Andy Murray has announced he will retire from tennis after this summer’s Olympics.
The three-time grand slam champion said the Paris Games will be his “last ever tennis tournament” in a post on social media.
Murray was recently denied a Wimbledon farewell in the singles after he had surgery on a spinal cyst just a week before the tournament began.
The 37-year-old, who is the only man to have won two Olympic gold medals in tennis, said on X, formerly Twitter: “Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics
“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!”
Murray exited the Wimbledon stage for the final time earlier this month.
He battled to be able to make it on to Centre Court one more time and, while he would have much preferred not to be forced into back surgery a week before and struggle through a doubles defeat with brother Jamie, the emotional celebration of his career that followed was the perfect send-off.
Sir Andy was due to play mixed doubles with Emma Raducanu but the former US Open champion pulled out of the clash, citing stiffness in her right wrist.
Murray insisted there would be no change of heart regarding his retirement once he recovers from his latest ailment, saying: “I know that it’s time now. I’m ready for that.”
He headed off on a family holiday before preparing for the final event of his career at the Olympics in Paris, where he is entered in singles and doubles with Dan Evans.
Highlights of Andy Murray’s career
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Two Wimbledon titles in 2013 and 2016 - Two Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016
- US Open champion 2012
- Led Great Britain to Davis Cup title in 2015
- Became world number one in 2016
Murray first represented Team GB at the Beijing Games in 2008 but it was his gold medal performance at London 2012 which took his career to the next level.
He won his first grand slam at the US Open a month later and then became the first British Wimbledon champion in 77 years the following year.
The Scot, who led Great Britain to a historic Davis Cup victory in 2015, then won his second Wimbledon crown in 2016 and followed it up by becoming the only man to win two Olympic gold medals in the singles when he topped the podium in Rio in 2016.
But a chronic hip injury derailed his career and he needed a metal plate inserting into the joint in 2019.
The final few years of his career were played against a backdrop of no longer being physically capable of achieving the level which saw him become the world number one at the end of 2016.
At the start of 2024, amid constant questions of how long he would continue playing, Murray said he planned to finish at some point in the summer, but was vague as to the exact date.
He was planning on one last Wimbledon swansong in the singles but was cruelly robbed after suffering a back injury in a warm-up event at Queen’s which required surgery.
It ruled him out of the singles but he was able to play the doubles with his brother Jamie, but lost in the first round in a Centre Court farewell.
However, he has recovered sufficiently to be fit for the singles in Paris and travelled with the rest of the squad to the French capital on Monday.
He resisted the temptation to bow out at next month’s US Open, the site of his first grand slam success, announcing on Tuesday that the Roland Garros tournament would be his last.
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