History of British champions at Wimbledon

Wimbledon is the home Grand Slam for the British players and over the years, we’ve seen several special title runs at SW19.

Cheered on by home crowds, British players have brought home 33 Wimbledon professional trophies in the Open Era that span across singles, doubles and wheelchair tennis draws.

Take a look at our round-up of all the former British Wimbledon champions in the Open Era. 

British Wimbledon singles champions 

Probably one of the most famous victories at the grass court slam came in 2013 when Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon men’s singles title. 

The former world No.1 was defeated by Rodger Federer in an emotional final just 12 months before, so the moment was extra special for the Brit. He saw off Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 to pick up the coveted trophy on Centre Court. 

He became the first British man to win the singles title since Fred Perry in 1936.

Murray would return three years later to pick up his third Grand Slam title and his second at Wimbledon, this time beating Milos Raonic to the crown. 

The British star won both Wimbledon trophies just weeks after lifting the Queen’s Club title, as one of eight players to complete the famous grass court double.

Two British women have managed to win the Venus Rosewater dish in the women’s singles event - Ann Jones and Virginia Wade. 

After losing to Billie Jean King in the 1968 semi-final, Jones returned a year later to defeat the American in the final 3-6. 6-3, 6-2.

Eight years later, in 1977, Wade would go on to become the second British player to win the Wimbledon singles title in the Open Era.

Wade – who also reached four quarter-finals and three semi-finals at Wimbledon – achieved a lifelong dream of lifting the prestigeous trophy after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over Betty Stove.

She is the only player to have won titles, singles or doubles, at all four of the Grand Slam tournaments.

British Wimbledon doubles champions 

There have been several champions at Wimbledon, particularly in recent years during a ‘golden age’ for British doubles.

In men’s doubles, Jonathan Marray was the first Brit to lift the trophy back in 2012 alongside Frederik Nielson. Coming in as wild cards, Marray went on to become the first men’s doubles British champion in 76 years.

Between 2023 and 2025, there have been three consecutive seasons of British men’s doubles champions.

Neal Skupski and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof defeated Horacio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers in the 2023 final 6-4, 6-4 to claim the Brit’s first Grand Slam trophy.

A year later, and at the start of their partnership, Henry Patten and Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara had a dream run to their maiden major title together. They won one of the standout finals in modern Wimbledon history against Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson 6-7(7), 7-6(8), 7-6(9), saving three championship points.

In 2025. Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool created more history in becoming the first all-British team to win the title in 89 years.

Mixed doubles is where the Brits have been most successful over the years. Ann Jones won the 1969 title – alongside her singles trophy – with Fred Stolle. John Lloyd claimed back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1984 with Wendy Turnbull.

Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie are the only all-British team to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon – beating Darren Cahill and Nicole Provis 7-6(10), 6-3.

Jamie Murray won two titles 10 years apart – the first in 2007 with Jelena Jankovic and the second in 2017 with Martina Hingis.

Heather Watson is the last British woman to clinch the trophy with Henri Kontenin in 2016, and the pair also finished runners-up to Murray and Hingis a year later.

Finally, Skupski and American Desirae Krawczyk won consecutive titles in 2021 and 2022, including a win over Joe Salisbury and Harriet Dart in their first final.

British Wimbledon wheelchair champions 

Britain is often regarded as one of the best nations in the world at wheelchair tennis and have enjoyed great title-winning success over the years.

Jayant Mistry famously won the first Wimbledon wheelchair tournament in the 2005 men’s doubles with Michael Jeremiasz.

Gordon Reid won the first wheelchair men’s singles title in 2016, the same season that he reached world No.1 and won the Paralympic gold medal.

Alfie Hewett also won the men’s singles in 2024 – completing the career Grand Slam in singles after defeating Martin De La Puente in the final.

Hewett and Reid are also the most successful team in Wimbledon men’s doubles history with six titles (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023 and 2024).

Britain’s Jordanne Whiley was one half of the most successful women’s wheelchair doubles pairing in Wimbledon history as well, winning five titles with Japan’s Yui Kamiji, including four consecutive trophies between 2014 and 2017.

Andy Lapthorne was a title-winner in the first quad doubles tournament at Wimbledon in 2019 with Australian Dylan Alcott, and then retained the trophy with American David Wagner in 2021.

British Wimbledon junior champions 

Since the start of the Open Era in 1968, there have been three British junior singles champions.

Annabel Croft won the girls’ singles in 1984, before Laura Robson repeated the achievement in 2008.

After Jack Draper lost in the 2018 boys’ singles final, Britain’s Henry Searle became the first home champion for 61 years in the 2023 tournament.

Junior doubles champions include:

• 1994 girls’ doubles – Elizabeth Jelfs (& Esme de Villiers)
• 1995 boys’ doubles – Martin Lee & James Trotman
• 2010 boys’ doubles – Liam Broady & Tom Farquharson
• 2011 boys’ doubles – George Morgan (& Mate Pavic)

All British Wimbledon champions in the Open Era (since 1968)