Despite being the founders of the sport of tennis, Britain has not enjoyed much success in the four Grand Slams; namely the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The most recent British winner was Emma Raducanu, who won the 2021 US Open Women's Singles, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final. The last man to win a Grand Slam tournament was Andy Murray, who won Wimbledon in 2016, beating Milos Raonic in the final.
The most successful British tennis player of all time was Fred Perry, who is the only Briton to have won all four Grand Slam tournaments. Angela Mortimer, Ann Haydon-Jones and Virginia Wade each won three of the Grand Slams. Andy Murray is the only British player, apart from Fred Perry, to have reached the final of all four Grand Slams.
This table lists British Grand Slam singles tennis finalists. Competitors normally only competed in their home countries in the early years of the championships, and British players always won the men's tournament at Wimbledon until 1906, and the women's tournament until 1905.
Key Heavy type means champion Light type means losing finalist
Men's singles Name WimbledonWimbledon, Gentlemen's Singles Finals FrenchRoland Garros, Past Winners List of French Open Men's Singles champions and finalists USAAuthentic Tennis, US Open AustralianList of Australian Open Men's Champions, yahoo sports Spencer Gore1877 1878 William Marshall1877 Frank Hadow 1878 John Hartley1879 1880 1881 Vere St. Leger Goold 1879 Herbert Lawford 1880 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 William Renshaw1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1889 1890 Ernest Renshaw 1882 1883 1887 1888 1889 Willoughby Hamilton 1890 H. Briggs 1891 Wilfred Baddeley 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 Joshua Pim1891 1892 1893 1894 Wilberforce Eaves 1895 1897 Harold Mahony1896 1897 Reginald Doherty 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 Francky Wardan 1897 Laurence Doherty 1898 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1903 Arthur Gore1899 1901 1902 1907 1908 1909 1910 1912 Sydney Smith 1900 Frank Riseley 1903 1904 1906 Herbert Barrett 1908 1911 Josiah Ritchie 1909 James Cecil Parke 1912 Alfred Beamish 1912 Gordon Lowe 1915 Algernon Kingscote 1919 Randolph Lycett 1922 Colin Gregory 1929 Bunny Austin 1932 1938 1937 Fred Perry 1934 1935 1936 1935 1936 1933 1934 19361934 1935 John Lloyd 1977 Greg Rusedski 1997 Andy Murray 2012 2013 2016 2016 2008 2012 2010 2011 2013 2015 2016
Women's singles
Name WimbledonWimbledon Roll of Honour, Ladies Singles Finals United States Tennis Association, Grand Slam Tournaments FrenchList of French Open women's singles championsLa France.Com women's singles USA AustralianList of Australian Open women's champions, yahoo sports Maud Watson 1884 1885 1886 Lillian Watson 1884 Blanche Bingley 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1891 1892 1893 1894 1897 1899 1900 1901 Lottie Dod 1887 1888 1891 1892 1893 Lena Rice 1889 1890 May Jacks 1890 Mabel Cahill 1891 1892 Edith Austin 1894 Charlotte Cooper 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1904 1908 1912 Helen Jackson 1895 Alice Simpson-Pickering 1896 Louisa Martin 1898 Muriel Robb 1902 Dorothea Chambers 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1910 1911 1913 1914 1919 1920 Ethel Thomson Larcombe 1903 1912 1914 Agnes Morton 1908 1909 Dora Boothby 1909 1910 1911 Winifred McNair 1913 Germaine GoldingGermaine Golding was Franco-British 1922 1923 Kathleen McKane Godfree 1923 1924 1926 1925 1925 Joan Fry 1925 Eileen Bennett Whittingstall 1928 1931 Phoebe Holcroft Watson 1929 Betty Nuthall 1931 1927 1930 Margaret Scriven 1933 1934 Dorothy Round Little 1933 1934 1937 1935Kay Stammers 1939 Patricia Ward Hales 1955 Angela Buxton 1956 Angela Mortimer 1958 1961 1955 1956 1958Shirley Brasher 1957 1958 Christine Truman 1961 1959 1959 Ann Haydon-Jones 1967 19691961 1963 1966 1968 1969 1961 1967 Sue Barker 1976 Virginia Wade1977 1968 1972Emma Raducanu 2021
See also
List of US Open women's singles champions List of US Open men's singles champions List of Australian Open men's singles champions List of Australian Open women's singles champions List of French Open men's singles champions List of French Open women's singles champions List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions List of Wimbledon ladies' singles champions
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