Andy Murray’s Post-Retirement Body Transformation Stuns Former Rival as Fans Notice His Remarkable New Look
British tennis legend Andy Murray might be two years on from the end of his tennis career, but he has impressed former rival Andy Roddick with the shape he is in. The 39-year-old hung up his racket after the 2024 Olympics in Paris but has clearly stayed in shape. Murray joined Roddick on stage during a live edition of the American’s ‘Served’ YouTube show during the Laver Cup in London and the transformation didn’t go unnoticed.
“I’m really excited about our next guest, he’s someone I have an outsized amount of respect for,” Roddick began before welcoming Murray on stage. After the pair embraced and shared a laugh, the former ATP No.1 added: “He came in there and I said, ‘You’re the first person who ever retires and loses weight’.” However, when quizzed about his post-retirement plans, the Scot didn’t point to doing anything special. “A lot of golf, a lot of childcare,” he said. “This morning, my daughter was doing cricket trials, so I left that a little bit early to come here. Just being a dad, basically, I don’t do a whole lot more than that.
I do a little bit of coaching with Jack Draper as well,” Murray added. “He’s obviously been injured and he’s not playing for the next three or four months so we’ll see how that goes but that’s about it, really.”
The Scot also had a spell coaching Novak Djokovic post-retirement. However, he has made it clear his days of hitting a tennis ball around are over.
I picked up a racket just for fun once in Australia when I was helping Novak,” he told The Times. “I hit with one of my friends on [Rod Laver Arena] about 20 months ago, and I hadn’t hit since when I stopped up until that point, so that’s the only time.
“I just have no desire to hit tennis balls any more. I did that for 25 years.
That said, Murray had little trouble losing weight after stepping away from his chosen sport. In September 2024, he spoke about dropping 11 pounds in the weeks after his farewell match in Paris.
“I haven’t been to the gym for five weeks,” he said after his lean appearance was noticeable ahead of a pro-am event at golf’s BMW Championship. “I said to my wife, I was like: ‘Look, I’m going to make sure when I stop, I’m going to make sure I stay in good shape.
And she said: ‘Oh, if you’re just going to go and play golf, I don’t want that.’ I was: ‘No, no, I’ll get myself in the gym, make sure I stay in shape.’
“I went to the gym three of the first four days after I stopped, worked really hard, and then went up to Scotland for a couple of days for a holiday, and haven’t been back since. It’s been five weeks I’ve not been in the gym, longest ever for me probably. I don’t know if it’s like appetite, if I’m not eating as much, but we obviously have… loads of the sport drinks have got lot of calories in them, and I only really drink water and coffee now.
“So I don’t know, I think just less calories and probably loss of muscle. I’ve lost about 11, 12 pounds. It’s a lot. I was expecting the opposite to happen.
