LONDON – Wimbledon two-time champion Andy Murray is to help design his own statue to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 2027 Grass Court Tournament.
Wimbledon organizers said Tuesday that they are aiming to unveil British tennis statues during the 2027 edition.
“He has to be very involved in that and he and his team will be everything,” said Debbie Jevance, the chairman of the club with all the England.
Murray waited for the 77 home champion in the men’s singles when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final in 2013.
The Scots won his second title and his third Grand Slam single title in the 2016 final against Milos Raonick.
The inspiration for the statue project is how Rafael Nadal attended Roland Garros and won 14 French open titles.
“We saw that Rafa Nadal was revealing such plaque to him. This was all very special,” Jevans said. “But did we wonder what we wanted from Andy?”
The bronze statue of Fred Perry, the former British men’s champion before Murray in 1936, appeared in Wimbledon in 1984, fifty years after his first singles title in the tournament.
The Wimbledon Tournament will begin on Monday.
