Andy Murray to Retire from Tennis After Paris Olympics
Two-time Olympic men's singles champion Andy Murray has confirmed that he will end his career next week at the Paris Games.
"Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament," the 37-year-old posted on X on July 23.
Murray, who is from Glasgow in Scotland, made his first Olympic appearance at the 2008 Beijing Games, but he lost to Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun in the first round.
Four years later, he won his first gold medal on grass at Wimbledon at the 2012 London Olympics — beating Roger Federer in three straight sets — and his second gold medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, beating Juan Martin del Potro on hard courts.
This made him the first British male tennis player to win two Olympic singles titles, and the only man to win two Olympic gold medals in tennis.
In his 19-year career, he has won 46 singles titles, including three Grand Slams.
"Competing for Team GB have been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I'm extremely proud to get to do it one final time!" he wrote on X.
Murray had hip replacement surgery in 2019 and several subsequent injuries. He withdrew from singles at Wimbledon this month after surgery to remove a cyst from his spine.
"It is hard because I want to keep playing, but I can't," he said after his defeat at Wimbledon. "Physically it's too tough now. I want to play forever. I love the sport."
Tennis at the Paris Olympics starts on July 27 on the clay courts at Roland Garros.
