Andy Murray's long road to a Grand Slam win

1987 - Born May 15 to Judy and William 1992 - Leon Smith, Murray’s former junior coach, describes five-year old Murray as “unbelievably competitive’’ after taking part in an under-10s tournament in Dunblane 1996 - Andy and his brother Jamie survive the Dunblane massacre, taking shelter under their headmaster’s desk Photograph: Craig Prentis/Getty Images 2000 - Approached by Rangers football club. He ignores their overtures in order to focus on tennis 2002 - Enrolls at the Sanchez-Casal academy in Barcelona to further his career. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images September 2004 - Overcoming Sergiy Stakhovsky, Murray secures the US Open Boys title, adding the BBC Young Sports Personality of the year to his growing list of honours Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images April 2005 - Murray turns professional. Later that year, he reaches the third round of Wimbledon in his first grand-slam appearance before bowing out to David Nalbandian in five sets Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian February 2006 - Murray beats Leyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick on the way to his first ATP tour title in San Jose, becoming the fourth youngest player ever to win an ATP tour event. He subsequently becomes British No1 Photograph: Sara Wolfram/Getty Images 2006 - During an interview, Murray jokes about supporting anyone but England in that summer's World Cup, but his comment is taken seriously by many Photograph: Andrea Comas/Reuters November 2007 – Splits with American Brad Gilbert, the coach on a £750,000 a year contract funded by the Lawn Tennis Association. The former coach of Andre Agassi had worked with Murray to get into the top 10 but the relationship soured, with the player often heard berating his coach on court. Murray later appointed a team led by Miles Maclagan, a former British doubles Davis Cup player Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian January 2008 – Following a poor performance in the Australian Open, Murray withdraws from a Davis Cup clash against Argentina Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images August 2008 - Crashes out in straight sets in the first round of the Beijing Olympics to Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun, losing 6-7 (5/7), 4-6 to the world No77 Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images September 2008 - Murray bounces back to defeat Rafael Nadal in his sixth attempt, during the US Open. He goes on to lose against Roger Federer in the final Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images 2009 - In May, Murray becomes the first British player ever to be officially ranked No3 in the world. He then climbed to No2 in August, albeit briefly Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian June 2009 - Seeded No1 in the tournament, Murray becomes the first British winner in 71 years at Queens Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images January 2010 - Following victories over Nadal and Marin Cilic, Murray is beaten once again by Federer in a grand slam final, this time in Melbourne Photograph: Julian Abram Wainwright/EPA July 2010 – Splits with Maclagan after a disagreement over the role of coaching consultant Alex Corretja Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA January 2011 - An in-form Murray repeats his Australian Open exploits, only to be outclassed in the final by Novak Djokovic Photograph: Mark Dadswell/Getty Images December 2011 – Appoints the eight-time grand slam winner Ivan Lendl to his coaching team Photograph: Tim Wimborne/REUTERS July 2012 - A semi-final defeat of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga sends Murray through to become Wimbledon’s first British finalist in 74 years. He loses his fourth consecutive grand slam final, not for the first time to his Swiss rival Federer Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian August 2012 - In his greatest success to date, a return to Wimbledon's Centre Court sees Murray secure a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory against the world No1, Roger Federer, in the Olympic men's singles final Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Photograph: David Levene/Guardian September 2012 – At his fifth attempt, Murray finally wins a grand slam after defeating Djokovic in a five-set epic at Flushing Meadows Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images