When Fred Perry crushed the unfortunate Gottfried von Cramm to win the 1936 Wimbledon title little did he know he would be the last Briton to get his hands on the men's trophy for 77 years.
- When Fred Perry crushed the unfortunate Gottfried von Cramm to win the 1936 Wimbledon title little did he know he would be the last Briton to get his hands on the men’s trophy for 77 years.
Eventually, Scotland’s Andy Murray broke the spell, beating Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final, having a year earlier become the first British male to win a Grand Slam title since Perry when also beating Djokovic to land the U.S. Open. Perry broke the mould at time when tennis was for the privileged few. Born in 1909 in a working class neighbourhood in Stockport, his father was a cotton spinner turned Labour MP.He won a world title in 1929 bit it was tennis that fascinated him, both as a sport and a way of life.
A year later he went a round further, beating Italian aristocrat Baron Umberto de Morpugo — a victory Perry described as “the beginning of my tennis career”.
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On this day: Born May 18, 1909: Fred Perry, British tennis playerWhen Fred Perry crushed the unfortunate Gottfried von Cramm to win the 1936 Wimbledon title little did he know he would be the last Briton to get his hands on the men's trophy for 77 years.
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