New Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Michael Downey hopes a collaborative approach can help Britain unearth the next Andy Murray.

Downey inherits one of the toughest jobs in British sport after years of criticism over the organisation’s failure to make the most of its annual multimillion-pound Wimbledon subsidy.

The LTA was labelled “useless” by Baroness Billingham, chair of the all party tennis group, earlier this year, but Downey, Tennis Canada president for the last nine years, sees an unrivalled opportunity to develop the sport at performance and participation levels.