Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is playing at the famous London tournament for the 15th time, and is bidding to progress to the third round and beyond.
Despite injury woes and a major hip operation, the 36-year-old tennis great, who made his professional debut back in 2005, is far from ready to call it quits on the tennis court, and is bidding for a third Wimbledon title.
Here's everything you need to know about Andy Murray, his career, family and his run at Wimbledon 2023:
Andy Murray's tennis record
Former world number one and two-time Wimbledon champion Murray is now ranked 40th in the world, but on the 10th anniversary of his iconic first Wimbledon win back in 2013, he is optimistic about going deep into the tournament, saying he feels at his physical and mental best for some time after having a metal cap inserted into his hip in 2019.
His first Wimbledon trophy win saw Murray become the first British man to win the singles title since Fred Perry in 1936. It was the second Grand Slam title of Murray's career at that point, following his US Open win in 2012.
He would have to wait until 2016 to get his hands on his second Wimbledon title.
READ NEXT: What does AMC stand for in tennis and is it owned by Andy Murray?
Andy Murray's net worth and career earnings
According to The Sun, Murray's net worth is around £130million ($165m) while his career earnings reportedly exceed a staggering £45.3m ($60m).
After beating Novak Djokovic in the final of the US Open in 2012, Murray pocketed £1.1m ($1.9m) and picked up £2m in 2013 after defeating Djokovic in the 2013 Wimbledon final.
In 2016 alone, Murray made it to three Grand Slam finals, won 78 matches and picked up nine titles in total. It was a year in which he earned £10.8m in prize money.
Andy Murray's non-tennis earnings
Murray also has non-tennis business interests. He is the sole shareholder of his company 77 Management, formerly Parched Investments, and owns a 15-room hotel called the Cromlix House Hotel near his hometown of Dunblane, which he bought for almost £2m 10 years ago.
In 2019, the Daily Mail reported that his business empire was worth more than £26m, while Murray also has a string of lucrative sponsorship deals.
Andy Murray's marriage to wife Kim Sears and four kids
Andy met his future wife Kim Sears, the daughter of tennis coach Nigel Sears, at a party at the 2005 US Open. They went public with their relationship a year later, when Murray ran through the crowd after winning his first tournament in California in 2006 to give his girlfriend a kiss.
The couple were together for nine years before getting engaged in 2014. They tied the knot in Murray's hometown of Dunblane in April 2015.
They are now parents to Sophia, seven, Edie, five, Teddy, three, and a two-year-old believed to be called Lola, who was born during lockdown. Gran Judy Murray wrote in The Scottish Daily Mail on 2021: "In March, I became a granny for the fourth time as Andy and Kim welcomed baby Lola, sister to Sophia, Edie and Teddy."
Speaking to This Morning's Alison Hammond in 2021, Murray said his proudest achievement is getting all four children to bed on time.
On Father's Day in June 2023, Kim surprised her husband by taking their four children to watch him win the Nottingham Open as a surprise.
During his post match on-court interview, he was unaware that any of his children were there in person, saying: "Hopefully I'll get back home tonight, see my kids for Father's Day." It was at that point he heard cheering in the stands and looked up to see his family celebrating his win.
Murray counted his children and said: "Oh my god, I didn't know they were here. I had no idea they were coming. I don't know how many of them are here - they're all here - thanks guys."
Sir Andy, Lady Kim and swearing
Murray was awarded a knighthood in the Queen's New Year Honours in 2016 for services to tennis and charity, and later joked that his wife Kim would have to mind her swearing upon becoming a Lady.
During the Australian Open in 2017, Murray was asked if his wife liked being Lady Kim, to which he replied: "I hope so. She’s going to have to … no more swearing during my matches any more, for any of you who saw that a few years ago. Yeah, I think she’s all right.”
During the Wimbledon No 1’s semi-final victory over Tomas Berdych in 2015, Kim was famously caught on camera saying: “F****** have that you flash Czech, f***".
Murray defended her following the semi-final, saying: "When there’s a lot of tension surrounding something, which you [the media] created [by referring to the fact his former assistant coach Dani Vallverdu then coached Berdych], then it’s completely normal.
“The whole first set everyone was tight. My physical trainer, physio, I’m sure for Dani it was uncomfortable. Even Tomas, who very rarely says anything on the court, there was tension there for him, as well. Yeah, in the heat of the moment you can say stuff that you regret. And, yeah, that’s it.”
