2008 US Open – Men's Singles win a Grand Slam title since Fred Perry in 1936, but lost to Federer in the final. Murray would eventually win the title at this event four years later. Rafael Nadal had a chance to win Grand Slams on clay, grass and hard courts in the same calendar year, after having won this year's French Open and Wimbledon, and could have become the first man to win the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open since Rod Laver did it in 1969, but he lost to Murray in the semifinals. This was Juan Martín del Potro's first appearance as a seeded
2013 Andy Murray tennis season sets to win his third Queen's title, becoming the first British man since Arthur Gore to win the tournament three times. The final was followed by a charity doubles match with Tim Henman, fellow top 10 player Tomas Berdych and former world no. 1 and Murray's coach Ivan Lendl. The match was organised to raise money for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, after Murray's Davis Cup teammate and close friend Ross Hutchins was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in December 2012. At Wimbledon, Murray made it through his first three matches without losing a set, his first round match, in which