The Murray River (River Murray in South Australia) is Australia's longest river. At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria as it flows to the northwest, before turning south for its final or so into South Australia, reaching the ocean at Lake Alexandrina.

The water of the Murray flows through several lakes that fluctuate in salinity (and were often fresh until recent decades) including Lake Alexandrina and The Coorong before emptying through the Murray Mouth into the southeastern portion of the Indian Ocean, often referenced on Australian maps as the Southern Ocean, near Goolwa. Despite discharging considerable volumes of water at times, particularly before the advent of large scale river regulation, the Mouth has always been comparatively small and shallow.

As of 2010, the Murray River system receives 58% of its natural flow. It is perhaps Australia's most important irrigated region and is widely known as the food bowl of the nation.

Geography

The Murray River forms part of the 3,750 kilometre (2,300 miles) long combined Murray-Darling river system which drains most of inland Victoria, New South Wales, and southern Queensland. Overall the catchment area is one seventh of Australia's land mass. The Murray carries only a small fraction of the water of comparably-sized rivers in other parts of the world, and with a great annual variability of its flow. In its natural state it has even been known to dry up completely in extreme drought, although that is extremely rare, with only two or three instances of this occurring since official record keeping began.

The Murray makes up much of the border between the Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales. Where it does, the border is the top of the bank of the southern side of the river (i.e., none of the river itself is actually in Victoria). This boundary definition can be ambiguous as the river changes course and some of the river banks have been modified.

West of the 141°E line of longitude, the river continues as the Victoria - South Australia border for , this being the only stretch where a state border runs down the middle of the river. This was due to a miscalculation in the 1840s when the border was originally surveyed. Past this point, the Murray River is entirely within the state of South Australia.

Major settlements

Albury/Wodonga - (NSW/VIC) - 83,000

Echuca/Moama - (VIC/NSW) - 16,000

Swan Hill - (VIC) - 9,700

Mildura - (VIC) - 53,000

Renmark - (SA) - 8,000

Murray Bridge - (SA) - 20,500

River life

The Murray River (and associated tributaries) support a variety of unique river life adapted to its vagaries. This includes a variety of native fish such as the famous Murray cod, trout cod, golden perch, Macquarie perch, silver perch, eel-tailed catfish, Australian smelt and western carp gudgeon, to name a few, and other aquatic species like the Murray short-necked turtle, Murray River crayfish, broad-clawed yabbies and the large clawed ''Macrobrachium'' shrimp, as well as aquatic species more widely distributed through south-eastern Australia such as common long-necked turtles, common yabbies, the small claw-less ''Parataya'' shrimp, water rats and ''Platypus''. The Murray River also supports fringing corridors and forests of the famous river red gum.

The health of the Murray River has declined significantly since European settlement, particularly due to river regulation, and much of its aquatic life including native fish are now declining, rare or endangered. Recent extreme droughts (2000–2007) have put significant stress on river red gum forests, with mounting concern over their long term survival. The Murray has also flooded on occasion, the most significant of which was the 1956 flood which inundated many towns on the lower Murray and lasted for up to six months.

Introduced fish species such as Carp, ''Gambusia'', weather loach, redfin perch and brown trout and rainbow trout have also had serious negative effects on native fish, while Carp have contributed to environmental degradation of the Murray River and tributaries by destroying aquatic plants and permanently raising turbidity. In some segments of the Murray, carp have been the only species found.

Ancient history

Lake Bungunia

Between 2.5 and 0.5 million years ago the Murray River terminated in a vast freshwater lake called Lake Bungunia. Lake Bungunia was formed by earth movement that blocked the Murray River near Swan Reach during this period of time. At its maximum extent Lake Bungunia covered , extending to near the Menindee Lakes in the north and to near Boundary Bend on the Murray in south. The draining of Lake Bungunia approximately 0.5 million years ago must have been a dramatic event.

Deep clays deposited by the lake are evident in cliffs around Chowilla in South Australia. Considerably higher rainfall would have been required to keep such a lake full; the draining of Lake Bungunia appears to mark the end of a wet phase in the history of the Murray-Darling Basin and the onset of widespread arid conditions similar to today. A species of ''Neoceratodus'' lungfish existed in Lake Bungunia (McKay & Eastburn, 1990); today ''Neoceratodus'' lungfish are only found in several Queensland rivers.

Cadell Fault and formation of the Barmah Red Gum Forests

The famous Barmah Red Gum Forests owe their existence to the Cadell Fault. About 25,000 BP, displacement occurred along the Cadell fault, raising the eastern edge of the fault (which runs north-south) 8–12 metres above the floodplain. This created a complex series of events. A section of the original Murray River channel immediately behind the fault was abandoned, and exists today as an empty channel known as Green Gully. The Goulburn River was dammed by the southern end of the fault to create a natural lake.

The Murray River flowed to the north around the Cadell Fault, creating the channel of the Edward River which exists today and through which much of the Murray River's waters still flow. Then the natural dam on the Goulburn River failed, the lake drained, and the Murray River avulsed to the south and started to flow through the smaller Goulburn River channel, creating "The Barmah Choke" and "The Narrows" (where the river channel is unusually narrow), before entering into the proper Murray River channel again.

This complex series of events however divert attention from the primary result of the Cadell Fault. The primary result of the Cadell Fault is that the west-flowing water of the Murray River strikes the north-south running fault and diverts both north and south around the fault in the two main channels (Edward and ancestral Goulburn) as well as a fan of small streams, and regularly floods a large amount of low-lying country in the area. These conditions are perfect for River Red Gums, which rapidly formed forests in the area. Thus the displacement of the Cadell Fault 25,000 BP lead directly to the formation of the famous Barmah River Red Gum Forests

The Barmah Choke and The Narrows mean the amount of water that can travel down this part of the Murray River is restricted. In times of flood and high irrigation flows the majority of the water, in addition to flooding the Red Gum forests, actually travels through the Edward River channel. The Murray River has not had enough flow power to naturally enlarge The Barmah Choke and The Narrows to increase the amount of water they can carry.

The town of Barmah, Victoria is unusual in that it is north of part of New South Wales, although everywhere else Victoria is south of New South Wales. Echuca on the map above is very close to Barmah.

The Cadell Fault is quite noticeable as a continuous, low, earthen embankment as one drives into Barmah from the west, although to the untrained eye it may appear man-made.

Burra Creek

The Burra Creek also known as the Worlds End Creek formed part of the ancient River Murray system. The Burra creek which flows through Burra township was once part of the Murray River system which used to cross the Northern Mount Lofty Ranges through the Burra creek gorge and then out to Spencer Gulf near Port Pirie. The Murray River was diverted south at Morgan during Eocene times, about 50 million years ago by fault movements and uplifting of the fold belt.

Murray Mouth

Ancient History

The original course of the Murray River was to a mouth near Port Pirie where a large delta is still visible protruding into the calm waters of Spencer Gulf. An uplift of the land blocked the river near the southern end of the Flinders Ranges, and the river eventually found its way to a new mouth near Lake Alexandrina.

The Murray Mouth is the point at which the Murray River empties into the sea. Since the early 2000s, dredging machines have operated at the Murray Mouth, moving sand from the channel to maintain a minimal flow from the sea and into the Coorong's lagoon system. Without the 24 hour dredging, the Mouth would silt up and close, cutting the supply of fresh sea-water into the Coorong, which would then warm up, stagnate and die.

Mythology

Being one of the major river systems in one of the driest continents of Earth, the Murray has significant cultural relevance to Indigenous Australians. According to the peoples of Lake Alexandrina, the Murray was created by the tracks of the Great Ancestor, Ngurunderi, as he pursued Pondi, the Murray Cod. The chase originated in the interior of New South Wales. Ngurunderi pursued the fish (who, like many totem animals in Aboriginal myths, is often portrayed as a man) on rafts (or ''lala'') made from red gums and continually launched spears at his target. But Pondi was a wily prey and carved a weaving path, carving out the river's various tributaries. Ngurundi was forced to beach his rafts, and often create new ones as he changed from reach to reach of the river.

At Kobathatang, Ngurunderi finally got lucky, and struck Pondi in the tail with a spear. However, the shock to the fish was so great it launched him forward in a straight line to a place called Peindjalang, near Tailem Bend. Eager to rectify his failure to catch his prey, the hunter and his two wives (sometimes the escaped sibling wives of Waku and Kanu) hurried on, and took positions high on the cliff on which Tailem Bend now stands. They sprung an ambush on Pondi only to fail again. Ngurunderi set off in pursuit again, but lost his prey as Pondi dived into Lake Alexandrina. Ngurunderi and his women settled on the shore, only to suffer bad luck with fishing, being plagued by a water fiend known as Muldjewangk. They later moved to a more suitable spot at the site of present-day Ashville. The twin summits of Mount Misery are supposed to be the remnants of his rafts, they are known as ''Lalangengall'' or ''the two watercraft''.

Remarkably, this story of a hunter pursuing a Murray cod that carved out the Murray persists in numerous forms in various language groups that inhabit the enormous area spanned by the Murray system. The Wotojobaluk people of Victoria tell of Totyerguil from the area now known as Swan Hill who ran out of spears while chasing Otchtout the cod.

European exploration

The first Europeans to encounter the river were Hamilton Hume and William Hovell, who crossed the river where Albury now stands in 1824: Hume named it the ''Hume River'' after his father. In 1830 Captain Charles Sturt reached the river after travelling down its tributary the Murrumbidgee River and named it the ''Murray River'' in honour of the then British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Sir George Murray, not realising it was the same river that Hume and Hovell had encountered further upstream.

Sturt continued down the remaining length of the Murray to finally reach Lake Alexandrina and the river's mouth. The area of the Murray Mouth was explored more thoroughly by Captain Collet Barker in 1831.

In 1852 Francis Cadell, in preparation for the launch of his steamer service, explored the river in a canvas boat, travelling downstream from Swan Hill.

In 1858 the Government Zoologist, William Blandowski, along with Gerard Krefft, explored the lower reaches of the Murray and Darling rivers, compiling a list of birds and mammals.

River transport

The lack of an estuary means that shipping cannot enter the Murray from the sea. However in the 19th century the river supported a substantial commercial trade using shallow-draft steamboats, the first trips being made by two boats from South Australia on the spring flood of 1853. The ''Lady Augusta'', captained by Francis Cadell, reached Swan Hill while another, ''Mary Ann'', captained by William Randell, made it as far as Moama (near Echuca). In 1855 a steamer carrying gold-mining supplies reached Albury but Echuca was the usual turn-around point though small boats continued to link with up-river ports such as Tocumwal, Wahgunya and Albury.

The arrival of steamboat transport was welcomed by pastoralists who had been suffering from a shortage of transport due to the demands of the gold fields. By 1860 a dozen steamers were operating in the high water season along the Murray and its tributaries. Once the railway reached Echuca in 1864, the bulk of the woolclip from the Riverina was transported via river to Echuca and then south to Melbourne.

The Murray was plagued by "snags", fallen trees submerged in the water, and considerable efforts were made to clear the river of these threats to shipping by using barges equipped with steam-driven winches. In recent times, efforts have been made to restore many of these "snags" by placing dead gum trees back into the river. The primary purpose of this is to provide habitat for fish species whose breeding grounds and shelter were eradicated by the removal of "snags".

The volume and value of river trade made Echuca Victoria's second port and in the decade from 1874 it underwent considerable expansion. By this time up to thirty steamers and a similar number of barges were working the river in season. River transport began to decline once the railways touched the Murray at numerous points. The unreliable levels made it impossible for boats to compete with the rail and later road transport. However, the river still carries pleasure boats along its entire length.

Today, most traffic on the river is recreational. Small private boats are used for water skiing and fishing. Houseboats are common, both commercial for hire and privately owned. There are a number of both historic paddle steamers and newer boats offering cruises ranging from a half-hour to 5 days. In 2009, British Adventurer David Cornthwaite walked and kayaked 2476km along the Murray River from source to sea.

River crossings

The Murray River has been a significant barrier to land-based travel and trade. Many of the ports for transport of goods along the Murray have also developed as places to cross the river, either by bridge or ferry. The first bridge to cross the Murray, which was built in 1869, is in the town of Murray Bridge, formerly called Edwards Crossing.

Water storage and irrigation

Small-scale pumping plants began drawing water from the Murray in the 1850s and the first large-volume plant was constructed at Mildura in 1887. The introduction of pumping stations along the river promoted an expansion of farming and led ultimately to the development of irrigation areas (including the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area).

In 1915 the three Murray states — New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia — signed the River Murray Agreement which proposed the construction of storage reservoirs in the river's headwaters as well as at Lake Victoria near the South Australian border. Along the intervening stretch of the river a series of locks and weirs were built. These were originally proposed to support navigation even in times of low water, but river-borne transport was already declining due to improved road and rail systems.

In 2006 the state government of South Australia revealed their plan to investigate the construction of the controversial Wellington Weir.

Locks

Lock 1 was completed near Blanchetown in 1922. Torrumbarry Weir downstream of Echuca began operating in December 1923. Of the numerous locks that were proposed, only thirteen were completed; Locks 1 to 11 on the stretch downstream of Mildura, Lock 15 at Euston and Lock 26 at Torrumbarry. Construction of the remaining weirs purely for navigation purposes was abandoned in 1934. The last lock to be completed was Lock 15, in 1937. Lock 11, just downstream of Mildura, creates a long lock pool which aided irrigation pumping from Mildura and Red Cliffs.

Each lock has a navigable passage next to it through the weir, which is opened during periods of high river flow, when there is too much water for the lock. The weirs can be completely removed, and the locks completely covered by water during flood conditions. Lock 11 is unique in that the lock was built inside a bend of the river, with the weir in the bend itself. A Channel was dug to the lock, creating an island between it and the weir. The weir is also of a different design, being dragged out of the river during high flow, rather than lifted out.

Four large reservoirs were built along the Murray; in addition to Lake Victoria (completed late 1920s) is Lake Hume near Albury-Wodonga (completed 1936), Lake Mulwala at Yarrawonga (completed 1939) and Lake Dartmouth, which is actually on the Mitta Mitta River upstream of Lake Hume (completed 1979). The Murray also receives water from the complex dam and pipeline system of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.

