Konta’s experiences in SW19

2012 via wild card, ranked No212

Lost to Christina Mchale (28th seed) 6-7 (6-4), 6-2, 10-8

An eye-opening experience for the 21-year-old, who had earned British citizenship only a month earlier. Playing her first grandslam event, Konta had her match suspended at 7-7 for darkness and was then eliminated the following day.

2013 via wild card, ranked No137

Lost to Jelena Jankovic (16th seed) 6-2, 7-5

Konta had claimed her first main-draw win at a slam the previous autumn, beating Timea Babos at the US Open, but former world No1 Jankovic was too strong.

2014, ranked No 96

Lost to Shuai Peng (world No61) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

A profitable sequence on the second-tier ITF circuit just tipped Konta inside the top 100, and won her a main-draw spot on her own merits. Shortly afterwards, she would strike up her careerchanging collaboration with coach Esteban Carril.

2015 via wild card, ranked No126

Lost to Maria Sharapova (4th seed) 6-2, 6-2

Tough draw but Konta’s career was beginning to catch light. The previous week, she had claimed her first top-10 scalp, beating world No8 Ekaterina Makarova in front of a delighted Eastbourne crowd.

2016, ranked No 19, seeded No 16

Beat Monica Puig (world No36) 6-1, 7-5

Lost to Eugenie Bouchard (world No48) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1

Having won a seeding on the back of her breakthrough run to the semi-finals of the 2016 Australian Open, Konta then managed to break her Wimbledon duck against Puig, before being ousted by the mercurial Bouchard.