2016 Andy Murray tennis season to defend the Olympic singles title. In the 2016 season, Murray became the first male player to win singles titles at a Grand Slam, the Olympics, a Masters 1000 event, and the ATP Finals in the same calendar year (Serena Williams, in 2012, is the only other person to accomplish this feat). On 7 November, Murray became the first British man and twenty-sixth male player to attain the world No. 1 ranking in singles since records began in 1973, displacing long-time rival and friend, Novak Djokovic. At , Murray is the oldest first-time singles No. 1 in the last 40
Jerzy Janowicz pro circuit following his run to the final albeit as a qualifier, of the 2012 Paris Masters, during which he defeated five such top-20 players as Andy Murray and Janko Tipsarević. Despite losing out to David Ferrer in the finals, he made his top-30 debut in the ATP Rankings and became the highest-ranked Polish tennis player. Janowicz became the first Polish male to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, eventually losing out to the eventual champion, Andy Murray. He struggled with a major knee injury during the 2016 season, which led to significant drop in rankings