Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray will assist design a statue of himself to commemorate the event’s one hundred and fiftieth anniversary in 2027, organizers introduced Tuesday.
The All England Club plans to unveil the statue in the course of the 2027 championships, honoring the British tennis icon who ended the nation’s 77-year look ahead to a males’s singles champion by defeating Novak Djokovic within the 2013 last.
“He’ll rightly be closely involved in the process, along with his team,” mentioned All England Club chairwoman Debbie Jevans.
The Scotsman received a second title – and his third Grand Slam singles title general – within the 2016 last in opposition to Milos Raonic.
An inspiration for the statue venture is the way in which Rafael Nadal was honored this month at Roland Garros, the place he received 14 French Open titles; Murray was in attendance.
“We looked at Rafa Nadal having that sort of plaque unveiled to him at Roland-Garros, which was all very special,” Jevans mentioned. “But we thought, what do we want for Andy?”
A bronze statue of Fred Perry, the earlier British males’s champion earlier than Murray in 1936, was erected at Wimbledon in 1984, marking 50 years after his first singles title on the event.
The 2025 event at Wimbledon begins Monday.
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