Alfie Hewett admitted he believed his Wimbledon singles victory was written in the stars, as he finally sealed an historic career Slam on home soil.

Hewett earned his first All England Club wheelchair singles title with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Martin de la Puente on number one court, before teaming up with doubles partner Gordon Reid to seal two Wimbledon titles in one day.

The pair beat Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda 6-4 7-6 to take Hewett’s Grand Slam tally to 30 across singles and doubles.

The 26-year-old now has six Wimbledon doubles titles to his name, but the singles crown had evaded him until now.

Hewett, from Cantley, was the runner-up for the past two years but finally banished any lingering demons by powering to a straight-sets victory to become just the second male wheelchair player to win all four singles Grand Slam titles after Shingo Kunieda.

“I don't think it's really sunk in at the moment,” he said. “Obviously the initial feelings or emotions were just relief. This was weighing heavy on my shoulders for a long time.

“If I'm being honest, the minute I lost last year, I don't think there was a single day that I didn't think about being back here and change the narrative.

“I'm not like a massively spiritual person or anything like that. I just felt like something was holding me back over these last few years. It was making me wait for a reason. Today was that reason.

“To be out there in front of 10,000 people, court number one, literally everyone there, aside my brother, who I would want to be there from family and friends, it just felt like it had a meant-to-be feeling around today.

“If there was a time to do it, it was now. I feel really proud that I can be that person to hold the flag almost.

“Selfishly and personally, to be able to get the career Grand Slam means everything. I know only one other male player in wheelchair tennis has done that, which is Shingo Kunieda, not a bad person to be along with.”

Hewett was dominant throughout the singles encounter, consistently breaking his Spanish opponent’s serve.

He was roared on by an unashamedly partisan British crowd and threw his racket in the air in disbelief after sealing victory before putting his head in his hands as the magnitude of his achievement dawned on him.

There was more history to come in the doubles, as a 21st title for Hewett and Reid sees them surpass the tally of most Grand Slam doubles titles won by one partnership, overtaking the 20 titles shared by the partnerships of Althea Louise Brough and Margaret Evelyn Du Pont, and Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.

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