Andy Murray's Wimbledon campaign ended this week with an emotional Centre Court tribute—and it inspired us to open up the archives and look back on his US Open career, from his earliest matches to his championship moments.
Having hinted that this season would be his last as early as February of this year, injuries are not allowing the former world No. 1 to have the caliber of farewell that he likely would've hoped to have. Less than two full weeks ago, after retiring in the second round at the grass-court Wimbledon tune-up event at the Queen's Club, Murray had an operation on his back to remove a spinal cyst, leaving his participation at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament at all in doubt in the days leading up to the Championships.
Murray essentially confirmed that this year would be his final Wimbledon when he withdrew from the men's singles event at his home major, a tournament he won twice, while confirming that he would play in men's doubles with his brother Jamie Murray. Later, it was announced that he would also compete in mixed doubles with 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu as a wild-card pairing.
But Murray ultimately only got one final match at Wimbledon: After he and Jamie Murray lost to Aussies Rinky Hijikata and John Peers in the opening round on Thursday (with an emotional post-match tribute on Centre Court), his expected mixed doubles outing with Raducanu was cancelled when Raducanu withdrew due to right wrist soreness. (Raducanu remains in the singles event, where she's through to the fourth round.)
With the book on the 2012 US Open champion's major career in singles, we're taking a look back at Murray's career at Flushing Meadows in pictures—from winning the boys' singles title in 2004, to his historic victory eight years later, and every moment in between.
Muray first came to prominence by winning the junior US Open in 2004. Seeded third, he defeated another eventual men's US Open winner, Juan Martin del Potro 6-0, 6-1 in the first round, Sam Querrey from a set down in the quarterfinals, and Sergiy Stakhovsky in the final.
A year later, Murray made his main-draw debut in Flushing after winning three matches in qualifying. The 18-year-old earned a five-set win over Andrei Pavel of Romania in the opening round, the first of 49 career main-draw wins he recorded at the US Open.
Murray reached the second week of the US Open for the first time in 2006, when he won three matches before losing to former Top 5 players Nikolay Davydenko. It was also notable as it was the first Grand Slam event at which Murray was seeded (No. 17).
The Scot's career took its next step in 2008, when he reached his first Grand Slam final in New York and became the first British man to reach a major final since Greg Rusedski at the 1997 US Open.
Seeded No. 6, Murray beat Austria's Jurgen Melzer in the third round from two sets down, the first of four times Murray earned that five-set achievement in New York, and later, toppled then-world No. 1 Rafael Nadal for the first time in a four-set semifinal. He had been 0-5 against Nadal previously.
Murray lost to Roger Federer in the final, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.
Murray's second US Open semifinal came in 2011 as the No. 4 seed. Famously that year, he came from two sets down in the second round against Dutchman Robin Haase before losing the final four to Nadal in four sets.
But Murray's major moment finally came at the 2012 US Open. A heartbreaking 0-4 in Grand Slam finals previously, the No. 3 seed became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to lift a major trophy with a long-awaited coronation in New York.
The win set several records. The 12-10 first-set tiebreak was the longest ever in a US Open final. The victory made Murray the first man ever to win an Olympic gold medal and the US Open in the same year, and it tied with the 1988 US Open final as the longest final in tournament history at the time.
Further still, it was Murray's 100th Grand Slam match win.
Murray reached the quarterfinals in his title defense in 2013 before losing to future US Open champion Stan Wawrinka. From 2013-16, Murray reached the quarterfinals three times, but never again returned to the semifinals.
As injuries took hold in the latest years of Murray's career, he lost in the first week in his final five appearances (and also missed the tournament in 2017 and 2019). His best result in his final five US Opens was a third-round effort in 2022, where he lost to Matteo Berrettini.
Murray's last US Open win came in the first round in 2023 against Frenchman Corentin Moutet. In what was likely his final US Open match he was beaten by Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.
