Wimbledon has often signalled the start of the British summer and with the grass-court Grand Slam getting underway on Monday, July 3, now is the time to stock up on the strawberries, cream and Pimms.

The British public love to get behind their own at Wimbledon so we have picked out five home talents to watch out for when this year's action begins at the All England Club.

Sir Andy Murray was the last Brit to win Wimbledon, having done so for a second time in 2016, and the 36-year-old will be hoping for one last hurrah in what has been a glittering career.

However, Britain's US Open heroine Emma Raducanu, who won her maiden Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows as a teenager in 2021, is an injury absentee.

Murray chasing a Wimbledon hat-trick

Murray is the only player during the dominant era of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal to have won Wimbledon, making his breakthrough in 2013 and repeating the feat three years later.

Seven years on, now at the age of 36, it may be a tough ask to expect him to go on and complete the Wimbledon hat-trick.

Murray underwent hip resurfacing surgery in 2019 and has, therefore, struggled to find consistency, however recent signs have been more encouraging.

The Scottish veteran has won two grass-court titles on the Challenger Tour this month, first triumphing in Surbiton and then following up with victory in Nottingham.

Murray dropped only one set across those ten straight successes and, although the competition will be far tougher at SW19, he thrives on this surface and did make the third round of the Australian Open earlier in the year.

The current world number 39 is 33/1 with LiveScore Bet to make it a fairytale summer.

Norrie spearheading the British challenge 

Although Murray is the shortest price of the home contingent at this year's Wimbledon, world number 13 Norrie may still be the one to carry the British flag.

Last season the British number one was a Wimbledon semi-finalist, where he lost to eventual champion Djokovic despite taking the opening set, and that should have made him even hungrier in his pursuit of a maiden Grand Slam final.

Norrie has had a stop-start season but he did win his fifth ATP Tour title at Carlos Alcaraz's expense in Rio de Janeiro in February and he is 100/1 with LiveScore Bet to add a first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon to his growing list of accolades.

Evans out to deliver a career best

Things have yet to materialise for Dan Evans at Wimbledon, where he was a first-round casualty last year and has never gone beyond the third round in seven main-draw attempts.

However, the 33-year-old has won silverware on the ATP Tour while also making the semi-final in two Masters 1000 events, which goes some way to highlighting his capabilities.

The Birmingham boy is currently ranked 30th in the world and on his day can cause his fair share of problems for the game’s elite.

Last year he triumphed in the Nottingham grass-court Challenger which Murray won this season, although recent performances have been underwhelming.

Boulter is on the upgrade

In the absence of Raducanu, Katie Boulter looks Britain's leading hope in the women's event and although victory may be beyond her, a deep run is well within her grasp.

Boulter claimed the biggest title of her career when winning the Rothesay Nottingham Open in the middle of June, beating Jodie Burrage 6-3 6-3 in the first all-British final at WTA level since 1977.

That tournament triumph, which also featured wins over three other Brits in Emily Appleton, Harriet Dart and Heather Watson, cemented her position as British number one and saw her surge inside the top 80 in the world.

The 26-year-old continues to improve and, with that breakthrough under her belt, she could have some fun at Wimbledon, in which she is 150/1 to win with LiveScore Bet.

Watson seeking another successful

Watson has failed to live up to her early promise, but the 31-year-old did reach the fourth round of Wimbledon last year and is capable of at least emulating that feat.

Watson impressed in wins over Qiang Wang and Kaja Juvan at the All England Club in 2022 and although she was beaten by compatriot Boulter in Nottingham recently, that semi-final run shows herself to again be in decent nick.

The Guernsey girl is a crowd favourite and with that support, combined with her tactical nous on the grass, she has the ability to upset a seed or two.