How tall is Ken Rosewall?

Ken Rosewall's listed height is 170 cm (5'7"). He is taller than about 30% of men in Australia.

Where 170 cm sits among men in Australia

Taller than about 30% of men in Australia born in 1934 (average 173.7 cm).

About Ken Rosewall

Ken Rosewall, whose full name is Kenneth Robert Rosewall, is an Australian former world No. 1 professional tennis player, born on 2 November 1934 in Sydney. A natural left-hander, he was taught by his father to play right-handed, and developed a powerful, effective backhand.

Rosewall won 147 singles titles, including 23 majors: a record 15 Pro Majors and eight Grand Slam tournaments. He also won 15 Pro Majors in doubles and nine Grand Slam doubles titles, and completed the career Grand Slam in doubles. He achieved a Pro Slam in singles in 1963 by winning the three Pro Majors in one year. He enjoyed a long career at the highest levels from the early 1950s to the early 1970s, and was ranked world No. 1 by multiple sources from 1961 to 1964. At the 1971 Australian Open he became the first man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set.

Rosewall has a listed height of 170 cm (5'7"). Fellow players nicknamed him Muscles, sarcastically, but he was fast, agile and tireless, with a deadly volley.

Frequently asked

How tall is Ken Rosewall in feet and inches? Ken Rosewall is 5'7" tall, which is 170 cm, 66.9 inches or 1.70 m.

Is Ken Rosewall tall for men in Australia? At 170 cm he is taller than about 30% of men in Australia born in 1934, whose average height is 173.7 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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