Andy Murray's first meeting with Tim Henman was 10 years ago in Basel

Andy Murray signalled the start of a new era for British tennis when he first faced Tim Henman 10 years ago.

The teenage Scot had already highlighted his status as one of Britain's rising talents by winning the US Open Junior Event in 2004, but Henman was still the favourite to win their encounter at the Swiss Indoors in Basel on October 26, 2005.

Henman, a four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist, was seeded at sixth for the tournament, although at 31 he was approaching the end of his career.

Murray was far from overawed by the prospect of facing the British No 1 and broke Henman in the opening game before taking the first set in a little over half an hour.

Both players swapped breaks in the second set and Henman was expected to stamp his authority on the match when he took advantage of rash errors from Murray to level the match.

But even back then Murray possessed a fierce battling spirit, fending off further break points before dragging Henman into a tie-break.

An unfortunate bounce off the net chord left Henman trailing 3-0 and the 18-year-old Murray produced a composed forehand volley to seal a  6-2 5-7 7-6 (7-4) win.   

Murray had heralded the changing of the guard by ousting Henman, who was defeated by a fellow Brit for the first time since losing to Greg Rusedski in Germany in 1998.  

Speaking afterwards, Murray paid tribute to the man who had been an inspiration while he learned the game. 

"If it wasn't for Tim I wouldn't be playing," he said. "I tried not to show emotion but at the end I couldn't hold it in."