How old is Ken Rosewall?

Ken Rosewall is 91 years old, born on November 2, 1934.

Which country is Ken Rosewall from?

Ken Rosewall is from Australia.

Is Ken Rosewall left-handed or right-handed?

Ken Rosewall plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Ken Rosewall won?

Ken Rosewall has won 4 Grand Slam titles. The most recent was Australian Open in 1972.

How many Masters 1000 titles has Ken Rosewall won?

Ken Rosewall has won 1 Masters 1000 title. The most recent was Cincinnati in 1970.

How many ATP titles has Ken Rosewall won?

Ken Rosewall has won 40 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Hong Kong in 1977.

What is Ken Rosewall's highest ATP ranking?

Ken Rosewall's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 2, first achieved on May 5, 1975.

What is Ken Rosewall's career win-loss record?

Ken Rosewall has a career ATP singles record of 541 wins and 195 losses (73.5%).

How much career prize money has Ken Rosewall earned?

Ken Rosewall has earned at least $1,602,700 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did Ken Rosewall play professional tennis?

Ken Rosewall turned professional in 1968 and was active through 1980.

What is Ken Rosewall's best surface?

Ken Rosewall's best surface is grass court with a 77.8% win rate (133W-38L).

Who is Ken Rosewall's biggest rival?

Ken Rosewall's most frequent opponent is Rod Laver, with a head-to-head record of 7–24 across 31 meetings.

Ken Rosewall

AUS Age 91 170 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed Pro 1968–1980

Peak ranking

2 (May 5, 1975)

Elo peak

2231 (98.4%ile)

Career record

541–195 (73.5%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,602,700

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Oct 24, 1980*	Melbourne Indoor	ATP 250	R16	Carpet	Paul Mcnamee #43	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1980*	Melbourne Indoor	ATP 250	R32	Carpet	Butch Walts #49	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1980*	Sydney Indoor	ATP 250	R16	Hard	John Sadri #14	5-7 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1980*	Sydney Indoor	ATP 250	R32	Hard	Tim Wilkison #82	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1980*	Brisbane	ATP 250	R16	Grass	Mark Edmondson #70	6-3 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Rod Laver	7	24	31	Apr 10, 1976	H2H
Marty Riessen	17	6	23	Jan 10, 1977	H2H
John Newcombe	12	10	22	Oct 19, 1974	H2H
Andres Gimeno	17	4	21	Nov 5, 1971	H2H
Arthur Ashe	13	7	20	Feb 3, 1978	H2H

Titles (40)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	M1000	500	250	Finals	Tournaments
1968	33	5	1	—	—	4	—	Bournemouth , Fort Worth Ntl , Paris Ntl , Wembley 3 , Roland Garros
1969	34	3	—	—	—	3	—	Bristol , Chicago , Midland
1970	35	6	1	1	—	4	—	Corpus Christi , Eastbourne , Miami , Newport , Cincinnati , US Open
1971	36	8	1	—	—	7	—	Boston Wct , Dallas , Denver , Johannesburg , Newport , Vancouver Wct , Washington Wct , Australian Open
1972	37	7	1	—	—	6	—	Brisbane , Charlotte Wct , Dallas Wct , Hilton Head , Miami Wct , Tokyo , Australian Open
1973	38	5	—	—	—	5	—	Charlotte Wct , Cleveland Wct , Houston Wct , Osaka , Tokyo
1975	40	3	—	—	—	3	—	Gstaad , Houston , Jackson
1976	41	2	—	—	—	2	—	Hong Kong , Jackson Wct
1977	42	1	—	—	—	1	—	Hong Kong
Total		40	4	1	—	35	—