These dams inverted the patterns of the river's natural flow from the original winter-spring flood and summer-autumn dry to the present low level through winter and higher during summer. These changes ensured the availability of water for irrigation and made the Murray Valley Australia's most productive agricultural region, but have seriously disrupted the life cycles of many ecosystems both inside and outside the river, and the irrigation has led to dryland salinity that now threatens the agricultural industries.

The disruption of the river's natural flow, run-off from agriculture, and the introduction of pest species like the European Carp has led to serious environmental damage along the river's length and to concerns that the river will be unusably salty in the medium to long term — a serious problem given that the Murray supplies 40% of Adelaide's domestic water. Efforts to alleviate the problems proceed but disagreement between interested groups stalls progress.

See also

Major tributaries

Mitta Mitta River

Kiewa River

Murrumbidgee River

Goulburn River

Darling River

Population centres

Albury-Wodonga

Echuca

Swan Hill

Mildura

Renmark

Murray Bridge

Goolwa

Notes and references

Isaacs J (1980) ''Australian Dreaming: 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History'', Lansdowne Press, Sydney, New South Wales, ISBN 0-7018-1330-X

Jennings, J.T. (Ed.) (2009) Natural History of the Riverland and Murraylands. (Royal Society of South Australia Inc.), ISBN 978-0-9596627-9-5

External links

The Murray Darling Crisis - ABC TV Catalyst

Murray-Darling Basin Commission: The River Murray and Lower Darling

River pilot maps 1880-1918 / Echuca Historical Society

Down the River Murray An ABC 5 part series on the river and its people

Category:Rivers of Victoria (Australia) Category:Rivers of New South Wales Category:Rivers of South Australia Category:Murray-Darling basin Category:Borders of New South Wales Category:Borders of Victoria (Australia) Category:Snowy Mountains Scheme Category:River regulation

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Name	Andy Murray
Country
Residence	London, England
Birth date	May 15, 1987
Birth place	Glasgow, Scotland
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$16,979,441
Website	www.andymurray.com
Singlesrecord	301–104 (74.0%)
Singlestitles	18
Highestsinglesranking	No. 2 (17 August 2009)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 4 (29 August 2011)
Australianopenresult	F (2010, 2011)
Frenchopenresult	SF (2011)
Wimbledonresult	SF (2009, 2010, 2011)
Usopenresult	F (2008)
Othertournaments	Yes
Masterscupresult	SF (2008, 2010)
Olympicsresult	1R (2008)
Doublesrecord	36–48
Doublestitles	1
Highestdoublesranking	No. 77 (15 August 2011)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	Yes
Australianopendoublesresult	1R (2006)
Frenchopendoublesresult	2R (2006)
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Updated	August 2011 }}

Andrew "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked No. 4 in the world, and was ranked No. 2 from 17 to 31 August 2009. Murray achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 16 April 2007. He has been runner-up in three Grand Slam finals: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open and the 2011 Australian Open, and has reached the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments.

Murray is most proficient on a fast surface (such as hard courts), although he has worked hard since 2008 on improving his clay court game. Murray works with a team of fitness experts.

Early life

Andy Murray was born to Will and Judy in Glasgow, Scotland. His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, was a professional association footballer who played reserve team matches for Hibernian and in the Scottish Football League for Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath. Murray's brother, Jamie, is also a professional tennis player, playing on the doubles circuit. Murray was born with a bipartite patella, where the kneecap remains as two separate bones instead of fusing together in early childhood. He was diagnosed at the age of 16 and had to stop playing tennis for six months. Murray is seen frequently to hold his knee due to the pain caused by the condition and has pulled out of events because of it, but manages it through a number of different approaches.

Following the separation of his parents when he was aged nine, Andy and Jamie lived with their father. Murray later attended Dunblane High School. At 15, Murray was asked to train with Rangers Football Club at their School of Excellence, but declined, opting to focus on his tennis career instead.

Dunblane massacre

Murray attended Dunblane Primary School, and was present during the 1996 Dunblane massacre. Thomas Hamilton killed 17 people before turning one of his four guns on himself. Murray took cover in a classroom. Murray says he was too young to understand what was happening and is reluctant to talk about it in interviews, but in his autobiography ''Hitting Back'' he says that he attended a youth group run by Hamilton, and that his mother gave Hamilton rides in her car.

Career

Junior tennis

Murray began playing tennis at age 5. Leon Smith, Murray's tennis coach from 11 to 17, said he had never seen a five-year-old like Murray, describing him as "unbelievably competitive". Murray attributes his abilities to the motivation gained from losing to his older brother Jamie. He first beat Jamie in an under-12s final in Solihull, afterwards teasing Jamie until his brother hit him hard enough to lose a nail on his left hand. At 12, Murray won his category at the Orange Bowl, a prestigious event for junior players. He briefly played football before reverting to tennis.

At 15, Murray moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he studied at the Schiller International School and trained on the clay courts of the Sánchez-Casal Academy. Murray described this time as "a big sacrifice". While in Spain, he trained with Emilio Sánchez, formerly the world No. 1 doubles player.

In July 2003, Murray started out on the Challenger and Futures circuit. In his first tournament, he reached the quarter-finals of the Manchester challenger. In his next tournament, Murray lost on clay in the first round to future world top-tenner Fernando Verdasco. In September, Murray won his first senior title by taking the Glasgow futures event. He also reached the semi-finals of the Edinburgh futures event.

Murray did not play seniors until May, when he retired after five games of his first-round match at the Surbiton futures event. He returned to futures events in Nottingham in July, where he lost to future Grand Slam finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round. Murray spent the whole of August playing in clay future events. He won the events in Xativa and Rome, as well as reaching the semi-final of the Vigo event.

In September 2004, he won the junior US Open by beating Sergiy Stakhovsky, now a top-100 player. He was selected for the Davis Cup match against Austria later that month; however, he was not selected to play.

Later that year, he won BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.

2005

Murray began 2005 ranked 407 in the world.

In March, he became the youngest Briton ever to play in the Davis Cup, as he helped Britain win the tie with a crucial doubles win. Following the tie, Murray played in a challenger and a future event in Italy, reaching the semi-finals of the latter. Turning professional in April, Murray played his first ATP tournament when he was given a wild card to the Open SEAT clay court tournament in Barcelona, where he lost in three sets to Jan Hernych.

Over the next few weeks, Murray reached the semis and a quarter-finals in two more futures events. He then reached the semi-finals of the boys' French Open where he lost in straight sets to Marin Čilić, after he had defeated Juan Martín del Potro in the quarter-finals. This was his first junior tournament since winning the US Open.

Given a wild card to Queen's, Murray progressed past Santiago Ventura in straight sets for his first ATP win. He followed this up with another straight-sets win against Taylor Dent. In the last 16, he played former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson, where he lost the match in three sets. After losing the opener on a tie-break, Murray won the second on a tie-break, but the onset of cramp and an ankle injury sealed the match 7–6, 6–7, 7–5.

Following his performance at Queen's, Murray received a wild card for Wimbledon. Ranked 312, he defeated George Bastl and 14th seed Radek Štěpánek in the opening two rounds, in straight sets, thereby becoming the first Scot in the open era to reach the third round of the men's singles tournament at Wimbledon. In the third round, Murray played 2002 Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian, and lost 7–6, 6–1, 0–6, 4–6, 1–6.

Following Wimbledon, Murray played in Newport at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, where he lost in the second round. He had a wild card for the US Open, as he was the junior champion. In the run-up to the tournament Murray won challengers on the hard courts of Aptos, which sent him into the top 200, and Binghamton, New York. He also experienced his first Masters event at Cincinnati, where he beat Dent again in straight sets before losing in three sets to world No. 4 Marat Safin.

Murray played Andrei Pavel in the opening round of the US Open. Murray recovered from being down 2 sets to 1 to win his first five-set match, 6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, despite being sick on court. He lost in the second round to Arnaud Clément, 2–6, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6, 0–6.

Murray was again selected for the Davis Cup match against Switzerland. He was picked for the opening single rubbers, losing in straight sets to Stanislas Wawrinka. Murray then made his first ATP final at the Thailand Open. He beat Bastl, Robin Söderling, Robby Ginepri and local boy Paradorn Srichaphan. In the final he faced world No. 1 Roger Federer, losing in straight sets. On 3 October, Murray achieved a top-100 ranking for the first time. He then retired from a challenger in Mons, before he competed in his last tournament of the year, an ATP event in Basel. In the opening round, he faced British No. 1 Tim Henman. Murray defeated him in three sets before doing the same to Tomáš Berdych. The year finished with a third-round loss to Fernando González. He completed the year ranked 64 and was named the 2005 BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year.

Murray competed in the debut edition of the Aberdeen Cup to finish his year. He faced Greg Rusedski twice, losing the first match in straight sets, then coming back the next day to edge the match on a champions tie-breaker.

2006

2006 saw Murray compete on the full circuit for the first time and split with Mark Petchey and team up with Brad Gilbert.

Getting his season under way at the Adelaide International, Murray won his opening match of 2006 against Paolo Lorenzi in three sets before bowing out to Tomáš Berdych. Murray's season then moved to Auckland where he beat Kenneth Carlsen. Murray then lost three matches in a row to Marin Čilić, Juan Ignacio Chela at the Australian Open and Ivan Ljubičić in Zagreb. Murray arrested the situation to beat Mardy Fish in straight sets when the tour came to San Jose, California; going on to win his first ATP title, the SAP Open, defeating world No. 11 Lleyton Hewitt in the final. He triumphed over Jimmy Wang and Robin Söderling before his first win over a top-ten player, Andy Roddick, the world No. 3, to reach his second ATP final, which he won. Murray backed this up with a quarter-final appearance in Memphis, beating Rainer Schüttler and Rik de Voest before falling to Söderling.

Murray won just three times between the end of February and the middle of June, losing to Tommy Robredo in Las Vegas in a first-round exit, beating Vasilis Mazarakis and losing to Nikolay Davydenko at Indian Wells. First-round exits in Miami and Monte Carlo then followed to Stanislas Wawrinka and Jean-René Lisnard. He progressed past Marcel Granollers in Barcelona before losing to David Ferrer. A first-round loss to local boy Filippo Volandri in Rome followed, before a win in Hamburg against Gaël Monfils. Defeats to James Blake at Hamburg, Monfils at the French Open, in five sets, and Janko Tipsarević at Queen's followed. After the French Open, where Murray was injured again, he revealed that his bones hadn't fully grown, causing him to suffer from cramps and back problems.

At the Nottingham Open Murray recorded consecutive wins for the first time since Memphis, with wins over Dmitry Tursunov and Max Mirnyi before bowing out to Andreas Seppi in the quarter-finals. He progressed to the fourth round at Wimbledon, beating Nicolás Massú, Julien Benneteau and Roddick, before succumbing in the last 16 to Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis. Murray reached the semi-finals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships defeating Ricardo Mello and Sam Querrey and Robert Kendrick, with his first ever main tour whitewash (also known as a double bagel). He exited in the semis to Justin Gimelstob. Murray then won a Davis Cup rubber against Andy Ram coming back from two sets down, but lost the doubles alongside Jamie Delgado after being 2 sets to 1 up. The tie was over before Murray could play the deciding rubber.

His good form continued as the tour moved to the hard courts of the USA, where he recorded a runner-up position at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. He defeated Ramón Delgado, Feliciano López, Fish and Tursunov before losing to Arnaud Clément. Murray then reached his first Masters Series semi-final in Toronto at the Rogers Cup, beating Ferrer, Tim Henman, Carlos Moyá and Jarkko Nieminen along the way before exiting to Richard Gasquet in straight sets. At the ATP Masters Series event in Cincinnati Murray defeated Henman before coming only one of two players, alongside Rafael Nadal, to defeat Roger Federer in 2006. This was followed by a win over Ginepri and a loss to Roddick. He also reached the fourth round of the US Open with wins over Kendrick, who pushed Murray to four sets. Alessio di Mauro for the loss of two games and a five-set win over Fernando González. He lost in four sets to Davydenko, including a whitewash in the final set.

In the Davis Cup, Murray won both his singles rubbers but lost the doubles as Great Britain won the tie. As the tour progressed to Asia, he lost to Henman for the first time in straight sets in Bangkok and followed it up with a defeat to Jiří Novák in Tokyo. In the final two Masters events in Madrid and Paris, Murray defeated Iván Navarro and world No. 3 Ljubičić in Madrid, followed by Chela in Paris. He exited both tournaments at the last-16 stage ending his season, with losses to Novak Djoković and Dominik Hrbatý.

Murray ended the year ranked 17th, his career best to that point. Murray finished the year by participating in the Aberdeen Cup for Scotland. Murray won both his matches against Greg Rusedski, edging the first match 6–4 in the final set before winning in straight sets in a second match the next day. Murray was unhappy, though, with the court being slippery and the linespeople being too close, citing that he could have twisted his ankle, due to a persistent ankle injury first sustained at Queen's the year before.

2007

In November Murray split with his coach Brad Gilbert and added a team of experts along with Miles Maclagan, his main coach. Ahead of the first event of the season Murray signed a sponsorship deal with Highland Spring worth £1m. It was reportedly the biggest shirt-sponsorship deal in tennis. The season started well for Murray as he reached the final of the Qatar Open. He defeated Filippo Volandri, Christophe Rochus, Max Mirnyi and Nikolay Davydenko, before falling to Ivan Ljubičić in straight sets. Murray reached the fourth round of the Australian Open. After defeating Alberto Martín for the loss of one game, then beating Fernando Verdasco and Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets, in the round of 16 Murray lost a five-set match against world No. 2 Rafael Nadal, 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 1–6. He then successfully defended his San Jose title, defeating Kevin Kim, Kristian Pless, Hyung-Taik Lee, Andy Roddick and Ivo Karlović to retain the tournament.

Murray then made the semi-finals of his next three tournaments. Making the semis in Memphis, he defeated Frank Dancevic, Pless and Stefan Koubek before a reverse to Roddick. In Indian Wells, Murray won against Wesley Moodie, Nicolas Mahut, Davydenko and Tommy Haas before falling to Novak Djokovic. At Miami, Murray was victorious against Paul Goldstein, Robert Kendrick, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Roddick, before going down to Djokovic for the second tournament running.

