Murray was able to back-up his victory from the 2013 final when he defeated Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, as he cruised to a straight sets 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 victory over Roanic.

The 29-year-old headed into his 11th Grand Slam final as favourite for the first time in his career, while Raonic was looking to become the first Canadian tennis player to win one of the four major singles titles.

Raonic’s huge serve had been seen as a key threat to Murray prior to the match, but the Briton produced several stunning returns throughout the duration of the encounter as he dominated proceedings in front of a home crowd.

He took control of the match by breaking Raonic for a 5-3 lead in the opening set, which he was then able to serve out with ease.

Despite keeping the pressure on, Murray was forced to win the second set on a tie-break with his 25-year-old opponent, who was appearing in his first Grand Slam final, battling strongly to remain in touch.

After comfortably losing the tie-break, Raonic was hoping to summon the level of performance which saw him come from behind to beat Switzerland’s Roger Federer in the semi-finals.

However, Murray ultimately proved too strong for the sixth seed as he moved into a 6-1 lead in the third set tie-break, before sealing victory with his second Championship point.

The victory saw Olympic champion Murray celebrate his second Wimbledon success and third Grand Slam title, having also won the US Open in 2012.

There was further British success on the last day of the Championships as Heather Watson and Finland’s Henri Kontinen beat Colombia’s Robert Farah and Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld 7-6, 6-4 in the mixed doubles final.