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At an early stage in Andy Murray 's tennis career he was wining junior tournaments. In February 1999 he was the singles winner at the under twelve’s Auray Indoor, tournament followed by a win at the Aguen International both of which were held in France. He also won at the Junior Orange Bowl in Miami in the same year.

Andy Murray won both the singles and doubles title paired with Tom Rushby of GBR for the under fourteen’s Prince Cup in the USA. In 2001 he repeated a doubles winning title with Adrew Kennaugh of GBR in July 2001 at the Windmill Cup.

In the under 15’s category Murray won both singles and doubles title paired with the same tennis partner Adrew Kennaugh in August 2001 at the LTA National Bournemouth.

January 2002 saw Andy Murray a doubles title winner paired with Tom Rushby at the Bergheim in Austria. Another doubles and singles title awaited at Nottingham in August 2002. October saw a repeat singles and doubles title paired with Ara Harutyunyan at the Torneig ITF Andorra La Vella.

In 2003 Andy Murray moved in to the under eighteens division, with a single’s win at Barranquilla in January and Citta Di Prato Italy. Additional wins came at Canadian Open under eighteens in August. A junior tennis career high was achived when Murray became the men’s under-eighteens singles Champion at the US Open in New York in December 2004. After this point Andy Murray followed with single’s titles in Spain December 2004 and USA in July 2005 at the Aptos Challenger and Binghamton Challenger.

Andy Murray 's doubles titles wins include the Inka Bowl, Peru – Condor de plata, La Paz 2003 – 28th City of Florence – 20th Salsomaggiore International, Italy – 11th Citta Di Prato also in Italy – 25th Citta di Santa Croce, Pisa – The Scottish International, Edinborugh.

August 2008 and Andy Murray achieved his first Master Series Title at Cincinnati and climbs to a career high of sixth in the ATP tennis world rankings. Murray next heads of to the 2008 Olympics games in Beijing to represent his country in the singles and doubles tennis tournament aiming for gold.

Commenting on his resent first ATP title Murray described it as, “It was a huge relief to win the title having had those match points. I was nervous but I hung in there and played well. It was tough for both of us with the temperatures reaching one hundred and four fahrenheit and your legs burn. I just kept fighting and I am more confident about competing with the top players now. This is a huge win for me because I have played five days in a row and came through some tough matches and with Toronto, I have been competing for eight or nine days in a row and that means a lot to me.I’ve beaten Novak twice in the last couple of weeks now and he’s played great all week. It gives me a lot of confidence going into the Olympics and the US Open.”

Catch up on the latest Andy Murray Videos

Jan - 2009 Andy Murray is in great tennis form for the up coming Australian Tennis Open, which is the first Grand Slam of the 2009 tennis calendar. Murray’s excellent form comes after defeating both of the world's top two tennis players on consecutive days.

Murray defeated Rafael Nadal six-four, five-seven and six-three in the final of the Capitala World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament. This tennis event was played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with Murray taking home prize money of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The semifinal saw Murray also defeat Roger Federer four-six, six-two and seven-six (8-6).

Andy Murray described; “This victory was good before I go to Australia”.

Nov - 2008 Andy Murray beats Roger Federer and Andy Roddick in his first Masters Cup. He then goes on to make it all the way to the semi-finals in an impressive debut in the end of season tennis championships.

Andy Murray wins the Madrid Masters final beating Gilles Simon 6-4 7-6 (8/6).

Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic to win Seven-Six (7-4) Seven-Six (7-5) to win the Cincinnati ATP Final.

Andy Murray at Cincinnati beating Carlos Moya two-six, six-three, six-one.

Andy Murray video interview.

Murray defeats Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the Rogers Masters in Toronto.

Andy Murray is the shortened name for Andrew Murray.

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