Andy Murray's relationship with Emma Raducanu, net worth with wife, £350k hotel disaster
Wimbledon icon Andy Murray will be watching the Grand Slam action for the first time since hanging up his racket, although he'll be doing so from afar as the likes of Emma Raducanu compete
Andy Murray hasn't ruled out one day coaching Emma Raducanu
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Sir Andy Murray will be tuning into the action at Wimbledon this week for the first time since hanging up his racket last year.
But the two-time champion is still sure to be heavily invested in the action from SW19, even if he doesn't plan to attend in person. Murray, 38, recently told The Guardian he has no intention to attend the tournament unless his children fancy taking in the sights. But in his stead, British compatriot Emma Raducanu will look to mimic her former mentor as she looks to best last year's fourth-round finish.
Raducanu and Murray represent two different generations of British tennis that were set to mix before last year's doubles debacle. Wales Online dissects the current status of their relationship, along with Murray's net worth with wife Kim and how it's been affected in light of one costly investment.
Emma Raducanu relationship
Raducanu, 22, couldn't possibly have envisioned just what an impact she would have had on Murray's retirement from tennis. And yet that ended up being one of the main headlines at Wimbledon 2024 after the pair were pencilled in to compete in the mixed doubles event.
That was until Raducanu, who was making good progress in the women's singles, complained of stiffness in her wrist and withdrew from the draw. And in the process, she inadvertently brought the curtain down on Murray's Wimbledon career in flat fashion.
Murray's mum and former coach, Judy, described the situation as "astonishing" on social media before claiming that comment was made in jest. And while Murray has remained largely quiet on the incident, Raducanu has repeatedly said she has apologised to her countryman and still feels regret.
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Raducanu has said she hopes there's no "bad blood" between her and Murray
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"I hope he's forgiven me for last year, I still feel bad about it," she said at this year's French Open. "I'm looking forward to seeing him around and having a conversation.
"I think he would give great advice, he's been in a similar situation and would probably understand a lot of things that I'm also going through. But as to anything more, I don't know, that's very far out of thought."
Speaking at the Australian Open in January, Raducanu reaffirmed Murray as someone she's "grown up looking up to." Furthermore, she hoped there was "no bad blood" between the two, though one could understand Murray being upset at how his Wimbledon exit was thrust upon him.
One might also forgive there being some tensions between the two parties after Raducanu sacked Nigel Sears in the summer of 2021. That wouldn't usually have any impact on the Murrays, were it not for the fact Nigel is the father of Andy's wife, Kim.
Net worth with wife Kim
Murray has built a staggering empire with wife Kim by his side
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In addition to the £47million or so he won playing on the ATP Tour, Murray has inflated his earnings with a long list of sponsorships and endorsements. One might think the Scot's salary would therefore drop off in retirement, and yet Murray's net worth has in fact moved in the opposite direction.
That's after he maintained his spot on this year's edition of the Sunday Times Rich List. The Glaswegian was ranked as the 35th richest sportsperson in Britain back in May, boasting a staggering valuation of £110m.
Retirement or not, that figure represented a £10m increase from 12 months prior, suggesting he's hardly struggling since taking his leave of the sport. It was announced in May 2025 that Murray had made a more formal move into the world of business after becoming an associate partner at Redrice Ventures.
He has also pumped money into other ventures like Game4Padel, a padel court operator, and crowdfunding business Seedrs. That's in addition to his stake in sportswear giant Castore, who sponsored him towards the end of his career, and sports tech outfit TMRW Sports, among others.
But there's more to the Murray empire than Andy himself. And wife Kim has a certain amount of sway in his affairs after the couple purchased the Cromlix Hotel in December 2022.
Hotel shortfall
Seven years after having their wedding reception at the Cromlix Hotel in Dunblane, Andy and Kim purchased the property for £1.8million
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A decade has passed since Andy and Kim held their wedding reception at the five-star Cromlix Hotel in Dunblane. And the couple were apparently so impressed by the venue that they decided to just buy it outright.
The Murrays shelled out a mighty £1.8m to purchase the 10-bedroom, 34-acre property almost three years ago. Cromlix also houses five suites, a one bedroom lodge, its own private chapel, tennis court, pickleball court, as well as an award-winning restaurant.
Yet the hotel, which charges between £350 and £950 per night and won the AA Hotel of the Year award for Scotland, posted a loss of £369,045 for the year ending March 2024. That's according to CityAM, which clarified those figures were still an improvement on the losses posted in the previous financial year.
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And Murray's wife, Kim, has been described as the "creative force" behind their renovation project, which has the potential to be a big money-maker for the couple. While she may have no formal education in the industry, Murray's fairer half is thought to be quite the dab hand in promoting their Dunblane enterprise.
"We'd finished having children and we'd finished building our house, so it seemed the perfect time," she told Country Living magazine when asked about the motivation to invest in a site close to their hearts. "Having little kids has been all-consuming.
"Renovating the hotel has enabled me to come out of motherhood and create something different. I think of it as a family project. Maybe in 15 years, the kids will be interested in it. I want to see where it takes us."
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