When five Wimbledon titles in one weekend changed British tennis
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- Andy Murray beat Milos Raonic 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) on Centre Court on 10 July 2016 to claim his second Wimbledon men's singles title, having dropped only two sets all tournament
- Heather Watson partnered with Finland's Henri Kontinen to win the mixed doubles, becoming the first British woman to win a Grand Slam title since Jo Durie's 1991 Australian Open mixed doubles
- Gordon Reid won the inaugural wheelchair men's singles title on Court 17, which seats just 276 spectators, and also combined with Alfie Hewett to win the wheelchair men's doubles for the first of 24 Grand Slam titles they have now won together
- Jordanne Whiley and Yui Kamiji secured their third consecutive women's wheelchair doubles title, giving British players all five trophies won that weekend — the first time since 1937 home players had claimed two of Wimbledon's five traditional trophies
- Murray finished 2016 as world number one after winning the ATP Finals and Olympic gold in Rio, but a 2017 hip injury ultimately required surgery and ended his pursuit of further major titles
- British men's tennis depth has grown from three players in the top 200 in 2016 to eight now, while Grand Slam doubles titles won by Britons jumped from two in the preceding decade to 20 in the decade since
- The LTA has invested £250m over the past decade into refurbishing public courts, with annual adult participation reaching a record 5.8 million and four million children now playing tennis each year
Why it matters: British men's top-200 players tripled from 3 to 8 since 2016, doubles Grand Slams by Britons jumped from 2 to 20 in a decade, and the LTA invested £250m in public courts — measurable growth the LTA now uses as its benchmark for grassroots investment and competitive success.
