List of career achievements by Andy Murray

This 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 very first tennis player and only man in its history to have won two Olympics Gold Medal in the singles category and on two different surfaces (grass in 2012, and hard 2016), making a consecutive Olympics singles Gold Medal final in Rio 2016 and defending his title by defeating Juan Martín del Potro in the Gold Medal singles final. Subsequent to his success at the Olympics and Wimbledon in 2013, Murray was voted the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

By reaching 2016 French Open final Andy Murray becomes one of only 10 men since the open era began in 1968 to have reached the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments.^[1]

Olympic Games

Murray is the reigning two-time Olympic champion. In the 2012 Olympic Games, Murray defeated Roger Federer at the 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.

Grand Slam tournaments - Open Era Records

• These records were attained in the Open Era.
• Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.
• Records in italics are currently active streaks.

Time Span	Records at each Grand Slam tournament	Players matched
2008 US Open — 2012 Wimbledon	First 4 finals lost[2]	Ivan Lendl
2010 Australian Open — 2016 Australian Open	5 runner-up finishes at a single Major[3]	Ivan Lendl Novak Djokovic
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[4]	Stands alone
2012 Olympics — 2012 US Open	Winner of Olympic singles gold medal and US Open in same calendar year[5]	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	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	Stands alone

Records at each Grand Slam tournament

• These records were attained in the Open Era.
• Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.
• Records in italics are currently active streaks.

Grand Slam tournaments	Time Span	Records at each Grand Slam tournament	Players matched
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[6]
Wimbledon	2012	Latest finish for a match (11:02) vs. Marcos Baghdatis[7]	Marcos Baghdatis
US Open	2012	Longest final (by duration) vs. Novak Djokovic[8]	Ivan Lendl Mats Wilander Novak Djokovic
	2012	Longest tiebreak in a final (by points – 22) vs. Novak Djokovic[8]	Novak Djokovic

Other selected records (Olympics, ATP 500 Series, ATP Masters 1000, & Davis Cup)

Time span	Other selected records	Players matched
2009–2016	5 Queen's Club Championships titles	Stands alone
2010–2011	2 consecutive Shanghai Masters titles	Novak Djokovic
2010–2016	3 Shanghai Masters titles	Novak Djokovic
2010–2012	3 consecutive Shanghai Masters finals	Stands alone
2010–2016	4 Shanghai Masters finals	Stands alone
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
2012–2016	Two consecutive Olympic singles gold medals	Stands alone
	Two consecutive Olympic singles finals	Stands alone
	Winner of two Olympic singles gold medals in Open Era	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
2016	Winner of Grand Slam, ATP World Tour Finals, Olympic Games and Masters 1000 titles in same year	Stands alone

Awards and honours

BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year: 2004 Most titles in an ATP World Tour season (6 titles): 2009 US Open Series Champion: 2010, 2015 Best ATP World Tour Match of the Year (3): 2010,[lower-alpha 1][9] 2011,[lower-alpha 2][10] 2012[lower-alpha 3][11] Officer of the Order of the British Empire: 2013 Laureus "World Breakthrough of the Year" Award: 2013 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Top Scot: 2013

Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Sport: 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 2013, 2015 Doctor of the University of Stirling: 2014[12] Freeman of Stirling: 2014[12] Freeman of Merton: 2014[13][14] Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year: 2014

Notes

1. ATP World Tour Finals semifinal lost. Rafael Nadal 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–7(6)
2. Rome semifinal lost. Novak Djokovic 1–6, 6–3, 6–7(2)
3. Shanghai final lost. Novak Djokovic 7–5, 6–7(11), 3–6

References

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