She has a dream. Those who have any knowledge of Judy Murray will know that this vision is based on strong foundations. And that it supersedes any personal disappointment at Wimbledon 2009.

She has a dream. Those who have any knowledge of Judy Murray will know that this vision is based on strong foundations.

And that it supersedes any personal disappointment at Wimbledon 2009. They will also not be surprised at the scope of her ambition. This is not a woman who thinks big. She thinks bigger. Murray is focused on one simple aim: she wants more people to play tennis in Scotland.

The coach has left her post with the Lawn Tennis Association and has plans to build a tennis centre north of the border. "I want to push this on now," she says in a quiet cafe away from the Wimbledon hoopla.

"It is going to be at least two years in the build. I want to do it while I have the passion and energy. I want to pass on the experience that I have been lucky enough to have with the journey we have been on with the boys."

One may have heard of her boys. They are called Andy and Jamie. The latter is a Wimbledon champion, winning the mixed doubles in 2007. The former is the world No.3 who suffered a grievous disappointment on the Centre Court at Wimbledon last night.

The Murrays, then, love tennis but the centre project is all Judy. She has "kept the boys in the loop", she believes "it is the type of concept Andy would want to throw his weight behind". But Judy Murray knows what she wants and has gone all out to get it.

"It is the perfect time to build the game in Scotland," she says. "And it has been for the last three years. But we need facilities and the people to drive that activity. If I get this off the ground and running it could be the model for six to eight other centres in key cities and towns across Scotland to develop the game."

Her plan is not to produce the next Andy Murray. She has already produced one. She has been concerned to read that she is in the throes of designing an "elite" academy.

Her plans are more revolutionary. Murray wants a club that serves the community. She said: "I have studied clubs in Europe and have come up with concrete plans. The club has to be affordable to everybody and it has to be accessible. The boys' success came about that way. They came through a normal little club in the village and the indoor centre at the university."

The feasibility study has taken two years. Sites have been identified. The club will cost £3.5m to build. The LTA has agreed to fund half of that but Murray may have to come up with the money for the 3.5 acres she needs to build it on. She is seeking help from sportscotland and the Scottish government.

The centre will have four indoor hard courts, two indoor clay courts, four outdoor hard courts, four mini-tennis courts and a multi-activity pitch.

"I have to ensure it is built debt-free because it is not going to make money. Its purpose is not to make a profit, and any cash will be put back into the club," Murray said.

"This is about giving kids a place to play and also about educating a new generation of coaches who can go out to schools and to smaller clubs and bring the game to as many children as possible." The ideal partner would be a hotel or conference centre or someone wanting to run a football academy. A benefactor, too, may be waiting out there to buy into Murray's dream of bringing tennis to everyone who wants to play it, regardless of their station in life.

"We have kids wanting to play," she said. "There is a lot of interest now and we must harness it. Kids are attracted to tennis. But we must make it exciting, inclusive and accessible."

Murray is acutely aware that most Scottish children have nowhere to play tennis in the winter. "That is the reality," she says, "and we must change it."

Her mission is to make facilities available to them firstly in the planned club, probably in the Stirling area, and then around the country. Murray says the coaches would primarily be promoting enjoyment and activity in the game but talent would be encouraged when spotted.

"But really it is all about getting children to play," she says. The project comes from Murray's love of the sport. She played tennis for Scotland and has moved on to coaching. But her best memories of tennis are family ones. She recalls of Jamie and Andy: "When they started playing they used to just come round with me, their dad and their gran. And they just loved playing tennis. You obviously have no idea what it might lead to."

Last night was a time of disappointment from the family as Andy went out of the men's singles and Jamie and partner Liezel Huber were defeated at the same stage of the mixed doubles.

But Andy has become a global sporting figure. So how has this impacted on a woman who still loves to go to local clubs to coach?

"It is one of those things that when you are so close to it you don't notice it," Murray says of her son's growing fame. "It is like putting on weight. If you see somebody every day, you don't notice it. But if you don't see them for a while you notice. I suppose I am around all the stuff all the time, so, in a strange way, I have grown used to what has happened."

She views sport as something to be enjoyed and maintains that it is never just about the elite. Her sons have become professional tennis players but she says: "My idea as a parent was just to let them try everything and see what they liked. Jamie was a very, very good golfer all through his teenage years. He played off three and Andy was an exceptionally good footballer. And I think that helped them because it just was not all about tennis."

Murray knows that the world No.3 can bounce back from any disappointment, even that of losing a Wimbledon semi-final.

"If Andy loses a match, it does not get him down. Any time he suffers a defeat, he learns from it. That is the strength of players who become champions. They do not allow a defeat to sink them."

Andy Murray is far from being sunk. His mother sails on, too. A bright new future for Scottish tennis surely lies on the horizon.