Before the clay season Murray defeated Raemon Sluiter in the Davis Cup to help Britain win the tie. In his first tournament in Rome, Murray lost in the first round to Gilles Simon in three sets. In Hamburg, Murray played Volandri first up. In the first set, Murray was 5–1 when he hit a forehand from the back of the court and snapped the tendons in his wrist.

Murray missed a large part of the season including the French Open and Wimbledon. He returned at the Rogers Cup in Canada. In his first match he defeated Robby Ginepri in straight sets before bowing out to Fabio Fognini. At the Cincinnati Masters Murray drew Marcos Baghdatis in the first round and won only three games. At the US Open Murray beat Pablo Cuevas in straight sets before edging out Jonas Björkman in a five-setter. Murray lost in the third round to Lee in four sets.

Murray played in Great Britain's winning Davis Cup tie against Croatia, beating Marin Čilić in five sets. Murray hit form, as he then reached the final at the Metz International after knocking out Janko Tipsarević, Michaël Llodra, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Guillermo Cañas. He lost to Tommy Robredo in the final, despite winning the first set 6–0. Murray had early exits in Moscow and Madrid; falling to Tipsarević after winning against Evgeny Korolev in Moscow and to Nadal after defeating Radek Štěpánek and Chela in Madrid.

Murray improved as he won his third senior ATP title at the St. Petersburg Open, beating Mirnyi, Lukáš Dlouhý, Dmitry Tursunov, Mikhail Youzhny and Fernando Verdasco to claim the title. In his final tournament in Paris, Murray went out in the quarter-finals. He beat Jarkko Nieminen and Fabrice Santoro before falling to Richard Gasquet. With that result he finished at No. 11 in the world, just missing out on a place at the Masters Cup.

2008

Murray re-entered the top-ten rankings early in 2008, winning the Qatar ExxonMobil Open with wins over Olivier Rochus, Rainer Schüttler, Thomas Johansson, Nikolay Davydenko and Stanislas Wawrinka for the title. He was the ninth seed at the Australian Open but was defeated by eventual runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round.

Murray took his second title of the year at the Open 13 after beating Jesse Huta Galung, Wawrinka, Nicolas Mahut, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Marin Čilić. But Murray exited to Robin Haase in straight sets in Rotterdam. In Dubai Murray defeated Roger Federer in three sets before doing the same to Fernando Verdasco and falling short against Davydenko. At Indian Wells Murray defeated Jürgen Melzer and Ivo Karlović in three sets and crashed out to Tommy Haas, before a first-match exit to Mario Ančić in Miami.

On the clay courts in Monte Carlo Murray defeated Feliciano López and Filippo Volandri before winning just four games against Novak Djokovic. Ančić then handed Murray another first-match defeat in Barcelona. In Rome Murray first played Juan Martín del Potro in an ill-tempered three-set match. Murray won his first match in Rome when Del Potro retired with an injury. Murray was warned for bad language and there was disagreement between the two players where Murray claimed that Del Potro insulted his mother, who was in the crowd, and deliberately aimed a ball at his head. In the next round Murray lost in straight sets to Wawrinka. In his last tournament before the French Open Murray participated in Hamburg. He defeated Dmitry Tursunov and Gilles Simon before a defeat against Rafael Nadal. At Roland Garros he overcame local boy Jonathan Eysseric in five sets and clay-courter José Acasuso, where he lost just four games. He ended the tournament after a defeat by Nicolás Almagro in four sets in the third round.

At Queen's Murray played just two games of his opening match before Sébastien Grosjean withdrew. Against Ernests Gulbis Murray slipped on the damp grass and caused a sprain to his thumb. He won the match in 3 but withdrew ahead of his quarter-final against Andy Roddick. Any thought that he would pull out of Wimbledon was unfounded as he made the start line to reach the quarter-finals for the first time. Murray defeated Fabrice Santoro, Xavier Malisse in three sets and Tommy Haas in 4, before the one of the matches of the tournament. Murray found himself two sets down to Richard Gasquet who was serving for the match. Murray broke and took the set to a tie-break, before the shot of the tournament on set point. Murray hit a backhand winner from way off the court, when he was almost in the stands. Murray progressed through the fourth set before an early break in the 5th. Gasquet failed to break back in the next game and made a complaint about the light. But Murray completed a 5–7, 3–6, 7–6 (3), 6–2, 6–4 win. In the next round Murray was defeated by world No. 2 Nadal in straight sets.

In his first tournament after Wimbledon, the Rogers Cup, Murray defeated Johansson, Wawrinka and Djokovic before losing to Nadal in the semi-finals. The Nadal loss was Murray's last defeat in ATP events for three months. In Cincinnati Murray went one better than in Canada as he reached his first ATP Masters Series final. He beat Sam Querrey, Tursunov, Carlos Moyá and Karlovic to make the final. Murray showed no signs of nerves as on debut he won his first Masters Shield, defeating Djokovic in two tie-breakers. At the Olympics, which is ITF organised, Murray was dumped out in round one by Yen-Hsun Lu, citing a lack of professionalism on his part. Murray then went to New York to participate in the US Open. He became the first Briton since Greg Rusedski in 1997 to reach a Grand Slam final. Murray defeated Sergio Roitman, Michaël Llodra and won against Melzer after being two sets down. He then beat Wawrinka to set up a match with Del Potro; he overcame Nadal in the semi-finals after a four-set battle, beating him for the first time, in a rain-affected match that lasted for two days. In the final he lost in straight sets to Roger Federer.

Murray beat Alexander Peya and Jürgen Melzer in the Davis Cup tie against Austria, but it was in vain as Great Britain lost the deciding rubber. He returned to ATP tournaments in Madrid, where he won his second consecutive Masters shield. He defeated Simone Bolelli, Čilić (for the first time in 2008) and Gaël Monfils before avenging his US Open final loss against Federer in three sets, and taking the title against Simon. Murray then made it three ATP tournament wins on the bounce with his 5th title of the year at the St Petersburg Open, where Murray beat Viktor Troicki, Gulbis, Janko Tipsarević, without dropping a set, before thrashing Verdasco for the loss of just three games in the semi-final and Andrey Golubev for the loss of two games in the final. He thus became the first British player to win two Master tournaments and the first Briton to win five tournaments in a year. Heading into the final Masters event of the season, Murray was on course for a record third consecutive Masters shield. Murray defeated Sam Querrey and Verdasco, before David Nalbandian ended Murray's run, of 14 straight wins, when he beat him in straight sets. This was Murray's first defeat on the ATP tour in three months, since Nadal beat him in Canada.

Now at No. 4 in the world, Murray qualified for the first time for the Masters Cup. He beat Roddick in three sets, before the American withdrew from the competition. This was followed by a win over Simon to qualify for the semi-finals. In his final group match against Federer, Murray defeated him in three sets. In the semi-final Murray faced Davydenko, but after leaving it all on the court against Federer, Murray succumbed to the Russian in straight sets.

Murray ended 2008 ranked fourth in the world.

2009

Murray began 2009 by beating James Blake, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to win the exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi. He followed this with a successful defence of his title at the Qatar Open in Doha, where he beat Albert Montañés, Philipp Petzschner and Sergiy Stakhovsky in straight sets before beating Federer again, 6–7, 6–2, 6–2. He defeated Andy Roddick in straight sets to win the final.

Seeded fourth at the Australian Open, Murray made it to the fourth round, after winning against Andrei Pavel, Marcel Granollers, and Jürgen Melzer in straight sets, before losing to Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round. After the loss to Verdasco, Murray was delayed from going home as he was found to be suffering from a virus.

He won his eleventh career title at Rotterdam, beating Ivan Ljubičić and Andreas Seppi in straight sets, but dropping a set before Marc Gicquel pulled out injured. Murray reached the final with a win over Mario Ančić for the loss of just three games. In the final he faced the world No. 1, Nadal, defeating him in the third set. But an injury in the semi-final forced his withdrawal from the Marseille Open, which he had won in 2008.

Returning from injury, Murray went to Dubai and reached the quarter-finals after a three-set win over Stakhovsky followed by a straight-sets win over Arnaud Clément. He withdrew before the quarter-finals with a re-occurrence of the virus that had affected him at the Australian Open. The virus caused Murray to miss a Davis Cup tie in Glasgow.

Returning from the virus Murray made it to the final at Indian Wells. He defeated Montanes, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Tommy Robredo and Ljubicic in straight sets before winning his semi-final in three sets against Federer. He lost in the final against Nadal, winning just three games in windy conditions. In Miami Murray beat Juan Mónaco, Nicolás Massú, Viktor Troicki, Verdasco and Juan Martín del Potro to reach the final where he defeated Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Murray got his clay season underway at the Monte Carlo Masters. He reached the semi-finals after beating Victor Hănescu, Fabio Fognini and Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets before losing to Nadal, 6–2, 7–6. Murray then moved to the Rome Masters, where he lost in the second round, after a first-round bye, to Monaco in three sets. Despite this on 11 May 2009, he achieved the highest ever ranking of a British male in the open era when he became world No. 3. Murray celebrated this achievement by trying to defend his Madrid Masters title which had switched surfaces from hard to clay. He reached the quarter-finals after beating Simone Bolelli and Robredo in straight sets before losing to Del Potro. Murray reached the quarter-finals of the 2009 French Open but was defeated by Fernando González in four sets, after defeating Juan Ignacio Chela, Potito Starace, Janko Tipsarević and Čilić to reach the quarters.

Murray won at Queen's, without dropping a set, becoming the first British winner of the tournament since 1938. He beat Seppi, Guillermo García-López, Mardy Fish, Juan Carlos Ferrero and James Blake on route to the title. This was Murray's first tournament win on grass and his first ATP title in Britain.

Murray was initially seeded third at Wimbledon, but after the withdrawal of defending champion Rafael Nadal, Murray became the second highest seeded player, after Roger Federer and highest-ever seeded Briton in a senior event at Wimbledon. Murray reached the semi-finals. He opened with a win over Robert Kendrick followed by Ernests Gulbis and Troicki. Rain meant that Murray's fourth-round match against Stanislas Wawrinka was the first match to be played entirely under Wimbledon's retractable roof, also enabling it to be latest finishing match ever at Wimbledon. Murray's win stretched to five sets and 3 hours 56 minutes (2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3), resulting in a 22:38 finish that was approximately an hour after play is usually concluded. In the quarter-finals he dispatched Ferrero in straight sets. Murray lost a tight semi-final to Andy Roddick, achieving his best result in the tournament to date.

Murray returned to action in Montreal, beating Jérémy Chardy, Ferrero, Davydenko and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the final, where he beat Del Potro in three sets. After this victory he overtook Nadal in the rankings and held the No. 2 spot until the start of the US Open. Murray followed the Masters win and the No. 2 by playing at the Cincinnati Masters where he beat Almagro, Radek Štěpánek, and Julien Benneteau before Federer beat Murray for the first time since the US Open following four defeats, in straight sets. In the US Open, after getting past Gulbis, Paul Capdeville and Taylor Dent, Murray, hampered by a wrist injury, suffered a straight-sets loss to Čilić. Murray competed in the Davis Cup tie in Liverpool against Poland. Murray won both his singles matches but lost the doubles as Britain lost the tie and was relegated to the next group. During the weekend Murray damaged his wrist further and was forced to miss 6 weeks of the tour, and with it dropped to No. 4 in the world.

Murray returned to the tour in Valencia, where he won his sixth and final tournament of the year, beating Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Leonardo Mayer, Montanes, Verdasco and Mikhail Youzhny to claim the title. In the final Masters event of 2009, in Paris, Murray beat Blake in three sets before losing to Stepanek in 3. At the World Tour Finals in London, Murray started well by beating Del Potro in three sets, before losing a three-set match to Federer. He won his next match against Verdasco but because Murray, Federer and Del Potro all ended up on equal wins and sets, it came down to game percentage and Murray was squeezed out by a game, bringing an end to his 2009 season.

2010

Murray and Laura Robson represented Great Britain at the Hopman Cup. The pair progressed to the final where they were beaten by Spain.

Murray was seeded fifth in the Australian Open following his decision not to play Doha, losing the ranking to Juan Martín del Potro. He progressed through his opening few matches in straight sets to set up a quarter-final clash with the world No. 2 Rafael Nadal. Murray led 6–3, 7–6 (2), 3–0 before the Spaniard had to retire with a torn quadriceps. He became the first British man to reach more than one Grand Slam final in 72 years, after recovering from a set down to beat Croatia's Marin Čilić in the semi-finals. In the final he lost to world No. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets.

After pulling out of the Open 13 event in Marseille, Murray returned to action in Dubai. He was defeated in the second round, by Janko Tipsarević of Serbia 7–6 (3), 4–6, 6–4. At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Murray defeated Nicolás Almagro, who retired at the end of the first set, to advance to the quarter-finals. However, he was defeated by Robin Söderling, losing 1–6, 6–7, despite saving three match points and coming 2 points away from forcing a decider. Murray next played at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, but had an early exit in a match with Mardy Fish, 6–4, 6–4 in his opening round (after receiving a bye in the first round). He said following the defeat that his mind hadn't been fully on tennis. He consequently lost his No. 3 ranking to Nadal.

Switching attention to clay, Murray requested a wild card for Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters to prevent him losing his No. 4 ranking to del Potro. He suffered another early exit, this time to Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–2, 6–1 in the second round. He also entered the doubles competition with Ross Hutchins and defeated world No. 10 doubles team Cermak and Meritmak, before losing to the Bryan Brothers on a champions tie-breaker. He then went on to reach the third round in the Rome Masters 1000 where he lost to David Ferrer in straight sets, after beating Seppi and ending a three-match losing streak. At the Madrid Masters he reached the quarter-finals, beating Juan Ignacio Chela and Victor Hanescu along the way. He subsequently lost to Ferrer again in a closely fought battle with the final score 7–5, 6–3. Murray completed his preparations for the second slam of the year by defeating Fish in an exhibition match 11–9 in a champions tie-breaker. At the second slam of the year, the French Open, Murray was drawn in the first round against Richard Gasquet. Murray battled back from two sets down to win in the final set. Due to bad weather, it then took four sets and two days to see off Chela. Playing for the third day running, Murray lost a set 6–0 against Marcos Baghdatis, something he had not done since the French Open quarter-finals the previous year. Murray lost in straight sets to Tomáš Berdych in the fourth round, and credited his opponent for outplaying him.

