Historical British performances at Wimbledon in the 'Year' column) for references. Historical British performances at Wimbledon This article lists the progress of British tennis players at Wimbledon each year. Wimbledon is the home grand slam for British players, but in recent years they have not had much success. However, on 7 July 2013 Andy Murray became the first Briton to win the men's competition since Fred Perry in 1936. The last British woman to win the ladies' tournament was Virginia Wade in 1977. See the article for each year of the Wimbledon Championships (linked in the 'Year' column) for references. See the article for each
2016 Andy Murray tennis season Grand Slam title and second at Wimbledon. Murray chose not to play in the quarter final of the Davis Cup World Group against Serbia, which the Great Britain team nevertheless won, and did not defend his title at the Canadian Open. Murray recorded victories over Viktor Troicki, Juan Mónaco, Fabio Fognini, Steve Johnson and Kei Nishikori to reach his sixth consecutive final in all tournaments played. In the final he defeated Juan Martín del Potro in four sets to secure his second Gold Medal in Olympics singles tennis, becoming the first male to win two singles Gold Medals and to