2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final the Wimbledon title, the first Scottish man since Harold Mahony in 1896 to win the title, and the first British man in the Open Era (since 1968) to do so. The match was watched by a peak television audience of 17.3 million in the UK on BBC One. In the United States, ratings dropped 35% from the 2012 final when Roger Federer defeated Murray, making it the second least watched final since 1996 (only ahead of 2010). The match took place on the final day of the 2013 edition of the 13-day Wimbledon Championships, held every June and July. These
2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final he could not believe that he had won Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic conceded that Murray was the better player on the day, and that he deserved the title: Murray's Wimbledon victory ranked as among one of the greatest drought breakers in world sport. Murray's Wimbledon victory was met with a positive reaction around Great Britain. Tim Henman said he was delighted to finally see Murray end Britain's 77-year wait for a home-grown male Wimbledon Champion: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, the Queen, Sir Chris Hoy, Fred Perry's daughter, Penny, Mayor of London Boris Johnson, WTA players Laura Robson