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
2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final summit of men's tennis, having been one week short of the record when he lost the number one ranking in June 2010. Murray became the first British man to reach the final of Wimbledon since 1938, and was seeking to be the first British Wimbledon champion since 1936. Roger Federer entered the match as the all-time Grand Slam champion with a record of sixteen major titles, although he had not won any in the two and a half years since his victory at the 2010 Australian Open. Andy Murray had not yet won a single major title and was looking