Andy Murray has confirmed the Olympics will be his final tournament before retirement.
The former world number one had already said this would be his final year on tour but has now said the Paris Games will be his swansong.
Writing on X, he said: “Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament. Competing for Great Britain have been by far the most memorable weeks of my carer and I’m extremely proud to get to do it one final time.”
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, 2024
Murray is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in singles and he will take part in the event for a fourth time alongside fellow Brits Jack Draper, Cam Norrie and Dan Evans. He will also play doubles with Evans.
The 37-year-old was able to play a final Wimbledon last month, even though he did not compete in the singles due to surgery on a spinal cyst shortly before the event. He was fit enough to play doubles alongside brother Jamie but they exited in the first round.
Murray had hoped to take part in the mixed with Emma Radacanu but she pulled out citing a wrist injury.
He will retire after a glittering career that has seen him challenge the likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic during a glorious period for men’s tennis.
Murray reached five Australian Open finals, losing all five, and was also runner-up at the French Open in 2016.
He would enjoy greater success at Wimbledon, where in 2013 he ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s singles champion and he repeated the feat three years later.
In 2012, he won the first of his gold medals by beating Federer at SW19 and backed it up a few weeks later by claiming his first grand slam crown at the US Open.
He rose to world number one for the first time in 2016 not long after defending his Olympics crown in Rio.
Murray underwent hip surgery in 2018 but it failed to cure a long-standing problem and he was forced to go under the knife again in 2019 for an operation that involved having chrome caps placed over the hip joints.
He remarkably returned to the top 50 but was unable to compete at the latter end of slams the way he could in his prime.
Murray was awarded a knighthood in 2017 and received the honour from the then Prince Charles in May 2019.
