ATP Legacy: Andy Murray's Road To No. 1, ATP Finals Glory 

That winning run in 2016 was insane, so many wins culminating in the finals in London. Great memories.

That's why he deserves to be called part of the big 4!

I loved the Andy Murray 2016 rank 1 run, but it cost him big time 😢. I miss prime Murray

Why do they mention the AO and RG lost finals but not the Wimbledon victory, it bringing in a lot of points and probably being a great confidence booster too.

Andy is my favourite sportsman of all time. As a fellow Scot he really inspires me.

The last few months of 2016 he played like Novak, Rafa or Roger. Pure dominance.

Andy played beautiful during that period!

This run to number one from Madrid on was insane. Thirteen tournaments (ten considered big), nine wins, three times runner up, and a quarter final. Had he won the US Open that year it would be considered up there with some of the very best years ever. Makes you realise that without the Big Three (or at least two of them) Murray was probably worth double figures of majors, but he wouldn't be as great of a player.

Ppl say this push cut his career short but it was worth it. Had he played one or two fewer tournaments this year he might never get to be No.1 ever. Sure he might sustain his high level a bit longer and win 1 or 2 more slams, but with Fed and Rafa coming back in 2017 all the way to 2019 Andy will forever be No3/ No4 in rankings. There are only 20ish players in the history of the game to be crowned YE1. Andy was one of them, and for that he will forever be a legend.

A well deserving world number one, amazing season from Murray

Yes I'm a fan of Andy Murray 2016 his year of dominance watching from the Philippines

Andy is my tennis idol and it will be the case forever. Thanks so much for posting this, very good memories during that year. His season was actually insane. Prime Murray was definitely out of this world. Children nowadays will never understand how good Andy was physically and mentally for so many tournaments in a row with more than 25 wins in a row. This was the real good time, I miss it so much. Now seeing Andy compete is enough to make me happy, but sad to see a champion like him finishing like this with injuries which really avoided him to win even more GC in a time he would have really had the possibility to do so.

That backebd of 2016 was special. Lendl partnership was his peak

The match against Novak at the World Tour Final in 2016 was the first time in years Murray was the favorite before it started. Any other time playing against the big 3 he was the underdog. 2016 was truly his year, beating everyone through and through

Love these videos!!!

One of the things people don't understand about the big 4 is that Murray and Djokovic should have dominated from 2015 onwards as Nadal and Federer got older and Nadal had the injuries. But Murray was wiped out from the beginning of 2017 onwards so Djokovic cleaned up and Nadal did remarkably well to come back from tough injuries to win more than expected. Had Murray not had such a bad injury you'd expect him to have won many more grand slams as he was so much better than the rest (barring big 3) at the end of 2016. Think he'd have ended on 7/8 which would give the big 4 argument a bit more weight

He looks more physically imposing in this period - 2016 his legs and arms look more muscular, he doesn't look like that now or before he was in peak condition then and had the incredible skill levels to beat the best then as well

I always proud of Andy!)

unbelieveble

MuryGOAT! ps: Could you please invite Roger and let him talk about his 2017?

2016 Murray season awesome !

Murray was playing realy good that year, i remember.

That was a heck of a year for Andy! He could have completed the career grand slam. What a bummer.

It just shows you how hard it is because Andy appeared in 3 slam finals in succession, winning one, won all those tournaments, yet if he had lost to Novak at the end he still wouldn’t have been No.1. He was truthfully the only one out outside of Roger, Novak and Rafa to keep them honest and have success against them.

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He was constantly pushing through fatigue to get to that number 1 spot and got there. But is that metal hip a consequence of pushing those barriers too much or a just legacy of the price he was willing to risk to be world number 1? No matter what you say, those weeks at number 1 can't be taken away from him

Back when you realy needed to fight for the world No1...

He and his team pushed so hard to get that number 1 ranking in 2016 that it cost him big time in the long run, injuring his body, thus cutting his career short.

I mean It's just a fact. Murray was kinda lucky that Nole was a bit demotivated and already having elbow pain in the last six months of 2016. Anyway numbers don't lie, Murray was number 1 for 40 weeks and 3 time slam champion during the Big3 alien era! This is the best a human like Murray can get

Andy deservedly was part of the big four for so many years. Frankly, if it wasn't for his hip, I'd imagine him taking quite a few grandslams off Novak-Rafa-Roger during the 2017-2022 period - but unfortunately, that's not the way history works.

Its funny that when he became number 1, its also the beginning of the end of his career..,well not entirely coz he's still on tour but you what i mean lolz

I hate that injury has stifled his career.

Unfortunately, he never found this form ever again…

It’s sad because he couldn’t defend his place as number one in 2017 because of his injury

DILF

Yeah it was a great run but I think he pushed too hard and as a result he still wouldn't able to recover after 6 years..

The big question tho: Is it all those weeks that ruined his hip? 41 weeks of very sad lame duck #1 followed.

Quick reminder to Andy and his fanboys: There's no big 4.

He and his team pushed so hard to get that number 1 ranking in 2016 that it cost him big time in the long run, injuring his body, thus cutting his career short.