Coordinates	34°5′24″N74°47′24″N
Name	Ivan Ljubičić
Country
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Birth date	March 19, 1979
Birth place	Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$9,450,269
Singlesrecord	413–279 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles	10
Highestsinglesranking	No. 3 (May 1, 2006)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 30 (November 14, 2011)
Australianopenresult	QF (2006)
Frenchopenresult	SF (2006)
Wimbledonresult	3R (2006, 2007, 2011)
Usopenresult	3R (2005, 2007)
Doublesrecord	98–105 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles	0
Highestdoublesranking	No. 70 (May 16, 2006)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	QF (2010)
Frenchopendoublesresult	3R (2004, 2006)
Wimbledondoublesresult	1R (2005, 2006, 2007)
Usopendoublesresult	QF (2003, 2009)
Updated	August 9, 2009 }}

}} Ivan Ljubičić (; born March 19, 1979) is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then Yugoslavia). His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37.

Tall and powerfully built, he is noted for his strong serve. He has achieved his best results in indoor tournaments played on carpet or hardcourt. Mostly a baseliner, he will approach the net selectively (Ljubičić is a good volleyer and plays doubles occasionally). On his backhand, he can use a slice or a drop-shot to great effect to draw a player or put him out of position. Relying heavily on his serve, he holds well but is a comparatively weak returner, producing many sets ending in tie-breaks. Ljubičić is using the Head Youtek Extreme Pro Racquet, after using the Babolat Pure Drive for most of his professional career.

Ljubičić previously served as the ATP Player Council president and has strongly voiced his opinion on many issues, such as the possible downgrading of current Masters Series tournaments in Monte Carlo and Hamburg.

Ljubičić and Mario Ančić are only the second doubles team ever to defeat Bob and Mike Bryan in Davis Cup history, the other team being France's Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra. Ljubičić helped Croatia win the 2005 Davis Cup, where they triumphed over the Slovakian Davis Cup team in the final.

Early years

Ljubičić was born to a Bosnian Croat father Marko, and a Bosniak mother Hazira. He started playing tennis as a child in 1988, and he soon won his first local awards as a junior. In May 1992, because of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ljubičić family left Banja Luka, and Ivan, his mother and his brother moved to Opatija, Croatia, while his father was unable to leave. In November 1992, they were reunited and moved to Rijeka.

Soon after, in April 1993, Ljubičić went to a tennis club in Moncalieri near Torino, Italy. During the next three years, Ljubičić grew into a promising prospect. He decided to play for Croatia and in 1995 won his first junior championship, becoming the Croatian under-16 champion. The same year, he won his first ATP points and played for the Croatian team in the Winter Cup (European under-16 indoors championship). Pairing up with Željko Krajan, he won the Orange Bowl (the unofficial world under-16 championship).

In 1996, the family moved to Zagreb, while Ivan continued his successes. He joined the tennis club Mladost and played in more and more junior ITF tournaments. His biggest success as a junior was the final at Wimbledon, where he was defeated by Vladimir Voltchkov of Belarus. He also played in the Australian Open junior semifinal in 1997 and won the Eddie Harre tournament, which made him the no. 2 junior in the world. In early 1997, he started training with the Italian professional coach Riccardo Piatti. His successes continued: quarterfinals of the junior French Open, and entering professional tennis. After a lot of success, Ivan bought a Porsche GT which is, according to Ljubičić "His craziest ever buy". Soon after that, in 2004, Ivan married his wife Aida, who is always with him at ATP tournaments. Their first child, Leonardo, was born December 10, 2008.

Tennis career

1998–2003

Ljubičić entered professional tennis in 1998 and played in the final of the ATP Challenger in Zagreb, where he lost to Alberto Berasategui. He played a number of smaller tournaments the same year, but had little success and finished the year as no. 293.

In 1999, his luck turned, and he won two Futures tournaments, as well as a Challenger in Besançon, France. He won two more victories in the qualifications for the Casablanca Tour event, where he was defeated by Juan Carlos Ferrero. He then entered the Super 9 tournament in Monte Carlo (today's Monte Carlo Masters), where he reached the third round after an amazing run in which he defeated Andrei Medvedev and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. He also played in the Croatia Open in Umag, where he was eliminated only in the semifinal by Magnus Norman. He finished the year as no. 77.

