Top 5 British Tennis players of all time

Day Thirteen: The Championships - Wimbledon 2016
Day Thirteen: The Championships - Wimbledon 2016

1. Andy Murray

Andy Murray
Andy Murray

Sir Andrew Barron Murray, former World Number 1, is a professional tennis player from England. He is a three-time career Grand Slam winner, an Olympic Champion twice and winner of the ATP World Tour Finals in 2016.

Murray is the only player in tennis history to have won two Olympics gold medals in singles.

He began playing tennis when he was all of three years old. At the age of 12, Murray won the prestigious junior event, the Orange Bowl. He won the Junior US Open in September 2004 and was soon recognized as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.

In March 2005, Murray set the record of being the youngest Briton to take part in the Davis Cup. In February 2006, he became the British Number 1.

Subsequently, he won the US Open (2012), Wimbledon (2013, 2016), ATP World Tour Finals (2016) and two golds at the Summer Olympics (2012, 2016). Murray was awarded the ITF Player of the Year in 2016, and was knighted in 2017.

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