Judy Murray believes son Andy could take up coaching role after tennis retirement

Judy Murray believes her son Andy could take up coaching following his retirement from tennis.

The former world number one and two-time Wimbledon champion has hung up his racket for the final time following the Olympic Games in Paris where he was competing in the doubles tournament with Dan Evans.

Following a near 20-year career that has seen him cement his name as one of the country’s all time sporting greats, it is almost time for the 37-year-old to start thinking about what he will do next.

And Judy believes he would be ideal for the type of specialist role that Ivan Lendl brought to his team in 2012 that helped him get over the line with Grand Slam wins and Olympic golds.

A kiss from mum Judy after Andy Murray wins the AEGON Championships. SNS Group

Speaking to STV Sport, she said: “I think he will take a little bit of time to get used to being off the tour and spend time with his family of course, and I could see him getting involved in coaching capacity with some of the younger British and Scottish players for sure.

“I can see him doing the sort of role that Ivan Lendl done with him, the sort of specialist coach that comes in for the major event.

“I can see him doing that with one of up and coming youngsters from whatever country because he has a very wise head, he’s been there, done it and it certainly made a big difference to him when Lendl joined his coaching team.

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“Because he had been there and done it and nobody else around him had any experience of that so that was a really great appointment for him in terms of getting him over the line in Grand Slam wins and first Olympic gold medal in London 2012.

“So I can see him doing something like that, but there are loads of things he is interested in, like art, coffee, he has the hotel in Scotland and we have plans for a community multi-sports centre that has tennis at the heart of it just outside our hometown in Dunblane.

“So he will be looking to spend a bit of time there if we manage to get that off the ground.”

In a glittering career Andy Murray won two Wimbledon titles, a US Open, the Davis Cup and two Olympic gold medals as well as reaching 11 grand slam finals despite being in an era with some greatest tennis players including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.