Ken Rosewell Profile & Pic`s 2011

Thursday 27 October 2011

Ken Rosewell Profile & Pic`s 2011

Profile:
Country:     Australia
Residence:     Sydney, Australia
Born:     2 November 1934 (1934-11-02) (age 76)
Sydney, Australia
Height:     170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro:     1957
(Started playing in October 1949)
Retired:     October 1980
(very brief comeback in February 1982)
Plays:     Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money:     $1,600,300
Int. Tennis HOF:     1980 (member page)
Singles:
Career titles:     132
Highest ranking :    1
Grand Slam results:
Australian Open     W (1953, 1955, 1971, 1972)
French Open     W (1953, 1968)
Wimbledon     F (1954, 1956, 1970, 1974)
US Open     W (1956, 1970)
Personal
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
As the Doomsday Stroking Machine, the remarkable Kenneth Robert "Muscles" Rosewall was a factor in three decades of tennis, winning his first major titles, the Australian and French singles in 1953 as a teenager, and continuing as a tournament winner past his 43rd birthday. Probably nobody played better longer. He was yet a tough foe into 1978. At the close of the 1977 season, he was still ranked as one of the top players in the game, No. 12, on the ATP computer, having won two of 24 tournaments with a 44-23 match record. "It's something I enjoy and find I still do well," was his simple explanation of his prowess in 1977, "but I never imagined myself playing so long when I turned pro in 1957."
The son of a Sydney, Australia, grocer, Rosewall was born in that city Nov. 2, 1934, and grew up there. A natural left-hander, he was taught to play right-handed by his father, Robert Rosewall, and developed a peerless backhand. Some felt his size (5-foot-7, 135 pounds) would impede him, but it was never a problem. He moved quickly, with magnificent anticipation and perfect balance, and never suffered a serious injury. Though his serve wasn't formidable, he placed it well, and backed it up with superb volleying. Rosewall was at home on any surface, and at the baseline or the net. He had an even temperament, was shy and reticent, but good-natured.
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