Kim Sears and Sophia Murray attend day four of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on July 4, 2024.
Andy and Kim welcomed their first child, Sophia, on Feb. 7, 2016.
Discussing his daughter’s birth with The Mail on Sunday, Andy revealed that the baby was born at one in the morning and that his mother-in-law was there. The tennis star also recalled being alone with his baby girl at the hospital for the first time, revealing that he started to get emotional as he held her.
“There was no one to help and I was responsible for her,” he said. “The people were great in the hospital but I was really looking forward to getting home because it was something I had always wanted. I saw it as a big challenge.”
Months after Sophia was born, Andy won his second Wimbledon title. Chatting with Prince William after the match, the British royal told the tennis champion, “Congratulations, I don’t know how you manage it with no sleep.” Andy admitted to the prince that the “first three months were tough,” but Sophia, then 5 months old, was “great” and “actually sleeping.”
The athlete revealed to This Morning’s Alison Hammond in 2021 that Sophia was already playing tennis. Andy said, per the Daily Mail, “My eldest daughter plays [tennis] once a week and if she wanted to I’d be happy but at their ages it’s important to be doing stuff with their friends.”
Sophia has also seen her famous dad in action. Andy’s firstborn was in the stands when he won the 2023 Rothesay Open Nottingham and at Wimbledon for her dad’s final match in July 2024.
