Andy Murray's career highs and lows Published on Sunday 8 July 2012 20:13 Andy Murray may have lost to Roger Federer in the final of Wimbledon today but as he said in his runners-up speech at the side of Centre Court and as his career so far shows he is "getting closer" to clinching his first ever Grand Slam title. December - Wins junior Orange Bowl title in Miami. September - Becomes first British winner of US Open boys" title, beating Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. March - Becomes youngest British Davis Cup player, aged 17, in match against Israel. June - Defeats Radek Stepanek to become first Scot to reach third round at Wimbledon. Loses to David Nalbandian. October - Reaches first ATP final at Thailand Open, losing to Roger Federer. February 20 - Claims first ATP title by beating Lleyton Hewitt in San Jose. February 28 - Moves above Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski in rankings to become British number one. April 14 - Splits from coach Mark Petchey. July 3 - Loses to Marcos Baghdatis in fourth round at Wimbledon. July 26 - American Brad Gilbert appointed Murray's new coach. January 22 - Loses five-set thriller to Rafael Nadal in Australian Open fourth round. February 18 - Defends San Jose title with victory over Ivo Karlovic. October 28 - Wins St Petersburg Open, beating Fernando Verdasco. November 14 - Splits with coach Gilbert. January 5 - Beats Stanislas Wawrinka to win Qatar Open. February 17 - Wins Open 13 tournament in Marseille, beating Mario Ancic. July 2 - Loses to Nadal in Wimbledon quarter-finals. August 3 - Defeats Novak Djokovic in Cincinnati to claim first Masters Series title. August 12 - Suffers first-round defeat by Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei at Beijing Olympics. September 7 - Beats top seed Nadal in semi-finals of US Open to reach first grand slam final. September 8 - Beaten 6-2 7-5 6-2 by defending champion Federer in US Open final. September 21 - Wins his singles matches but Great Britain lose to Austria to be relegated from Davis Cup World Group. October 19 - Wins Madrid Masters with victory over Gilles Simon. October 26 - Wins St Petersburg Open, beating Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev. January 11 - Wins Qatar Open, beating Andy Roddick. February 15 - Wins ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, beating Nadal. March - Wins Miami Masters, beating Djokovic. May 11 - Overtakes Djokovic to become world number three. June 2 - Loses to Fernando Gonzalez in French Open quarter-finals. June 14 - Becomes first British player since 1938 to win Queen's Club title, beating James Blake in the final. July 3 - Reaches first Wimbledon semi-final but loses 6-4 4-6 7-6 7-6 to Roddick. August 16 - Wins Montreal Masters with victory over Juan Martin Del Potro, and becomes world number two. November 8 - Wins comeback event in Valencia after wrist injury. Later finishes year at world number four. January 31 - Loses 6-3 6-4 7-6 to Federer in Australian Open final. May 30 - Beaten by Tomas Berdych in French Open fourth round. July 2 - Loses Wimbledon semi-final 6-4 7-6 6-4 to Nadal. July 27 - Splits with coach Miles Maclagan after two and a half years. August 15 - Beats Nadal and Federer as he defends his Masters title in Toronto. October 17 - Beats Federer in final to win Shanghai Masters. November 27 - Loses 7-6 3-6 7-6 to Nadal after more than three hours in a classic semi-final at ATP World Tour Finals in London. January 30 - Beaten 6-4 6-2 6-3 by Djokovic in Australian Open final. June 3 - Loses 6-4 7-5 6-4 to eventual champion Nadal in French Open semi-final. June 13 - Beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win AEGON Championships at Queen's Club. July 1 - Loses 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-4 against Nadal in Wimbledon semi-final. August 21 - Wins Western & Southern Open crown in Cincinnati when world number one Novak Djokovic retires injured when trailing 6-4 3-0. September 10 - Loses 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2 to Nadal in US Open semi-final. September 18 - Helps Great Britain win Davis Cup promotion with a 5-0 victory over Hungary in Glasgow. October 2 - Beats American Donald Young 6-2 6-0 in Thailand Open final. October 9 - Beats Nadal 3-6 6-2 6-0 to win Japan Open final. October 16 - Completes hat-trick of tournament victories by beating David Ferrer 7-5 6-4 in Shanghai Masters final, to take him above Federer and to number three in world rankings. November 22 - Pulls out of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals with a groin injury. Federer's victory in the tournament takes him back to world number three. December 31 - Hires eight-time grand slam winner Ivan Lendl as his new coach. January 27 - Loses 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-1 7-5 to Djokovic in epic Australian Open semi-final lasting four hours and 50 minutes. June 6 - Murray's French Open run ends in the quarter-finals with defeat by Ferrer. July 6 - Reaches Wimbledon final for the first time with 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5 victory over Tsonga. July 7 - Loses 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 to Federer in the Wimbledon final. Top ten path opens up for Murray ANDY Murray was denied the chance of a meeting with Roger Federer in the final of the Kooyong Classic when he lost 6-4 6-4 to Andy Roddick yesterday, but that reverse will have a negligible effect on the young Scot's confidence as he prepares for the Australian Open. Murray to 'move on' after split with Gilbert BRITISH tennis No 1 Andy Murray has split with coach Brad Gilbert after working together for 17 months. Showing his class: Relaxed Andy Murray is ready for Wimbledon FOR YEARS Tim Henman was the face of Robinsons, the British No.1 and the focus of attention when Wimbledon came round. Andy Murray has fallen heir to two of the three. Apparently he doesn't conform to the image the juice company wants to convey in its adverts. Triumphant Murray is ready for Wimbledon circus THAT'S torn it. At 3.51pm as James Blake's attempt at a return landed in the net, all hell broke loose. Australian open men's draw (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa), v Marcos Daniel (Bra) Qualifier v Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) Bernard Tomic (Aus) v Jeremy Chardy (Fr)