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AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN'S PROFILES

(9) Andy Murray
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	14/1
NATIONALITY:	GBR
BIRTH DATE:	15/05/87
BECAME PRO:	2005
WORLD RANKING:	9

VERDICT

Take away the middle part of 2007 which saw Murray sidelined by a wrist injury, and the British number one had a superb year. He started it in fine fashion by reaching the last 16 here, pushing Rafael Nadal to five sets in the process, and ended it with a string of impressive results which included a title win in St Petersburg. This year he has already picked up where he left off by winning in Doha and looks primed to launch a serious challenge here. Aside from Roger Federer, whom Murray has already beaten in his fledgling career, he should fear no-one in the field.

TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY
	07	06	05	04	03	02	01	00	99	98
Australian Open	4R	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
French Open	-	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wimbledon	-	4R	3R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
US Open	3R	4R	2R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Men's Profiles

(1) R Federer
(2) R Nadal
(3) N Djokovic
(4) N Davydenko
(5) D Ferrer
(6) A Roddick
(7) F Gonzalez
(8) R Gasquet
(9) A Murray
(10) D Nalbandian
(11) T Robredo
(12) J Blake
(13) T Berdych
(14) M Youzhny
(15) M Baghdatis
(16) C Moya
(17) I Ljubicic
(18) J I Chela
(19) L Hewitt
(20) I Karlovic
(21) J Monaco
(22) J C Ferrero
(23) P-H Mathieu
(24) J Nieminen
(25) F Verdasco
(26) S Wawrinka
(27) N Almagro
(28) G Simon
(29) P Kohlschreiber
(30) R Stepanek
(31) I Andreev
(32) D Tursunov

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