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Andy MurrayandKim Searsare a lovematch.
“Getting married is great, and I feel really good away from the court, and my private life and stuff is good. But you still need to train and work hard. Like, I didn’t go on a honeymoon after we got married; I went to Barcelona and trained for 10 days to get ready for the clay-court season,” Murray continued. “It’s been good, but you still have to put the work in.”
Keep reading for everything to know about Andy Murray’s wife Kim Sears.
She’s the daughter of a tennis coach
Sears is the daughter of retired tennis playerNigel Sears, who served as the head of women’s tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association from 2006 to 2011. He’s coached players like AnaIvanovic, Amanda Coetzer and Daniela Hantuchová.
In 2015, Murray toldThe New York Timesthat he has “been lucky” because his wife “grew up with her dad being a coach, and she was used to being away from her dad a lot, and then also used to being around tennis as well. When we’re at the tournaments, she obviously has a good understanding of what it is that I’m doing.”
She and Murray met at a tennis tournament
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Sears met Murrayat the U.S. Open in 2005. However, Sears did not accompany Murray to a tennis match until 2006. After winning the 2006 SAP Open, Murray gave his girlfriend a kiss in the stands.
In a post-matchinterview, the tennis pro said, “First time she came to a tournament with me,” adding, “I’m maybe a little bit more relaxed on court. I played really well and hopefully, she’ll come to a few more tournaments.”
She married Murray in Scotland
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The couplegot engaged in 2014andtied the knot on April 11, 2015, at Dunblane Cathedral in Dunblane, Scotland. The groom donned a traditional kilt for his big day, while the bride wore a Jenny Packham gown.
Ahead of the wedding, Murray toldtheTelegraphthat Sears had done most of the wedding planning. “Kim’s been pretty much doing it. I’ve tried to help out when she has asked, but I haven’t been over-involved. I did all the food and cake tasting which I really enjoyed, although I didn’t think I was going to.”
She has a good sense of humor
Murray has opened up about his wife, revealing that she has a “very good sense of humor.” He toldThe New York Times, “She’s very protective, very loyal. She has a bit of a temper on her as well, too. (Laughs.) Yeah, she has a very good sense of humor, and she’s extremely protective and loyal to me, that’s for sure.”
She shares four kids with Murray
“My wife wanted four. I was fine with three; she always wanted a big family. But it’s all done now,” Murray toldThe Timesin 2021.
She and Murray own a hotel
Sears and Murray are also hoteliers.
The couple have ownedCromlix, a five-star hotel in Perthshire, Scotland, since 2013. Once a private home, Sears and Murray transformed the Victorian Perthshire mansion into a 15-bedroom hotel featuring a chapel and “its own house loch.”
The location also holds special memories for the couple, as they chose this picturesque estate for their wedding venue in 2015.
In January 2023, the hotel closed for 11 weeks of refurbishments. In the hotel’s blog, Sears wrote about the update, explaining, “This is very much a family affair and I am delighted to be getting involved in overseeing this makeover (selecting wallpapers, toiletries, logos and everything in between!) so that Cromlix becomes more reflective of our personal tastes and attitudes.”
On Jan. 3, 2023, the hotel’s Instagramaccountposted about the refurbishments, sharing a photo of the two smiling in front of the property. “This house is incredibly special to us and we are so excited for the improvements; we hope you will be too!” the caption read.
Murray was in “the bad books at home” after briefly losing his wedding ring
Murray’swedding ring was “stolen” in 2021 along with his tennis shoesoutside of a hotel in Indian Wells, California. In anInstagramvideo, he explained, “I basically tie my wedding ring into my tennis shoes when I’m playing, because I can’t play with it on my hand. So yeah, my wedding ring’s been stolen as well.”
He added, “Needless to say I’m in the bad books at home so want to try and find it.”
Thankfully, Murraywas reunited with the ring afterchatting with hotel security. In another Instagram video, he said, “The wedding ring is back, and I’m back in the good books. Let’s go!”
She does not like being in the papers
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Although her husband is in the spotlight, Sears is not a fan of being in the public eye. “I know she doesn’t like that and doesn’t want that. We’ve never asked for that. It’s not something that she courts. 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,” Murray toldThe New York Timesin 2015. “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. But hopefully there’s only a few more years left of it, and then we can get away from all of that stuff.”
She can paint
While Murray is skilled with a tennis racket, Sears is talented with a paintbrush. The artist had a website calledBrushes and Paws, where she shared her portraits ofanimalsandflowers.
She’s supportive of Murray
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The tennis star has praised his wife for her support and credited Sears with helping him stay motivated. In an October 2019 interview withThe Telegraph, Murray said, “There’s been a number of times in the last two years that I had stopped. I was like, ‘I don’t want to do this anymore.’ But Kim, she was always trying to keep me going, and trying to help get me back on the court, stay motivated, and always happy for me to go and train and go away and stuff.”
Murray has also shared that Sears is “very understanding of everything” he’s done. “Like going away for training blocks in Miami after a really long year and things like that. It might not seem like much but we don’t get to see each other all of the time and it does make a big difference when you don’t have that, like, drama in your personal life and lots of things going on away from the court.”
He continued, “She has been brilliant like that, allowed me to pursue my career and been unbelievably supportive of me doing that, so I’ve been very lucky.”
In July 2023, Sears was spotted cheering for Murray from the stands at the Wimbledon Championships in England.
source: people.com
