Ken Rosewall career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Ken Rosewall whose playing career ran from 1951 until 1980. He played as an amateur from 1951 until the end of 1956 when he joined Jack Kramer's professional circuit. As a professional he was banned from playing the Grand Slam tournaments as well as other tournaments organized by the national associations of the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). In 1968, with the advent of the Open Era, the distinction between amateurs and professionals disappeared and Rosewall was again able to compete in most Grand Slam events until the end of his career in 1978. During his career he won eight Grand Slam, 15 Pro Slam and three Davis Cup titles.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 16 finals (8 titles, 8 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1953 Australian Championships Grass Mervyn Rose 6–0, 6–3, 6–4Win 1953 French Championships Clay Vic Seixas 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2Loss 1954 Wimbledon Grass Jaroslav Drobný 11–13, 6–4, 2–6, 7–9Win 1955 Australian Championships Grass Lew Hoad 9–7, 6–4, 6–4Loss 1955 U.S. Championships Grass Tony Trabert 7–9, 3–6, 3–6Loss 1956 Australian Championships Grass Lew Hoad 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 5–7Loss 1956 Wimbledon Grass Lew Hoad 2–6, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6Win 1956 U.S. Championships Grass Lew Hoad 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3↓  Open Era  ↓Win 1968 French Open Clay Rod Laver 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2Loss 1969 French Open Clay Rod Laver 4–6, 3–6, 4–6Loss 1970 Wimbledon Grass John Newcombe 7–5, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 1–6Win 1970 US Open Grass Tony Roche 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(5–2), 6–3Win 1971 Australian Open Grass Arthur Ashe 6–1, 7–5, 6–3Win 1972 Australian Open Grass Malcolm Anderson 7–6(7–2), 6–3, 7–5Loss 1974 Wimbledon Grass Jimmy Connors 1–6, 1–6, 4–6Loss 1974 US Open Grass Jimmy Connors 1–6, 0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 17 finals (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1953 Australian Championships Grass Lew Hoad Don Candy Mervyn Rose 9–11, 6–4, 10–8, 6–4Win 1953 French Championships Clay Lew Hoad Mervyn Rose Clive Wilderspin 6–2, 6–1, 6–1Win 1953 Wimbledon Grass Lew Hoad Rex Hartwig Mervyn Rose 6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5Loss 1954 French Championships Clay Lew Hoad Vic Seixas Tony Trabert 4–6, 2–6, 1–6Loss 1954 Wimbledon Grass Neale Fraser Rex Hartwig Lew Hoad 5–7, 4–6, 3–6Loss 1954 U.S. National Championships Grass Lew Hoad Vic Seixas Tony Trabert 6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 3–6Loss 1955 Australian Championships Grass Lew Hoad Vic Seixas Tony Trabert 3–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 1–6Win 1956 Australian Championships Grass Lew Hoad Don Candy Mervyn Rose 10–8, 13–11, 6–4Win 1956 Wimbledon Grass Lew Hoad Orlando Sirola Nicola Pietrangeli 7–5, 6–2, 6–1Win 1956 U.S. National Championships Grass Lew Hoad Hamilton Richardson Vic Seixas 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4↓  Open Era  ↓Win 1968 French Open Clay Fred Stolle Roy Emerson Rod Laver 6–3, 6–4, 6–3Loss 1968 Wimbledon Grass Fred Stolle John Newcombe Tony Roche 6–3, 6–8, 7–5, 12–14, 3–6Loss 1969 Australian Open Grass Fred Stolle Rod Laver Roy Emerson 4–6, 4–6Win 1969 US Open Grass Fred Stolle Charles Pasarell Dennis Ralston 2–6, 7–5, 13–11, 6–3Loss 1970 Wimbledon Grass Fred Stolle John Newcombe Tony Roche 8–10, 3–6, 1–6Win 1972 Australian Open Grass Owen Davidson Ross Case Geoff Masters 3–6, 7–6, 6–3Loss 1973 US Open Grass Rod Laver Owen Davidson John Newcombe 5–7, 6–2, 5–7, 5–7

Pro Slam finals

Singles * : 15 titles, 4 runner-ups ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1957 Wembley Championship Indoor Pancho Segura 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4Win 1958 French Pro Championship Clay Lew Hoad 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–0Win 1960 French Pro Championship Clay Lew Hoad 6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 6–1Win 1960 Wembley Championship Indoor Pancho Segura 5–7, 8–6, 6–1, 6–3Win 1961 French Pro Championship Clay Pancho Gonzales 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 8–6Win 1961 Wembley Championship Indoor Lew Hoad 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3Win 1962 French Pro Championship Clay Andrés Gimeno 3–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2Win 1962 Wembley Championship Indoor Lew Hoad 6–4, 5–7, 15–13, 7–5Win 1963 U.S. Pro Championship Grass Rod Laver 6–4, 6–2, 6–2Win 1963 French Pro Championship Wood (i) Rod Laver 6–8, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4Win 1963 Wembley Championship Indoor Lew Hoad 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win 1964 French Pro Championship Wood (i) Rod Laver 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3Loss 1964 Wembley Championship Indoor Rod Laver 5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–8, 6–8Win 1965 U.S. Pro Championship Grass Rod Laver 6–4, 6–3, 6–3Win 1965 French Pro Championship Wood (i) Rod Laver 6–3, 6–2, 6–4Win 1966 French Pro Championship Wood (i) Rod Laver 6–3, 6–2, 14–12Loss 1966 Wembley Championship Indoor Rod Laver 2–6, 2–6, 3–6Loss 1966 U.S. Pro Championship Grass Rod Laver 4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 10–8, 3–6Loss 1967 Wembley Championship Indoor Rod Laver 6–2, 1–6, 6–1, 6–8, 2–6 * other events (important professional tournaments – 2 runners-up)

WCT year end championship

Singles: 2 titles

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1971Dallas, U.S.Carpet Rod Laver 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)Win 1972Dallas, U.S. Carpet (i) Rod Laver 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5)

Performance timeline

Ken Rosewall joined professional tennis in 1957 and was unable to compete in 45 Grand Slam tournaments until the open era arrives in 1968. Summarizing Grand Slam and Pro Slam tournaments, Rosewall won 23 titles, he has a winning record of 242–46 which represents 84.02% spanning 28 years.

