Andy Murray

"Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player and currently the highest-ranked British player.[3][4] Murray achieved a top 10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 16 April 2007. In 2008, Murray finished runner-up to Roger Federer at the 2008 US Open,[5] and he reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2009.a In 2005, Murray won the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year Award and the sport section of the Top Scot awards.

[6] Murray is most proficient on a fast surface (such as hard courts),[7] although he has worked hard since 2008 on improving his clay court game.[8] Murray works with a team of fitness experts,[9] and Miles Maclagan is his main coach.[9] He was previously coached by American Brad Gilbert, who used to coach former World No. 1 players Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick. Andy Murray was born to Willie and Judy in Glasgow, Scotland.[1][11] His maternal grandfather Roy Erskine was a professional footballer who played reserve team matches for Hibernian and senior football for Stirling Albion;[12][13]

Murray supports two professional football teams. As a result of his grandfather playing for Hibernian, Murray supports them as well as Wolverhampton Wanderers due to the influence of Great Britain's Davis Cup Captain John Lloyd (a noted Wolves fan himself). Murray is often seen wearing the Wolves shirt that was presented to him by Lloyd.[23] Murray's girlfriend since 2006 is Kim Sears, daughter of Nigel Sears, former ten! nis coac h of the Slovak player Daniela Hantuchová.[21] The couple live in a house in Surrey.[22]