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Andy Murray has shot down the idea of returning to professional tennis. The Scottish icon replied: “Nah, I’ve got no interest, and I’m really happy about that,” when asked if he would consider taking up the sport again. Murray, 39, called time on his career following the Paris Olympics in 2024.
The Scottish sporting icon, who secured three Grand Slam titles, including two Wimbledon championships, has maintained a complicated relationship with tennis since retiring from competition. He told BBC Sports Scotland: “I’ve not missed it at all. Don’t really hit balls anymore, unless I have to. Just enjoying being away from the sport for a bit. Yeah, playing golf, being with my family, and just doing normal things for a while.”
After retiring, Murray surprised many by venturing into coaching by joining Novak Djokovic’s team. The duo worked together for the early part of the 2026 season, including the Australian Open.
However, they called time on their partnership ahead of the summer months without securing any success. In recent months, Murray has teamed up with British star Jack Draper.
He helped Draper reach the Eastbourne Open semi-finals and accompanied him to the Washington Open, before Draper withdrew from the tournament due to injury.
Since stepping away from tennis, Murray has launched a live theatre tour and committed himself to lowering his golf handicap. Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar in June, Murray and his wife, Kim, discussed life since the tennis legend’s retirement, with the former world No. 1 revealing his current feelings towards the sport.
The only moment I really felt it [missing tennis] was driving through Wimbledon before the tournament last year,” he said. “I thought, it might be nice to play there. But honestly, that’s it.”
Murray’s choice to move into coaching, rather than broadcasting, demonstrates that, while he has no designs on returning to the game to play, he prefers to be involved rather than to pass judgment on it. Murray was linked with a move to the BBC to join their Wimbledon coverage this year.
He explained: “I just have always found tennis commentary and coverage to be quite down the middle. I don’t necessarily find it that interesting or that insightful. It’s not something that I really fancy doing, unless it was done in a very different way and I don’t necessarily think that that would happen at Wimbledon.”
