# Who is the greatest British tennis player of all time?

> 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.

*By YPB Team · Published October 23, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-british-tennis-player-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

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

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