How tall is Fred Perry?

Fred Perry's listed height was 183 cm (6'0"). He was taller than about 98% of men in the United Kingdom.

Where 183 cm sits among men in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 98% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1909 (average 168.5 cm).

About Fred Perry

Fred Perry was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1. He was born on 18 May 1909 in Stockport and died on 2 February 1995. His first love was table tennis, and he was World Champion in 1929. He began playing tennis aged 14, and his tennis career began at 21, in 1930.

Perry won 10 Majors, including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams in singles, as well as six Major doubles titles. He was the first player to win a Career Grand Slam, lifting all four singles titles, which he completed at the age of 26 at the 1935 French Championships. He won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936 and was world amateur No. 1 in those three years. In 1933 he helped lead the Great Britain team to a Davis Cup victory over France, the team's first success since 1912.

Perry stood a listed 183 cm (6'0"). He remains the only British player to have achieved a Career Grand Slam, and before Andy Murray in 2013 he was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship.

Frequently asked

How tall is Fred Perry in feet and inches? Fred Perry was 6'0" tall, which is 183 cm, 72 inches or 1.83 m.

Is Fred Perry tall for men in the United Kingdom? At 183 cm he was taller than about 98% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1909, whose average height is 168.5 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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