How tall is Margaret Court?

Margaret Court's listed height is 175 cm (5'9"). She is taller than about 98% of women in Australia.

Where 175 cm sits among women in Australia

Taller than about 98% of women in Australia born in 1942 (average 162.4 cm).

About Margaret Court

Margaret Court, born Margaret Smith on 16 July 1942 in Albury, New South Wales, is an Australian former world number 1 tennis player. She is also known as Margaret Smith Court. Her 24 women's singles major titles and 64 major titles in total, including 19 in women's doubles and 21 in mixed doubles, are the most in women's tennis history.

In 1960, aged 17, Court won the first of seven consecutive Australian Open singles titles. She completed the career Grand Slam in singles aged 21 by winning Wimbledon in 1963. After a brief break in 1966 and 1967 she played as an amateur until the Open Era began in 1968. In 1970 she won all four major singles titles in a year, part of a record six consecutive major singles victories. She retired in 1977. She is the only player in tennis history to complete a double Boxed Set of every major title and won the Fed Cup with Australia four times.

Court is listed at 175 cm (5'9").

Frequently asked

How tall is Margaret Court in feet and inches? Margaret Court is 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is Margaret Court tall for women in Australia? At 175 cm she is taller than about 98% of women in Australia born in 1942, whose average height is 162.4 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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