In 2000, Ljubičić played two semifinals, in Sydney and in Båstad, and three quarterfinals (Marseille, Copenhagen, and Brighton). He also played in the third round of the Olympic tournament.

He won his first ATP singles title at Lyon in 2001, after defeating Gustavo Kuerten, Gastón Gaudio, Marat Safin, and Younes El Aynaoui. At that point he reached no. 29 in the professional rankings and continued to play well, participating in seven ATP Tour semifinals: Adelaide, Rotterdam, Miami, St. Polten, Gstaad, Umag, Cincinnati. He finished the year 2001 as no. 37.

In 2002, he was in two semifinals (Rotterdam and Gstaad) and four quarterfinals (Adelaide, Dubai, Umag, and Tashkent) on the ATP Tour, and it the first time he passed the first round at a Grand Slam, when he reached the third round of the Australian Open, where he was stopped by Wayne Ferreira in five sets. He ended the year as no. 49, and also no. 2 in the number of aces, behind Wayne Arthurs.

In 2003, he reached the semifinals of Milan, Dubai, Bangkok, and Basel, and also the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters and the quarterfinals in the Rome Masters. He lost in the second round in the U.S Open to Andy Roddick, who would then go on to become the champion that year. The score was 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-7. After the match, he said that if the match had been played anywhere else, he would have won. He also stated that no one in the locker room liked the American.

2004–2005

In 2004, he started the year as the runner-up to Nicolas Escudé in Doha, and also played semifinals in Hamburg Masters, in Indianapolis, and in the Madrid Masters. He also reached the quarterfinals in Basel and 1/8 finals in the Miami Masters.

At the 2004 Olympics, Ljubičić teamed up with Mario Ančić to win the bronze medal in doubles, winning against the Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, after having been defeated by the Chilean duo of Fernando González and Nicolás Massú, the eventual gold medalists, in the semifinals.

In 2005, Ljubičić produced markedly better results. He won two ATP titles and was the runner-up at another six, losing to world no. 1 Roger Federer in three of them, and world no. 2 Rafael Nadal in another one. Most notably, he reached the finals of two Masters Series Events, losing to Nadal in Madrid and to Tomáš Berdych at the Paris Indoor Tournament. He finished the year ranked no. 9 in the world and earned his first appearance at the year-end Masters Cup, where he was eliminated in the group stage (Ljubičić was one of a number of entrants who were invited due to the withdrawal of higher-ranked players, such as no. 2 Rafael Nadal).

Ljubičić has also been the top player of the Croatian Davis Cup team since the departure of Goran Ivanišević. In Davis Cup 2005, the Croatian team defeated the United States in the first round played in March 2005. Ljubičić defeated Andre Agassi convincingly in straight sets in his first singles match. He then teamed with Mario Ančić to defeat the Bryan Brothers, then the world's second-ranked doubles team. He finally clinched victory for his country, defeating America's no. 1 player and former world no. 1 Andy Roddick in five sets. In the July quarterfinal, Ljubičić again won his singles games against Romania's Victor Hănescu, as well as Andrei Pavel, and then together with Ančić defeated the Pavel-Gabriel Trifu duo in five sets. In the semifinal held in September against the Russian team, Ljubičić defeated Mikhail Youzhny in five sets, together with Ančić defeated Igor Andreev and Dmitry Tursunov in another five-set game, and finally defeated Nikolay Davydenko to secure victory for Croatia. Then, in the finals, Ljubičić defeated Karol Kučera and also paired with Mario Ančić to help secure Croatia's first Davis Cup victory.

2006

Prior to the Australian Open, Ljubičić played a tournament in Chennai. Seeded first, he was expected to do well on the hard courts there. Playing well, he reached the final and defeated Spaniard Carlos Moyà, 7–6, 6–2. It proved to be a great preparation for the Australian Open.

At the 2006 Australian Open, he reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career. He defeated Thomas Johansson of Sweden, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4, in the fourth round. He lost to eventual finalist Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the quarterfinals, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 3–6.

After the Australian Open, he played at the Zagreb Indoor Open, which is played on carpet, a surface typically favoured by Ljubičić. He reached the final once more and defeated Stefan Koubek, 6–3, 6–4.