Kim later appeared at the men’s final in a T-shirt emblazoned with the Parental Advisory: Explicit Content logo.
Murray's big hip operation
Murray underwent a major hip operation in January 2019 after suffering through 20 months of chronic hip pain which threatened to end his career.
He underwent hip resurfacing surgery a month after the birth of his third child Teddy, going on to become pain-free and return to playing tennis.
An Amazon documentary about his comeback released that year showed the impact the injury had on his family life.
Murray said: "I was pretty down, that's for sure. It was a really tough period for me because it wasn't so much the actual injury itself. Being injured can be frustrating, but the issue that I had was with me every single day, sleeping and walking. It wasn't just I hit a serve and my arm hurt. This woke me up in the night. It was bad.
"I don't know if the children noticed because when I'm with them I'm always trying to put on a brave face, but my wife definitely. It put a lot of strain on our relationship, just because I was down all the time.
"She has been brilliant and I would probably be quite selfish, just in terms of thinking about myself and how I'm feeling all the time and not actually realising the impact that has on all the people around me."
Andy Murray bidding to challenge Novak Djokovic
Murray is backing himself to challenge defending champion Novak Djokovic for the title, especially given his own comfort on the grass court.
Despite winning successive events on the second-tier Challenger Tour in Surbiton and Nottingham, Murray missed out on a seeding for Wimbledon and went in ranked 39.
He has not been beyond the third round at a grand slam since 2017 but chose to skip the French Open and prioritise grass-court preparations knowing that, if he is going to make the latter stages of a major event again, this is by far the most likely venue.
"I feel good," he said. "I've obviously played lots of matches. Physically I've been feeling good. I'm ready to go.
"I want to go out there and perform at a level that I'm happy with. I do feel like I'm in a really, really good position to do that. I have the experience at this tournament. There's only one player in the draw that has more experience of playing here than me, which is Novak.
"I certainly will be one of the only players that's won against him here (he is the only one), as well. I need to use that to my advantage and use my experience to my advantage and take confidence from that.
"I do believe I'm one of the best grass-court players in the world, and I'm physically feeling really good. I prepared well, so there's no reason why I can't have a good tournament."
What was Andy Murray's Wimbledon first round result?
Andy Murray put on a Centre Court show for the Princess of Wales and old foe Roger Federer. The two-time champion took apart countryman Ryan Peniston with a 6-3 6-0 6-1 victory under the roof to ease into the second round of Wimbledon for the 15th consecutive time.
Federer, whose career had been celebrated with a short video prior to the start of play, and Kate made sure they were back in their seats in the front row of the Royal Box in time for the first shot of the all-British clash.
It is 11 years since a tearful Murray was beaten by the great Swiss in his first Wimbledon final, and he sincerely believes that his days of challenging for the title here are not over. He missed the French Open to focus on his grass-court preparations, and was rewarded with his first straight-sets win at Wimbledon since 2017 and his most convincing victory there in nine years.
By starting a 15th campaign, he matched the open era record for a British man set by Jeremy Bates, and he would have taken confidence from knowing that in nearly 1,000 tour-level matches he had never lost to a player ranked as low as Peniston's 268.
The 27-year-old from Essex, who survived cancer as a toddler, had a breakthrough year in 2022, particularly on the grass, and won his first-round match at Wimbledon. He settled well on his Centre Court debut and was the better of the two for much of the first set but was unable to take either of two early chances to break the Murray serve and paid for one loose game.
By the second set, the Scot, who went on to win the title after his only previous match against another British player here when he beat Liam Broady in 2016, was playing much better.
Peniston was still competing hard and pulling off some crowd-pleasing shots but Murray had cut out the unforced errors - 15 of his total of 24 came in the opening set - and was not giving his opponent anything.
By the time Peniston won another game, he had lost nine in a row and was 2-0 down in the third set.
When will Andy Murray complete his second-round Wimbledon match?
Murray dazzled under the Centre Court lights as he led Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a thriller stopped by an 11pm curfew on Thursday night.
Murray, ranked 40th, gaining a lead of 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 before the second-round match was stopped at 10.39pm due to restrictions enforced by the local council. It means Murray and Tsitsipas will resume their contest on Friday, July 7.
