Andy Murray is set to have a statue of himself unveiled by Wimbledon after the All England Club revealed plans to honour Britain’s greatest tennis star by immortalising him.
Murray ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a Wimbledon champion when he defeated rival and close friend, Novak Djokovic, in the 2013 final at SW19 and followed up with another title at the Grand Slam in 2016.
“We are looking to have a statue of Andy Murray [at Wimbledon] and we’re working closely with him and his team,” chair of the All England Club Debbie Jevans told the Ainslie + Ainslie Performance People podcast published on Tuesday.
Jevans went on to say, “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.”
38-year-old Murray retired in August after an appearance at the Paris Olympics, and will get a statue to stand alongside that of Fred Perry – Britain’s last men’s singles champion until Murray’s victory.
During his career, Murray reached world number one and claimed three Grand Slam singles titles during his career despite competing in an era dominated by greats such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic.