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Andy Murray was one of the Sports and recreation good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 28, 2011	Peer review	Reviewed
January 11, 2015	Good article nominee	Listed
October 5, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted
News items involving this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on July 8, 2013, and July 12, 2016.
Current status: Delisted good article

Kim Sears was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 11 July 2009 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Andy Murray. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Section sizes

Section size for Andy Murray (56 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	13,408	13,408
Early and personal life	22,175	22,175
Junior career	8,588	8,837
Junior Slam results	249	249
Professional career	24	249,454
2000s	12	44,008
2005: Turning professional	10,922	10,922
2006: First ATP title and British No. 1	14,121	14,121
2007: Ascending to the top 10	3,944	3,944
2008: First major final and Masters titles	4,946	4,946
2009: Ascent to world No. 2 and two Masters titles	10,063	10,063
2010s	13	167,197
2010: Hopman Cup and Australian Open finals	13,743	13,743
2011: Consistency in slams and two more Masters	9,049	9,049
2012: Olympic Gold, US Open champion, and Wimbledon runner-up	19,834	19,834
2013: Wimbledon champion and back surgery	16,621	16,621
2014: 30th career title and out of top 10	27,111	27,111
2015: Davis Cup champion and return to world No. 2	24,254	24,254
2016: Second Wimbledon and Olympic Gold, and ascent to world No. 1	15,550	15,550
2017: Struggles with form and injury, and hiatus	13,527	13,527
2018: Hip surgery, out of top 800, and return to tour	9,693	9,693
2019: Second hip surgery, comeback, and first title in two years	17,802	17,802
2020s	13	38,225
2020: First top 10 win in three years	2,765	2,765
2021: Wimbledon third round	11,489	11,489
2022: First ATP final since 2019, 700th match win and return to top 50	12,483	12,483
2023: Three Challenger titles, longest career match, record wildcards	6,535	6,535
2024: 500th hardcourt win and more injury setbacks, 1000th match played and retirement	4,940	4,940
Rivalries	49	14,974
Murray vs. Djokovic	5,529	5,529
Murray vs. Federer	3,327	3,327
Murray vs. Nadal	3,922	3,922
Murray vs. Wawrinka	2,147	2,147
Playing style	9,570	9,570
Endorsements and equipment	3,821	3,821
Coaches	1,717	1,717
Charitable work	4,549	4,549
Public image	19	10,686
National identity	3,880	3,880
Other	6,787	6,787
Career statistics	62	18,278
Grand Slam performance timeline	6,311	9,042
Grand Slam tournament finals: 11 (3 titles, 8 runners-up)	2,731	2,731
Year–End Championships performance timeline	1,427	1,427
Year–End Championship finals	38	372
Singles: 1 (1 title)	334	334
Olympic medal matches	28	1,054
Singles: 2 (2 gold medals)	555	555
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)	471	471
Records and achievements	6,195	6,195
Professional awards	126	126
Awards and honours	4,962	4,962
See also	191	191
Notes	43	43
References	35	35
External links	2,840	2,840
Total	365,540	365,540