Wimbledon: A Dream for British Players in The Open Era

Fred Perry, the Last British to Win Wimbledon .

Its the birth place of Tennis, and considered to be very close to heart of almost all the tennis professionals and its fans.The last British man to win at Wimbledon was Fred Perry in 1936. In Open era, many players came and went by without even making their presence felt at The Championships. There were a handful of names I found out that would be considered for at least having reached the 4th round of Wimbledon in open era.

Mark Cox

1. Mark Cox.
This Brit made a name for himself, for having beaten the then No.1 seed Rod laver at 1971 Australian Open and No.2 seed Ken Roswell at 1972 US open. But has never made it big at Grand slams.

Greg Rusedski

 2. Greg Rusedski.
Often considered to be the lone competitor of Tim henman for Brit no.1 Player in the 90's, Greg Rusedski has had his share of popularity during that period. His greatest achievements being able to reach the Wimbledon last 8 stage and a Finalist at US open in 1997. He also won the Grand slam cup ( Now ATP world tour Finals) in 1999. He attained ATP ranking as high as No.4 in the world.

Tim Henman

3. Tim Henman
The Only other British player to get close to the title at Wimbledon, is Tim Henman. Such is the ill fate of tim henman, that he has reached the Wimbledon Semi  finals 4 times , but never made it to the finals. Often considered as the Tiger Tim, he did give a glimpse of why he should be considered as a British Idol as there was no other British player so elegant on grass over the years then in the 90's. Interestingly, it was in 2001 that Tim had reached the Semifinals of Wimbledon en route defeating Roger federer in quarterfinals in 4 sets, but losing to the eventual Champion Goran Ivanisevic.

4.Andy Murray
The Only Brit player to have won a Grand slam in Open era, doesn't that sound a bit unusual. Yes, but its the fact. Andy Murray won over the hearts of his people with his very emotional speech at Wimbledon last year.

Andy Murray, winning the US open, 2012

"I'm getting closer", is what he said with his tearful eyes. His determination was strong and he had transformed from a choker to a fighter. A realisation of his grit and power was very evident at Olympics just a month after the Wimbledon. He won the Gold medal at Olympics becoming the only British player since 1908 to do so. He backed that up with the US open title defeating the defending Champion, Novak Djokovic. Andy Murray is highly regarded as one of the greatest British players of all time, taking into account the presence he has shown at Majors. Being very consistent throughout his career, Andy Murray achieved his dream of winning a Grand Slam in his 5th final appearance. Hope to see this Gritty Brit fulfils the dream of a Nation.

The Championships, this year is the most anticipated event ever. With both the last year's Titlist and Finalist winning the run up tournaments at Halle, Germany ( Federer beating M. Youzhny ) and Queen's Club ( Andy Murray beating Marin Cilic ).
Hope for a great Wimbledon.