Two-time Olympic champion Sir Andy Murray retires from tennis

Sir Andy Murray will go down in history as one of Britain's greatest tennis players of all time.

The 37-year-old Scotsman has forged a career few could ever dream of, picking up three Grand Slam titles and three Olympic medals on the way.

Now, after 19 years on the professional circuit, Murray is hanging up his racquet for the final time.

The five-time Olympian and three-time medallist fittingly played his final match at the Paris 2024 Olympics alongside Dan Evans.

As the sun sets on the tennis great's time on the court, we look back at just a few of the defining moments of his sporting career.

London 2012 Olympic Games

By the time the home Games came around in 2012, Murray had already rocketed to tennis fame.

In 2009 the Glaswegian had spent time as world number two and has become the first British player to win at Queens since 1938.

But 2012 was a staple year for the young star who returned to Wimbledon within weeks of his Championships runner-up performance for his second Olympic Games.

Following a harrowing first-round loss back in Beijing 2008, Murray was looking for redemption as the poster boy of the event on home soil and redemption he achieved.

Pocketing silver alongside Laura Robson after falling to Belarusian top seeds Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi, Murray set off on an incredible singles campaign.

The Scot lost just one set on his journey to the final where he faced legend Roger Federer.

But Murray stormed to gold in straight sets to become the first British man to win the Olympic singles gold medal in tennis since Josiah Ritchie in 1908.

US Open 2012

Murray reached his second consecutive Grand Slam final in September that year when he fought his way to the US Open showpiece.

The theme at Flushing Meadows that year was evidently long and record-breaking battles, Murray cruising through the opening two rounds before facing a tough four-set match, including three tie breaks, against Spain's Feliciano Lopez.

Add that to an almost four hour long semi-final against Tomas Berdych and the Brit went into the final at Flushing Meadows with grit and determination to show his fight had been worth it.

Murray beat Novak Djokovic in five sets and became the first British man to win a Grand Slam since Fred Perry in 1936 and the first-ever man to win the Olympic and US titles in the same year.

The match tied the 1988 final as the longest final in the tournament's history whilst also setting the longest tie-break in US Open history at 12-10 in the first set.

Wimbledon Championships 2013

Murray headed into the 2013 Wimbledon Championships with an 11 match winning streak on grass.

A relatively easy journey to the quarter-final left the Olympic champion facing Fernando Verdasco, Murray coming from two sets down to win for just the seventh time in his career.

The final was once again the story of Murray versus Djokovic in what was their third consecutive major final together.

But in his second consecutive final at SW19 the Brit took the spoils and came away with a staggering 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 triumph.

In front of a roaring home crowd once more, Murray became the first British winner of the men's singles title since Fred Perry 77 years prior as well as the first Scotsman to win a Wimbledon singles title since Harold Mahony in 1896.

Not to mention that he extended his unbeaten run on grass to a 18 matches.

Davis Cup 2015

The Murray brothers lead Great Britain to their first Davis Cup title since 1936 in 2015.

Britain's team was made up of the Andy and Jamie Murray, James Ward and Kyle Edmund and it all came down to facing Belgium on the clay in Ghent.

Britain and Belgium won their semi-final ties against Australia and Argentina respectively to battle it out in the final.

The Murray's broke the deadlock in their doubles match to make it 2-1 to Britain before the younger brother faced David Goffin in his singles match.

A tough contest, with the Belgium pushing the Brit in the first two sets, Murray undoubtedly ran with the third to take the victory and win an unassailing 3-1 triumph for Great Britain.

For the third time in his career, Murray was named 'the first since Fred' by clinching Davis Cup victory for the first time in 77 years.

Wimbledon Championships 2016

Murray started his 2016 grass season by winning a record fifth Queen's Club Championships title, and walked into Wimbledon as the second seed.

Just weeks before the Championships, Murray brought former coach Ivan Lendl back into his camp ahead of a golden summer, the beginning of their second stint as a player and coach duo.

He beat Liam Brody, Lu Yen-hsun, John Millman and Nick Kyrgios in straight sets to ease through the first four rounds and marched into the final against Canada's Milos Raonic.

Djokovic was the two-time defending champion at SW19 but saw a surprise loss to Sam Querrey in the third round to halt his opportunity for a three-peat and open the door for a new winner.

Murray triumphed in straight sets once more, taking the win 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2) for his third major title, second Wimbledon title and 38th Tour win.

Rio 2016 Olympic Games

The first-ever player to win two consecutive gold medals in the tennis singles events at the Olympic, Murray's Team GB career reached a pinnacle in Rio.

Leading Team GB out as the flagbearer at the opening ceremony, Murray was heading into Rio with a target on his back as all eyes were set on number one seed Djokovic who was vying for his career Grand Slam.

But the Serbian fell to an uncharacteristic first round loss against Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro and Murray took charge from there, successfully defending his title by defeating del Potro, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 in the final.

His victory in Rio, coupled with his Wimbledon title and ascending to world number one for the first time in the Paris Masters led to Murray being crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time as well as being awarded his Knighthood in the New Year's Honours List.

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