Murray has been married to Kim Sears – the daughter of tennis coach Nigel Sears – since 2015, having met at a party during the US Open a decade earlier.
They dated for around nine years before tying the knot in the tennis star’s hometown of Dunblane. However, their relationship had hit a bump in the road a few years earlier, as they shockingly split up in 2009 with Kim ‘winning custody’ of their dog Maggie.
But while they split for six months, they were soon back together with Murray making a big decision and admitting: “I work better in a relationship. At the end of the day, especially if I’ve lost a match, I don’t like talking about tennis, so it’s nice to have someone to talk to about other stuff.”
They are now parents to four children – Sophia, eight, Edie, six, Teddy, four, and Lola, three – with Kim often seen supporting her husband during his tennis career, as well as away from the court. Since 2013, they have owned their wedding venue, the five-star Cromlix House Hotel, while Kim is also a talented artist and had a website called Brushes and Paws where she would share her portraits of animals and flowers.
Murray has often spoken about his gratitude to his wife for her support, telling the New York Times: “She doesn’t like being in the newspapers, and people commenting on what she’s wearing and how she looks, and those sorts of things. That’s one of the things that I guess she’s also sacrificed, a little bit, for our relationship, and I appreciate that a lot.
“You’re in these huge cities meeting new people all the time and it would be easy to get your head turned,” he added. “But Kim’s always been there for me. She really cares about me and helps with so many things. She always has. That’s why we have such a great relationship.”