He bettered this feat when he made the semifinals of the 2006 French Open, a run that ended with a loss to Rafael Nadal, who holds the record for the longest win streak on clay. It was speculated that Ljubičić was able to make it this far because his highest-ranked opponent was not even ranked in the top 70. After the match, Ljubičić made controversial comments about how Nadal took too much time between points. He also stated that he hoped Roger Federer would defeat him in the final. Ljubičić then traveled to Queen's Club, defeating Răzvan Sabău, 7–6, 6–2, before losing to Gaël Monfils, 6-7, 5-7, in the round of 16. Many people have speculated about why Ljubičić does not do well on grass in spite of his huge serve, but analysts have said that Ljubičić needs more time on groundstrokes that the grass surface does not give.

At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Ljubičić had a tough first-round opponent in '05 quarterfinalist Feliciano López. He won 11–9 in the fifth. He then defeated Justin Gimelstob, before losing in the third round to Dmitry Tursunov, after being up two sets to none.

He then traveled to Gstaad, Switzerland to play in the Allianz Suisse Open on red clay. Being the top seed, he defeated Spaniard Albert Portas in the first round and Marco Chiudinelli in the second round, before losing to seed Feliciano López in straight sets. In the Canada Masters, he reached the third round, before losing out to Fernando González. He then went to the Bangkok Open, where he was the top seed and reached the final round. He met America's James Blake, but was defeated, 3-6, 1-6, and moved to no. 3 on the ATP ace list. He did not remain no. 3, due to David Nalbandian, who pushed him down by advancing to the semifinals in Madrid.

At the US Open, Ljubičić was drawn against Feliciano López of Spain in the first round, as he had been at Wimbledon. However, Lopez exacted revenge for his almost five-hour long defeat at Wimbledon by annihilating the third seed, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3.

2007

Ljubičić began his 2007 season in style with a victory at the $1 million Qatar Qatar ExxonMobil Open. En route to his victory, he defeated Andy Murray in the finals. In doing so, he became the race leader in the 2007 Indesit ATP Race. In this tournament, Ljubičić played his first competitive match with a Head racquet, after abandoning his previous racket sponsor, Babolat.

He played in the 2007 Australian Open and was seeded fourth, but was surprisingly defeated in the first round by Mardy Fish.

Ljubičić bounced back well to make the final of the Zagreb Indoor Open, against Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. Baghdatis waited until match point to claim his only break of serve against Ljubičić to win the thrilling final with a 7–6 (4), 4–6, 6–4 victory.

At the Open 13 tournament in Marseille, Ljubičić, the second seed, was one of four seeds to lose in the first round, losing to qualifier but local favorite Nicolas Mahut, 4-6, 4-6.

In Rotterdam, he made it to the final, where, exhausted, he suffered a 2-6, 4-6 defeat to Mikhail Youzhny.

At the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Ljubičić lost to Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, 6-7(7), 6-7(8).

Prior to Wimbledon, Ivan Ljubičić hit form on the grass courts, a surface in which he had previously failed to reach the last eight before. Playing at s'Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, he defeated Dutch home crowd favourite, Peter Wessels in three tight sets. Ljubičić won the final set 7–6, securing his victory, regardless of the fact that he did not break the Dutchman's serve in the match. As the 15th seed (ranked no. 12), he opened his 2007 Wimbledon campaign against American Vince Spadea, followed by a win over Jan Hernych, but fell in four sets to Paul-Henri Mathieu. He and Ernests Gulbis lost in the men's doubles competition in the first round.

In September, just one day before start of Davis Cup tie against Great Britain, Ivan discovered blood in his urine. After tests, it was announced that he had two small stones in the kidney. He was then advised to take a break for the next couple of weeks.

Ivan then had an average fall season, reaching the semifinals of the China Open, losing to Fernando González, the quarterfinals in Vienna, and the quarterfinals in Lyon. However, he failed to win a match in the two Masters Series tournaments, losing to Stefan Koubek in Madrid and Marcos Baghdatis in Paris.

2008

Ljubičić's first tournament of 2008 was in Doha, where he reached the semifinals, losing to Stanislas Wawrinka. However, Ivan suffered a shocking first-round defeat at the 2008 Australian Open, losing to Dutchman Robin Haase in four sets.

