Andy Murray wins Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award as two-time Wimbledon champion donates £510,000 of prize money to Ukraine
Andy Murray has won the ATP's Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for 2022 after donating his prize money to Ukraine.
The three-time Grand Slam winner announced in March that all of his prize money from that point would go to helping children in the country, through UNICEF, following Russia's invasion.
Murray announced that this total was just over £510,000 as he picked up the award on Thursday.
The 35-year-old said: "It seemed like something that would give me some extra motivation this year.
"I thought I could also raise some awareness and hopefully get others involved in helping, too.
"There are 7.5million children in Ukraine and, after more than nine months of increased conflict, 5.2million of them are in need of assistance.
"When you see images of children on the news who were impacted by things like this, that makes it even more difficult to stomach.
"I have four young children who are really fortunate that everything is fine with them.
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"But, being a parent, it affects you differently. You try to put yourself in their shoes.
"I'm in the fortunate position to try to make some sort of difference, so hopefully the money that's been raised through Unicef can help some of the children who have been affected.
"In 2014, I became a UNICEF UK Ambassador, and later that year I received the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for the first time.
"It's an honour to be named recipient again.
"The reason to do the right thing is not for an accolade like this, but it is nice that it is appreciated somewhere."
Murray failed to make it past the third round of a Grand Slam in 2022.
He hasn't reached at least the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam since Wimbledon in 2017.