Andy Murray set to retire following Paris 2024

Andy Murray, one of Great Britain's greatest ever tennis players, has announced his retirement via a statement on his personal Instagram page.

Murray wrote, "Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics," in a predictably short, and to the point statement from the Scot.

Murray finished his retirement announcement by writing, "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!"

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Per the Team GB website, Murray is the only man to ever win two Olympic gold medals, with successes at London 2012 and Rio 2016. His Olympic triumphs go alongside his three Grand Slam titles.

Murray's retirement has been rumoured for some time, so let's take a look at the events that led up to the tennis legend's decision.

Former world number one Andy Murray was forced to injury retire in the second round of the Queen's Championship against Jordan Thompson and was raced in for surgery on a spinal cyst.

His latest setback means he is now likely to miss the Olympic Games and Wimbledon. If Murray is to be declared fit for Wimbledon, he will be up against it, with injury problems and form taking a turn for the worse in 2024.

According to the ATP website, Murray has only won two matches in a tournament at one event in 2024 and had lost in the opening round of the last three tournaments before Queen's.

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It's been no secret that Murray has thought about retirement already this year, having spoken on his future at Indian Wells in March 2024.

The Radio Times reports Murray said: "I'm planning on finishing in the summer. I don't know what more I'm supposed to say. I've been getting asked about it for 18 months or so, and it's obviously something I have thought about, but I hadn't made a decision on." At some point since then, Murray made up his mind.

Just days before his retirement at Queen's, Murray admitted he couldn't see himself playing at the US Open or the Davis Cup and said it would be more fitting to finish at the Olympics or Wimbledon.

He told BBC Sport: "Probably if I was going to finish my career, I would rather finish at Wimbledon or an Olympic Games – to me, that would probably be more fitting."

The British tennis star has fond memories at both places, becoming the first tennis player to win back-to-back Olympic Golds, winning Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016, and winning the US Open in 2012.

Since his Wimbledon victory in 2016, the Scot has suffered terrible injuries and surgeries to his hip, ankle, groin, back, and abdominals. He has subsequently dropped out of the top 100 in the ATP Rankings.

At 37 and potentially facing another six weeks out to recover, is it time for Andy Murray to hang his racket up and retire from tennis?

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