Andy Murray has confirmed that the Paris Olympics will be the “last tennis tournament” of his illustrious and storied career.
The 37-year-old is ending an incredible career that saw him win three Grand Slams, 46 ATP Tour singles titles and two Olympic gold medals.
Murray had hoped to enjoy his final match at Wimbledon earlier this summer but a back injury forced him out of the men’s singles and Emma Raducanu withdrew from the mixed doubles draw with a wrist problem.
He was still able to compete alongside his brother Jamie in the men’s doubles, although they were eliminated in the first round.
In Paris, she plans to compete in singles and doubles in what will be her fifth Olympic Games.
Andy Murray has confirmed that the Paris Olympics will be his “last tennis tournament”
The Scot has arrived in Paris for his fifth Olympic Games, having made his debut at the 2008 Games.
Murray bid an emotional farewell to Wimbledon’s Centre Court earlier this summer.
He wrote on X: ‘I arrived in Paris for my last tennis tournament.
‘Racing for Great Britain has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m very proud to be able to do it one last time.’
He recently said: ¡HOLA! Magazine: “I will definitely continue playing tennis, but not on the Tour.
“I plan to play a lot more golf and will probably continue to work with my strength and conditioning coach, Matt Little, as I transition away from being a full-time athlete and adjust to not having to do as much.”
Murray has been a mainstay on our screens for the best part of 20 years, having broken into the ATP Tour top 10 in 2007.
His first Olympic Games were in Beijing 2008, where he was eliminated in the first round.
The Scot’s first Olympic gold came in 2012 in London, when he beat Roger Federer to avenge his defeat in the Wimbledon final that same year.
She underwent surgery to remove a spinal cyst following her withdrawal at Queen’s on June 19.
Despite making progress, she was unable to get fit enough to play in the singles draw at SW19.
Murray became the first British men’s champion since Fred Perry to lift the trophy at Wimbledon in July 2013 after beating Novak Djokovic.
In 2016 he made history by becoming the first player to successfully defend an Olympic singles title by beating Juan Martín del Potro in Rio.
He lifted his first Grand Slam title in 2012 at the US Open, when he defeated Novak Djokovic in five sets in the longest final in the history of the competition.
A year later, he finally lifted the coveted Wimbledon trophy with another victory over the Serbian, this time in straight sets.
He added to his haul with another All England Club crown in 2016, beating Milas Raonic, again in three sets.
After withdrawing from Wimbledon alongside his brother, Murray said in an emotional message on Centre Court: ‘It’s difficult because I would love to keep playing but I can’t.
‘Physically it’s very hard now. All the injuries have been piling up and, as I said, they haven’t been insignificant.
“I want to play forever. I love this sport. It’s given me a lot, it’s taught me a lot of lessons over the years that I can use for the rest of my life. I don’t want to stop, so it’s hard.”
Just two weeks before Wimbledon, Murray was reduced to a limping wreck when a cyst that had been growing on his spine and pressing on his nerve suddenly immobilized his right leg.
Murray, pictured with his mother Jude, wife Kim and father Will (l-r), was awarded his OBE in 2013.
Murray became the first player to successfully defend an Olympic singles title at Rio 2016.
On July 22, he underwent surgery to remove the cyst and fought against all odds to try to be ready for Wimbledon.
However, despite the nerve pain having reduced, Murray had to retire from his first-round match against Tomas Machac, meaning his five-set loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round last year will go down in history as his final singles match at the All England Club.
His mother, Judy, recently told the Sunday Times that he had turned down lucrative offers so he could coach children in his native Scotland after retiring.
She said: ‘We have had offers from other countries to open an Andy Murray tennis academy.
“But for us it will always be Scotland and our country. We want to give something back to the game that has given us so much.”
“None of us have ever changed our minds that we want to do this in our home country.”