He was then granted a wildcard to a Challenger in East London, South Africa, where he defeated Stefan Koubek in straight sets. It was Ljubičić's first Challenger in over two years.

His next significant result was in Zagreb, where, as the home crowd favorite, he reached the final, only to suffer a shocking upset by Ukrainian lucky loser Sergiy Stakhovsky, 5-7, 4-6.

At the 2008 French Open, Ljubičić produced the biggest upset of the tournament (at that time) by coming back from a two-set deficit to defeat world no. 4, and 2007 French Open semifinalist Nikolay Davydenko, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4. He had previously lost to Davydenko on clay at Hamburg in 2008, 4-6, 1-6.

At Wimbledon, Ivan played three-hour thriller against Austrian Jürgen Melzer and lost, 4-6, 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-2, 3-6. It was a disappointment for Ljubičić, who told newspapers before the match that he still had a lot to give.

2009

Ljubičić started the season as world no. 58. His first tournament was the Australian Open, where he beat Igor Kunitsyn in the first round 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3, before losing in the second round to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 2–6.

He then participated at Zagreb, where he defeated Christophe Rochus in the first round, 6–4, 6–1, before losing to Viktor Troicki 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, in the second.

He then lost in the opening match in three tournaments: in Rotterdam to Andy Murray, 3–6, 2–6, in Marseille to Feliciano López 6–3, 4–6, 5–7, and in Dubai to David Ferrer 6–3, 2–6, 1–6. His ranking fell to no. 74.

Ljubičić's next tournament was the 2009 BNP Paribas Open. He defeated Kei Nishikori in the first round, and fellow Croatian Mario Ančić in the second when Ančić retired with illness at 3–3. He then upset eighth seeded Gilles Simon 6–3, 7–6, in the third, and outlasted Igor Andreev 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, in the fourth to reach the quarterfinals, where he was at last beaten by fourth seeded Andy Murray 5–7, 6–7. Ljubičić received a wild card into the Monte Carlo Masters and in the second round defeated Juan Martín del Potro 4–6, 6–1, 6–4. He proceeded to the quarterfinals, where he was defeated by four-time defending champion Rafael Nadal 3–6, 3–6. Because of his strong play at Monte Carlo, Ljubičić again received a wild card into the 2009 Madrid Masters. He again defeated a top-10 player in the second round, beating ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–4, 7–5. He then defeated eighth seed Gilles Simon 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, to reach his third quarterfinal at a Masters 1000 event. He was defeated by Novak Djokovic 4–6, 4–6, in the quarterfinals. His performances during the clay-court season have helped his ranking improve to no. 43, his highest since August 2008.

Ljubičić's good clay-court form did not carry into the 2009 French Open, as he suffered a disappointing defeat to Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, in the first round. Ljubičić did not compete at Wimbledon due to an injury.

Ljubičić returned to form in China. At the China Open, he reached the quarterfinals, losing to Robin Söderling. At the inaugural Shanghai Masters event, Ljubičić reached the quarterfinals for the fourth time at a Masters 1000 event. He defeated Julien Benneteau in the first round 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. He defeated world no. 9 Fernando Verdasco in straight sets 6–4, 7–6, in the second round. Ljubičić was cruising over Gaël Monfils 6–2, 3–0, before the Frenchman retired. Ljubičić then retired from his quarterfinal match against Rafael Nadal, after splitting the first two sets 6–3, 3–6. Ljubičić was the eighth player to retire during the event. Ljubičić then won his first title since June 2007, at the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon event. Seeded third, Ljubičić did not defeat a single seeded player, benefitting from several seeded players losing early. After defeating Martín Vassallo Argüello and Nicolas Kiefer, Ljubičić defeated three Frenchmen in a row to take the title. He defeated Florent Serra, and wild cards Arnaud Clément in the semifinal and Michaël Llodra in the final.

2010

Ljubičić began the season with a third-round finish at the Australian Open, losing to countryman Ivo Karlović.

He also made the quarterfinals in the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, where he lost to eventual champion and world no. 2 Novak Djokovic, in three sets.

