Sometimes a professional sports stars personal life is as interesting as is their professional career. Oftentimes the lives of sports and other stars are full of drama and controversy, as is currently being demonstrated by golfer Tiger Woods. These sensational news-breaking stories are sought out by the media and eaten up by the public. Sometimes their personal lives increase their notoriety and sometimes they damage their careers. While a personal controversy is unlikely to damper a professional athlete’s abilities it can be extremely crushing to sponsorships, which are usually the bulk of their income. Tennis player Andy Murray has already demonstrated some interesting and potentially controversial behaviors on the court, though his personal life has remained largely his own and has been less than sensational.

Murray has claimed the ranks of professional tennis players since he began playing professionally in 2005. He has countered some swiftrank recovery situations on the court, though his personal life has been somewhat less interesting. That is, to the public eye, not to Murray himself who seems to be a family oriented individual. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His maternal grandfather was a professional football player and Murray now sponsors two professional teams. One is the same team for which his grandfather Roy Erskine once played, Hibernian, and the other is the Wolverhampton Wanderers. Murray was linked romantically to Kim Sears, who is the daughter of the respected tennis coach Nigel Sears. They lived together in Surrey, England until their recent break up which was announced this month. Murray’s brother Jaime is also a professional tennis player. Murray has a lot of years left in his career and it is unknown now what direction his court personality and temperament may take. However, based on what we have seen from him up to this point, it may be suspected that his personal and family life may valued and important to him.