Andy Murray set to be immortalised at Wimbledon with statue to mark 150th anniversary in 2027

Andy Murray is set to be honoured at Wimbledon with a statue, and it is hoped it will be ready to unveil at the 2027 tournament. The 38-year-old, who is a two-time Wimbledon winner and ended the long wait for a men’s singles champion in 2013, retired after the 2024 Paris Olympics. Chair of the All England Club, Debbie Jevans, said discussions over the statue had begun with Murray and his team.

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A statue in honour of Andy Murray is set to be built at Wimbledon, with the All England Club hoping to unveil it in 2027 to mark the 150th anniversary of the first championship.

Murray became the first British men’s singles champion at Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936 when he beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the 2013 final.

He went on to claim his second Wimbledon title with victory over Milos Raonic in the 2016 final, while he also clinched an Olympic gold medal at the iconic venue in 2012.

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A statue of Perry already exists at SW19, and now that he has retired, discussions to mark Murray’s achievements have begun.

"We are looking to have a statue of Andy Murray here and we're working closely with him and his team," Debbie Jevans, chair of the All England Club, said on the Ainslie + Ainslie Performance People podcast.

"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."

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Murray battled a debilitating hip injury that eventually required surgery in the latter part of his career, and although he returned to the sport, Murray was never able to reach the same heights again.

After announcing 2024 would be his final season, Murray officially hung his racquet up after the 2024 Paris Olympics.

However, his impact on the sport, especially in Britain, continues to be felt. Centre court at Queen’s Club, where he won a record five singles titles in his career, was renamed ‘Andy Murray Arena’ at the start of 2025.

A plaque to commemorate one of Murray’s greatest rivals, Rafael Nadal, was unveiled at the French Open, and Jevans is in no doubt the Brit is equally deserving of a similarly iconic tribute.

Jevans added: "Now he's retired, we're very much looking at how we can embrace him, for him to be a part of the club in the long term.

"We looked at Rafa Nadal having that sort of plaque unveiled to him at Roland-Garros, which was all very special. We thought, what do we want for Andy?"

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