 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kukunda kwaMurphy kwakarangarirwa sechishamiso chikuru. Makwikwi ake asati aitika aiva 1501, uye asati akunda aionekwa somunhu asina kubudirira. Akava wechitatu chete akakodzera kukunda World Championship kana kusvika pakupedzisira mushure meAlex Higgins muna 1972 naTerry Griffiths muna 1979. Pazera remakore makumi maviri nemaviri, Murphy ndiye akanga ari mutambi wechipiri wechidiki kukunda muWorld Championship, achitevera Stephen Hendry uyo akatanga kusimudza zita racho paakanga ava nemakore makumi maviri nerimwe. Hakuna mukwikwidzi wenyika akanga ambotamba mitambo yakawanda kudaro minomwe kuti akwire zita racho, uye ndiye akanga ari mutambi akaderera kwazvo, ari panhamba 48, kuti akunde mutambo wacho. Hapana mutambi akanga akunda World Championship sechiitiko chake chokutanga chokuronga kukunda kubvira Joe Johnson muna 1986. Kutamba kwaMurphy mumutambo uyu kwakamupa zita remadunhurirwa rekuti The Magician uye mutambo uyu wakapeta kaviri mari yaakange awana kare, iyo yaakashandisa kutenga imba nemotokari yeMercedes-Benz. Pashure pokukunda kwake, muna July 2005, akaroora musikana wake Clare. 