Sport in Scotland in tennis, however its contribution to the pool of British players traditionally has been very poor in the modern era with almost all notable players being English. However, this has taken an about turn in recent years with emergence of Andy Murray, and doubles players Colin Fleming and Jamie Murray. Andy Murray is by some distance the best player currently representing Britain as the UK number 1 and is also the world number 1. On 7 July 2013 he became the first British player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936, 77 years before. Brother
2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles In a repeat of the previous year's final, Roger Federer successfully defended his title for a fifth consecutive year by defeating Rafael Nadal in the final, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 2–6, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. With this win Federer equalled Björn Borg's record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles. Roger Federer (Champion) Mario Ančić was originally seeded #18 but withdrew due to illness before the tournament draw was made. All original seeds from 19-31 moved up one place, and a new #31 seed was added. Andy Murray