Andy Murray's Winning Moments

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Andy Murray’s 25 Titles After winning his first title back in 2006 at the SAP San Jose Open, Murray has went on to reach the career milestone of 25 titles – including the US Open, Olympic Gold and eight ATP Masters 1000s. Here we take a look at each of the world number three’s winning moments.

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Andy Murray’s 25 Titles

After winning his first title back in 2006 at the SAP San Jose Open, Murray has went on to reach the career milestone of 25 titles –

including the US Open, Olympic Gold and eight ATP Masters 1000s.

Here we take a look at each of the world number three’s winning moments.

2006 SAP Open, San Jose, California.

Andy Murray rose to new heights in 2006 when he came from one set down against then world number 11, Lleyton Hewitt, to claim his maiden ATP tour title 2-6, 6-1, 7-6.

An impressive display of shot making and consistency, Murray’s performance to win his first title was a sign of things to come.

2007 SAP Open, San Jose, California.

Despite reaching two ATP finals after his maiden career title, Murray’s next win didn’t come for another year until he defended his SAP Open title, defeating big server Ivo Karlovic 6-7, 6-4, 7-6.

Murray again beat world number three Andy Roddick in the semi finals.

2007 St. Petersburg Open, Russia.

Murray defeated Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-3 to claim his third career title – his first title away from the SAP Open in San Jose.

2008 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Qatar

Murray made a flying start to his 2008 season, winning his fourth career title in January as he defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in Doha, Qatar.

2008 Open 13, Marseille

Murray followed up his win in Qatar in January with a superb display of shot making against Mario Ancic in Marseille just weeks later to win his fifth title.

2008 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati Champion, USA

Murray continued his superb form in 2008 as he won his first title at the elite Masters 1000 level with a stunning victory over then world number three Novak Djokovic in Cincinnati.

2008 ATP Masters Series Madrid, Spain

Murray claimed back-to-back Masters 1000 titles as he bounced back from losing to Roger Federer in the final of the US Open just weeks earlier.

In winning in Madrid, Murray became the first Brit to win four titles in one season.

2008 St Petersburg Open, Russia

Murray collected his fifth title of 2008 after a peerless performance throughout the tournament in St Petersburg, defeating Kazakhstan’s Andrey Golubev 6-1, 6-1 in the final.

Murray defended the title without dropping a single set.

2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Qatar

Murray completed a successful defence of his Qatar Open title with an emphatic 6-4, 6-2 win over Andy Roddick in Doha.

This would be Murray’s first title of six in 2009.

2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Netherlands

Murray claimed his third successive victory over world number one Rafael Nadal to win the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, his second title of 2009.

The Scot came through 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 in one hour 51 minutes to win the 10th title of his career.

2009 Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, USA

Murray beat world number three Novak Djokovic in straight set to claim his third Masters 1000 title, and his third successive victory over the Serb.

Miami is often considered the biggest event outside the four Grand Slams and, as such, this was arguably Murray’s biggest victory of his career so far.

2009 AEGON Championship, Queen’s Club, UK

Murray captured his first grass-court title against American James Black at London’s Queen’s Club.

In doing so, he became the first British man to win a grass-court title in the Open Era and the first Brit to win at Queen’s since Bunny Austin back in 1938.

2009 Rogers Cup, Canada

Murray battled past Juan Martin del Potro in three tight sets to claim his fourth Masters 1000 title and move up to number two in the world rankings for the first time.

2009 Valencia Open, Spain

Murray picked up his sixth title of the year with a routine straight sets victory over Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny at the inaugural Valencia Open.

In terms of number of titles won, 2009 remains Murray’s best year.

2010 Rogers Cup, Canada

Murray’s first title of the 2010 season didn’t come until August, but he did beat world number one Rafael Nadal in the semi-final before defeating Roger Federer for the first time in a final to claim his fifth Masters 1000 title.

2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

Murray produced a superb display of aggression as he won his sixth ATP Masters 1000 title with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Federer, his second successive final victory over the Swiss.

2011 AEGON Championship, Queen’s Club, UK

Murray followed up his 2009 win here as he clinched his second grass-court title at Queen’s Club.

The Scot bounced back from a set down to beat powerful Frenchman Jo Wilfried-Tsonga 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.

2011 Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, USA

Murray clinched his seventh ATP Masters 1000 title with a win over world number Novak Djokovic.

The Scot’s win marked only Djokovic’s second defeat of his almost invincible 2011 season.

2011 PTT Thailand Open, Thailand

Murray won his third title of 2011 as he dismantled American Donald Young 6-2, 6-0 in just 48 minutes.

2011 Rakuten Open, Japan

Murray extended an unbeaten run of 12 matches as he came from a set down to defeat Nadal 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 to win his 20th career title.

2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

Murray won his third title in as many weeks as he successfully defended his Shanghai title against world number five David Ferrer.

This was his eighth career ATP Masters 1000 title and it propelled him to sixth in the all time list of Masters 1000 winners.

2012 Brisbane International, Australian

2012 was Murray’s greatest on the ATP Tour and he began it in sublime fashion with a straight sets victory over up and comer Alexandr Dolgopolov in Brisbane.

Murray had hired tennis legend and eight time Grand Slam champion Ivan Lendl as his coach and the added aggression in Murray’s style of play was evident from their first week together.

2012 Olympic Games, London

After a tough defeat to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final just 28 days before, Murray once again stepped out on the Centre Court of SW19 to take on the Swiss great, this time in the Olympic gold medal match.

The Brit produced played the best match of his career as he dismantled Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 to clinch the gold. Murray said the win was "biggest win of his life".

2012 US Open, USA

Murray ended Britain’s 76-year wait for a male Grand Slam singles champion as he overcame world number one Novak Djokovic 7-6 (12-10) 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2 in four hours 54 minutes in tennis’ biggest arena – the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Six years after winning his first title on the ATP Tour, Murray finally fulfilled his promise on a windy night in New York as he cemented his place as Britain’s greatest tennis player.

2032 Brisbane International, Australian

Murray began 2013 as he did 2012, with a straight sets victory over one of the games rising stars in Brisbane.

The 25-year old won the 25th title of career as he eased past Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (7-0), 6-4.