Andy Murray, a British tennis player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1987.
Sir Andrew Barron Murray OBE OLY (born May 15, 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranked him No. 1 in the world for 41 weeks, and he finished the year as No. 1 in 2016. He has three Grand Slam singles titles, two at Wimbledon (2013 and 2016) and one at the US Open (2012), as well as eleven major final appearances. From July 2008 to October 2017, Murray was ranked in the top 10 for all but one month, and he finished no lower than fourth in eight of the nine year-end rankings. Murray has 46 ATP singles titles to his name, including 14 ATP Masters 1000 titles.
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