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Why Andy Murray walked away from retirement to face Novak Djokovic’s tantrums. Jamie Braidwood. January 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM. Andy Murray was on the golf course, again, ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. British former tennis player (born 1987) For other people with the same name, see Andrew Murray. Sir Andy Murray OBE Murray at the 2015 Australian Open Full name Andrew Barron Murray Country (sports) Great Britain Residence Leatherhead, Surrey, England Born (1987-05-15) 15 May 1987 (age ...
At 2024 Wimbledon, Andy Murray announced his retirement following a string of injuries since reaching No. 1 in 2017, and only played in the men's doubles (where he lost in the first round to Rinky Hijikata and John Peers). He intended to play in mixed doubles, but his partner Emma Raducanu dropped out before the competition.
Murray won singles gold in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016, and is the only male player in history to win back-to-back Olympic titles. Andy Murray was despondent after his defeat to Humbert (REUTERS)
On Friday, Andy Murray began life as a retired tennis player. BBC Sport looks at how he will spend the near future and what the longer term might hold.
Andy Murray is a former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 for 41 weeks. He is the only player, male or female, to win two Olympic gold medals in singles, which he did at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics (since tennis was re-introduced to the Olympics in 1988).
Andy Murray said he plans to retire after the Paris Olympics; the tennis event will be hosted at Roland Garros, the site of the French Open, and begins on July 27.
Murray is the only man in history to have won Olympic Gold and the US Open in the same calendar year, as well as the third man to hold the gold medal and two majors on different surfaces (after Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal). He is also the first tennis player and only man in history to have won two Olympic gold medals in the singles category ...