Andy Murray has been named the UK’s greatest ever sportsperson in a wide-ranging poll carried out by Telegraph Sport.

An exhaustive search blended the votes of almost 7,000 Telegraph subscribers with the input of our correspondents and 13 sporting experts – Ryan Giggs, Michael Vaughan, Baroness Grey-Thompson, James Cracknell and Denise Lewis among them. When the ballot papers were counted, Murray was the clear winner.

“I am honoured to receive this award,” said Murray. “It means a great deal, particularly when it has been voted on by the public and a panel of sportspeople – and journalists – I admire and respect.

“When I look at what the other people on the list have achieved it makes me feel very humble to come out on top – it must have been a very close vote.”