This is a list of career achievements by Andy Murray. At the 2012 US Open, Murray became the first British player since 1977, and the first British man since 1936, to win a

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singles tournament, when he defeated

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in the final in five sets. This title made him the only British male to become a Grand Slam singles champion during the

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. On 7 July 2013, Murray won the

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, becoming the first British player to win a Wimbledon senior singles title since

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in 1977, and the first British man to win the Men's Singles Championship since

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, 77 years previously. Murray is the only man in history to have won Olympic Gold and the US Open in the same calendar year, as well as the third man to hold the gold medal and two majors on different surfaces (after

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and

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). He is also the first tennis player and only man in history to have won two Olympic gold medals in the singles category and on two different surfaces (grass in 2012, and hard 2016). Subsequent to his success at the Olympics in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013, Murray was voted the 2013

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. By reaching 2016 French Open final, Murray became the 10th man since the Open Era began in 1968 to reach the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments. In 2016, he became the only man in history to win singles titles at a Grand Slam, the Olympic Games, a Masters 1000 event, and the Year-End Championships in the same calendar year.

Olympic Games

Murray is a two-time Olympic champion. In the 2012 Olympic Games, Murray defeated

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in straight sets to win the gold medal in the men's singles final, becoming the first British singles champion in over 100 years. In the

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, Murray defeated

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in 4 sets to defend his singles gold medal. He also won a silver medal in the

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, playing with

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Grand Slam tournaments – Open Era records

* These records were attained in the

. * Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements. * Records in ''italics'' are currently active streaks.

Records at each Grand Slam tournament

* These records were attained in the

. * Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements. * Records in ''italics'' are currently active streaks.

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selected records (Olympics, ATP 500 Series, ATP Masters 1000, & Davis Cup)

Personal achievements

''Achievements below are all as a singles player''

Awards and honours

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: 2004 * Most titles in an

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season (6 titles): 2009 * US Open Series Champion: 2010, 2015 * Best ATP World Tour Match of the Year (3): 2010, 2011, 2012 * Officer of the

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

: 2013 *

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" World Breakthrough of the Year" Award: 2013 * Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Top Scot: 2013 * Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Sport: 2013 *

: 2013, 2015, 2016 * Doctor of the

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: 2014 * Freeman of

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: 2014 * Freeman of Merton: 2014 * Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year: 2014

Notes

References

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