• Murray started playing tennis at the age of five. One of his first coaches described him as ''unbelievably competitive''.
  • Here he poses with the trophy after winning the U14s Junior National Championships tournament at the age of 12.
  • In September 2004, Murray claims his first junior major title at Flushing Meadows...
  • ...by beating the Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky to win the Junior US Open.
  • Also in September that year, he was selected for the Davis Cup match against Austria, however he was not selected to play.
  • In March 2005, Andy Murray became the youngest Briton to ever play in the Davis Cup. He helped Britain win the tie with a crucial doubles victory.
  • After turning professional in April 2005, Murray reached the semi-finals of the boys' French Open, where he lost in straight sets to Marin Cilic.
  • Following an impressive Queen's performance, Murray received a wildcard for Wimbledon and reached the third round of the men's singles tournament.
  • Now ranked 122 in the world, Murray qualified for the US Open in the summer and makes the second round, where he loses to Arnaud Clement.
  • Murray broke into the top 100 after making the final of the Bangkok Open, where he came face-to-face with Roger Federer for the first time.
  • Changing of the guard: In his last tournament of 2005, Murray faced British no. 1 Tim Henman and beat him in three sets.
  • Andy claims his first ATP title early in 2006, beating Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt to win in San Jose.
  • 2006 saw Andy Murray split with his coach Mark Petchey and team up with Brad Gilbert.
  • Some inconsistency on clay and a first round defeat at Queen's Club was turned around when Murray made the fourth round at Wimbledon.
  • Andy shows off his improved physique after the epic five-set victory over Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon in 2008.
  • Straight sets defeat to Nadal in the quarter-final inspired Murray to push himself further.
  • Ahead of the US Open in 2008, Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic in Cincinnati to win his first Masters Series.
  • Revenge is sweet as Murray defeats Rafael Nadal in the 2008 US Open semi-final.
  • In his first ever grand slam final, Andy Murray is beaten by Roger Federer 2-6, 5-7, 2-6.
  • Success didn't follow the Scot to the Olympics in Beijing as Andy Murray lost to Lu Yen-Hsun of Chinese Taipei in the first round.
  • A fourth round exit at the Australian Open was followed by Murray making the quarter-finals of the 2009 French Open.
  • When Murray beat James Blake to win Queens in 2009, he became the first Brit to do so since 1938.
  • In another first, Andy Murray plays against Stanislas Wawrinka in the first Wimbledon match under the lights of Centre Court.
  • Andy Murray teams up with a 15-year-old Laura Robson in 2010, the pair win the Hopman Cup in Perth.
  • At the Australian Open in 2010, Andy Murray saw off Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals before beating Marin Cilic to make the final.
  • In his second grand slam final, that man Roger Federer once again shattered the Scot's dreams 3-6, 4-6, 6-7.
  • A fourth round exit follows at the French Open before Murray makes it all the way to the Wimbledon semis, where Nadal ends his run in straight sets.
  • Despite losing to Roger Federer in the 2010 ATP Tour Finals group stages, Andy Murray makes it to the semis where he loses a three hour epic to Nadal.
  • 2011 brought about Andy Murray's best season to date, in the first major of the year, Murray made the final of the Australian Open, losing out Djokovic.
  • The Scot made the semi-finals for the first time at Roland Garros, only to be knocked out by the clay court specialist Rafael Nadal.
  • A third successive Wimbledon semi-final followed the French Open, only for Nadal to again stand in his way.
  • ...and in the final major of the season, Murray beats the crowd favourite John Isner in the quarter-finals to set up a semi-final against Nadal.
  • ...and guess what? - He puts an end to his run again! Andy Murray ends the season having won 21 and lost just four - three against Nadal and one Federer.
  • Murray starts off the 2012 season where he left off in 2011, making the semi-final of the Australian Open, but losing to Djokovic 6-3,3-6,6-7(4-7),6-1,7-5.
  • At the French Open, his run of semi-finals is ended by David Ferrer in the quarters.
  • Andy Murray enjoys his victory over Marcos Baghdatis in the third round of Wimbledon 2012.
  • He then goes on to beat Marin Cilic in the fourth round and David Ferrer in the quarters.
  • Andy Murray then sets up his first Wimbledon final by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the semis.
  • Federer denies Murray a first grand slam title again, beating the Scot 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
  • So near yet so far, it's a defeat which is hard to swallow for Andy Murray.
  • The London 2012 Olympic Games hands Murray an opportunity to extract his Wimbledon demons.
  • After beating Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, Murray sets up a repeat of the Wimbledon final against Roger Federer.
  • This time he gets the better of the Swiss maestro, defeating him in straight sets to claim an Olympic gold for Team GB.
  • Andy Murray then takes his Olympic success into the next grand slam. Finally landing the first major of his career.
  • It was the joint longest US Open final in history lasting 4hrs 54m but Murray proved the strongest to beat Djokovic 7-6 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-3.

Andy Murray career

Murray started playing tennis at the age of five. One of his first coaches described him as ''unbelievably competitive''.