Wimbledon Set To Honour Murray With Statue
The All England Club is set to honour Andy Murray’s contribution to Tennis with a statue at Wimbledon.
The British star ended Britain’s wait for a men’s singles title at Wimbledon when he defeated Novak Djokovic in 2013, and also earned another title in 2016.
Murray retired from professional tennis in August 2024 following an appearance at the Olympic Games in Paris.
The chair of the All England Club, Debbie Jevans, confirmed that the organisation is in talks with Murray about building a statue for him before 2027.
She said: “We are looking to have a statue of Andy Murray here [at Wimbledon] and we’re working closely with him and his team.
“The ambition is that we would unveil that at the 150th anniversary of our first championship, which was 1877. He’s got to rightly be very involved in that and he and his team will be.
“Now he’s retired, we’re very much looking at how we can embrace him, for him to be a part of the club in the long term.
“We looked at Rafa Nadal having that sort of plaque unveiled to him at Roland Garros which was all very special. We thought, what do we want for Andy?”
A bronze statue of Fred Perry, the last British men’s champion before Murray, was erected at Wimbledon in 1984 to mark the 50th anniversary of his first singles championship.
The Wimbledon Open is a tennis tournament organised by the All England Lawn Tennis, and Croquet Club in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Association annually in Wimbledon, London.
It is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.
Murray won 46 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including three majors at the 2012 US Open, 2013 Wimbledon Championships, and 2016 Wimbledon Championships.
He also won two gold medals at the Summer Olympics, the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals, 14 Masters events, and contested a total of eleven major finals.
Wimbledon Set To Honour Murray With Statue is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
