1987

Born 15th May 1987, in Glasgow, Scotland.

1989

First tennis racquet at the age of two.

1990

Starts playing tennis, aged three. First with sponge balls against the wall indoors, then outside in the garden on a Swingball game.

1992

First tournament (under-10's) at Dunblane Sports Club.

1995

Debut doubles match for the Dunblane Sports Club men's 3rd team. Partners with architect, John Clark, (in his fifties) who eight-year-old Andy tells off for standing too close to the net as he risks getting lobbed.

1998

Begins working with tennis coach Leon Smith, who describes Andy at 11 as "unbelievably competitive".

1999

Wins prestigious Orange Bowl Tournament in Miami and becomes the only player in the under-12 event to eventually turn professional.

2000

Glasgow Rangers Football Club want to sign Andy, aged 13. He turns them down in favour of tennis, despite family football history - his grandfather, Roy Erskine, played for Hibernian FC.

2002

Leaves Scotland at 15 to train at the Sànchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona.

2004

Wins US Open boys' title in September, beating Sergiy Stakhovsky.

Named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in December.

2005

Becomes youngest ever player to represent Britain in the Davis Cup in March, partnering David Sherwood in their defeat of World No. 5 doubles pair, Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, of Israel. Jeremy Bates describes the match as: "One of the best performances I've ever seen, I was shaking like a leaf."

Turns professional in April and enters the Seat Open as a wildcard in his first ATP Tour match where he loses against World No. 63, Jan Hernych.

Reaches the third round of Wimbledon at the age of 18 in his first ever Grand Slam appearance in July 2005, taking ex-finalist David Nalbandian to five dramatic sets.

Plays his first ATP World Tour Final in Bangkok against Roger Federer in September 2005. This was only Andy's eighth ATP Tour event - Tim Henman's first final came in his 34th ATP event.

Becomes the youngest British player in the top 100 since 1974. Only Borg, Hewitt, Nadal and Roddick were younger.

2006

Wins first ATP Tour Title in San Jose, in February, beating two Grand Slam Champions, Hewitt and Roddick, to become the fourth youngest player ever to win on the tour.

Breaks into the ATP Top 50 for the first time, with only Borg, Hewitt, Nadal and Roddick managing it younger.

Becomes British No. 1, making the biggest jump in the Top 100 of any player from the previous year, climbing 449 ranking spots.

Reaches the final of the Legg Mason Classic, losing to Arnaud Clement, in August, before defeating world champion, Roger Federer, at the Cincinnati Masters to reach the quarter-finals the same month.

At the end of the year, he's the second-youngest player in year-end Top 100 (behind Djokovic) and the first teenager from Great Britain since Buster Mottram in 1974.

2007

Begins the year with widest winning margin at the Australian Open, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1 en route to face Rafael Nadal in the fourth round.

Defends San Jose ATP Tour title with victory over Ivo Karlovic.

Misses four months with back and wrist injuries but still manages to lift his third ATP Tour title in St Petersburg, defeating Fernando Verdasco and climbing to No. 8 in the world ATP rankings, narrowly missing out on a place in the Masters Cup.

2008

Captures fourth ATP title in Doha, beating Stanislas Wawrinka in the final, before winning his fifth title in Marseille a month later, taking victory over Mario Ancic.

Wins first ATP Masters Series title in August, beating World No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the Cincinnati final.

Reaches 4th round at Wimbledon in July, after coming from 2 sets down in an epic match against Richard Gasquet.

Beats Rafael Nadal for the first time en route to his first Grand Slam final at the US Open

Ends the year with a second ATP Masters Series title in Madrid with a career high ranking No. 4 in the world.

2009

Trophy count extends to 14, including maiden titles at Canada and Miami Masters 1000 events.

Whilst victory at Queen's in June makes him the first British winner since Bunny Austin in 1938.

2010

Makes second Slam final appearance, losing to Roger Federer in final of the Australian Open.