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	33	45	12	57	79.0%	—	—
1969	34	49	21	70	70.0%	—	—
1970	35	72	21	93	77.4%	—	—
1971	36	80	24	104	76.9%	—	—
1972	37	61	15	76	80.3%	—	—
1973	38	65	17	82	79.3%	6	6
1974	39	28	8	36	77.8%	5	9
1975	40	41	12	53	77.4%	8	6
1976	41	35	18	53	66.0%	6	13
1977	42	39	20	59	66.1%	13	12
1978	43	19	19	38	50.0%	12	34
1979	44	4	5	9	44.4%	34	207
1980	45	3	3	6	50.0%	255	255
Career		541	195	736	73.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	33	17	3	20	85.0%	15	2	17	88.2%	9	3	12	75.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	45	12	57	78.9%
1969	34	11	5	16	68.8%	7	4	11	63.6%	19	8	27	70.4%	12	4	16	75.0%	49	21	70	70.0%
1970	35	15	8	23	65.2%	11	1	12	91.7%	25	2	27	92.6%	21	10	31	67.7%	72	21	93	77.4%
1971	36	22	6	28	78.6%	16	5	21	76.2%	18	3	21	85.7%	24	10	34	70.6%	80	24	104	76.9%
1972	37	23	5	28	82.1%	13	1	14	92.9%	6	1	7	85.7%	19	8	27	70.4%	61	15	76	80.3%
1973	38	14	4	18	77.8%	17	2	19	89.5%	9	3	12	75.0%	25	8	33	75.8%	65	17	82	79.3%
1974	39	14	4	18	77.8%	—	—	—	—	14	3	17	82.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	28	8	36	77.8%
1975	40	13	6	19	68.4%	19	3	22	86.4%	5	2	7	71.4%	4	1	5	80.0%	41	12	53	77.4%
1976	41	12	5	17	70.6%	9	4	13	69.2%	7	3	10	70.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	35	18	53	66.0%
1977	42	13	5	18	72.2%	5	3	8	62.5%	10	4	14	71.4%	11	8	19	57.9%	39	20	59	66.1%
1978	43	6	3	9	66.7%	3	8	11	27.3%	7	3	10	70.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	19	19	38	50.0%
1979	44	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
1980	45	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
Career	—	162	58	220	73.6%	115	33	148	77.7%	133	38	171	77.8%	131	66	197	66.5%	541	195	736	73.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	38	1	3	4	25.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	6	0	6	100.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	16	4	20	80.0%
1974	39	3	3	6	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	10	0	10	100.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	22	8	30	73.3%
1975	40	1	3	4	25.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	19	2	21	90.5%	7	1	8	87.5%	33	11	44	75.0%
1976	41	4	5	9	44.4%	8	8	16	50.0%	11	3	14	78.6%	7	1	8	87.5%	30	17	47	63.8%
1977	42	5	6	11	45.5%	6	9	15	40.0%	17	3	20	85.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	34	19	53	64.2%
1978	43	0	7	7	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	9	15	40.0%	8	1	9	88.9%	16	19	35	45.7%
1979	44	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1980	45	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
Career		14	27	41	34.1%	31	31	62	50.0%	74	23	97	76.3%	38	5	43	88.4%	157	86	243	64.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 243/736 (33.0%) of Ken Rosewall's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1968	33	1857	100	98	99	96	72.6%	+1.69	82	94	60	0	0	—
1969	34	1942	99	97	97	96	64.8%	+1.36	89	73	52	0	0	—
1970	35	2083	100	98	99	100	72.2%	+1.76	92	87	63	5	3	63
1971	36	2154	100	100	99	100	73.0%	+1.80	90	66	72	11	9	55
1972	37	2108	99	99	100	100	74.4%	+1.88	92	73	64	14	8	64
1973	38	2103	99	98	100	99	74.3%	+2.11	90	74	52	11	9	55
1974	39	2106	99	98	—	100	67.3%	+1.13	93	78	78	7	6	54
1975	40	1995	98	96	99	98	72.4%	+1.76	66	60	71	3	8	27
1976	41	1975	97	98	98	96	63.2%	+1.05	86	69	55	9	0	100
1977	42	1975	97	98	97	97	62.2%	+0.98	87	62	52	11	6	65
1978	43	1809	92	94	93	94	51.1%	+0.15	74	25	44	4	4	50
1979	44	1747	88	94	—	96	52.4%	+0.11	36	20	0	1	1	—
1980	45	1747	90	94	—	—	53.3%	-0.22	74	0	33	0	0	—
Career		2010	98	98	98	98	68.9%	+1.44	85	67	58	76	54	58

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1968	33	—	W	R16	SF
1969	34	R16	F	R32	QF
1970	35	—	—	F	W
1971	36	W	—	SF	—
1972	37	W	—	—	R64
1973	38	R32	—	—	SF
1974	39	—	—	F	F
1975	40	—	—	R16	—
1976	41	SF	—	—	—
1977	42	SF	—	—	R32
1978	43	R16	—	—	—