Murray's next appearance was at the grass courts of London. Attempting to become the first Briton since Gordon Lowe in 1914 to defend the title successfully, Murray progressed to the third round where he faced Mardy Fish. At 3–3 in the final set with momentum going Murray's way (Murray had just come back from 3–0 down), the players came off for bad light leaving Murray fuming at the umpire and tournament referee. Murray was quoted saying he only came off because it was 3–3. Coming back the next day Murray was edged out by the eventual finalist in a tie-breaker for his second defeat to him in the year. Because of his early loss at Queen's, Murray decided to play an exhibition match against Mikhail Youzhny, winning 6–3, 6–4. In Murray's second-round match at Wimbledon, he defeated Jarkko Nieminen by a scoreline of 6–3, 6–4, 6–2, a match viewed by Queen Elizabeth II during her first visit to the Championships since 1977. Murray lost to Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals, 6–4, 7–6 (6), 6–4.

On 27 July 2010, Andy Murray and his coach Maclagan split and Murray replaced him with Àlex Corretja just before he competed in the Farmers Classic as a wild-card replacement for Novak Djokovic. Murray stated that views on his game between the pair of them differed wildly and that he didn't want to over-complicate things. He thanked Maclagan for his 'positive contribution' and said that they have a great relationship. Jonathan Overend, the BBC's tennis journalist, reported that the split happened over Maclagan's annoyance at what he saw as Corretja's increasing involvement in Murray's coaching. But Murray had no intention of sacking him, despite the press reporting that Murray was ready to replace him with Andre Agassi's former coach Darren Cahill.

Starting the US hard-court season with the 2010 Farmers Classic, Murray reached the final. Murray struggled with his serve as it dropped to just 42% for first serves in, in his opening two matches, as he beat Tim Smyczek and Alejandro Falla. Murray then edged Feliciano López in the semi-final. During the semi-final, whilst commentating for ESPN, Cahill appeared to rule himself out of becoming Murray's next coach. In Murray's first final since the Australian Open, he lost against Sam Querrey 7–5, 6–7(2), 3–6. This was his first loss to Querrey in five career meetings and the first time he had lost a set against the American.

In Canada, Murray successfully defended a Masters title for the first time. He became the first player since Agassi in 1995 to defend the Canadian Masters. Murray also became the fifth player to defeat Nadal (the fifth occasion that Murray has beaten the player ranked world No. 1) and Federer (Murray had achieved this previously at the unofficial 2009 Capitala World Tennis Championship exhibition). Murray defeated Nadal in straight sets, and Federer also in straight sets, for this first win in four attempts and a first win in a final against the Swiss star. This ended his title drought dating back to November 2009. Murray also beat David Nalbandian for the first time with a 6–2, 6–2 win, ending the Argentine's eleven-match winning streak. Murray lost just one set in the entire week, and it came in the second set against Gaël Monfils, where Murray won just six points in the entire set, before he turned it around to win the final set.

At the Cincinnati Masters Murray opened with a three-set win over Chardy. Murray complained afterwards about the speed of the court, and edged Ernests Gulbis in a final-set tie-breaker to reach the quarter-finals. Before his quarter-final match with Fish, Murray complained that the organisers refused to put the match on later in the day. Murray had played his two previous matches at midday, and all his matches in Toronto between 12 and 3 pm. Murray said after the match on the issue; "I don't ever request really when to play. I don't make many demands at all during the tournaments." The reason given for turning down Murray's request was that Fish was playing doubles on which Murray commented "I'm not sure, the way the tennis works, I don't think matches should be scheduled around the doubles because it's the singles that's on the TV." Murray had no option but to play at midday again with temperatures reaching 33 °C in the shade. Murray won the first set on a tie-breaker but after going inside for a toilet break began to feel ill, and the doctor was called on court to actively cool Murray down. Murray admitted after the match that he had considered retiring. Murray lost the second set but dug in to force a final set tie-breaker before Fish won. At the US Open Murray started against Slovak Lukáš Lacko in searing heat. Murray won in straight sets and there were no signs of the problems that had affected him in Cincinnati. Murray played Dustin Brown in the second round and, after a small rain delay, won the match in straight sets. In the third round Murray played Stanislas Wawrinka and bowed out of the tournament losing in four sets. However questions about Murray's conditioning arose as he called the trainer out twice during the match.

His next event was the China Open in Beijing where he opened with a first-round victory against Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets. In the second round he continued through the tournament with a 7–5, 6–3 win over the Spaniard Albert Montañés. Murray reached the quarter-finals where he met Croatian Ivan Ljubicic and lost in straight sets.

At the Shanghai Rolex Masters Murray opened against Chinese wild-card entrant Bai Yan and advanced to the next round in a quick straight-sets win, losing just four games. In the third round he faced Jérémy Chardy and won in straight sets to book his place at the tour finals. In the quarter-finals his opponent was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Murray took just 55 minutes and 6–2, 6–2 to move into the semi-finals. He came up against Argentinian Juan Mónaco and, despite taking an early 5–2 lead, a lapse in concentration nearly cost him the first set. However he re-grouped and came through in straight sets 6–4, 6–1 to reach his seventh Masters Series final where he faced Roger Federer. He dismissed the Swiss player in straight sets. He did not drop a single set throughout the event taking only his second title of the year and his sixth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title.

Murray returned to Spain to defend his title at the Valencia Open 500. He opened with a straight-sets win over Feliciano López 6–3, 7–6. However he was ousted in the second round in 131 minutes by Juan Mónaco, going down 6–2, 3–6, 6–2. In the doubles Murray partnered his brother Jamie Murray to the final where they defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi. The victory was Murray's first doubles title and the second time he had reached a final with his brother.

Murray was the third seed at the BNP Paribas Masters held in November. He received a bye in the first round. In the second round he defeated 2007 champion David Nalbandian 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 and in the third round he defeated Marin Čilić 7–6, 3–6, 6–3. In the quarter-finals he lost to 2009 finalist Gaël Monfils 2–6, 6–2, 3–6. Combined with his exit and Söderling taking the title, Murray found himself pushed down a spot in the rankings, down to number 5 from number 4.

At the Tour finals in London Murray opened with a straight-sets victory over Söderling, who had just overtaken the Brit in the rankings. In Murray's second round-robin match he faced Federer, who he had beaten in their last two meetings. On this occasion, however, Murray suffered a straight-sets defeat. Murray then faced David Ferrer in his last group match. Murray lost the first two games but came back to take six in a row to win the set 6–2 and to qualify for the semi-finals. Murray closed out the match with a 6–2 second set to finish the group stage with a win before facing Nadal in the semi-final. In the semi-final Murray battled Nadal for over three hours before falling to the Spaniard in a final set tie-breaker, bringing an end to his season.

2011

Murray started 2011 ranked as the world number four, before Robin Söderling demoted him to world number five. The first matches he played were alongside fellow Brit Laura Robson in the 2011 Hopman Cup. They did not make it past the round-robin stage, losing all three ties against Italy, France, and the USA. Despite losing all three ties, Murray won all of his singles matches. He beat Potito Starace of Italy, Nicolas Mahut of France, and John Isner of the United States. Murray, along with other stars such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic, participated in the Rally for Relief event to help raise money for the flood victims in Queensland.

Seeded fifth in the Australian Open, Murray began with a straightforward victory over world number 103 Karol Beck in the first round and followed with a straight-sets victory over Illya Marchenko in round 2. In round 3, Murray progressed by beating Spaniard Guillermo García-López and followed with a victory over the number 11 seed Jürgen Melzer. Murray then defeated unseeded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in the quarterfinals, dropping a set for the first time in the tournament. He then went on to defeat 7th seed David Ferrer in the semi-finals, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1, 7–6(7–2). He met former champion Novak Djokovic in the final and was defeated 6–4, 6–2, 6–3.

Murray made a quick return, participating at Rotterdam, an ATP 500 tournament as the second seed. He was defeated by Marcos Baghdatis in the first round in straight sets 6–4 6–1. This was the cause of a wrist injury. He reached the semifinals of the doubles tournament with his brother Jamie. Because of the injury, Murray decided to withdraw from the Dubai. Murray then participated at the first Masters Series tournament of the year in Indian Wells. Seeded fifth, he lost in a second-round match against American qualifier Donald Young 6–7(4), 3–6, but reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament with his brother. His poor form continued with a straight-sets loss in Miami to another American qualifier, Alex Bogomolov Jr. He also lost in the first round of the doubles tournament, partnered with Novak Djokovic. Despite this loss of form Murray returned to number four in the world, due to Robin Söderling's early exit from Miami.

After Miami, Murray split with Àlex Corretja who was his coach at the time.

Murray at the start of the clay season made a return to form at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he defeated Radek Štěpánek, Gilles Simon and Frederico Gil in straight sets. Murray then went on to face Nadal in the semi-final where he lost to the Spaniard after a near 3-hour battle 6–4, 2–6, 6–1. Murray had sustained an elbow injury during play at Monte-Carlo and subsequently withdrew from the following tournament at the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell. Murray played at the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he beat Gilles Simon in his second round bye, 6–4, 3–6, 6–0, but was then beaten in the third round by Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets, 6–4, 6–2.

After Madrid, he proceeded to the Rome Masters after a first round bye. He defeated Xavier Malisse of Belgium in three sets 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 in the second round. He continued form with a third round 6–2, 6–2 straight-sets win over Potito Starace of Italy. His quarter-final opponent was Florian Mayer of Germany, whom he defeated 1–6, 6–1, 6–1 in 1 hour and 35 minutes. He lost in the semis against Novak Djokovic from Serbia, 1–6, 6–3, 6–7 (2).

At the 2011 French Open, Murray faced French qualifier Eric Prodon in the first round, who he defeated in straight sets, 6–4, 6–1, 6–3. He then went on to beat Simone Bolelli, 7–6, 6–4, 7–5 to progress into the third round. Despite an injury halfway through his third round match against German, Michael Berrer, he won 6–2, 6–3, 6–2. Murray face 15th seed Viktor Troicki in the fourth round, losing the first two sets 4–6, 4–6, but fought back and won the next two 6–3, 6–2 before the match was suspended due to darkness. The next day he won the final set 7–5 after trailing 2–5. He went on to beat Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets to move into the semi-final stage, the first time at Roland Garros, against Rafael Nadal, which he lost in straight sets, 4–6, 5–7, 4–6.

On 11 June, Murray played Andy Roddick in the semi-final of the 2011 AEGON Championships, which Murray won in straight sets 6–3 6–1. Murray went on to beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3–6 7–6 (7–2) 6–4 in the final, which was played on 13 June 2011.

At Wimbledon, Murray defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver from Spain 4–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–0. In the second round, he made easy work of Germany's Tobias Kamke, winning in straight sets 6–3, 6–3, 7–5. His third-round opponent, former world number three Ivan Ljubicic, presented a more challenging obstacle, but Murray was able to win 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6 (4). Three days later Murray defeated France's Richard Gasquet for the third consecutive time at a grand slam event in straight sets 7–6 (3), 6–3, 6–2, and then beat Feliciano Lopez 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 to reach his third consecutive semi-final at Wimbledon. He lost in the semifinal to Rafael Nadal 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 4–6.

At the Davis Cup tie between Great Britain and Luxembourg, Murray lead the British team to victory as he sealed a 3–1 lead by defeating Gilles Muller in straight sets 6–4, 6–3, 6–1. James Ward went on to secure a 4–1 lead as he defeated Mike Vermeer in the last rubber round match.

Murray was a two-time defending champion for the 2011 Rogers Cup but lost his first match, in the second round, to South African Kevin Anderson. However the following week, he won the 2011 Western & Southern Open beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 3-0 (ret), with Djokovic forced to retire through injury.

Grand Slams

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (0 titles, 3 runners-up)

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Career statistics

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|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 6 |bgcolor=#efefef|15–6 |bgcolor=#efefef|71.43 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Miami Masters |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|1 / 6 |bgcolor=#efefef|10–5 |bgcolor=#efefef|66.67 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Monte Carlo Masters |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 5 |bgcolor=#efefef|8–5 |bgcolor=#efefef|61.54 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Rome Masters |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 6 |bgcolor=#efefef|5–6 |bgcolor=#efefef|45.45 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Madrid Masters |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#efefef|1 / 6 |bgcolor=#efefef|14–5 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Hamburg Masters |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|NM1000 |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|3–3 |bgcolor=#efefef|50.00 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Canada Masters |A |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|2 / 6 |bgcolor=#efefef|18–4 |bgcolor=#efefef|81.82 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Cincinnati Masters |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=#efefef|2 / 7 |bgcolor=#efefef|19–5 |bgcolor=#efefef|73.68 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Shanghai Masters |colspan=4 style=color:#ccc|Not ATP Masters Series |A |bgcolor=lime|'''W | |bgcolor=#efefef|1 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|5–0 |bgcolor=#efefef|100 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Paris Masters |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 5 |bgcolor=#efefef|8–5 |bgcolor=#efefef|61.54 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !1–1 !12–9 !13–8 !22–7 !25–6 !20–7 !12–6 !7 / 51 !105–44 !69.44 |- |colspan=20 align=left|'''Career statistics |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Tournaments Played |9 |26 |16 |22 |18 |19 |11 !colspan=3|Career total: 122 |- !style=text-align:left|Titles !0 !1 !2 !5 !6 !2 !2 !colspan=3|Career total: 18 |- !style=text-align:left|Finals Reached !1 !2 !4 !6 !7 !4 !3 !colspan=3|Career total: 27 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Hard Win–Loss |7–4 |26–14 |36–12 |43–10 |47–6 |34–12 |13-5 |bgcolor=#efefef|15 / 78 |bgcolor=#efefef|206–63 |bgcolor=#efefef|76.60 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Grass Win–Loss |5–3 |9–4 |2–0 |8–1 |10–1 |6–2 |9–1 |bgcolor=#efefef|2 / 15 |bgcolor=#efefef|49–12 |bgcolor=#efefef|80.33 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Carpet Win–Loss |2–1 |1–2 |5–0 |0–0 |0–0 |0–0 |0–0 |bgcolor=#efefef|1 / 4 |bgcolor=#efefef|8–3 |bgcolor=#efefef|75.46 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Clay Win–Loss |0–2 |4–5 |0–2 |7–5 |9–4 |6–4 |12–4 |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 25 |bgcolor=#efefef|38–26 |bgcolor=#efefef| |- !style=text-align:left|Overall Win–Loss !14–10 !40–25 !43–14 !58–16 !66–11 !46–18 !34–10 !18 / 122 !296–104 ! |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Year End Ranking |63 |17 |11 |bgcolor=#eee8aa|'''4 |bgcolor=#eee8aa|'''4 |bgcolor=#eee8aa|'''4 | !colspan=3|$15,277,688 |}

Playing style and equipment

Murray is best described as a defensive counter-puncher; professional tennis coach Paul Annacone stated that Murray "may be the best counterpuncher on tour today." His strengths include groundstrokes with low error rate, the ability to anticipate and react, and his transition from defence to offence with speed, which enables him to hit winners from defensive positions. His playing style has been likened to that of Miloslav Mečíř. Murray's tactics usually involve passive exchanges from the baseline, usually waiting for an unforced error. However, Murray has been criticised for his generally passive style of play and lack of offensive weapons, prompting some to call him a pusher. He is capable of injecting sudden pace to his groundstrokes to surprise his opponents who are used to the slow rally. Murray is also one of the top returners in the game, often able to block back fast serves with his excellent reach and uncanny ability to anticipate. For this reason, Murray is rarely aced. Murray is also known for being one of the most intelligent tacticians on the court, often constructing points. One of his greatest strengths, however, is his first serve.