Grand Slam Tournament Amateur Professional Open Era Titles / played Career win–loss Career win % '51 '52 '53 '54 '55 '56 1957–1967 '68 '69 '70 '71 '72 '73 '74 '75 '76 '77 '78Australian 1RQFWSFWFA3RAWW2RAASFSFQF3R4 / 1443–1081.13FrenchA2RW4RAAAWFAAAAAAAAA2 / 524–388.89WimbledonA2RQFFSFF A4R3RFSFAAF4RAAA0 / 1147–1181.03U.S.AQFSFSFFWASFQFWA2RSFFAA3RA2 / 1257–1085.07 Total: 8 / 42 171–34 83.41

Pro Slam Tournament Professional Titles / played Career win–loss Career win % '57 '58 '59 '60 '61 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67U.S. ProSFAAAAAWSFWFSF2 / 6 12–4 75.00French ProNHWSFWWWWWWWSF8 / 1030–293.75Wembley ProWSFSFWWWWFSFFF5 / 1129–682.86 Total: 15 / 27 71–12 85.54 other ProTournament of ChampionsSFFSFNHNHNHNHNHNHNHNH0 / 3——Wimbledon ProNHNHNHNHNHNHNHNHNHNHF0 / 1 2–1 66.67

Career finals Singles

Amateur (24)Professional (80)Open Era (43)Total'51 '52 '53 '54 '55 '56 '57 '58 '59 '60 '61 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68'68 '69 '70 '71 '72 '73 '74 '75 '76 '77 Titles 1 0 4 3 5 11 5 6 5 7 6 10 9 11 7 9 8 1 4 3 6 8 7 5 0 3 2 1 147Runner-ups 104

Legend Grand Slam tournament WCT Final Amateur era (26 titles) Period: 1951–1956 No.DateChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore 1 Jan 1951 Sydney Seaside Championships (Australia) Grass James Gilchrist 6–1, 6–4 2 Jan 1953 Australian Championships, Melbourne (Australia) Grass Mervyn Rose 6–0, 6–3, 6–4 3 Apr 1953 Perth Western Australian Championships (Australia) Grass Don Candy 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 4 May 1953 French Championships, Paris (France) Clay Vic Seixas 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 5 Oct 1953 Los Angeles Pacific Southwest (United States) Hard Vic Seixas 6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 6 Apr 1954 Toowoomba Darling Downs (Australia) Grass Mal Anderson 6–4, 6–2 7 Jun 1954 Manchester Northern Tournament (United Kingdom) Grass Rex Hartwig 6–2, 6–1 8 Oct 1954 Toowoomba Championships (Australia) Grass Malcolm Anderson 6–4 (last set) 9 Dec 1954 Melbourne Victorian Championships (Australia) Grass Vic Seixas 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 7–5 10 Jan 1955 Sydney Seaside Championships (Australia) Grass Mal Anderson 6–1, 6–4 11 Jan 1955 Australian Championships, Adelaide (Australia) Grass Lew Hoad 9–7, 6–4, 6–4 12 Apr 1955 Launceston Tasmanian Hard Court (Tasmania) Clay Neale Fraser 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 13 Jun 1955 Queen's Club Championships, London (United Kingdom) Grass Lew Hoad 6–2, 6–3 14 Oct 1955 Brisbane Queensland Championships (Australia) Grass Ashley Cooper 6–8, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 15 Jan 1956 Sydney County of Cumberland (Australia) Grass Paul Frankland 6–2, 6–4 16 Mar 1956 Wagga Wagga New South Wales Hard Court (Australia) Clay Neale Fraser 6–2, 6–4 17 Apr 1956 Toowoomba Darling Downs (Australia) Grass P. Gaydon 6–1, 6–4 18 Jul 1956 Båstad Swedish Championships (Sweden) Clay Kurt Nielsen 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 19 Jul 1956 Oskarshamn International (Sweden) ? Neale Fraser ? 20 Jul 1956 Travemünde International (Germany) Clay Ladislas Legenstein 8–6, 3–6, 6–0 21 Jul 1956 Deauville Colonel Kuntz Cup (France) Clay Marcel Bernard 6–1, 6–3, 11–9 22 Aug 1956 Newport Casino Invitational (United States) Grass Hamilton Richardson 6–0, 8–6, 6–2 23 Oct 1956 U.S. Championships, Forest Hills (United States) Grass Lew Hoad 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 24 Oct 1956 Sydney New South Wales Championships (Australia) Grass Neale Fraser 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 25 Dec 1956 Adelaide South Australian Championships (Australia) Grass Lew Hoad 6–1, 7–5, 6–1 26 Dec 1956 Melbourne Victorian Championships (Australia) Grass Lew Hoad 5–7, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

Professional era (64 titles) Period: 1957–1968