Andy Murray won the 2013 Wimbledon men’s singles title, ending Britain’s 77-year wait for a homegrown men’s champion.
Murray defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final on Centre Court on 7 July 2013, winning 6–4, 7–5, 6–4. It was Murray’s first Wimbledon crown and his second Grand Slam singles title, following his 2012 US Open victory.
The wait dated back to Fred Perry, who won Wimbledon in 1936. Murray’s victory made him the first British man to lift the singles trophy since Perry and the first Scot to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title since Harold Mahony in 1896. The headline is often described as a 77-year wait because 2013 was 77 years after Perry’s last triumph.
Another frequent mix-up is the distinction between British and Scottish records. Virginia Wade had won Wimbledon’s women’s singles title for Britain in 1977, but Murray ended the much longer drought specifically for British men. He also became the first British man to win the title in the Open Era.