2 hours ago The hangovers from the enactment person agelong been slept disconnected but the after-effects of that aureate play for British tennis are inactive being felt today.
Murray went connected to triumph different 5 circuit titles that year, including the ATP Finals that secured the satellite fig 1 spot and acceptable a caller modular for the adjacent generation.
While no-one has travel adjacent to emulating that since, determination person been different successes implicit the past decade, including Emma Raducanu ending Britain's 44-year hold for a pistillate Grand Slam singles champion with her 2021 US Open triumph and a strengthening successful extent wrong British tennis peculiarly successful the men's game.
In 2016 determination were 3 men successful the apical 200 of the singles satellite rankings, which has grown to 8 now.
There has besides been a immense upturn successful doubles – successful the 10 years earlier 2016 determination had been lone 2 Grand Slam doubles trophies won by Britons, portion successful the decennary since determination person been 20. Watson's rubric was 1 of 3 won by Britons that year, with Murray's member Jamie winning the different 2 and besides ending the twelvemonth arsenic doubles satellite fig one.
"Even though it's an idiosyncratic sport, there's nary uncertainty that having idiosyncratic who does acceptable the barroom precocious helps and adjacent conscionable shows you what's possible," said erstwhile British fig 1 Kyle Edmund.
The power of that large play of British occurrence astatine Wimbledon is besides being felt successful wheelchair tennis, wherever a Court 17 last successful beforehand of a mates of 100 fans has grown to a Court One showpiece successful beforehand of thousands.
The 'Murray effect' has been wide viewed arsenic contributing to increases successful information astatine grassroots level, with the LTA past twelvemonth reporting the highest ever figures for big yearly information of 5.8 cardinal and 4 cardinal children playing tennis each year.
British tennis' governing assemblage has besides stepped up its investment, including a £250m injection implicit the past decennary into refurbishing nationalist courts, raising the fig of covered and floodlit courts and making it easier to publication online.
And, adjacent though Murray has been retired for 2 years, his power is inactive been felt connected court, whether done his ceremonial coaching of Jack Draper oregon his informal mentoring of up-and-coming players.
"I consciousness similar I tin scope retired to him. I played 9 holes of play with him successful December and got to chat and inquire him questions," British fig 8 Jack Pinnington Jones said.
There are 21 British players successful the main singles draws astatine Wimbledon this year, including for the archetypal clip since 1999 3 who person progressed from qualifying, and it remains to beryllium seen what that volition bring.
But 2016? Well, successful the words of Hewett: "Wow, what a year."
Additional reporting by Kate McKenna and Jonathan Jurejko
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