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Who is the greatest British tennis player of all time?

By YPB Team

Edwardian champions, post-war Wimbledon winners and today's tour regulars all share one flag. Grass-court heroes and doubles specialists make the argument harder than it sounds.

  1. Fred Perry — ranked #11
    Fred Perry
    Won Wimbledon three years running from 1934 and was the last British man to take the title until 2013.
    1000pts
  2. Sue Barker — ranked #22
    Sue Barker
    Won the 1976 French Open before becoming one of Britain's best-known tennis broadcasters.
    660pts
  3. Andy Murray — ranked #33
    Andy Murray
    Three-time Grand Slam champion, two-time Olympic singles gold medalist and the first British man to reach world No. 1.
    592pts
  4. Angela Mortimer — ranked #44
    Angela Mortimer
    Won the French Open, the Australian Championships and Wimbledon between 1955 and 1961.
    582pts
  5. Dorothy Round — ranked #55
    Dorothy Round
    Won Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937 and the Australian Championships in 1935.
    582pts
  6. Betty Nuthall — ranked #66
    Betty Nuthall
    In 1930 became the first British woman to win the US national championships.
    513pts
  7. Emma Raducanu — ranked #77
    Emma Raducanu
    Won the 2021 US Open as a qualifier, the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam singles title.
    513pts
  8. Virginia Wade — ranked #88
    Virginia Wade
    Won the 1977 Wimbledon title in the Queen's Silver Jubilee year, the last British woman to do so.
    434pts
  9. Jack Draper — ranked #99
    Jack Draper
    Left-handed power player who reached the 2024 US Open semifinals and won Indian Wells in 2025.
    434pts
  10. Dorothea Lambert Chambers — ranked #1010
    Dorothea Lambert Chambers
    Edwardian star who won seven Wimbledon singles titles between 1903 and 1914.
    434pts
  11. Kyle Edmund — ranked #1111
    Kyle Edmund
    Reached the 2018 Australian Open semifinals and climbed to the top 20.
    434pts
  12. Tim Henman — ranked #1212
    Tim Henman
    Four-time Wimbledon semifinalist who carried British hopes through the 1990s and early 2000s.
    342pts
  13. Greg Rusedski — ranked #1313
    Greg Rusedski
    Reached the 1997 US Open final and was known for one of the hardest serves of his era.
    342pts
  14. Johanna Konta — ranked #1414
    Johanna Konta
    Reached the 2017 Wimbledon semifinals and rose to world No. 4.
    342pts
  15. Cameron Norrie — ranked #1515
    Cameron Norrie
    Won Indian Wells in 2021 and reached the 2022 Wimbledon semifinals.
    0pts

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Comments 1

Fred Perry won eight majors and was the last British man to take Wimbledon until Murray in 2013. This ballot sits beside 15 other Murray questions: https://youpick.best/articles/andy-murray-ranked-many-ways

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