Fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool capped their dream summer with the Wimbledon crown and first Grand Slam title as a pair when the British team downed Rinky Hijikata and David Pel 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the men's doubles final Saturday.
Queen's Club and Eastbourne champions Cash and Glasspool became the first all-British pairing to win the All England Club trophy since 1936, when Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey defeated their compatriots Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in the final.
"When you say it, it sounds incredible," Glasspool told the BBC. "We've had a Brit win it last year [Henry Patten], the year before that [Neal Skupski] so I didn't think too much of it, but now we needed to give you two so we did our best."
The local favorites shot out of the blocks after an early break thanks to a poor service game from Pel and raced through the opening set, leaving their home crowd buzzing on a sun-bathed Centre Court.
The Australian-Dutch duo of Hijikata and Pel saved a break point at the start of the second set and applied pressure in the fourth game but their opponents were equal to the task and took a step towards the title when they went 4-2 up.
Hijikata and Pel, who entered the tournament as alternates and survived match points in their first two rounds, drew level after eight games before Cash and Glasspool moved up a gear in the tiebreak to prevail and spark huge celebrations.
"We played a crazy amount of tennis on the grass, there was a lot of pressure on our shoulders," Cash said. "The fact we could do it was surreal. Thank you for coming out today, the support was incredible ... This is what it's been all for. It means the world."
"I mean it's something we spoke about going into the year [winning at Wimbledon]," Cash said. "A lot of people probably wouldn't have believed us. Our team backed us all the way. To do it here -- I mean it couldn't mean more. To do it on the most special court in the world? Incredible."
Meanwhile, compatriots Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid were unable to defend their Wimbledon men's wheelchair doubles title, falling 7-6 (1), 7-5 to Martin de la Puente and Ruben Spaargaren in a gripping final.