WIMBLEDON has revealed plans to honour Scottish tennis legend Andy Murray with a new statue.
The statue, which Murray will help to design, is set to be unveiled in 2027 in what will mark Wimbledon's 150th anniversary.
Debbie Jevans – the chair of All England Club, where the tournament is hosted – told the Performance People podcast that they wanted to honour Murray in a similar way to how the French Open had recognised Rafael Nadal, who had a plaque unveiled in Paris this year.
"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 his team will be."
Until now, only Fred Perry – who won Wimbledon three times in the 1930s – has had a full-length statue in the grounds of the club, although there are busts of five female champions displayed outside the Centre Court.
Murray has won the men's singles at Wimbledon twice, in 2013 and 2016, becoming the first British man to win the title in 77 years.
The three-time Grand Slam champion retired from the sport after last year's Olympics, joking at the time that he "never even liked tennis anyway".
The National told how the tennis star recently became the new face of Walker's Shortbread, one of Scotland's most famous brands.