At the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, he got revenge by beating Djokovic 7–5, 6–3, in the fourth round. He proceeded to upset defending champion Rafael Nadal 3–6, 6–4, 7–6, in the semifinals, avenging his loss against him in the 2005 Madrid Masters final and sending Ivan to his fourth career Masters 1000 final. He successfully broke his trend of three previous final losses in these master series tournaments by defeating American favorite Andy Roddick in the final 7–6, 7–6, to lift his first ever Masters Series trophy. He also became: the first Croat to win the tournament; the third 26th-ranked player to win this tournament (following Àlex Corretja and Jim Courier); the second-oldest winner at the tournament (behind Jimmy Connors who was five months older when he won in 1984); and the oldest first-time winner of a Master Series 1000 event. As a result of his performance in the tournament, in which he defeated three top-10 players—Djokovic (no. 2) in the quarterfinals, Nadal (no. 3) in the semifinals, and Roddick (no. 8) in the final, en route to the title&mdahs;he broke into the top 20 in the rankings for the first time in nearly two years, no. 13 as of March 22.

2011

Ljubicic had a solid 2011, reaching the latter rounds of the Monte Carlo clay-court tournament and the third round at Wimbledon, where he lost to Andy Murray.

Ljubicic lost to David Nalbandian in the second round at the US Open.

He reached the finals in Metz in September, where he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3–6, 7–6, 3–6. He reached the semifinals of the China Open, but lost to Marin Čilić 4–6, 3–6.

Major finals

ATP Masters Series finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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ATP Career Finals

Singles: 24 (10–14)

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Doubles: 4 (0–4)

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Singles Performance Timeline

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. 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Coordinates	34°5′24″N74°47′24″N
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)
Wimbledondoublesresult	1R (2005)
Usopendoublesresult	2R (2008)
Othertournamentsdoubles	Yes
Olympicsdoublesresult	2R (2008)
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 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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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Coordinates

34°5′24″N74°47′24″N

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James Cerretani |imageJames Cerretani-270150.jpeg | country | residence Reading, Massachusetts, United States | birth_date October 02, 1981 | birth_place Reading, Massachusetts, United States | height | weight | turnedpro 2005 | plays Left-handed | careerprizemoney $325,568 | singlesrecord 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | singlestitles | highestsinglesranking No. 620 (October 23, 2006) | AustralianOpenresult | FrenchOpenresult | Wimbledonresult | USOpenresult | doublesrecord 42–58 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | doublestitles 3 | highestdoublesranking No. 45 (July 21, 2008) | grandslamsdoublesresults yes | AustralianOpenDoublesresult 1R (2009, 2010) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult 2R (2008, 2009) | WimbledonDoublesresult QF (2011) | USOpenDoublesresult 1R (2008) | updated June 20, 2011 }}

James Cerretani (born October 2, 1981, in Reading, Massachusetts) is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he has won three ATP World Tour titles in his career. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 45 on July 21, 2008.

Amateur career

After an outstanding junior tennis career, he attended Brown University, where he had an excellent collegiate career. He earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors in 2001 and left Brown as the career all-time winningest doubles player. Cerretani graduated from Brown in 2004 with a degree in International Relations and Business Economics.

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

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	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
	1.	May 19, 2008		Clay	Todd Perry		1–6, 2–6
	1.	July 14, 2008		Clay	Victor Hănescu	Lucas Arnold Ker Olivier Rochus	6–3, 7–5
	2.	February 2, 2009		Hard	Dick Norman	Rik de Voest Ashley Fisher	6–7, 6–2, [14–12]
	3.	February 6, 2011	Johannesburg, South Africa (2)	Hard	Adil Shamasdin	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]

References

External links

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Coordinates	34°5′24″N74°47′24″N
name	Michael Kohlmann
country
residence	Herdecke, Germany
birth date	January 11, 1974
birth place	Hagen, Germany
height
weight
turnedpro	1995
plays	Right-handed
careerprizemoney	$1,436,104
singlesrecord	25–49
singlestitles	0
highestsinglesranking	No. 98 (November 30, 1998)
australianopenresult	1R (1999, 2002)
frenchopenresult	-
wimbledonresult	1R (1999, 2000, 2002)
usopenresult	3R (1998)
doublesrecord	165–182
doublestitles	5
highestdoublesranking	No. 27 (March 5, 2007)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	SF (2010)
Frenchopendoublesresult	QF (2007)
Wimbledondoublesresult	2R (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Usopendoublesresult	3R (2006)
updated	July 13, 2009 }}

Michael Kohlmann (born 11 January 1974, in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No. 27 in the world.

