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Murray reached a career-high of eight in the world in June

Andy Murray has been named the British male player of the year, while BBC Sport columnist Anna Fitzpatrick is the female junior player of 2007.

Murray won the men's category in the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) awards, voted for by members of the public.

Katie O'Brien took the women's award after finishing the year as British number one.

Fitzpatrick became the first Briton for six years to reach the semi-finals of the girls' singles at Wimbledon.

The 18-year-old from Sheffield received more than 50% of the online votes on the LTA website, with Laura Robson, Jessica Ren and Jennifer Ren her fellow nominees.

"It's really nice to win an award like this, especially as the public were able to vote for it on the LTA website," said Fitzpatrick.

"It's been a decent year for me, and reaching the Wimbledon junior semi-finals was a good result and a great experience."

Fitzpatrick, a member of the Monte-Carlo Tennis Academy, is the British number eight and has spent the majority of the year breaking through on the ITF senior circuit.

The other awards went to Peter Norfolk (Disabled Player of the Year), Great Britain's Davis Cup team (Team of the Year), and Dan Cox (Male Junior Player of the Year).

LTA chief executive Roger Draper will present the awards at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton on 18 December.