Andy Murray will retire from professional tennis after this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
The 37-year-old posted on X: “Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament. Competing for Great Britain [has] been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get do it one final time!”
The former world No 1 is a two-times Olympic gold medallist, winning the men’s singles tournament in London 2012 and Rio 2016. He also took silver in the mixed doubles in 2012. The tennis competition at Roland Garros begins on 27 July and Murray is currently scheduled to be playing both singles and doubles.
Murray has struggled with injuries this season after he ruptured his anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and his calcaneofibular ligament (CFL), both ankle injuries, in March. He then suffered a back injury which forced him to pull out of the men’s singles competition at Wimbledon. However, he entered the men’s doubles with his brother, Jamie. The two were eliminated in the first round and Murray was celebrated as the greatest British sportsmen at the tournament.
The Scot has won two Wimbledon titles and one US Open. He made the final of the Australian Open five times and the French Open once.
