2013 WIMBLEDON CHAMPION ANDY MURRAY – THIS IS YOUR LIFE

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Published: July 7, 2013

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The 2013 Wimbledon men’s champion was born 15 May 1987 in Glasgow, Scotland. Andy Barron Murray grew up with his elder brother Jamie, in Dunblane near Stirling. His mother Judy was an outstanding player and had won 64 Scottish titles. Having decided the pro tour wasn’t for her, she decided instead to concentrate on becoming a coach, and whilst raising a family, also ran a children’s clothes shop. Andy’s father Willie worked in the retail trade.

 

EARLY YEARS

As toddlers, Andy and Jamie played various sports in the garden at their home. Later, along with other children, they took part in their mother’s coaching sessions at the nearby Dunblane sports club.

Initially Andy wasn’t as good a player as Jamie, (who is 15 months older), and Judy spent extra time feeding him balls to help his coordination. Andy soon improved, and although he played his first tournament at age five, tennis was just one of the many sports he and Jamie tried along with golf, rugby and gymnastics. Andy was most taken by football, for which his maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, had played professionally for Hibernian.

In the mid-1990s Judy became Scottish National Coach, and organized trips for groups of the best Scottish juniors, including Andy and Jamie, around Great Britain.

 

UNOFFICIAL WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPION AGE 12

At age eight Andy won the prestigious 10-and-under tournament at Solihull; winning the event three years running. Jamie was also an excellent junior, and reached the final of the 1998 12-and-under junior Orange Bowl – the unofficial world junior championships.

Judy said that having Jamie as an older, stronger brother encouraged Andy to work extra hard to try and keep up.

When Andy was 11, Judy asked Scottish coach Leon Smith to take over the role of being his main coach. Smith held this position for the next six ye...
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