What Andy Murray described as ‘absolute mayhem’ when he played the Paris Masters in 2015.

Andy Murray entered both the singles and doubles of the Paris Masters in 2015, but he described the process as ‘stressful’.

Murray’s indoor record was impressive, but the three-time Grand Slam winner only managed to lift the Paris Masters trophy on one occasion.

The Scot won the event in 2016, which helped him go on to win the ATP Finals and secure World No. 1 spot for the first and only time in his career.

A year prior, Murray also appeared at the tournament and he described his time in the doubles as ‘mayhem’.

Andy Murray’s ‘stressful’ experience at the Paris Masters
Murray entered the Paris Masters doubles for the second time in his career in 2015, but he found the process of signing up for the event incredibly difficult.

The Scot was set to play with fellow Brit Colin Fleming and he attempted to sign up for the Paris event at the Masters event.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever actually had to do it,” Murray explained in an interview with ESPN. Colin was back home because he didn’t want anyone to know we were playing so I actually went in and did the doubles sign-in. It was absolute mayhem.”

“Actually being in the room you can’t believe it — I’ve got a picture of it. [There is] a laptop with the time and it’s basically like a countdown,” he added.

“You’ve got like six players in there, you have the Tour manager getting text messages and emails, people getting him to sign in for them, you’ve got other players signing in not for themselves but as a representative of another player. I’ve never done it before, it’s pretty stressful.”

Murray did manage to sign up for the doubles event, but he and Fleming ended up losing in the first round.

Andy Murray’s fractious relationship with the Paris Masters
Murray might have celebrated World No. 1 status by winning the Paris Masters, but he also felt incredible lows at the French event.

After losing to Alex de Minaur in the first round of his last-ever appearance at the Paris Masters, Murray was sombre about his tennis future.

“I’m not really enjoying it just now in terms of how I feel on the court and how I’m playing,” said Murray on court.

“The last five, six months haven’t been that enjoyable, so I need to try and find some of that enjoyment back because playing a match like that there’s not much positivity there,” he added.

Murray retired less than a year later at the 2024 Paris Olympics after competing in the doubles with Dan Evans.