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His mother is Scottish tennis coach Judy Murray.

Andy Murray started playing tennis aged three and turned pro in 2005.

Murray's first major breakthrough was when he won U-12s Orange Bowl world championships, Florida in 1999. Murray also won his Junior Wimbledon debut in 2002.

In September 2004 Andrew Murray won the junior men's singles title at the US Open and went on to becaome the 2004 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.

In 2005 Andy Murray became Britain's youngest Davis Cup player when he played against Israel.

On 20 June 2005 Andrew Murray was ranked 312. A couple of days later, however, Andy Murray defeated 14th seed Radek Stepanek 6-4 6-4 6-4 at Wimbledon on the same day that Tim Henman suffered his shock exit from Wimbledon.

In the next round Murray led former finalist David Nalbandian by two sets to love before eventually being beaten.

Immediately pundits were writing Henman off and heralding Murray as the new king of British tennis.

After Wimbledon 2005, Andy Murray rose 99 places to 213th in the ATP rankings, making him the sixth highest-placed Briton. It was the start of a phenomenal rise up the rankings.

In February 2006 beat Lleyton Hewitt 2-6 6-1 7-6 in the final of the SAP Open in San Jose. He already beaten Andy Roddick in the semi-finals. With the win, Andy Murray, at the age of 18 years and 9months became the fourth youngest tennis player to win an ATP Open - ahead of Federer and only older than Hewitt, Borg and Nadal. The result propelled his world ranking to 47th.

Murray celebrated by leaping into the crownd and kissing girlfriend Kim Sears.

Andrew Murray trains at Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona.

In an interview with BBC Sport, Andy Murray said:

"I'm not really too sure what I love about tennis - I just enjoy winning."

Andrew Murray's hero is Muhammad Ali.