LONDON (Reuters) – Factbox on Britain’s Andy Murray, who on Thursday lost in the Paris Olympics men’s doubles tournament which he had said would be his last competitive event.
BORN: Glasgow, Scotland, May 15, 1987.
GRAND SLAM TITLES (3): U.S. Open 2012, Wimbledon 2013, 2016.
ATP TITLES: 46
EARLY LIFE
* A survivor of the 1996 Dunblane School massacre, in which 16 children and a teacher were murdered.
* A talented all-round sportsman, turned down a promising career as a soccer player to focus on tennis, leaving his homeland at 15 to train in Barcelona.
TENNIS CAREER
* Became the first British player since Greg Rusedski, in 1997, to reach a Grand Slam final when he played in the 2008 showpiece match at the U.S. Open, losing to Roger Federer in straight sets.
* Made the Australian Open final in 2010, losing to Federer.
* In 2011, reached the Australian Open final again but lost to Novak Djokovic.
* In 2012, hired former world number one Ivan Lendl as his coach. Became the first British man to reach the Wimbledon final since Bunny Austin in 1938. Lost to Federer.
* A few weeks later, he beat Federer to win the gold medal at the London Olympics.
* Beat Djokovic in an epic five-set U.S. Open final in 2012 to win his first Grand Slam title, making him the first British man to land a major since Fred Perry won the U.S. Open in 1936.
* Lost his third Melbourne Park final to Djokovic in 2013.
* Beat top seed Djokovic in the Wimbledon final to become the first British man to win the title since Perry in 1936.
* Advanced to his fourth Australian Open final in 2015, only to lose to Djokovic again.
* Won first titles on clay, at Madrid and Munich.
* Almost single-handedly took Britain to the Davis Cup final for the first time since 1978, then clinched their first title since 1936 with a singles victory over David Goffin.
* Lost a fifth Australian Open final, again to Djokovic, in January 2016.
* In 2016, became first British man since Bunny Austin in 1937 to reach the French Open final, where he lost to Djokovic. Had now reached the finals of all four majors.
* Won third Grand Slam title, and second at Wimbledon, by beating Milos Raonic, becoming the first British man since Fred Perry in the 1930s to win multiple singles titles at the grasscourt major.
* Retained his Olympic title in Rio to become the only player to have won singles gold medals at two Games.
* In November 2016, won the Paris Masters and moved to number one in the world – the first British man to do so.
* Beat Djokovic to win the ATP World Tour Finals for the first time and secure the year-end number one ranking.
* Became the first player to win a Grand Slam, the ATP World Tour Finals, the men’s singles at the Olympic Games and a Masters title in the same calendar year.
* Was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to tennis and charity.
* Missed a month of the 2017 with an elbow injury and was knocked out in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Lost his number one ranking and pulled out of the U.S. Open because of a hip injury and did not play again that year.
* In January 2018, underwent hip surgery. Lost his first match on his return to action at Queen’s Club and withdrew from Wimbledon. Played only four tournaments over the remainder of the year.
* Murray wins 46th and final ATP title in 2019 at the European Open in Antwerp.
* Withdraws from his final Wimbledon singles tournament in June due to recovering from a spinal cyst procedure. Plays in the doubles with his brother Jamie, but they lose in the first round.
* Ends career with quarter-final loss in the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles at the Paris Olympics.
PERSONAL LIFE
* Married long-term girlfriend Kim Sears in April 2015.
* Their first daughter Sofia was born in 2016 with her sister Edie following in 2017
* His third child Teddy was born in 2019 and daughter Lola in 2021.
(Compiled by Pritha Sarkar and Tommy Lund, editing by Ed Osmond)
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