How tall is Roy Emerson?

Roy Emerson's listed height is 183 cm (6'0"). He is taller than about 90% of men in Australia.

Where 183 cm sits among men in Australia

Taller than about 90% of men in Australia born in 1936 (average 174 cm).

About Roy Emerson

Roy Emerson is an Australian former tennis player, born on 3 November 1936 in Blackbutt. His full name is Roy Stanley Emerson. He won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, 28 in total, which is the all-time record for a male player.

All of Emerson's Grand Slam singles titles and 14 of his doubles titles came before the Open era began in 1968. He is the only male player to have completed the career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles, and the first of four men to complete the double career Grand Slam in singles. He was the first man to win 12 singles majors, a record held until Pete Sampras passed it in 2000. He won six Australian Open men's singles titles, five of them consecutively from 1963 to 1967, and was a member of a record eight Davis Cup winning teams between 1959 and 1967. He was ranked world No. 1 amateur in 1961, 1964 and 1965.

Emerson is listed at 183 cm (6'0"). He remained an amateur player and did not turn professional before the Open era.

Frequently asked

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

Is Roy Emerson tall for men in Australia? At 183 cm he is taller than about 90% of men in Australia born in 1936, whose average height is 174 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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