Career doubles titles (5)

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Legend (pre/post 2009)

Grand Slam tournaments (0)

Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0)

ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)

ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (0)

ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	11 February 2002		Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	7–6(10), 7–5
2.	30 December 2002		Hard	Julian Knowle	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	7–6(1), 7–6(3)
3.	10 January 2005		Hard	Yves Allegro	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–4, 7–6(4)
4.	10 April 2006		Clay	Alexander Waske	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
5.	29 January 2007		Carpet (i)	Alexander Waske	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	7–6(5), 4–6, [10–5]

Doubles runner-ups (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	13 September 1999		Clay	Nicklas Kulti		6–3, 6–7(5), 7–6(5)
2.	10 July 2000		Clay	Jérôme Golmard	Jiří Novák David Rikl	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
3.	29 April 2002		Clay	Julian Knowle	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–2, 6–4
4.	24 February 2003		Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
5.	20 October 2003		Clay	Rainer Schüttler	Julian Knowle Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–4
6.	23 May 2004		Hard (i)	Yves Allegro	Enzo Artoni Fernando Vicente	7–6(1), 6–3
7.	23 August 2004		Hard	Yves Allegro	Antony Dupuis Michaël Llodra	6–2, 6–4
8.	7 February 2005		Hard (i)	Yves Allegro	Wayne Arthurs (tennis)	7–6(4), 6–4
9.	4 July 2005		Clay	Rainer Schüttler	[[František Čermák Leoš Friedl	7–6(6), 7–6(11)
10.	24 April 2006		Clay	Alexander Waske	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	6–3, 6–4
11.	12 June 2006		Grass	Rainer Schüttler	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6–0, 6–4
12.	6 July 2009		Grass	Rogier Wassen	Jordan Kerr Rajeev Ram	6–7(6), 6–4, [10–6]
13.	8 May 2010		Clay	Eric Butorac		5–7, 6–3, [16–14]

External links

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Coordinates	34°5′24″N74°47′24″N
Name	Sergiy Stakhovsky Сергій Стаховський
Country
Residence	Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Birth date	January 06, 1986
Birth place	Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$1,024,597
Singlesrecord	71–68
Singlestitles	4
Highestsinglesranking	No. 31 (September 27, 2010)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 55 (August 29, 2011)
Australianopenresult	3R (2011)
Frenchopenresult	3R (2011)
Wimbledonresult	2R (2011)
Usopenresult	3R (2010)
Doublesrecord	15–13
Doublestitles	3
Highestdoublesranking	No. 67 (September 13, 2010)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	2R (2011)
Frenchopendoublesresult	2R (2009)
Wimbledondoublesresult	3R (2010)
Usopendoublesresult	3R (2010)
Updated	November 2, 2009 }}

Sergiy Stakhovsky ( ) (born January 6, 1986 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and had been playing mostly at the Challenger level from 2005–2008. His career high in singles of #31 (September 2010) and his high of #86 in doubles (March 2009). He won his first career title on 1 March 2008, as a lucky loser ranked #209, defeating #1 seed Ivan Ljubičić in the final, thus becoming the first lucky loser to win a title since Christian Miniussi in 1991. He is noted for his backhand, which he can hit down the line or crosscourt. He is the older brother of tennis player Leonard Stakhovsky.

Junior career

Stakhovsky reached career highs of #28 in singles and #32 in doubles in the world junior rankings in 2003. In 2004, he had his best junior result, losing in the final of the U.S. Open to Andy Murray, beating Donald Young in the first round. In 2002, he beat Novak Đoković in the quarterfinals of Luxembourg before losing to Dudi Sela in the final.

Professional career

2004

Stakhovsky played his first ATP-level singles match in October in Moscow's Kremlin Cup. After beating Alejandro Falla in qualifying to reach the main draw, he lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the first round. He then reached the quartefinals of a couple Challengers to finish the year ranked #335 in singles.

