Judy Murray has shared her regret that Scotland wasn’t able to benefit more from son Andy Murray’s incredible tennis career. The two-time Wimbledon champion has retired following his defeat alongside doubles partner Dan Evans at the Olympics.
Murray was born in Dunblane, Scotland, but moved to Spain as a teenager to progress his tennis career. He subsequently won tournaments all over the world but very rarely had the opportunity to return home.
Mum Judy is a big advocate for grassroots sport and clearly feels Scotland’s facilities have not benefited from her son’s career.
Responding to a post on X detailing statistics from Murray’s career, she wrote: “From Dunblane in Scotland. How I wish we had more to show for all of this in our home country.”
Glasgow hosts an ATP Challenger event in February but it is rarely contested by the world’s top players. Most of the remaining professional tournaments in the United Kingdom are played in England.
Murray is a two-time Wimbledon champion and has won five tournaments at Queen’s Club in Kensington. In total, he won 46 singles titles during his career, including three Grand Slams and 14 Masters 1000 Series.
Meanwhile, Murray has explained that he is content with his decision to retire at the age of 37. He has played for the past five years with a metal hip and underwent surgery on a spinal cyst earlier this summer.
He told Eurosport: “A few months ago I was not looking forward to it. Like in most jobs when people retire generally it’s more of a celebration because they’re looking forward to it.
“I’ve obviously loved playing tennis so I wasn’t necessarily really looking forward to that moment. But after I had the operation on my back at Queen’s, I was struggling to walk. It was kind of an emergency operation that I had to have.
“I’ve been looking forward to the end [since then] because physically it’s been tough and I’m not able to move around the court and do the things I want to do physically.
“Therefore I can’t compete to the level that I want to. So yeah I’m happy to be finishing now. I was worried about it in the last year or 18 months, what I’d do with myself, but I’m looking forward to the end.”
Murray and Evans were beaten by Team USA’s Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul in their quarter-final. The British duo had enjoyed an enthralling run which included saving five match points in their opening match against Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel.