Ken Rosewall

Ken Rosewall is an Australian former world number one professional tennis player, born in Hurstville, Sydney, on 2 November 1934. He won 147 singles titles, including 23 majors, a record 15 Pro Majors and eight Grand Slam tournaments, and he won nine Grand Slam doubles titles and completed the career Grand Slam in doubles. His Australian Open singles titles came in 1953, 1955, 1971 and 1972, and in 1971 he became the first man of the Open Era to win a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set. He was ranked world number one by several sources from 1961 to 1964 and again in 1970. Known for a renowned backhand, a soft but accurate serve and a deadly volley, he was nicknamed Muscles by other players and played at the top level from the early 1950s into the 1970s, and he now lives in Brisbane.