Andy Murray

Sir Andrew Barron "Andy" Murray, OBE (English: Sir Andrew Barron "Andy" Murray, born May 15, 1987), is a former British professional tennis player. He is ranked No. 1 in the world in singles and is a three-time Grand Slam winner. Murray entered the top ten of the men's singles rankings for the first time on April 16, 2007. On November 7, 2016, he reached a career-high ranking of world number one and achieved 24 consecutive victories. At the 2012 London Olympics, Murray defeated Roger Federer in straight sets in the men's singles final, becoming Britain's first Olympic tennis men's singles gold medalist in 104 years. At the 2012 US Open, he defeated Djokovic in five sets, becoming the first British player to win a Grand Slam men's singles championship in 77 years after compatriot Fred Perry in 1936, and the only player to win consecutive Olympic gold medals and the US Open. At Wimbledon in 2013, Murray defeated Djokovic in three sets and became the first British player to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry won in 1936. In 2016 Wimbledon, Murray defeated Milos Raoli in three sets and won the Wimbledon championship for the second time in his career. At the Rio Olympics in the same year, he defeated Juan Martin del Potro in four sets and became the first player in tennis history to defend the men's singles Olympic gold medal. In the ATP year-end tournament of the same year, he defeated Djokovic in two sets and became the first British year-end world champion. Murray has won a total of 46 singles titles, including 3 Grand Slams, two Olympic singles gold medals and 14 Masters titles. Murray has also won eight Grand Slam runner-ups, including the 2008 US Open, 2010 Australian Open, 2011 Australian Open, 2012 Wimbledon, 2013 Australian Open, 2015 Australian Open, 2016 Australian Open and 2016 French Open, losing to Federer three times and Djokovic five times. In 2011, Murray became the seventh player in the Open era to reach the semifinals of four Grand Slams in one year. After losing to Djokovic in the 2016 French Open final, Murray became the third male player to win runner-up finishes in all four Grand Slams, following Ivan Lendl and Federer.