Trivia

(July 7, 2013) Murray's Wimbledon men's singles tennis victory (6-4 7-5 6-4) over the world's #1 player Novak Djokovic, made him the first British player since Fred Perry (1936) to win the title in 77 years. Murray also became the first ever British player to win the title wearing shorts.

Younger brother of tennis doubles player Jamie Murray and son of coach Judy Murray.

Murray attended Dunblane Primary School. He was present during the 1996 Dunblane school massacre, when Thomas Hamilton (43) killed 16 children (average age 5) and a teacher (45) before shooting himself; Murray (then 8) 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 states that he attended a youth group run by Hamilton, and that his mother Judy gave Hamilton lifts in her car.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Tennis. He is a tennis player.

London, England: Tennis player (December 2012)

Through some of his most victorious moments (Wimbledon 2013), Murray had been coached by retired Czech tennis champ Ivan Lendl (2011 - 2014).

He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Tennis and charity. He is a tennis player in Surrey, England.

His parents divorced when he was 10 years old.

His Net Worth is $22.3 million.[Jan 2017].

Was defeated three times by Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon.

The U.S. Open in 2012 was his first Grand Slam win, and then won Wimbledon twice (2013 & 2016).

Murray has reached the Australian Open final on five occasions but lost every time, only ever winning a total of two sets.

Win loss record in Wimbledon finals is 2-1.

Is a self-described video game addict.

Made his debut at Wimbledon in 2005 and won 2 matches.

In 2004 he won the U.S. Open Boys' tournament at the age of 17, in his last season as a junior.

Stated in an interview in 2013, that despite having lived in Spain for two years, he never picked up the language. He stated he understood a fair amount of Spanish, but he wasn't comfortable speaking it.