{"id":643817,"date":"2026-06-17T16:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/643817\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:33:09","slug":"andrew-castle-says-this-years-wimbledon-will-be-his-last-as-bbc-commentator-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/643817\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Castle says this year\u2019s Wimbledon will be his last as BBC commentator | Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Castle has confirmed that Wimbledon<\/a> this year will be his last at the commentator\u2019s mic, the former British No 1 leaving the \u201cbest gig in sports broadcasting\u201d after more than two decades as the BBC makes changes to its coverage.<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old, who will remain in post as the All England Championships get under way on Monday, told the Times: \u201cIt\u2019s been a hell of a journey. I can\u2019t say I have enjoyed every minute because there have been moments of pressure and controversy, but it has been a huge privilege.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, when I got the job 23 years ago, a lot of the more experienced commentators felt that they should have been first in line. Their noses were put out of joint. So, in the wider scheme of things, I am lucky that I had the best gig in sports broadcasting for so long, during the greatest age of men\u2019s tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Castle was uncertain about his future, saying: \u201cMy wife Sophia and I are building a house and we\u2019re about to have a third grandchild, so things are good. I am not sure what will come next professionally, but whatever it is, I\u2019ll embrace it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Castle was Britain\u2019s No 1 men\u2019s singles player in 1986, and made the third round at the US Open in 1987, losing in four sets against Boris Becker. He established himself as a commentator at GMTV and has worked for Sky Sports as well as being a game-show host and DJ.<\/p>\n

A BBC<\/a> spokesperson said: \u201cWe wanted Andrew to continue with the BBC at Wimbledon next year, but he has now decided that this year will be his last. We look forward to working with him at the 2026 Championships and thank him for his great work leading our commentary team there for more than 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Castle has confirmed that Wimbledon this year will be his last at the commentator\u2019s mic, the former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-643817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}