Andy Murray is a successful Scottish tennis player. In April 2007, Murray broke into the top 10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Most dominant on fast courts (such as hard court), Murray has worked hard to improve his clay court game since 2008. In 2005, Murray started ranked 407 in the world, but by the end of the year, had climbed to World No. 64, drawing praise from American tennis legend John McEnroe who predicted that the next year Murray would depose Tim Henman as the highest ranked British player.
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Murray has an elder brother, Jamie, who was at one point the second-best junior player in the world, and currently is a doubles player ranked in the top 100.
Murray attended Dunblane Primary School, and in 1996 experienced the Dunblane Massacre which ultimately led to the banning of handguns in the UK
In 2006, Murray was the recipient of hate mail and the subject of public debate when he was quoted as saying that he would support ‘anyone but England’ during the 2006 Football World Cup. Murray made the comment in jest, having been jokingly teased by Tim Henman and sports columnist Des Kelly
Murray has been known to play his best tennis on hard courts, although he claims clay is his favourite surface since he trained on clay in Barcelona when he was a junior.
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