{"id":98535,"date":"2026-02-24T11:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=98535"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:54:35","slug":"espn-signs-andy-roddick-andy-murray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/02\/24\/espn-signs-andy-roddick-andy-murray\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Signs Andy Roddick As An Analyst, Andy Murray Reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

ESPN has reached a multi-year agreement<\/a> with 2003 US Open champion and former World No. 1 Andy Roddick, bringing the American tennis Hall of Famer aboard as an analyst for both match commentary and studio coverage of Wimbledon<\/a> and the US Open<\/a> starting this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Roddick will join ESPN’s tennis commentator team just before the start of the Championships at Wimbledon on June 29, 2026. He will contribute to the network’s substantial coverage of the grass-court major and the year’s last Grand Slam in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

Roddick won 32 ATP Tour singles titles, including five Masters 1000 crowns, and one Slam. He was one of the most consistent players of his time and is still regarded as one of the greatest servers to grace the sport. Roddick retired from the Tour in 2012 and has since carved out a successful second career in media. He co-hosts the acclaimed podcast \u201cServed with Andy Roddick\u201d alongside Sports Illustrated\u2019s Jon Wertheim and has previously served as an analyst for Tennis Channel and Fox Sports.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ESPN Signs Andy Roddick<\/h2>\n

ESPN vice president of production, Linda Schulz, said, “We’re thrilled to welcome Andy to the team. Andy brings a distinctive, energetic, and highly relevant voice that will elevate both our studio and match coverage.\u201d Roddick himself sounded eager to return to the biggest stages in the sport. \u201cI\u2019m very excited to join the ESPN tennis team and look forward to covering the two biggest tournaments in the world,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Roddick is both a very strong personality and an extreme tennis nerd who is always very positive about the sport. He blends self-deprecating humour, deep game knowledge, and an ability to communicate it at a base level. This will improve ESPN coverage immensely, and three-time Grand Slam champion and tennis legend Andy Murray thinks the same. Murray was quick to comment under the ESPN PR’s post on X.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a great deal for tennis. Andy is absolutely brilliant on his podcast. Great knowledge of the game, Well researched, speaks well, loves tennis , good fun, enjoys a debate and my god tennis needs way more of that on its broadcasts. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\u2014 Andy Murray (@andy_murray) February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n