2005

Stakhovsky began 2005 where he left off, qualifying into the ATP stop in Qatar in January and losing to Hyung-Taik Lee in the first round. In February, he won his first ATP-level singles match, qualifying into the main draw, where he beat #100 Christophe Rochus and #29 Mario Ančić before losing to #37 Robin Söderling in the quarterfinals. He spent most of the rest of the year having moderate success at the Challenger level, but did qualify once more into an ATP tournament in Russia in October, reaching the 2nd round. He finished the year ranked #173 in singles.

In doubles, he won two Challenger tournaments, in Spain in July and Prague in November.

2006

Stakhovsky had a rough start to the year, losing in the first round of qualifying at three straight ATP stops. By May, his ranking had slipped back to #260 before he began making progress again on the Challenger circuit. Semifinal results at major Challengers in Spain and Istanbul in July got his ranking back to #181.

In October, he qualified into ATP main draws two weeks in a row, losing in the first round to #26 Richard Gasquet in France and beating #21 Dmitry Tursunov in the first round in Moscow before losing to #54 Arnaud Clément. That brought his singles ranking to a career high of #158.

Although he did win his 4th career doubles Challenger title in Ukraine in November, he had no further singles success and finished the year ranked #198 in singles.

2007

Stakhovsky was not as successful in 2007 in singles. He qualified twice into ATP main draws in January and February, but lost in the first round. He had more success in doubles, winning two more Challenger titles to get to a career high doubles ranking of #128 in August. But by October, his singles ranking had slipped to #294 before he began making progress on the Challenger circuit again. He reached his first Challenger singles final in a major tournament in Malaysia in his final tournament of 2007 to finish the year ranked #199 in singles.

2008

Stakhovsky began 2008 by failing to qualify into several ATP and Challenger tournaments, before qualifying and reaching the quarterfinals of a major Challenger in Poland in February, losing to #68 Simone Bolelli. He then entered the qualifications of the Zagreb tournament, losing in the final round to Slovenian Blaž Kavčič, but due to Michaël Llodra's withdrawal, he entered the main draw as a lucky loser. He went on to win the tournament, defeating top players along the way, including #2 seed Ivo Karlović in the first round, #8 seed Janko Tipsarević in the quarterfinals, Simone Bolelli in the semifinals, and #1 seed Ivan Ljubičić in the final.

2009

This year has seen Stakhovsky match it with the best in a number of ATP World Tour events. In the season opener in Doha, Stakhovsky lost in the quarter-finals to #3 seed Andy Murray. In Zagreb, as defending champion, he once again made the quarter-finals, losing to Viktor Troicki. Stakhovsky played Andy Murray once more in the first round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships and after being one set up and with a break in the second, he twisted his ankle whilst trying to volley. Unable to finish the match, Stakhovsky retired hurt.

As the leading player in the Ukrainian Davis Cup team, Stakhovsky defeated Chris Eaton on the opening day of the Europe/Africa Zone Playoff versus Great Britain in Scotland and partnered Sergei Bubka Jr. in closing out the tie by winning the doubles in five sets.

Stakhovsky won his maiden Grand Slam Singles and Doubles matches at Roland Garros. Stakhovsky qualified for the main draw with impressive performances in his three qualifying matches, coming from 1–4 down in the third set versus Rik de Voest to record an 8–6 victory. Playing Brian Dabul of Argentina in the first round of the Main Draw, Stakhovsky recorded a four set victory and set up a meeting with Novak Djoković, the 4th seed. In a match lasting two days due to poor light, Stakhovsky was comprehensively defeated by the 2007 and 2008 semi-finalist in three sets. Partnering James Cerretani in the doubles, the pair won their first round match before eventually losing to the eventual champions; Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes.

Stakhovsky won his second ATP title in St. Petersburg after winning epic matches against former world number 1, two time Grand Slam champion and twice former St. Petersburg Open champion, Marat Safin (who was playing his last St. Petersburg Open) and he narrowly defeated Horacio Zeballos in the final.

