This week’s blog is all about Andy Murray and a few stats that you may or not know about Britain’s number one tennis player.

• Andy was born on the 15th May in 1987 in Glasgow in Scotland into a tennis playing family
• He started playing tennis from the age of three
• At fifteen he moved to Barcelona and was coached at the Sanchez-Casal Academy where he formed a friendship amongst Rafael Nadal amongst others
• He won the US Open title in 2004
• He turned professional in 2005
• He has had six coaches in his professional career – Mark Petchey, Brad Gilbert, Miles MacLagan, Alex Corretja, Ivan Lendl and is currently coached by Amelie Mauresmo
• He has won thirty one career titles
• He stands six foot three tall
• His brother Jamie is also a professional tennis player although specialises in doubles
• He is engaged to Kim Sears who is the daughter of ex player Nigel Sears
• He has won over thirty five million US dollars in prize money
• He reached number two in August 2009
• He has won two Grand Slams – the US Open title in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013
• He won the Olympic Gold medal in 2012
• He has appeared in four Australian Open finals but has ended up the runner up each year
• His main sponsors are Adidas, Royal Bank of Scotland, Rado and Highland Spring
• He supports several charities including Malaria No More UK, Rally Against Cancer and in 2014, as a result of his charity work, he received the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the year award
• He has one of the best two handed backhands and lobs in the game

We hope you have given you a small insight into Andy Murray and if you want to watch him in action at Roland Garros, The Hurlingham Classic in West London, Flushing Meadows New York or Wimbledon this year please get in touch.