Masters 1000

Season	Age	CIN	MON	TOR
1970	35	W	—	—
1971	36	—	SF	—
1973	38	—	—	R16

ATP 250

Season	Age	ATL	BAR	BRI	DAL	EAS	GST	HAL	HKG	HOU	MC	MEL	MIA	NWP	PAR	QUE	ROT	STO	TKY	WAS	ALA	AMS	BAL	BER	BOL	BOS	BOS	BOS	BOU	BRI	CHA	CHA	CHI	CHI	CLE	COL	COL	COP	COR	DEN	DEN	FOR	FOR	FOR	FOR	HAR	HIL	HOL	HOL	JAC	JAC	JOH	LAS	LAS	LON	LON	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOU	LOU	MAN	MEX	MID	MIL	MON	MON	NAS	NEW	NEW	NOR	OAK	OSA	PAL	PER	PHI	QUE	RIC	RIC	SOU	ST.	SYD	SYD	SYD	TEH	TOR	TOR	TOU	TUS	VAN	WEM	WEM	WEM	WEM
1968	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	QF	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	F
1969	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	RR	RR	—	—	SF	—	—	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	F	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	F	SF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1970	35	SF	QF	—	SF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	F	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—
1971	36	—	QF	—	W	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	W	QF	—	—	R16	—	W	—	—	—	F	SF	—	—	W	—	QF	RR	—	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	W	R32	—	—	—
1972	37	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	W	—	SF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	F	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1973	38	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	QF	W	—	QF	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	RR	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—
1974	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—
1975	40	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	R16	W	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	W	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—
1976	41	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	W	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	42	—	—	SF	—	—	—	RR	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	F	R64	—	QF	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978	43	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979	44	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980	45	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

ATP Finals

Season	Age	MAS
1970	35	RR

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 5, 1975

First top 100

Aug 27, 1973

First top 50

Aug 27, 1973

First top 20

Aug 27, 1973

First top 10

Aug 27, 1973

Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	7	7	6
1974	39	—	—	5	6	124	109	7	6	7	—	10	9
1975	40	8	—	6	6	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	6
1976	41	—	—	—	—	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	13
1977	42	12	12	12	15	17	16	16	16	17	12	12	11
1978	43	15	21	17	17	18	18	19	24	23	27	33	34
1979	44	35	39	39	54	52	50	56	61	61	61	—	207
1980	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	255

Similar Players

Other ATP players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Rod Laver	AUS	3	2,300	5	72	723	576	147	79.7%	1968-1979	Match log
John Newcombe	AUS	1	2,201	5	41	780	556	224	71.3%	1968-1981	Match log
John Alexander	AUS	8	2,067	0	9	1,001	579	422	57.8%	1968-1985	Match log
Jimmy Connors	USA	1	2,410	8	109	1,556	1,262	294	81.1%	1969-1996	Match log
Guillermo Vilas	ARG	2	2,338	4	63	1,180	898	282	76.1%	1968-1992	Match log
Ilie Nastase	ROU	1	2,260	2	64	1,190	859	331	72.2%	1968-1985	Match log
John McEnroe	USA	1	2,496	7	76	1,022	833	189	81.5%	1976-1994	Match log
Arthur Ashe	USA	2	2,255	3	49	1,058	800	258	75.6%	1968-1979	Match log
Manuel Orantes	ESP	2	2,229	1	38	982	696	286	70.9%	1968-1984	Match log
Brian Gottfried	USA	3	2,237	0	25	1,017	695	322	68.3%	1970-1984	Match log
Tom Okker	NED	3	2,198	0	37	951	672	279	70.7%	1968-1981	Match log
Bjorn Borg	SWE	1	2,497	11	61	751	608	143	81.0%	1971-1993	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ken Rosewall?: Ken Rosewall is 91 years old, born on November 2, 1934.
Which country is Ken Rosewall from?: Ken Rosewall is from Australia.
How tall is Ken Rosewall?: Ken Rosewall is 170 cm / 5'7".
Is Ken Rosewall left-handed or right-handed?: Ken Rosewall plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Ken Rosewall won?: Ken Rosewall has won 4 Grand Slam titles. The most recent was Australian Open in 1972.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Ken Rosewall won?: Ken Rosewall has won 1 Masters 1000 title. The most recent was Cincinnati in 1970.
How many ATP titles has Ken Rosewall won?: Ken Rosewall has won 40 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Hong Kong in 1977.
What is Ken Rosewall's highest ATP ranking?: Ken Rosewall's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 2, first achieved on May 5, 1975.
What is Ken Rosewall's career win-loss record?: Ken Rosewall has a career ATP singles record of 541 wins and 195 losses (73.5%).
How much career prize money has Ken Rosewall earned?: Ken Rosewall has earned at least $1,602,700 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Ken Rosewall play professional tennis?: Ken Rosewall turned professional in 1968 and was active through 1980.
What is Ken Rosewall's best surface?: Ken Rosewall's best surface is grass court with a 77.8% win rate (133W-38L).
Who is Ken Rosewall's biggest rival?: Ken Rosewall's most frequent opponent is Rod Laver, with a head-to-head record of 7–24 across 31 meetings.