Andy Murray reveals he has turned down several job offers amid odds placing him as the favourite to become Emma Raducanu’s new coach. The former world No.1 retired from professional tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and has not actively been involved in professional tennis since a six-month spell coaching Novak Djokovic ended in May 2025.
The 38-year-old oversaw Djokovic’s impressive win over Carlos Alcaraz at last year’s Australian Open before the Serb was forced to retire in the semi-finals of that tournament against Alexander Zverev through injury. Murray was also in his coaching box during Djokovic’s run to the Miami Open final where he lost in straight sets to Jakub Mensik.
But the pair mutually agreed to part ways after several poor results at the start of last year’s clay court season, including early exits in Monte Carlo and Madrid. Murray has not been in the game since, but odds-makers have placed him as the favourite to coach fellow Brit Raducanu.
And the three-time Grand Slam winner has now spoken to Sky Sports on his future plans and what coaching Djokovic was like. He said: “Djokovic probably learned nothing [from me]. No, I learned a lot and honestly, I would coach again but probably not right now.
“I’ve had a few opportunities to coach but I don’t really want to do loads of travelling right now unless it’s with my family. I knew lots about Novak’s game. I played against him for years and studied his game. It was interesting to see what his day to day looked like in comparison to what I might have been doing and how those things differ.
“From a coaching perspective it’s about how you communicate your message to the player that you’re working with and how to listen to them. I really think that having kids has helped me with that – learning to be more understanding and seeing something from another person’s point of view and perspective.
“But I felt I learned that a bit from coaching in how to work in a team. When you’re the focal point as a player, all the team are working for you, whereas when you’re part of a coaching team you’re a small part of that trying to help an individual do the best they can.”
Djokovic has reached semi-finals at the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open after Murray left, before finishing runner-up at this year’s Australian Open final. And Murray belives the 24-time Grand Slam champion can still win a record 25th even in the twilight years of his career.
He added: “I think that he can. The difficulty is when you get to the age that he’s at, if you play too much tennis, you risk injury, or not being fresh for the majors but then if you’re not competing enough and your body is not match-hardened and ready to play seven matches across two weeks, it is also very difficult physically.
“Last year, he made the semi-finals of all four majors, but definitely had three injuries across those events and that’s the balancing act. It has to be perfect preparation with enough match play and enough training, but you could see at the Australian Open with the results that he had, beating Alcaraz last year and beating [Jannik] Sinner this year, that he still has the potential to do it.”