Andy Murray

Published: 3:26PM Wednesday June 15, 2011 Source: ONE Sport

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Age: 24
Birthplace: Dublane, Scotland
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 84kg
Turned Pro: 2005
Wimbledon debut: 2005, lost in third round.
Best result: 2009, 2010 - Semi finalist
2010 result: Reached semi-final, lost to Rafael Nadal

Most famous for.. Like Tim Henman before him, Murray is the next great British hope to win a first men's Grand Slam in the Open era.

Something you probably didn't know.. he was once offered a trial with football club Glasgow Rangers

When was the last time.. a British player won Wimbledon. Fred Perry way back before the World War II, in 1936.

From the man himself.. favourite movie "A Girl Next Door", favourite musican "50 cent"

A Kiwi connection? Played in Auckland 2006 and 2008 and the press room was bursting at the seams by over 20 Fleet Street journalists.

2010... Had yet another chance to win a first Grand Slam at the Australian Open, but was comprehensively outplayed by an in-form Novak Djokovic in the final.

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