Early in his career, most of his main tour wins came on hard courts. However, he claimed to prefer clay courts, because of his training in Barcelona as a junior player.

Murray is sponsored by Head for his racquets. He wore Fred Perry apparel until early 2010, when he signed a five-year £10m contract with adidas. This includes wearing their Barricade range of tennis shoe.

Personal life

Murray is in a five-year relationship with Kim Sears, who is regularly seen attending his matches. The relationship ended briefly in 2009 before they reconciled a short time later in 2010.

Murray's tennis idol is Andre Agassi.

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National identity

Murray identifies himself as Scottish and British. Prior to Wimbledon 2006, Murray caused some public debate when he was quoted as saying he would "support anyone but England" at the 2006 World Cup. He received large amounts of hate mail on his website as a result. It was also reported that Murray had worn a Paraguay shirt on the day of England's World Cup match with the South American team.

Murray explained that his comments were said in jest during a light-hearted interview with sports columnist Maurice Russo, who asked him if he would be supporting Scotland in the World Cup, in the knowledge that Scotland had failed to qualify for the tournament. Sports journalist Des Kelly wrote that another tabloid had later "lifted a couple of [the comments] into a 'story' that took on a life of its own and from there the truth was lost" and that he despaired over the "nonsensical criticism".

Murray protested that he is "not anti-English and never was" and he expressed disappointment over England's subsequent elimination by Portugal. In an interview with Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live, Tim Henman confirmed that the remarks had been made in jest and were only in response to Murray being teased by Kelly and Henman. He also stated that the rumour that Murray had worn a Paraguay shirt was untrue.

In an interview with Gabby Logan for the BBC's ''Inside Sport'' programme, Murray said that he was both Scottish and British and was comfortable and happy with his British identity. He said he saw no conflict between the two and was equally proud of them. He has also pointed out that he is quarter English with some of his family originating from Newcastle, and that his girlfriend, Kim Sears, is English.

Other incidents

In 2006 Murray caused an uproar during a match between him and Kenneth Carlsen. Murray was first given a warning for racket abuse then he stated that he and Carlsen had "played like women" during the first set. Murray was heavily booed for the remainder of the interview, but explained later that the comment was in jest to what Svetlana Kuznetsova had said at the Hopman Cup. A few months later Murray was fined $2,500 for swearing at the umpire during a Davis Cup doubles rubber with Serbia and Montenegro. Murray refused to shake hands with the umpire at the end of the match.

In 2007 Murray suggested that tennis had a match fixing problem, stating that everyone knows it goes on, in the wake of the investigation surrounding Nikolay Davydenko. Both Davydenko and Rafael Nadal questioned his comments, but Murray responded that his words had been taken out of context.

In 2008 Murray withdrew from a Davis Cup tie, leading his brother to question his heart for the competition.

References

External links

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Name	Bernard Tomic
Country	Australia
Residence	Gold Coast, Australia
Birth date	October 21, 1992
Birth place	Stuttgart, Germany
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$544,263
Singlesrecord	12-16
Highestsinglesranking	No. 60 (29 August 2011)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 60 (29 August 2011)
Australianopenresult	3R (2011)
Frenchopenresult	1R (2009, 2011)
Wimbledonresult	QF (2011)
Usopenresult	2R (2011)
Doublesrecord	0–3
Doublestitles	0
Highestdoublesranking	No. 845 (11 October 2010)
Mixed	yes
Mixedrecord	0–1
Mixedtitles	0
Highestmixedranking	n/a
Australianopenmixedresult	1R (2009)
Updated	4 July 2011 }}

Bernard Tomic (; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He is the highest ranked Australian male tennis player and the youngest player currently in the top 100. After Wimbledon Championships 2011, as of 4th July 2011, he was ranked 71 in the world.

Personal life

Tomic was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on 21 October 1992. Tomic's parents, John (Ivica) and Ady (Adisa), left Croatia, then a part of Yugoslavia, several years before his birth. In an interview, Tomic stated that his parents "have a Croatian background". Other sources, such ''The Australian'' and ''The Guardian'', have written that Tomic's parents are also of Bosnian heritage. They were both working in Germany when Tomic was born, before relocating to Queensland when he was three-years-old. His younger sister Sara is also a professional tennis player.

Junior career

In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Tomic won the 12s and 14s Orange Bowl titles – one of the most prestigious events on the junior tour.

Playing his first singles event on the junior tour in 2006, he successfully qualified for the Sunsmart 18 and Under Canterbury Championships, and went on to win the title defeating Dae-Soung Oh of Korea 6–3, 6–2 in the final. His success continued, winning the next three tournaments he played in (one of which was also an 18 and under tournament), giving him a 25 match winning streak. Tomic was able to extend this streak to 26 at the Riad 21 Junior tournament in Morocco before falling in the round of 16.

Tomic did not win another tournament until August 2007, where he won the Oceania Closed Junior Championships without dropping a set. He was unable to continue his dominance at the Junior US Open, falling in the round of 16. Tomic finished 2007 with a junior world ranking of 23.

He began 2008 by winning Nottinghill, an Australian ITF Junior event in Melbourne without dropping a set. Two days later he started his campaign for the Australian Open Juniors title as the 5th seed. Tomic went on to win defeating the 25th, 11th, 8th and 1st seed before beating 10th seed Tsung-Hua Yang of Taiwan 4–6, 7–6, 6–0 in the final. His win made him the youngest winner of the Australian Open Junior Boys' Championships in the Open Era.

Four months later, at Roland Garros, Tomic, the number one seed, fell in the quarter finals to Guido Pella of Argentina, losing 6–7, 3–6. At Wimbledon, Tomic was again the number one seed, but fell in the semi-finals to Henri Kontinen 7–6, 6–4. In a notable quarter final match, Tomic played another rising star, Henrique Cunha of Brazil, and came through victorious in three sets 4–6, 6–4, 6–3. Tomic also finished runner-up in the Wimbledon Junior Boys' Doubles Championships with fellow Australian junior Matt Reid.

At the 2008 US Open (Boys' Singles), Tomic lost in the first round to Devin Britton of the United States in three sets.

At the 2009 Roland Garros he once again reached the quarter finals in the boy's single tournament and later once again reached the semi finals Wimbledon. At the 2009 US Open (Boys' Singles), however, Tomic won the junior grandslam title, defeating Chase Buchanan of the United States, 6–1 6–3.

Junior singles titles (8)

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Professional career

2008

Bernard Tomic began 2008 at the Australian Open. He was given a place in the qualifiers where he played Yeu-Tzuoo Wang of Chinese Taipei in the first round. He ended up victorious, 4–6, 7–6, 7–5, however he was easily eliminated in the next round by American Prakash Amritraj 3–6, 2–6 in the second round.

He played in the Australia F4 tournament in March. In the first round, he defeated Tom Rushby of Great Britain 7–5, 7–6. He was again eliminated in the second round after Australia's Adam Feeney defeated him 3–6, 4–6.

After not getting past the second round in any of his tournaments so far, he had his breakthrough at the Indonesia F2 tournament in August. He beat Kittipong Wachiramanowong of Thailand 6–0, 7–6 in the first round. Hsien-Yin Peng of Chinese Taipei was eliminated by Tomic in the second round 6–1, 6–4. He won his quarter-final against Thailand's Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana 6–3, 6–3. He advanced to the final without conceding a single set after defeating Kento Takeuchi of Japan 6–3, 6–1 in the semi-final. Japan's Yuichi Sugita ended his dream run, with Tomic losing 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 in the final.

He was involved in serious controversy in the Australia F12 tournament in December. He defeated fellow Australian James O'Brien 6–2, 6–1 in the first round. He met another Australian, Marinko Matosevic, in the second round. Tomic lost the first set 2–6 and when he was down 1–3 in the second set, Tomic walked off the court. In March 2009, the ITF suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month.

2009

Towards the end of 2008, Tomic stated that he would no longer compete in junior tournaments and focus solely on senior tournaments. In 2009, Tomic was given a wildcard into his first ATP event, the Brisbane International, where he lost to Fernando Verdasco in the first round, 6–4, 6–2. Bernard was granted a wildcard into the 2009 Australian Open and drew Potito Starace in round 1. He won the match, 7–6, 1–6, 7–6, 7–6, saving two set points in the 4th set tiebreak. He became the youngest ever male tennis player to win a senior Australian Open Grand Slam match. In the second round he lost to Gilles Müller 6–3, 1–6, 4–6, 2–6. He also played mixed doubles at the event with fellow 16-year-old Australian Monika Wejnert, losing to the Canadian pairing of Aleksandra Wozniak and Daniel Nestor in the first round 3–6, 2–6.

Tomic received wildcards into Australian Challenger tournaments in Burnie and Melbourne held in February. He reached the quarter-finals of Burnie before winning his first Challenger title in Melbourne.

Tomic earned a wildcard to the 2009 French Open but lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6.

Tomic lost in the final round of Wimbledon qualifying to Édouard Roger-Vasselin. He contested the Junior tournament and made it to the semi-finals before being beaten by Andrey Kuznetsov.

Tomic won the 2009 US Open Juniors title by defeating Chase Buchanan in the final 6–1, 6–3.

In December 2009, Tomic lost in the final of the Australian open wildcard playoffs. He finished the year as the World No. 286.

2010

Tomic started 2010 with participation at the 2010 Brisbane International where he lost in the first round to qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.. Even though he lost at the wildcard playoff, he was granted a main draw wildcard at the 2010 Australian Open. Tomic took part in an exhibition match at the AAMI Classic in Kooyong, Melbourne against the World No. 3 Novak Djokovic. Tomic won the match 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. In the 2010 Australian Open Tomic played Guillaume Rufin in the first round and won in straight sets, 6–3 6–4 6–4. He played perhaps his most high-profile match up to that point against 14th seed Marin Čilić in the 2nd round, where he produced the match of his short career. After a tight five-set battle, in which Tomic had several opportunities to win the match, Cilic won 6–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.

In February, Tomic entered the Burnie Challenger tournament in Tasmania and won the event defeating Greg Jones 6–4 6–2 in the final after coming through the qualifying draw. His ranking rose to World No. 208 for a new career high. At the start of March, Tomic was selected to play singles for the Australian Davis Cup Team. He won both his matches in the tie against Chinese Taipei; defeating Tsung-Hua Yang 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 and Hsin-Han Lee 6–7, 6–0, 6–3. He competed at the 2010 Tennis Napoli Cup as a Wildcard but lost to Paolo Lorenzi in the first round in straight sets 6–2, 6–4. Tomic's next tournament was the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he lost in the first round to the unseeded German Benjamin Becker 6–4 6–2. He then received a wildcard at the 2010 Zagreb Open but lost to Michael Yani in the first round.

He the reached the Semifinals of the Challenger event, 2010 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi cruising through the semi-finals but lost to Marius Copil in tight match. He has been awarded a wildcard at the 2010 AEGON Championships and upset 15th seed Andreas Seppi 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the first round, but lost in the second round to Belgium's Xavier Malisse 2–6, 6–3, 2–6. Tomic won 3 qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. This is the first time he has earnt a place in a grandslam, having received wildcards on his three previous occasions. He lost in the first round to Mardy Fish 3–6, 6–7, 2–6. He then entered the 2010 US Open qualifiers but lost in the second round to Noam Okun 6–1, 3–6, 2–6. He then made it through the second round of 2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open a Challenger event as a qualifier losing to Konstantin Kravchuk 6–3, 6–1. His next tournament is the 2010 Chang-SAT Bangkok 2 Open where he lost to Danai Udomchoke 4–6, 2–6 in the first round. He then entered the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open as a Wildcard but lost David Ferrer 3–6, 4–6 in the first round. In December 2010, Tomic withdrew from the Australian Open Wild Card Play Offs due to illness, despite training the next day. Tomic finished the year at a career high singles ranking of World No. 208.

2011

Tomic began his 2011 season at the Brisbane International where he was given a main draw wild card. However, he lost to Florian Mayer in the first round 6–2, 6–2. At the Medibank International in Sydney, Tomic won through the qualifying draw with three straight set wins, all of which were against top 100 players. Despite taking the first set against Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, Tomic eventually lost his first round match 6–7, 6–1, 6–2. His performance in Sydney also earned him the final discretionary wildcard into the main draw of the Australian Open.

