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Key facts behind Andy Murray's remarkable Davis Cup run

Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates with the Davis Cup against Belgium
Image: Andy Murray: Key facts behind his remarkable Davis Cup season

World No 2 Andy Murray's three-point contribution to Britain's defeat of Belgium in the Davis Cup final concluded one of the most remarkable years ever achieved in the competition by an individual player.

Murray pulled off arguably the most impressive feat of his career by beating David Goffin to clinch the famous trophy.

Great Britain's first title since 1936 was secured when Murray completed a 6-3 7-5 6-3 victory over the Belgian No 1 at the Flanders Expo in Ghent.

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Here are the key facts to what a been a sensational season:

Andy Murray of Great Britain reacts after winning his match to secure the Davis Cup
Image: Murray can't quite believe his achievement

Murray's win over Goffin on Sunday meant he contributed 11 of Britain's 12 winning rubbers in this year's World Group campaign.

His 11 wins all came in live rubbers, matching Ivan Ljubicic's feat for Croatia in 2005. However, Murray ended the year 11-0, whereas Ljubicic's was 11-1 having lost a singles in the final against Slovakia.

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Great Britain win Davis Cup

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American John McEnroe put together a 12-0 record in 1982 but several of his wins were in 'dead' rubbers.

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Murray ended with an 8-0 singles record in the Davis Cup in 2015. He is the first player ever to win eight 'live' singles rubbers in a Davis Cup year. McEnroe (1982) and Mats Wilander (1983) also won eight singles, but not all were live rubbers.

3 DEC 1995: JIM COURIER,  ANDRE AGASSI,  USA TEAM COACH TOM GULLIKSON  AND PETE SAMPRAS
Image: Pete Sampras (far right): Part of the 1995 winning team for America

Murray becomes the first player to win three live rubbers in the final since American Pete Sampras in 1995.

The Scot has won 27 of his last 28 singles matches in the Davis Cup, his only loss since 2005 coming against Italian Fabio Fognini in last year's quarter-final in Naples.

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