Cameron Norrie has become the Mr Dependable of British tennis.
If you’re backing a Briton to reach the third round of a Grand Slam then he’s your man.
Norrie, 30, has reached that stage in 15 of his past 20 majors, but moving beyond the last 32 is what has been consistently difficult.
The same goes for his compatriots.
On Friday, 26th seed Norrie became the final British singles player to fall at the Australian Open when he lost to German third seed Alexander Zverev.
It was the second successive major where Britain – one of the richest tennis nations in the world because of the cash generated by Wimbledon – failed to reach the second week.
Even withstanding the obvious deficit in population and participation figures to its Grand Slam cousins, it is hard to dispute the notion Britain is punching well below its weight.
With Jack Draper injured, there were only seven British players in the men’s and women’s main singles draws in Melbourne. Other than Norrie, only Emma Raducanu and Arthur Fery won a match.
The United States had 38 players in the draws, France had 17, while Australia’s figure of 21 was bloated by the wildcards given to home players.
British governing body, the LTA, points to the further 20 players ranked between 101 and 300 as a sign of its depth.
British coach Dan Kiernan agrees, telling BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra that while “the numbers don’t lie”, it is “not all doom and gloom, I think we just need to look a little bit lower down the food chain”.