In Melbourne, Tomic matched his two prior Open performances when he defeated Jérémy Chardy 6–3, 6–2, 7–6 in the first round. He then recorded back-to-back main draw wins for the first time in his career when he defeated the 31^st seed Feliciano López 7–6, 7–6, 6–3. In a much anticipated night match, Tomic lost to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round 2–6, 5–7, 3–6, despite having led 4–0 in the second set. In February, he made the semi finals of the Burnie Challenger, before reaching the final of the Caloundra Challenger, losing to Grega Žemlja. Tomic competed in the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, where he was given a main draw wild card. In the first round, Tomic defeated Indian qualifier Rohan Bopanna in three sets 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 to reach the second round of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament for the first time. He faced sixteenth seeded Serbian, Viktor Troicki in the second round where he lost 4–6, 4–6. Tomic was granted a main draw wild card for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, losing in the first round to Pablo Andujar.

At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Tomic managed to win three rounds in qualifying. He then went on to upset the 28th seeded Nikolay Davydenko 7–5 6–3 7–5 in the first round. In the second round, he came back from two sets to love down to beat another Russian, Igor Andreev, 4–6 5–7 6–3 6–4 6–1. He then caused the upset of the tournament by stunning 5th seeded and two-time Grand Slam finalist Robin Soderling. He defeated the Swede 6–1 6–4 7–5 to advance to the fourth round. Tomic defeated Xavier Malisse in three sets 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 to advance to the quarter finals, becoming the youngest player since Boris Becker in 1986 to reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon. Tomic was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual champion, Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5. With this showing, Tomic moved 87 places up in the ATP rankings, to number 71 in the world.

Tomic won his first round match against Lu Yen-hsun 7-6, 6-3 at the Rogers Cup before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-6 in the second round.

Controversies

In March 2009, the International Tennis Federation suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month after Tomic walked off court against Marinko Matosevic in a Perth Futures tournament in December 2008.

In September 2009, reports began to surface about Tomic's team rejecting an invitational practice session with Lleyton Hewitt during the middle Sunday of Wimbledon. Hewitt's manager David Drysdale stated:

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Bernard Tomic's team cited Hewitt's different playing style as the reason for turning down the practice offer. He was later seen requesting for a practice hit with former world number 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, but was subsequently turned down. A few weeks later Tomic revealed that he was forced to turn away the opportunity due to his own infection with swine flu. He further denied any approach to Ferrero as an alternative hitting partner, despite the Spanish tennis player's claim.

In January 2010 ''The Australian'' newspaper reported that Tomic's father John had threatened to quit Australia, having Bernard play for Croatia. According to the paper, this threat was made during a heated argument between Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley and John Tomic after Bernard's loss to Marin Čilić.

Career statistics

Singles Titles

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Singles Performance timeline

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References

External links

Bernard Tomic official site

Bernard Tomic profile on Tennis Australia

Bernard Tomic profile on ITF

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Name	Marcos Baghdatis
Country	Cyprus
Residence	Limassol, Cyprus
Birth date	June 17, 1985
Birth place	Paramytha, Limassol District, Cyprus
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$3,920,892
Singlesrecord	184–118
Singlestitles	2
Highestsinglesranking	No. 8 (August 21, 2006)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 60 (August 22, 2011)
Australianopenresult	F (2006)
Frenchopenresult	4R (2007)
Wimbledonresult	SF (2006)
Usopenresult	2R (2004, 2006)
Doublesrecord	21–25
Doublestitles	0
Highestdoublesranking	No. 93 (January 7, 2008)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	2R (2007)
Frenchopendoublesresult	–
Wimbledondoublesresult	1R (2007)
Usopendoublesresult	–
Updated	October 14, 2010 }}

Marcos Baghdatis (, ) (born 17 June 1985 in Limassol) is a Cypriot professional tennis player of Greek and Lebanese origin. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships and reached a career-high ATP ranking of 8 in August 2006.

Personal life

Marcos Baghdatis is the son of a Greek Cypriot mother and a Lebanese father, Christos, who migrated to Cyprus.

Baghdatis began playing tennis at age five with his father and brothers. He enjoys playing and watching football, and is a supporter of Apollon Limassol in Cyprus. He trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Paris on an Olympic Solidarity Youth Development Programme Scholarship since the age of 13 and learned to speak French. He attended the Grammar School in Limassol.

On January 28, 2006, Baghdatis received an exemption from the otherwise mandatory Greek Cypriot national service so that he could concentrate instead on playing tennis. Had he not been exempted, he would have been required to serve 26 months in the military, as is required of all Greek Cypriot males upon reaching 18 years of age.

He also received the honor as the 2005 Cyprus Male Athlete of the Year for his accomplishments.

Tennis career

Baghdatis became the ITF World Junior Tennis Champion in 2003 and joined the ATP professional tour later that year.

2004

Baghdatis performed moderately throughout most of 2004. He picked up his form later in that year.

At the U.S. Open, Baghdatis played for the first time in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. He defeated Olivier Mutis in a first round match 2–6, 6–2, 6–1, 7–5. He was one of only two players who won a set from eventual champion Roger Federer (the other being Andre Agassi). Baghdatis then finished the year with two challenger tournament titles, in which he defeated many higher ranked opponents.

2005

Baghdatis's 2005 season began with a first round loss in the Chennai Open.

In his next tournament, which was the Australian Open, as a qualifier Baghdatis defeated then-top-20 player Ivan Ljubičić in the second round and had a straight sets victory over another top-20 player, Tommy Robredo, in the third round before losing to Roger Federer in the fourth round.

Baghdatis suffered an elbow injury right after the Australian Open and was out of the professional tour until late April, when he entered a clay court tournament, the Estoril Open in Portugal. He held two match points in his first-round match against a resurging Juan Carlos Ferrero, but failed to convert them into a win.

Baghdatis kept playing challengers and qualifying for upper-tier ATP events for the rest of 2005 and found good form towards the end of the year. As a qualifier, he reached the final of the ATP tournament at Basel, defeating former world number 2 Tommy Haas, world number 40 José Acasuso, and the would-be 2005 Masters Cup champion David Nalbandian. But he lost the final to Chilean Fernando González 6–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4. Although he was not the first qualifier to reach an ATP tour event final, he was the first player from Cyprus to do so.

2006

Baghdatis entered the Australian Open as an unseeded player, under the coaching of Guillaume Peyre, and produced an unexpected four-set (6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4) victory over second-seed and world number three Andy Roddick of the United States in the fourth round. He then defeated the seventh-seed Croat Ivan Ljubičić in a quarterfinal 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3, and in a semifinal, he came back from two sets down to defeat the fourth-seed Argentine David Nalbandian 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4. The vocal support he enjoyed from his local fans (consisting mostly of members of Melbourne's large Greek Australian community) throughout the tournament was considered one of the highlights of the tournament. In the final, Baghdatis started strongly (being a set and a break up with a chance to double break) but eventually lost to world number 1 Roger Federer 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2.

At the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round to Frenchman Julien Benneteau 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4.

At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world number 1 Lleyton Hewitt 6–1, 5–7, 7–6, 6–2. Baghdatis then lost to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals 6–1, 7–5, 6–3.

At the U.S. Open, Baghdatis defeated Alexander Waske of Germany in the first round 7–6, 7–6, 6–3. He played retiring U.S. player Andre Agassi in the second round, and in a long match that lasted past midnight, Baghdatis lost 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5. Although Agassi took a 4–0 lead in the fourth set, Baghdatis rallied to take the set. He overcame cramping in the fifth set, trying to push the set into a tiebreaker, but Agassi broke his serve in the last game.

At the China Open, an ATP International Series event, Baghdatis defeated Mario Ančić in the final 6–4, 6–0 for his first career ATP tournament championship.

2007

Baghdatis was the eleventh seed at the Australian Open but could not match his success from the previous year, losing a second round match to Gaël Monfils 7–6 (5), 6–2, 2–6, 6–0.

He won his next tournament in Zagreb, defeating Ivan Ljubičić in the final 7–6, 4–6, 6–4. At the International Series Open 13 tournament in Marseille, France, Baghdatis advanced to his second consecutive singles final and the fifth of his career, where he lost to Frenchman Gilles Simon 6–4, 7–6.

At the French Open, Baghdatis defeated former semifinalist Sébastien Grosjean in the first round 6–3, 6–2, 6–4. He then beat Kristian Pless of Denmark 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 to advance for the first time in his career to the third round. There, he defeated Czech Jan Hájek 6–2, 6–2, and then Hajek retired. In the fourth round, Baghdatis lost to Russian Igor Andreev in four sets.

At the first grass court tournament of the season in Halle, Baghdatis reached his sixth career singles final by defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber in the semifinals 7–6, 6–4. In the final, which took place on his birthday, he lost to Czech Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–4.

At Wimbledon, as the #10 seed (16th-ranked), he made it to the quarterfinals for the second straight year, defeating Ernests Gulbis, Nicolas Devilder, #23 seed (25th-ranked) David Nalbandian, and #6 seed (4th-ranked) Nikolay Davydenko, before losing to #4 seed (5th-ranked) Novak Đoković in a thrilling 5-hour match which Đoković won 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 4–6, 7–5. At the next Grand Slam, the 2007 U.S. Open, Baghdatis was defeated by #106 ranked Max Mirnyi 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7 in the first round. Baghdatis had a 1–5 lead in the last set tiebreaker but lost it 8–6.

At the 2007 Paris Masters, Baghdatis found good form. He reached the third round, where he crushed Nikolay Davydenko 6–2, 6–2, and then entered the quarterfinals and defeated Tommy Robredo 6–4, 6–4. Despite being up, one set to love and possessing an early service break in the penultimate set, Baghdatis was unable to post his first ever victory against the No. 2 seed, Rafael Nadal, losing to the Spaniard, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3. Had he won the tournament (and had Richard Gasquet lost in his semifinal match against David Nalbandian), he would have qualified for the 8th and final position in the Tennis Masters Cup event in Shanghai.

2008

Baghdatis started his season on the 2008 ATP Tour at the 2008 Chennai Open in India. Seeded second, Baghdatis suffered a surprising loss to Robin Haase, who defeated him 6–3, 6–4 in the first round. However, Baghdatis and Marc Gicquel defeated singles world number two Rafael Nadal and partner Tomeu Salvà in doubles, 6–4, 6–4 . He was invited to his first AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, filling in for an ill Roger Federer on short notice, where he defeated top 10 players Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando González before falling to Andy Roddick in the final.

At the 2008 Australian Open, Baghdatis was dealt a tough draw, which pitted him against 2002 champion Thomas Johansson, and then 2005 champion Marat Safin. He managed to beat Safin in five sets. Baghdatis then lost in the third round to local favourite, and former world No.1, Lleyton Hewitt, in 5 sets 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 7–6, 3–6, in a match lasting 282 minutes, beginning at 11:52pm and finishing at 4:34am Melbourne time.

Marcos skipped the 2008 Miami Masters, 2008 Torneo Godó, 2008 Rome Masters, 2008 Monte Carlo Masters and 2008 Hamburg Masters because he had a problem with his ankle during the 2008 Davis Cup and the exhibition match. The day after the exhibition match, Marcos went to Paris where his doctor informed him that he should stay away from any tournaments because of the high ankle sprain. He then followed an intensive schedule of physiotherapy to be ready for the next Grand Slam, which was the 2008 French Open.

At the 2008 Roland Garros, the Cypriot didn't cope well, as he still had the high ankle sprain injury at the time. This caused him to lose in the first round of Roland Garros to Simone Bolelli in straight sets 6–2, 6–4, 6–2.

Baghdatis, keen to improve his 2008 season, and with the grass season on the horizon, entered a challenger event in Great Briton for preparation. The next week he entered the 2008 Halle Open in Germany, where he was the runner up in 2007, and was eventually knocked out by Roger Federer in the Quarter Finals.

At the 2008 Wimbledon championships, seeded #10, Baghdatis continued to show good form on grass, progressing to the fourth round, and dropping only one set en route. Baghdatis faced big serving Feliciano López in the fourth round, and ultimately ended up losing the match in 5 sets 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 7–6, 8–6 on court 18. The match lasted 222 minutes, and was emotionally charged, with Marcos unable to convert 3 match points on the Lopez serve in the fifth set.

Baghdatis suffered back problems for the remainder of the season. Thus, he did not participate in the 2008 US Open and was forced to retire in Orléans, Metz and ATP Paris Masters.

2009

Entering 2009, ranked 96 (his best having been 8) and having not played since the ATP Paris Masters in late October 2008, Baghdatis entered the 2009 Brisbane International in preparation for the upcoming Australian Open, losing in the opening round to Jarkko Nieminen.

In the Australian Open, traditionally his best grand slam event, he began with a straight sets win over 48th-ranked Frenchman Julien Benneteau and followed that up by ousting 16th-seed Robin Söderling in four sets and 23rd-seed Mardy Fish in straight sets to set up a fourth-round clash with third-seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic. The fourth round encounter with Djokovic started poorly for Baghdatis, going down 6–1 in the first set. The second set went into a tie breaker, which Baghdatis lost 1–7. The third set went into another tie breaker, but Baghdatis earned himself three set points, lost two of them on his own serve, and then took the tie breaker on Djokovic's serve. After 3 hours and nearly 20 minutes, Baghdatis was unable to come back from an early break in the first game, as he missed two break opportunities and lost to Novak Djokovic 1–6, 6–7, 7–6, 2–6.

After the Australian Open, he then played in the SA Tennis Open tournament in Johannesburg and was the number 8th seed. He defeated Andrew Anderson 6–4, 6–2 in the first round and wild card Raven Klaasen 6–3, 7–5 in the second round. In the quarterfinals, he lost to David Ferrer 5–7, 2–6.

After getting a wildcard for San Jose, he drew 6th seeded American Sam Querrey in the first round, and lost in three tight sets; 3–6, 7–5, 6–7.

At the 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Baghdatis defeated Ernests Gulbis 7–5, 6–2 in the first round and Dudi Sela 7–6, 6–3 in the second. He was defeated by Jérémy Chardy in the quarterfinals, 6–7, 6–7.

Baghdatis found some form at the Ordina Open, 's-Hertogenbosch 250 tournament, beating 15th-ranked Tommy Robredo 7–5, 6–2 to move into the second round. In the second round he suffered a match ending knee injury when playing Raemon Sluiter.

