the last time a british man won wimbledon was 2010.
the last time a british man won wimbledon was 2010.
when is the last time a british man won wimbledon?
2010
tennis is yet another sport which originated in the united kingdom, first originating in the city of birmingham between 1859 and 1865 as a more open variant of the historical real tennis, or royal tennis, often associated with the tudor monarchy of henry viii of england. however, it has not flourished there in recent decades: its profile is highly dependent on the wimbledon championships, the most prestigious event of the global tennis calendar. after fred perry's wimbledon win in 1936, no british man won the singles until andy murray from scotland did so in 2013. no british woman has won at wimbledon since virginia wade in 1977. in addition, perry's victory in the us national championships (predecessor to the modern us open) later in 1936 was the last for any british man in a grand slam singles event until murray won the us open in 2012; wade remains the last british woman to win such an event. the governing body of the sport is the lawn tennis association (lta), which invests the vast profits from the tournament in the game in the hope of producing british champions, but a string of revamps of the coaching system have failed to raise the standard of lta-trained players. the only british players of either sex to reach the world top 50 in recent years are greg rusedski, who learnt his tennis in canada, tim henman and murray, who did not pass through the lta system either, and on the women's side anne keothavong and the late elena baltacha both slipped into the worlds top 50 during their careers. outside of wimbledon fortnight tennis's profile in britain is low, and since the 2007 retirement of rusedski and henman is now largely dependent on murray, the current uk number 1. very recently (2015-), the rise of a number of other players, notably doubles specialist jamie murray, and younger top 50 players laura robson, heather watson, dan evans and kyle edmund has been supplemented by the spectacular rise of british women's number one johanna konta from a position outside the top 100 to the top ten in the world in just under eighteen months leading to october 2016. as a result, great britain had a top ten ranked men's singles, men's doubles and women's singles players at the same time for the first time ever.
sport in the united kingdom
with a combined total of 210 matches played, the big four have played many notable matches. the 2008 wimbledon final and the 2012 australian open finals are considered by some to be the greatest matches of all time. novak djokovic saved match points against roger federer at the 2010 and 2011 us open semifinals, whereas federer ended djokovic's 43-match winning streak in the 2011 french open semifinals. the 4 hour 50 minute 2012 australian open semifinal between murray and djokovic is said to have given murray the belief he needed to match the other members of the big four. moreover, every grand slam tournament final of 2012, all played between the big four, holds some historical significance. the 2012 australian open final was the longest grand slam tournament final in terms of time played, the 2012 french open saw rafael nadal break the record for the most number of titles at the french open, whereas djokovic was attempting to become the first man to hold all four majors since rod laver in 1969. the 2012 wimbledon final saw federer equal the record for most wimbledon titles when he came out victorious against murray, who became the first british man since 1938 to appear in the final. the 2012 us open final was the equal longest final in us open history, and murray became the first british man since 1938 to win a major title, and the only british man to do so in the open era. he also became the only man to win olympic singles gold and the us open back-to-back.
big four (tennis)