2010

Stakhovsky continued his good form in Davis Cup play with two victories in Ukraine's tie against Latvia in the 1st round Europe/Africa Zone 1 tie. He also won his third career title, beating Janko Tipsarević in the final of the UNICEF Open – a tournament Stakhovsky did not receive a seeding for. At New Haven, he won his fourth career title with highlight wins over Tommy Robredo and Marcos Baghdatis, becoming the first Ukrainian to win two titles in a season since Andrei Medvedev in 1994.

At the 2010 US Open, after knocking out Australian Peter Luczak in the first round, Stakhovsky battled into the third round with a five-set win over American qualifier Ryan Harrison, coming back from triple match point down in a fifth-set tiebreaker to win a match marked by dramatic serve-and-volleying, rallies at net, and leaping overheads from both players. In the 3rd Round, Sergiy retired in the second set trailing Feliciano López with an infected toe.

Sergiy reached a career high ranking of 31 on 27 September 2010. He ended the 2010 season ranked #46 and will begin 2011 at the Qatar Open in Doha.

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4–0)

{| |valign=top| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (pre/post 2009) |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |Grand Slams (0–0) |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |Tennis Masters Cup /ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |ATP Masters Series /ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |ATP World Tour 500 (0–0) |- |ATP World Tour 250 (4–0) |} |valign=top| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Titles by Surface |- |Hard (3–0) |- |Clay (0–0) |- |Grass (1–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} |valign=top| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Titles by Surface |- |Outdoors (2–0) |- |Indoors (2–0) |} |}

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome !width=40|No. !width=125|Date (Final) !width=210|Tournament !width=70|Surface !width=180|Opponent in the final !width=140|Score |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner |1. |March 1, 2008 | Zagreb |Hard (i) | Ivan Ljubičić |7–5, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner |2. |November 1, 2009 | St. Petersburg |Hard (i) | Horacio Zeballos |2–6, 7–6^(10–8), 7–6^{(9–7) |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner |3. |June 19, 2010 | 's-Hertogenbosch |Grass | Janko Tipsarević |6–3, 6–0 |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner |4. |August 28, 2010 | New Haven |Hard | Denis Istomin |3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |}}

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

{| |valign=top| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (pre/post 2009) |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |Grand Slams (0–0) |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |Tennis Masters Cup /ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |ATP Masters Series /ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |ATP International Series Gold /ATP World Tour 500 series (1–0) |- |ATP International Series /ATP World Tour 250 series (2–0) |} |valign=top| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Titles by Surface |- |Hard (2–0) |- |Clay (0–0) |- |Grass (1–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} |valign=top| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Titles by Surface |- |Outdoors (2–0) |- |Indoors (1–0) |} |}

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome !width=30|No. !width=110|Date !width=170|Tournament !width=70|Surface !width=140|Partner !width=140|Opponents in the final !width=150|Score |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner |1. |October 6, 2008 | Moscow, Russia |Hard (i) | Potito Starace | Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins |7–6^(7–4), 2–6, [10–6] |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner |2. |June 13, 2010 | Halle, Germany |Grass | Mikhail Youzhny | Martin Damm Filip Polášek |4–6, 7–5, [10–7] |-bgcolor=#D0F0C0 |bgcolor=#98FB98|Winner |3. |February 26, 2011 | Dubai, UAE |Hard | Mikhail Youzhny | Jérémy Chardy Feliciano López |4–6, 6–3, [10–3] |}

Singles performance timeline

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !Tournament!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!width=50|SR!!width=50|W–L |- |bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|Australian Open |A |A |A |LQ |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–3 |- |bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|French Open |A |A |A |LQ |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|3–3 |- |bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|Wimbledon |A |A |A |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–3 |- |bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|US Open |A |A |A |LQ |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–3 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–1 !1–3 !2–4 !5–4 !0 / 12 !8–12 |- |colspan=13 align=left|'''Career Statistics |- !style=text-align:left|Titles–Finals !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !1–1 !1–1 !2–2 ! ! !4–4 |- |bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left|Year End Ranking |335 |184 |195 |199 |92 |60 |46 | !colspan=2| |}

References

External links

Sergiy Stakhovsky Official website

Sergiy Stakhovsky at the Ukrainian Tennis Portal

Sergiy Stakhovsky pictures gallery

Stakhovsky Recent Match Results

Stakhovsky World Ranking History

Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Ukrainian tennis players Category:People from Kiev

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