Andy Murray’s H2H statistics against ‘Tennis Greats’ will make you understand his actual talent


Andy Murray’s H2H statistics against ‘Tennis Greats’ will make you understand his actual talent
Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic

Andy Murray recently withdrew from the Cologne 2 indoor tournament. He succumbed to an injury in his hip muscles that led to a withdrawal. The Scot has been enduring a lot of upsets because of injuries, majorly the hip, for which he went under the knife twice.

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Murray is a three time grand slam champion and an Olympic gold medalist. However, his recent performances have been far from his best. Despite this recent downfall, his head-to-head statistics still stand strong against his opponents. The H2H is majorly in the positive for Murray.

Knight only trails to the Kings

Roger Federer is in the brief list of players who have a positive H2H against Andy Murray

According to a report by Tennishead.net, h2h of Andy Murray is commendable against 231 different opponents at tour-level since he made his debut in 2005. Murray has only a handful of opponents who have a positive head-to-head record against him.

Murray trails to the Big 3 Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Murray has won 11 but Novak has beaten him 25 other times. Rafa won 17 times as Murray managed 7 wins. Finally, Roger won 14 as Murray trails close with 11 wins.

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The other players who enjoy a positive head to head with a minor difference in numbers are Fernando Gonzalez, Arnaud Clement and Mario Ancic. Other than these, Murray has a positive win rate against opponents he battled.

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Coutrywise H2H record

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray

Murray has beaten his French opponents more than rivals of other countries. Feliciano Lopez, has lost all 11 of their meetings. Gilles Simon met Murray 18 times and won only two encounters. The Scot records a win of 97 out of 113 meetings against the French players.

The other players that Murray has beaten the most are Spaniards. Despite losing to Rafael Nadal 17 times, the Scot has won 86 of the 119 matches he played against the Spanish players.

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Only two countries Serbia and Monaco have players who have beaten Murray to enjoy a positive h2h. Murray’s 2006 defeat in Monte Carlo to Jean-Rene Lisnard, who is the only Monegasque he has ever faced, has made Monaco enter this brief list.

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