Bunny Austin final. At Wimbledon 1938 Austin beat Henkel but won just four games in the final against Don Budge, who was at the peak of his form and went on to win the Grand Slam. He would be the last British man to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament until Andy Murray in 2012. At Wimbledon 1939 Austin was top seed, but lost early. It was his last appearance at Wimbledon. In the years 1933-6 he and Fred Perry helped to win the Davis Cup for Britain. Austin also pioneered the design of the modern tennis racquet by inventing
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