Legendary tennis player Andy Murray (37) has announced his retirement from professional tennis following the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion, has battled injuries throughout his career, most recently a spinal cyst procedure that forced him out of the Wimbledon singles competition. However, he played a farewell doubles match at Wimbledon alongside his brother Jamie.
This Olympic appearance will be Murray’s fifth and final. His most iconic moment came at the London 2012 Olympics, where he secured gold followed by his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon just a month later. He went on to win Wimbledon twice more (2013, 2016) before injuries took a toll.
Murray briefly retired in 2019 after undergoing hip surgeries.
Having previously announced he wouldn’t play the hard-court season, Roland Garros at the Olympics became his final chance to compete.
On Tuesday, he confirmed this will be his last hurrah, marking the culmination of Murray’s incredible 19-year career.
“Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament,” Murray wrote on X Tuesday morning, July 22.
“Competing for Team GB has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get to do it one final time!”
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