Former tennis icon Andy Murray has confessed that he was once pulled over by the police for speeding, only then to be let off. The two-time Wimbledon champion claimed the officer was all too happy to let him go in the hope the star would be well-rested for his next match. Talking to The Standard, Murray was asked if he had ever had a run-in with the law.
The Scottish icon replied: “I was pulled over driving home one night during Wimbledon. But when the police officer saw it was me, he said I was fine to put my foot down on the A3 because he was the only one on patrol.” He added: “I think he was hoping I’d get a good night’s sleep ahead of my next match.”
It’s not the first time that Murray has discussed a brush with the law. The 38-year-old revealed an incident with a newly-purchased Ferrari during his Centre Stage show at the New Wimbledon Theatre last year, although it’s unclear if the both anecdotes refer to the same event.
“I bought a Ferrari. I called it Barry the Ferrari,” Murray said in his stage show. “I thought it was cool, but it didn’t last very long. The first day I took it out to drive, it got pulled over by the police because the insurance hadn’t cleared. I got rid of it over a couple of months, because it wasn’t really me.
Murray called time on his tennis career in the summer of 2024 and has kept a relatively low profile since parting ways with Novak Djokovic following a six-month coaching partnership last year. While Murray has chosen to focus on his love of golf,rumours have surfaced that he could be set to venture back into tennis as a television pundit.
Reports suggest that the BBC is under pressure from the All England Club to overhaul and substantially enhance its Wimbledon broadcasting. Fresh faces appear to be on the horizon with Murray potentially topping the BBC’s wishlist when it comes to an injection of fresh insight.
However, Murray has previously expressed reservations about maintaining such a public profile, which would no doubt be exacerbated should he join the BBC, as well as his opposition to punditry.
He told GQ in 2025: “I’m not thinking daily that I need to tweet something today, or somehow remain relevant. That’s why I’m much more interested in the idea of coaching, because I feel like I’d actually really be helping someone. Whereas with punditry, it can be harmful.
“If I go and work at, let’s say, Wimbledon, you start getting asked questions about British players like Jack Draper. I know when the British ex-tennis players would talk about my tennis and what I should be doing. Because you respect them, you listen to what they’re saying – but it’s not always the same as what your coach is telling you.
What the pundits are saying could be wrong. They’re not right all the time, and when you’re young, it’s quite conflicting. So I’d be more inclined to do coaching, because I think punditry is quite an easy gig. You can just throw stuff out there. People love it if it’s a bit controversial, but you don’t actually have any skin in the game.”