Due to the knee injury suffered at 's-Hertogenbosch, he withdrew from the Wimbledon Championships.

Baghdatis returned to the ATP tour with a three set loss to Wayne Odesnik in Indianapolis. In Los Angeles, he progressed to the 2nd round after beating Frank Dancevic 7–6, 6–3, but was unable to maintain his form and was upset by John Isner in straight sets 3–6, 6–7 after holding a set point in the 2nd set.

Baghdatis won the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, a Challenger event in Vancouver. Victory over Xavier Malisse in the final 6–4, 6–4. The title is Marcos’ first at any level since triumphing at the ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament in Zagreb in February 2007.

Baghdatis failed to qualify for the Cincinnati Masters, losing to Robert Kendrick in the opening qualifying round.

Marcos won his second ATP Challenger Tour title of the season after defeating again Belgian's Xavier Malisse 6–4, 6–1 in the final of the Trophée des Alpilles in St. Remy. He won his opening match in the ATP 250 tournament in Kuala Lumpur, against Lu Yen-hsun 4–6, 6–3, 7–6, but was beaten by Mikhail Youzhny 2–6, 3–6 in the next round.

In the China Open; a ATP 500 tournament held in Beijing, he drew top seeded Rafael Nadal in the first round. He pushed him hard but was eventually defeated, 4–6 6–3 4–6. It was Nadal's 6th straight win over the Cypriot, which mean't that Marcos had failed to post a win over the Spaniard yet again after coming so close for the second time (previously coming close at the 2007 Paris Masters; again a three-set match).

At the 2009 If Stockholm Open, Baghdatis reached his first ATP final since 2007 at Halle. In the opening round he upset 3rd seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets 6–4, 6–2. He followed this up with crushing victories over Robert Kendrick 6–2, 6–2 and Arnaud Clément 6–4, 6–4. Top-seed Robin Söderling gave Marcos a walkover into the final, and drawn to meet Olivier Rochus of Belgium for the title match. Baghdatis went on to beat Rochus in the final 6–1, 7–5, to win just his third ATP title, which ended his two and a half year title drought.

2010

This season saw Baghdatis return to form. He started off the year at the Brisbane International; one of the first ATP 250 tournaments of the season. In the first round he beat American Mardy Fish 7–5, 7–5 but he was soundly defeated in his second-round clash against hard-hitting Czech Tomáš Berdych, 0–6, 1–6.

He then entered the next Australian Open series tournament; the Medibank International ATP tournament in Sydney, worth 250 points. In his opening round, he looked rusty but managed to beat Australian wildcard Nick Lindahl 6–2, 7–5. In the second round, he beat the number 6th seed Viktor Troicki 7–5, 6–3. He then stunned the number 4th seed Lleyton Hewitt, rallying from a set and a break down in the 2nd set (at 4–6 1–2) to win 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the quarterfinals. Then he defeated American Mardy Fish in another heart-stopping 3 set win 6–4, 6–7, 7–6 in the semifinals. In the final, he faced Richard Gasquet. After epic drama with a rain delay (at the start of the 2nd set) to add suspense, Baghdatis went on to triumph at the Medibank International in the final, beating Gasquet 6–4, 7–6. The win elevated his ATP ranking to 31.

At the 2010 Australian Open, Baghdatis beat Italian Paolo Lorenzi in the opening round 6–2, 6–4, 6–4, and defeated 17th seed David Ferrer in the second, 4–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–1. This marked his second career victory after being down two sets to none, while suffering from leg cramping in the final game. He faced Lleyton Hewitt in the third round; a rematch of the same tournament and round exactly two years ago, when Hewitt won in an epic five-setter lasting 18 minutes short of five hours. This time, however, an alleged right shoulder injury forced Baghdatis to retire just 56 minutes into the match after trailing 0–6, 2–4. After this, his ranking dipped slightly to No. 34 (on January 1). After deciding not to defend his quarterfinal points (from last year) at the 2010 SA Tennis Open in Johannesburg, his ranking dropped 2 places to No.36 (on January 8).

His next appearance was at the 2010 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. There, he beat James Blake in a comfortable 6–4, 6–2 victory (in the 1st round). But he was beaten against in-form Nikolay Davydenko in the 2nd round 3–6, 2–6.

He made a second-round appearance at the 2010 Open 13 tournament in Marseille, losing to eventual champion Michaël Llodra 6–7, 4–6.

He then appeared at the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, but came into the tournament with stomach cramps (due to food poisoning). Despite the handicap, he courageously beat Frenchmen no.8 seed Gilles Simon 7–6, 6–4 in the opening round. After a day rest (which benefited his stomach problems), he withstood a challenging 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 victory over Somdev Devvarman in the second round. In the quarterfinals, he defeated German Michael Berrer in straight sets 7–6, 6–1 (letting out no break point chances on serve in the process). In the semi-finals, after being a set and a break up, he lost a frustrating match against no.2 seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic 7–6, 3–6, 4–6.

He played at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, as the 27th seed. After receiving a bye in the first round (due to his seeding), he beat Arnaud Clément 7–6, 6–1 in the second round. In the third round, he went on to capture his biggest ever win to date, stunning World No. 1 and top seed Roger Federer 5–7, 7–5, 7–6 while saving 3 match points. By beating Federer for the first time in his career, he reversed a 6-match losing streak against him. However in the fourth round, he was unable to recuperate in time for his next match, losing out to Tommy Robredo 5–7, 6–0, 4–6 despite coming into the match with a 3–0 head-to-head lifetime against Robredo.

At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open after receiving a bye in the first round, he beat Juan Ignacio Chela 6–2, 6–4 in the second round. In the third round, he lost to #7 seed Marin Čilić in straight sets, 3–6, 4–6.

He had a disappointing start to the Clay court season; being eliminated in the first rounds of both the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters and the 2010 Rome Masters by Albert Montañés 4–6, 2–6 and Ernests Gulbis 2–6, 2–6 respectively.

He next played in the 2010 BMW Open, where he is seeded 5th. In the first round he was drawn against German qualifier Peter Gojowczk and prevailed in three sets 3–6, 6–1, 6–2. In the second round he took on Marco Chiudinelli, beating the Swiss in straight sets 6–3, 6–4. In the quarter finals, the 2007 Champion and 4th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber stood in the way, but with some superb serving, Marcos eliminated the home favorite convincingly 6–3, 6–4. For a spot in the final, Baghdatis took on No. 1 seed Marin Čilić. Despite taking the first set, Baghdatis was unable to close out the match, eventually losing in three erratic sets 6–3, 2–6, 3–6.

He then made a quarterfinal appearance at the 2010 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur as the 5th seed, where he was upset by Argentinian Leonardo Mayer 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 despite saving 21/24 break points in the match.

At the 2010 French Open Baghdatis was beaten by Britain's Andy Murray in the 3rd Round, losing 2–6, 3–6, 6–0, 2–6.

Baghdatis suffered a surprisingly poor run in the 2010 grass court season. He was dumped out in the 1st rounds in all three grass court tournaments he entered; Philipp Petzschner in Halle, Peter Luczak in s-Hertogenbosch, and to Lukáš Lacko at Wimbledon. It was the worst showing he has had in Wimbledon, and even more disappointing as he had a good history record in the past few years there.

However a reshuffle behind the scenes after the grass court season has resulted in Baghdatis once again working with Guillaume Perye.

Since then, he has reached the quarterfinals at the 2010 Farmers Classic tournament in Los Angeles where he lost to Janko Tipsarević for the first time in their 3rd meeting overall, and reached the final at the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington where he lost to in-form David Nalbandian who marked his thorough comeback on the tour there.

He was ousted in the opening round at the 2010 Rogers Cup in Toronto, losing to Jérémy Chardy 5–7, 6–2, 6–7.

At the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open in Cincinnati, he found decent form. In the first round, he beat Marin Čilić for the first time 6–4, 7–5. In the second round, he toughed out a 6–2, 4–6, 7–6 victory over Brazilian danger-man Thomaz Bellucci. Then in the third round, he stunned Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–4. In the quarterfinals after six heartbreaking losses against the Spaniard, he finally defeated Rafael Nadal for the very first time in his career 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. It was his second win over a World No.1 this year, having earlier defeated then No.1 Roger Federer at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Oddly, he defeated a World No.1 player on his seventh attempt again (previously against Federer in Indian Wells this year), as he stated back in March 2010 after beating Federer, "Seven is my lucky number". For only the second time, he made the semifinals of a Masters 1000 tournament since 2007 (in Paris) but here he could not beat Roger Federer again, as he succumbed to his in-form opponent 4–6, 3–6.

Just before his campaign at the 2010 US Open, he made an appearance at the last pre-US Open tuneup tournament; the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. According to the tally of points, Marcos has a chance to win this years 2010 US Open Series if he wins this very tournament. Appearing as the top seeded player, he beat Igor Andreev for the first time 6–2, 6–4 and then came back from a set down to defeat Juan Ignacio Chela 1–6, 6–3, 6–2 to reach the quarterfinals. However, he lost to the eventual champion, Sergiy Stakhovsky 7–5, 1–6, 6–7 in the quarterfinals.

Arriving at the 2010 U.S. Open, he lost in the first round 3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 4–6, 5–7 to Arnaud Clément.

2011

Baghdatis started the 2011 season by competing in the Brisbane International, losing in the quarterfinal to defending champion and second-seeded American Andy Roddick 2–6, 3–6. Baghdatis next tournament was the Medibank International Sydney, Baghdatis was the defending champion and second seed in this event, however he withdrew from the tournament, citing a groin injury. Baghdatis made it to the 3rd round in the Australian open before retiring mid-way through the 4th set against Jürgen Melzer.

Playing style

Baghdatis's playing style is relaxed and smooth. His main strength is his powerful forehand and a natural talent for placement. He can make accurate and powerful down-the-line forehands and cross-court forehands on the run and often patiently constructs points to get in a position from where he can make outright winners with those shots. He also has one of the best backhands in the game, especially his two-handed backhand down the line. Baghdatis is noted for often playing high-risk tennis, attempting difficult shots which, depending on their execution, can pay off big or backfire. Unfortunately, these difficult shots have sometimes resulted in self-destructive losses.

He also has an exuberant and festive on-court presence that frequently rubs off on to the spectators. At many majors, it is not uncommon to also see a large band of Cypriot and Greek fans (especially at Wimbledon and the Australian Open) vocally supporting Baghdatis and lightly mocking his opposition in a similar manner to football fans. According to the Guardian, "Baghdatis is a wonderfully ebullient character who radiates immense enjoyment whenever and wherever he plays, and has acquired a loyal throng of fans who roar his every winning point."

2008 Australian Open controversy

Two days before his third-round match against Australia's Lleyton Hewitt at the 2008 Australian Open, a video posted on YouTube almost a year earlier made headlines in the local media. The video shows the 2008 fifteenth seed at a barbecue hosted by his Greek Australian fans in Melbourne in early 2007. In it, Baghdatis is seen holding a flare chanting, among other things, anti-Turkish slogans such as "Turks out of Cyprus" twice, with the Hellas Fan Club, a group which was later at the centre of a clash with police. A representative of the local Turkish Cypriot community referred to the chant as a "racist attack" and a "straight-forward provocation of our community", and called for the player's expulsion from the tournament and Australia, though no such action was taken.

Supporters of Baghdatis said he was not calling for Turkish Cypriots to leave Cyprus, but rather an end to Turkey's military occupation since 1974. In a statement issued through his manager, Baghdatis said he was "supporting the interest of my country Cyprus, while protesting against a situation that is not recognized by the United Nations".

Equipment

Shoes: Adidas Barricade VI

Racquet: Tecnifibre TFlash 315 VO2 Max Racquet

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

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Career finals (10)

Singles: 10 (4–6)

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Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome !width=50|No. !width=125|Date !width=200|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=200|Partner !width=250|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |1. |6 January 2008 |Chennai, India |Hard | Marc Gicquel | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |4–6, 5–7 |}

Performance timeline

Singles

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ATP Tour career earnings

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References

External links

Marcos Baghdatis's Official website

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Name	Ivan Lendl
Nickname	The Terminator, Ivan the Terrible
Country	(1978–1992) (1992—present)
Residence	Goshen, Connecticut, US (1992— ), Vero Beach, Florida, US (2004— )
Birth date	March 07, 1960
Birth place	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia(now Czech Republic)
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	1978
Retired	December 20, 1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$21,262,417 8th All-time leader in earnings
Tennishofyear	2001
Tennishofid	ivan-lendl
Singlesrecord	1071–239 (81.8%)
Singlestitles	144 including 94 listed by the ATP
Highestsinglesranking	No. 1 (February 28, 1983)
Australianopenresult	W (1989, 1990)
Frenchopenresult	W (1984, 1986, 1987)
Wimbledonresult	F (1986, 1987)
Usopenresult	W (1985, 1986, 1987)
Othertournaments	Yes
Masterscupresult	Masters W (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987) WCT W (1982, 1985)
Doublesrecord	187–140 (57.2%)
Doublestitles	6
Highestdoublesranking	No. 20 (May 12, 1986)
Updated	July 13, 2007 }}

Ivan Lendl (born March 7, 1960) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Lendl captured eight Grand Slam singles titles. He competed in 19 Grand Slam singles finals, at the time a record for a man since surpassed by Roger Federer in 2009. He reached at least one Grand Slam final for 11 consecutive years, a record shared with Pete Sampras. Before the formation of the ATP Lendl reached a record 12 year end championships (equaled by John McEnroe). He won 2 WCT Finals titles and a record 5 Masters Grand Prix titles,tied with Pete Sampras and Roger Federer. He also won a record 22 Championship Series titles (1980–89) the precursors to the current ATP Masters 1000. Lendl first attained the World No. 1 ranking on February 28, 1983 and bolstered his claim to the top spot when he defeated John McEnroe in the 1984 French Open final. For much of the next five years, Lendl was the top ranked player until August 1990 (with a break from September 1988 to January 1989 when Mats Wilander was at the top). He finished four years ranked as the world's top player (1985–1987 and 1989) and was ranked No. 1 for a total of 270 weeks and set a new record previously held by Jimmy Connors since broken by Pete Sampras and Roger Federer.

