Andy Murray's illustrious tennis career is over after he and Dan Evans lost their doubles quarterfinals match to Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul at Roland Garros. (1:12)
It brings an end to Murray's 19-year career that has seen him win three Grand Slam titles -- the US Open in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016. He has also twice been crowned Olympic men's singles champion, at London 2012 and Rio 2016, as well as a mixed doubles silver alongside Laura Robson.
"I'm proud of my career," Murray told reporters afterward. "I worked really, really hard to achieve the results I did at a really difficult time to win the major titles. I'm proud. I gave it a good go. How my body has finished up shows I've put it through a lot. So I'm looking forward to a rest now."
Andy Murray's 19-year career has come to an end after he and Dan Evans lost in the quarterfinals of the doubles competition at the Paris Olympics. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images
Murray had been battling a culmination of injuries all season, notably an ankle ligament rupture that ruled him out of the French Open as well as a spinal cyst that meant his singles career ended at the Queen's Club Championships, rather than at Wimbledon or the Olympics.
He did play Wimbledon eventually, resulting in a first-round men's doubles defeat alongside his brother, Jamie, before Emma Raducanu pulled out as his partner in the mixed doubles competition.
But his final event in tennis came in Paris at the Olympics, which he had described as the most memorable tournament of his career.
"A few months ago I wasn't looking forward to it. Generally when you retire it's a celebration but I love playing tennis so I wasn't looking forward to that moment," Murray added.
"But then I had the surgery at Queens and at that point I was struggling to walk, it really was an emergency surgery. So I've been looking forward to the end since then because physically it's been tough because I'm not able to move around the court and do what I want to do physically and therefore can't compete at the level that I want to.
"The last year or 18 months I was worried what I would do after but now I'm just looking forward to the end."
Murray and Evans had been dreaming of a winning goodbye for 37-year-old Scot. They struggled in their opening match against Japan's Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel with a lacklustre first set before winning the second via a tiebreak.
