(1934-11-02) 2 November 1934 (age 89) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro
1956 (amateur since 1950)
Retired
1980
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money
US$1,602,700
Int. Tennis HoF
1980 (member page)
Singles
Career record
1811–710 (71.8%) [1]
Career titles
147 [2] (40 listed by the ATP)
Highest ranking
No. 1 (1961, L'Équipe)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
W (1953, 1955, 1971, 1972)
French Open
W (1953, 1968)
Wimbledon
F (1954, 1956, 1970, 1974)
US Open
W (1956, 1970)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals
RR – 3rd (1970)
WCT Finals
W (1971, 1972)
Professional majors
US Pro
W (1963, 1965)
Wembley Pro
W (1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)
French Pro
W (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
Other pro events
TOC
F (1958FH)
Doubles
Career record
211–113 (Open Era)
Career titles
14 listed by the ATP
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
W (1953, 1956, 1972)
French Open
W (1953, 1968)
Wimbledon
W (1953, 1956)
US Open
W (1956, 1969)
Mixed doubles
Career record
21–6
Career titles
1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open
SF (1953)
Wimbledon
F (1954)
US Open
W (1956)
Team competitions
Davis Cup
W (1953, 1955, 1956, 1973)
Kenneth Robert RosewallAM MBE (born 2 November 1934) is an Australian former world top-ranking professional tennis player. Rosewall won 147 singles titles, including a record 15 Pro Majors and 8 Grand Slam titles for a total 23 titles at pro and amateur majors. He also won 15 Pro Majors in doubles and 9 Grand Slam doubles titles. Rosewall achieved a Pro Slam in singles in 1963 by winning the three Pro Majors in one year and he completed the Career Grand Slam in doubles.[3]
Rosewall had a renowned backhand and enjoyed a long career at the highest levels from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. Rosewall was ranked as the world No. 1 tennis player by multiple sources from 1961 to 1964,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] multiple sources in 1970[11][12] and Rino Tommasi in 1971 and 1972.[13] Rosewall was first ranked in the top 20 in 1952[14] and last ranked in the top 20 in 1977.[15] Rosewall is the only player to have simultaneously held Pro Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces (1962–63). At the 1971 Australian Open, he became the first man during the Open Era to win a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set. Rosewall won world professional championship tours in 1963, 1964, and the WCT titles in 1971 and 1972. A natural left-hander, Rosewall was taught by his father to play right-handed. He developed a powerful, effective backhand but never had anything more than an accurate but relatively soft serve. He was 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) tall, weighed 67 kg (148 lb) and sarcastically was nicknamed "Muscles" by his fellow-players because of his lack of them. He was, however, fast, agile, and tireless, with a deadly volley. A father of two and grandfather of five, Rosewall lives in northern Sydney.
^Garcia, Gabriel. "Ken Rosewall: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^"Record: Most Titles". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^McCauley (2000), pp. 256–257
^(1961 ranking) 1961 Robert Roy's rankings in l'Équipe in January 1962 reproduced in Tennis de France N°106, Fevrier 1962, page 17 "Un classement open"
^(1961 ranking) Tennis de France N°106 FEVRIER 1962, editorial page 1
^McCauley (2000), p. 121
^(1961-64 rankings) "Time magazine, 14 May 1965". Time. 14 May 1965.
^McCauley (2000), pp. 123, 125
^McCauley (2000), pp. 126, 235
^(1964 ranking) "The Age (Melbourne), 21 December 1964". newspapers.com. 21 December 1964.
^(1970 rankings) Almanacco Illustrato del tennis 1989, Edizioni Panini, p.694
^1970 Martini and Rossi award
^(1971-72 rankings) Almanacco Illustrato del tennis 1989, Edizioni Panini, p.694
^Bud Collins' Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis (1994), Lance Tingay 1952 rankings, p. 614
Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE (born 2 November 1934) is an Australian former world top-ranking professional tennis player. Rosewall won 147 singles titles...
list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player KenRosewall whose playing career ran from 1951 until 1980. He played as an amateur...
quickly established himself among the leading professional players such as KenRosewall, Lew Hoad and Andrés Gimeno, and also Pancho Gonzales when Gonzales returned...
tournament at Manly in the under 16 category. In his youth, Hoad often played KenRosewall, and they became known as the Sydney "twins", although they had very...
concluded on January 1, 1974, defeating Phil Dent in four sets, and beat KenRosewall in straight sets in the finals of both Wimbledon and the US Open losing...
1950: Frank Sedgman 1951: Dick Savitt 1952: Ken McGregor 1953: KenRosewall 1954: Mervyn Rose 1955: KenRosewall 1956: Lew Hoad 1957: Ashley Cooper 1958:...
the final of the Australian Open again but lost in straight sets to KenRosewall. In June that year, Ashe won the French Open men's doubles with partner...
making him the oldest player to compete in a Grand Slam final since KenRosewall in 1974. Coming back from a break down in the fifth set, Federer defeated...
1950: Frank Sedgman 1951: Dick Savitt 1952: Ken McGregor 1953: KenRosewall 1954: Mervyn Rose 1955: KenRosewall 1956: Lew Hoad 1957: Ashley Cooper 1958:...
ever played, alongside the 1972 WCT Finals final between Rod Laver and KenRosewall, and the 1980 Wimbledon final between Björn Borg and John McEnroe. As...
with the most Major titles, tying Agassi, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, KenRosewall and Fred Perry. He next competed at the Dubai Championships and lost...
have won at least one Grand Slam tournament four consecutive times. KenRosewall, Sampras and Nadal are the only men to have won Grand Slam singles titles...
1950: Frank Sedgman 1951: Dick Savitt 1952: Ken McGregor 1953: KenRosewall 1954: Mervyn Rose 1955: KenRosewall 1956: Lew Hoad 1957: Ashley Cooper 1958:...
Tennis. London: Collins Willow. pp. 235–237. ISBN 9780002183550. Muscles, KenRosewall as told to Richard Naughton, 2012, p.208 Collins & Hollander (1997),...
Gonzales. After these six came the "second echelon" of Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, KenRosewall, Gottfried von Cramm, Ted Schroeder, Jack Crawford, Pancho Segura, Frank...
tournament began in 1899), tied with Roger Federer and surpassed only by KenRosewall, who won the title in 1970 at age 35. He finished the year ranked No...
accommodate NBC's new tennis coverage; the tournament final between KenRosewall, Rod Laver is credited as "the match that made tennis in the United States"...
Gonzales. After these six came the "second echelon" of Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, KenRosewall, Gottfried von Cramm, Ted Schroeder, Jack Crawford, Pancho Segura, Frank...
one-handed stroke in the 1930s and 1940s that imparted topspin onto the ball. KenRosewall, another player noted for his one-handed backhand, used a very accurate...
signed KenRosewall to play a world series tour against Gonzales. In early 1957, Gonzales flew to Australia for the first ten matches against Rosewall in...
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