Lendl's game relied particularly on strength and heavy topspin from the baseline and helped usher in the modern era of "power tennis". He himself called his game as "hitting hot", a relentless all-court game that was coming to dominate in tennis.

Personal life

Lendl was born into a tennis family in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). His parents were top players in Czechoslovakia. (His mother Olga was at one point ranked the No. 2 woman player in the country). Lendl turned professional in tennis in 1978. He started to live in the United States in 1981, first at the home of mentor and friend Wojtek Fibak; later, in 1984, Lendl bought his own residence in Greenwich, Connecticut. Ivan applied for and received a U.S. Permanent Resident Card (also known as a Green Card) in 1987 and wanted to get U.S. citizenship as soon as possible to represent the USA in the 1988 Olympic Games and in Davis Cup. A bill in Congress to bypass the traditional five-year waiting procedure was rejected in 1988 because Czechoslovak authorities refused to provide the necessary waivers. He became a U.S. citizen on July 7, 1992.

On September 16, 1989, six days after losing the final of the US Open to Boris Becker, Lendl married Samantha Frankel. They have five daughters: Marika (born May 4, 1990), twins Isabelle and Caroline (born July 29, 1991), Daniela (born June 24, 1993), and Nikola (born January 20, 1998). He transferred his competitive interests to professional golf where he achieved a win on the Celebrity Tour. Still competitive at the mini-tour levels, Lendl now devotes much of his time managing the development of his daughters' golfing abilities. Two of his daughters (Marika and Isabelle) are members of the University of Florida Women's Golf Team. Daniela is a member of the University of Alabama Women's Golf Team. His daughters Caroline and Nikola enjoy eventing horses.

South African exhibition and aftermath

In July 1983, Lendl played three exhibition matches (against Johan Kriek, Kevin Curren, Jimmy Connors) in Sun City, in the apartheid-era bantustan of Bophuthatswana. The Czechoslovak Sport Federation (ČSTV), controlled by the Communist Party, expelled him from the Czechoslovak Davis Cup team and fined him $150,000. Lendl disagreed with the punishment and fine.

In addition, the publication of his name and results in the Czechoslovak media was prohibited. The ban was extended not only to Lendl, but to anything about world tennis, all tennis tournaments and both men's and women's circuits (with the exception of blank Grand Slam results).

The appearance in this exhibition in Sun City and Lendl's Americanized living style ignited a long-lasting dispute between Lendl and the Czechoslovak communist authorities, which was never settled and resulted in his decision to apply for a green card in 1987 and later on for U.S. citizenship.

Playing style

Lendl was known, along with Björn Borg, for using his heavy topspin forehand to dictate play. His trademark shot was his running forehand, which he could direct either down the line or cross-court.

Early in his career Lendl played a sliced backhand, but in the early 1980s he learned to hit his backhand with significant topspin. This shift allowed him to defeat John McEnroe in 1984 in the French Open – Lendl's first Grand Slam victory. In the first two sets McEnroe used his habitual proximity to the net to intercept Lendl's cross-court passing shots. In the third set Lendl started using lobs, forcing McEnroe to distance himself from the net to prepare for the lobs. McEnroe's further distance from the net opened the angles for Lendl's cross-court passing shots, which ultimately gained Lendl points and turned the match around.

Lendl's serve was powerful but inconsistent. His very high toss may have been to blame. Lendl's consistency from the baseline was machine-like. Though tall and apparently gangly, Lendl was very fast on the court. Lendl did not win Wimbledon because he could not sufficiently improve his consistency at the net. Grass courts yield notoriously bad bounces, and that destabilized his baseline game more than other baseliners. His groundstroke setup was very complete, almost robotic and repeated bad bounces made him uncomfortable. Wimbledon in those days required reducing baseline play by coming to the net. He devoted considerable effort to improving his net play, but fell short of a Wimbledon title. Toward the end of his days on the ATP tour Lendl ended his long term clothing, shoe and racket deal with Adidas. He signed with Mizuno, and finally began to play with a mid-sized racket very similar to the Adidas racket he had used throughout most of his career, itself based on the Kneissl White Star model.

Tennis career

Lendl first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1978, he won the boys' singles titles at both the French Open and Wimbledon and was ranked the World No. 1 junior player.

Lendl made an almost immediate impact on the game after turning professional. After reaching his first top-level singles final in 1979, he won seven singles titles in 1980, including three tournament wins in three consecutive weeks on three different surfaces. The success continued in 1981 as he won 10 titles including his first season ending Masters Grand Prix tour title defeating Vitas Gerulaitis in five sets.

In 1982, he won in total 15 of the 23 singles tournaments he entered and had a 44-match winning streak.

He competed on the separate World Championship Tennis (WCT) tour where he won all 10 WCT tournaments he entered, including winning his first WCT Finals where he defeated John McEnroe in straight sets. He met McEnroe again in the Masters Grand Prix final and won in straight sets to claim his second season ending championship of that particular tour.

In an era when tournament prize money was rising sharply due to the competition between 2 circuits (Grand Prix and WCT), Lendl's haul of titles quickly made him the highest-earning tennis player of all time.

He won another seven tournaments in 1983.

But Grand Slam titles eluded Lendl in the early years of his career. He reached his first Grand Slam final at the French Open in 1981, where he lost in five sets to Björn Borg. His second came at the US Open in 1982, where he was defeated by Jimmy Connors. In 1983, he was the runner-up at both the Australian Open and the US Open.

Lendl's first Grand Slam title came at the 1984 French Open, where he defeated John McEnroe in a long final to claim what was arguably his best victory. Down two sets to love and later trailing 4–2 in the fourth set, Lendl battled back to claim the title 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5. McEnroe gained a measure of revenge by beating Lendl in straight sets in both finals of the US Open 1984 and Volvo Masters 1984 (played in January 1985).

Lendl lost in the final of the 1985 French Open to Mats Wilander. He then faced McEnroe again in the final of the US Open, and this time it was Lendl who emerged victorious in a straight sets win. It was the first of three consecutive US Open titles for Lendl and part of a run of eight consecutive US Open finals. He reached the WCT Finals for the second and last time defeating Tim Mayotte in three sets. Success continued when he also took the Masters Grand Prix title for the third time defeating Boris Becker in straight sets.

In 1986 and 1987 he added wins in the French Open to his U.S Open victories including the season ending 1986 and 1987 Masters Grand Prix championship titles, Where he defeated Boris Becker (86) in straight sets and Mats Wilander (87) in three sets. This took him to his fifth and last Grand Prix year end tour title.

During each of the years from 1985 through 1987, Lendl's match winning percentage was greater than 90%. This record was equalled by Roger Federer in 2006. Lendl, however, remains the only male tennis player with at least 90% match wins in five different years (1982 was the first, 1989 the last). From the 1985 US Open through the 1988 Australian Open, Lendl reached ten consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals—a record that was broken by Federer at the 2006 US Open.

1989 was another very strong year for Lendl. He started the year by capturing his first Australian Open title with a straight sets final victory over Miloslav Mečíř and went on to claim 10 titles out of 17 tournaments he entered. Lendl successfully defended his Australian Open title in 1990.

The only Grand Slam singles title Lendl never managed to win was Wimbledon. After reaching the semifinals in 1983 and 1984, he reached the final there twice, losing in straight sets to Boris Becker in 1986 and Pat Cash in 1987. In the years that followed, Lendl put in intensive efforts to train and hone his game on grass courts. But despite reaching the Wimbledon semifinals again in 1988, 1989 and 1990, he never again reached the final.

Lendl was part of the team that won Czechoslovakia's only Davis Cup title in 1980. He was the driving force behind the country's team in the first half of the 1980s but stopped playing in the event after he moved to the United States in 1986 because, in the eyes of communist Czechoslovakia's Tennis Association, he was an "illegal defector" from their country.

Lendl was also part of the Czechoslovakian team that won the World Team Cup in 1981 and was runner-up in 1984 and 1985.

Lendl's success in the game was due in large part to his highly meticulous and intensive training and physical conditioning regime, his scientific approach to preparing for and playing the game, and a strong desire to put in whatever it took to be successful. It is believed that a contributing factor to his run of eight successive US Open finals and long record of success at that tournament was that he hired the same workers who laid the hardcourt surfaces at Flushing Meadows each year to install an exact copy in the grounds of his home in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Lendl announced his retirement from professional tennis on December 21, 1994, due to chronic back pain. Although he didn't play any official match following his defeat in the 2nd round of the US Open in 1994, Lendl's final decision to retire came only three and a half months later.

Lendl won a total of 94 career singles titles listed by the ATP (plus 49 other non-ATP tournaments, thus making a total of 144 singles titles) and 6 doubles titles, and his career prize money of U.S. $21,262,417 was a record at the time. In 2001, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

After finishing his tennis career, Lendl took up golf, earning a handicap of 0 and organizing a charity competition in 2004 called the "Ivan Lendl Celebrity Golf Tournament".

Lendl's professional attitude, modern playing style, scientific training methods, and unprecedented long-term success have had a considerable impact on today's tennis world. A typical Lendl quote is: "If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can."'

Ivan Lendl's return to tennis was announced on February 2, 2010 at a press conference announcing the Caesars Tennis Classic exhibition match scheduled for April 10, 2010 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Lendl will be playing his rival from the late 1980s, Mats Wilander, in a one set match. This will be Lendl's first tournament since his 1994 retirement. Venus Williams will host the tournament and additional matches will include US men's #1 Andy Roddick versus the recently retired Marat Safin.

On February 28, 2011, Lendl returned to the court in an exhibition with McEnroe at Madison Square Garden. It was planned to be a one-set, first-to-eight event. However, McEnroe, leading 6–3, injured his ankle and had to retire from the match.

Career statistics

Singles performance timeline

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NH = tournament not held

A = did not participate in the tournament

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

Records Grand Slam/Other

These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.

Combined year end championships are: WCT Finals, ATP World Tour Finals

{|class="wikitable" |-bgcolor="#efefef" |width=200|Grand Slam/Other||width=50|Years||width=200|Record accomplished||width=200|Player tied |- |Australian Open||1989–91||3 consecutive singles finals||Mats Wilander |- |Australian Open||1989–90||2 consecutive singles titles||Ken Rosewall, Guillermo Vilas
Johan Kriek, Mats Wilander
Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier
Andre Agassi, Roger Federer |- |French Open||1984–87||4 consecutive singles finals||Björn Borg
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal |- |US Open||1982–89||8 consecutive singles finals||Stands alone |- |US Open||1982–89||8 finals overall||Pete Sampras |- |US Open||1985–87||win/loss (sets) overall 95.5% (63/3)||Stands alone |- |US Open||1985–87||win/loss (sets) single season 3 years consecutive 95.5% (21/1)||Stands alone |- |Grand Slam Tournaments ||1981–86||Runner-up at all four || Roger Federer |- |Grand Slam Tournaments ||1981–91||11 consecutive years reaching at least one final || Pete Sampras |- |Grand Slam Tournaments||1983–89|| 7 consecutive years with 20 match wins ||Roger Federer |- |Combined year end championships WCT GP||1980–88||12 finals overall ||John McEnroe |- |Grand Prix Tour Finals ||1981–87||5 titles won||Roger Federer
Pete Sampras |- |Grand Prix Tour Finals ||1980–88||9 consecutive finals||Stands alone |- |Grand Prix Tour Finals ||1980–88||9 finals overall||Stands alone |- |Grand Prix Tour Finals ||1980–91||12 semi finals overall||Stands alone |- |Grand Prix Tour Finals ||1985|| Won championship without losing a set||John McEnroe |- |Grand Prix Tour ||1980–89|| 22 titles Championship Series || Stands alone |- |Grand Prix Tour ||1980–89|| 31 finals overall Championship Series || Stands alone |- |Grand Prix Tour ||1981–83|| 66 match winning streak indoors || Stands alone |- |Grand Prix Tour ||1981–83|| 18 consecutive finals || Stands alone |- |Grand Prix Tour ||1981–82|| 8 consecutive titles || John McEnroe |- |Grand Prix Tour ||1982|| 9 carpet court titles (single year) || Stands alone |- |Grand Prix & ATP Tour ||1983–93|| 5 wins single tournament Tokyo || Stands alone |- |Grand Prix Tour ||1980–89|| 6 wins single tournament Canadian Open || Stands alone |- |Grand Prix & ATP Tour ||1980–93|| 14 consecutive years winning at least 1 title || Stands alone |- |Grand Prix & ATP Tour ||1983–93||career match win percentage (hard courts) 82.59% (477/394)|| Stands alone |- |Grand Prix Tour ||1982–89|| 5 years consecutive match win percentage 90% (419/36)|| Stands alone |- |No 1 Ranking ||1985–87||3 consecutive years || Roger Federer
Jimmy Connors
John McEnroe
Pete Sampras |- |No 1 Ranking calender year ||1985|| 52 consecutive weeks || Roger Federer
Jimmy Connors
Lleyton Hewitt
Pete Sampras |- |No 1 Ranking ||1984–85||1st player to reclaim 1 year after losing || Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal |- |}

ITF World Champion (1985–1987, 1990).

ATP Player of The Year (1985–1987).

ATP Most Improved Player (1981).

List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players

Recognition

''Tennis magazine'' named him as one of the ten greatest tennis players since 1966, calling him "the game's greatest overachiever" and emphasizing his importance in the game's history. In his book ''Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis'', Bud Collins included Lendl in his list of the 21 greatest men's tennis players for the period from 1946 through 1992. In July 1986 DPR Korea issued a postage stamp depicting Ivan Lendl in play.

See also

An account of Lendl's dramatic exit from the 1989 French Open

Tennis male players statistics

World number one male tennis player rankings

References

Jiri Janousek, Pavel Vitous (1990). ''Ivan Lendl''. Lidove nakladatelstvi, Praha, Czechoslovakia. ISBN 80-7022-088-0.

Ivan Lendl, George Mendoza (1986). ''Hitting Hot: Ivan Lendl's 14-days Tennis Clinic''. Random House, Inc., New York. ISBN 0-394-55407-8.

External links

Father of Modern Tennis

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