Murray ready to cash in big with Wimbledon win

Andy Murray’s straight set win over Novak Djokovic to capture the 2013 Wimbledon Gentleman’s Final was no small victory. It was the first time in 77 years that someone from the U.K. won at the All England Lawn and Tennis Club and it was Murray’s second major in less than a year. He was the winner of the 2012 U.S. Open title to gain his first ever major. 

According to Forbes and other sources Murray will cash in big time with this Wimbledon Championship on his resume. The 26 year old Scotsman who spends at least three months out of the year in Miami is already the third highest paid athlete in Britain with a net worth of around $48 million dollars. So at the moment he trails only soccer superstar David Beckham and boxer Lennox Lewis.

While both Beckham and Lewis are nearing the ends of their career Murray still has a good four to five years to rake in the cash. As a matter of fact early projections for the rest of 2013 have Murray getting as much as $29 million dollars from new endorsement deals.

Murray is also big box office on the small screen as he set a Wimbledon ratings record with his win. The BBC reported that at its peak 17.3 million people watched the match in the final half hour of the event. The telecast had an average audience of 12.1 million viewers tuned in for the Sunday final on BBC One, for a 72.8 percent share of the total TV-watching audience in the U.K. at the time.

Lastly, as we put a bow on this year’s Wimbledon it does not look like Murray is ready to marry his long time, girlfriend Kim Sears just yet. According to The Daily Mail, after the match on Sunday reporters asked him if he was ready to get married and settle down. His answer was:” ‘No… I haven’t thought about that yet.’