Court
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2
Wimbledon singles titles, 2013 and 2016
77
Years since a British man won Wimbledon
5
Queen's Club singles titles, a record
10
Wimbledon quarter-finals in a row, 2008 to 2017
6-2, 6-1, 6-4
Olympic final against Federer, Centre Court 2012
Born in Glasgow in 1987 and raised in Dunblane, Murray turned professional in 2005 and reached the third round at Wimbledon that summer. He won three major singles titles, the US Open in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016, and two Olympic singles golds, at Wimbledon in 2012 and in Rio in 2016. In 2015 he led Great Britain to its first Davis Cup title since 1936, and on 7 November 2016 he became world No. 1, a ranking he held for 41 weeks. He was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours. He came back from hip-resurfacing surgery and retired after the Paris Olympics on 1 August 2024 with 46 ATP singles titles and a 739-262 match record.
| Wimbledon singles | Champion 2013, 2016; runner-up 2012; semi-finals 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015; quarter-finals 2008, 2014, 2017 |
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| Wimbledon finals | 2012: lost to Roger Federer 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 4-6. 2013: beat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. 2016: beat Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 |
| Olympics at Wimbledon, 2012 | Singles gold, beat Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4; mixed doubles silver with Laura Robson |
| Queen's Club | Singles champion 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, a record five; doubles champion 2019 with Feliciano López |
| Wimbledon doubles and mixed | Mixed third round 2019 with Serena Williams; men's doubles first round 2024 with his brother Jamie, his farewell match at the Championships |
| Davis Cup on grass | 2015 quarter-final against France at Queen's Club: beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon and won the doubles with Jamie Murray; Britain won 3-1 to reach its first semi-final in 34 years |
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| 2013 | Men's singles | |
| 2016 | Men's singles | |
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| 2009 | Men's singles | |
| 2011 | Men's singles | |
| 2013 | Men's singles | |
| 2015 | Men's singles | |
| 2016 | Men's singles | |
| 2019 | Men's doubles | with Feliciano López |
| Olympic Games | ||
| 2012 | Men's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"It's the hardest few points I've had to play in my life."
The person behind the player.
Wimbledon 2012 · Final
After losing his first Wimbledon final to Roger Federer in four sets, he began his on-court speech by congratulating Federer, then broke down. "I'll try not to look at him as I'll start again," he said. His summary of the day was short: "I'm getting closer." He called it the best he had played in a major final.
Source: City AMWimbledon 2013 · After the final
Asked about Fred Perry, the last British men's champion, he said it was a name he had heard throughout his career and "a shame I never got to meet him." He dedicated the win partly to his coach Ivan Lendl, who never won Wimbledon as a player: "I know he did everything he could to try to win this while he was playing."
Source: Tennis.comQueen's Club 2013 and 2017
He gave his £73,000 winner's cheque from Queen's in 2013 to the Royal Marsden, the hospital that treated his friend Ross Hutchins for Hodgkin's lymphoma. In 2017 he pledged his Queen's winnings to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, then lost in the first round to Jordan Thompson, ranked 90th, 7-6, 6-2.
Source: New Zealand HeraldWimbledon 2017 · Press room
After losing his quarter-final to Sam Querrey, he listened to a reporter describe Querrey as the first US player to reach a major semi-final since 2009. Murray cut in with two words: "Male player." The reporter had overlooked the American women who had reached major semi-finals and won titles in those years.
Source: Fox SportsWimbledon 2019 · Mixed doubles
In 2019 he partnered Serena Williams in the mixed doubles, a pairing the press called the dream team. It was his first Wimbledon since his quarter-final in 2017. They won two rounds before the top seeds, Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar, beat them 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in the third.
Source: Sporting LifeWimbledon 2024 · Centre Court
His final Wimbledon match was a doubles with his brother Jamie, lost 7-6, 6-4 to Rinky Hijikata and John Peers. Sue Barker then led an on-court tribute, with Djokovic, McEnroe, Navratilova and Tim Henman among those on court. "I would love to keep playing, but I can't," he said. "Physically it's just too tough now."
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