The days when William Renshaw won six consecutive Wimbledon men's singles titles are long gone and Andy Murray finds himself having to break a 73-year duck to get a British name back on the trophy.

Not since the great Fred Perry won the last of his three consecutive singles titles in 1936 has a man from the host nation triumphed at the All England Club, so Murray carries a big burden.

British women have fared a little better in the modern era, Angela Mortimer (1961), Ann Jones (1969) and Virginia Wade (1977) having all been crowned champions.

Previously, Dorothea Lambert Chambers won seven titles prior to the First World War, while Kitty Godfree and Dorothy Round Little both won twice.

Arthur Gore, in 1909, was the last British men's winner before Perry, who defeated Australia's Jack Crawford to win his first title in 1934 and successfully defended it against the same man the following year.

He won the last of his titles in 1936, hammering Germany's Gottfried von Cramm for the loss of only two games, before turning professional.

No player came close to emulating Perry's achievements until the arrival of Tim Henman in the 1990s. Henman reached the semi-finals on four occasions, but never made the final, missing his best chance when he lost to Goran Ivansevic in five sets in the last four in 2001.

More is expected of Murray and even more so of the precocious Laura Robson, who won the Wimbledon junior title in 2008 at the age of just 14.