Andy Murray confirms retirement from tennis after 2024 Paris Olympics
Tennis will say goodbye to yet another icon after the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with Great Britain's Andy Murray confirming that he will retire from professional tennis after the upcoming Games.
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Murray confirmed the news on a post on X as he touched down in Paris to begin his preparation to represent Great Britain in yet another Olympic Games. Murray previously won gold in both 2012 and 2016.
Andy Murray has confirmed that the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be his last tennis tournament as a professional.
The Scot is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having won the men’s singles tournament at London 2012 and then again four years later in Rio de Janeiro, and plans to compete in the singles and doubles in what will be his fifth Games.
“Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament,” Murray wrote on X.
“Competing for Team GB have been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get do it one final time!”
Murray made his final Wimbledon appearance earlier this month alongside his brother Jamie as the pair lost in the first round of the men’s doubles.
He was scheduled to then appear in the mixed doubles, but Emma Raducanu pulled out to prioritise the women’s singles after feeling stiffness in her wrist.
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Murray, who underwent a hip resurfacing surgery in January 2019, had previously said he didn’t plan on competing past this summer after struggling to recapture his form of old.
And the former world No. 1 has now confirmed he will hang up his racquet after the highly anticipated Paris Olympics.
Few fans of the 37-year-old will forget his memorable victory over Roger Federer to claim gold at London 2012 and he backed that up four years later in Rio by beating Juan Martin del Potro in the final to become the first male tennis player to clinch two Olympic singles titles.
He also became the first male Brit since Fred Perry in 1936 to win Wimbledon when he beat Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final.
Murray ends his career as a three-time Grand Slam champion, with the US Open in 2012 and two Wimbledon crowns (2013 and 2016) on his roll of honour.
Murray's accomplishments are all the more impressive given he was up against Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in arguably the most competitive era of all time.
The draw for the tennis event at the Olympics takes place on Thursday, July 25.
Murray will play his first-round match on either July 27 or July 28. He will also play his opening doubles game on one of those days.
The mixed doubles event starts on Monday, July 29.
Two-time gold medalist Murray will be competing in singles and doubles at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Team GB’s men's singles contenders are Jack Draper, Cam Norrie, Murray and Dan Evans.
He will also partner Evans in the men's doubles and could yet compete in the mixed doubles, with the teams not yet announced.
Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics
Competing for 🇬🇧 have been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get do it one final time! pic.twitter.com/keqnpvSEE1— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) July 23, 2024Advertisement
