I saw him live and I'm pretty sure Diego is shorter than 1m70. 😜

Even if he is 1m70 it was a miracle by him to be top 10 in this era.

 

Harold Solomon

Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Highest ranking	No. 5 (September 8, 1980)

Career titles	22

RG F 1976, SF 74,80
US Open SF 1977

 

Yes, also immediately thought about him ) He and Eddie Dibbs were often mentioned together as "those short guys"

 

 

If that is from the past, how come Fonseca looks slightly older?

 

Panatta is 1m 83, 6 ft 0 in

 

Alcaraz seems to look smaller every time he plays, probably about 5 foot 4 now according to this board. Amazing feats from little Carlitos

 

You're confusing this with lowest IQ.

 

Off-topic, but as Solomon is cited, he is one of the US players, finalist at RG between Tony Trabert's 2nd title in... 1955 and Michael Chang's title in 1989 (followed by Courier 91 vs Agassi-92 vs Korda and Agassi 99 vs A.Medvedev).

1954 was the last 100% US final until Courier Agassi 1991, Trabert vs Art Larsen.

Others:

1957: Herb Flamm (Sven Davidson who had lost the 2 previous finals against 55 Trabert and 56 Hoad)

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1976: so, Harold Solomon (Panatta)
1977: Brian Gottfried (Vilas)
1980: Vitas Gerulaitis (Borg)
1984: John McEnroe (Lendl).
1990: André Agassi (Gomez)

Courier was runner-up again in 1993 against Bruguera, and Chang in 1995 against Muster.

 

Interesting question but what about who’s longest in the shower?

 

There was a thread for this I believe ... lol

 

So, if the absence of US winners at RG was considerable for 34 years (1955-1989) and remembered every year in May/June.

The last US title at RG 1999 is comparable to the other 3 GSs
AO 2003 Agassi
Wimb 2000 Sampras
US Open Roddick 2003.

It's no longer "an RG and clay curse" exclusively, but the absence of an US top player for more than 20 years.

 

Not the shortest, but Sébastien Grosjean made it to #4 and was only 1.75m.

 

Not the shortest, but Sébastien Grosjean made it to #4 and was only 1.75m.

I had thought about Chang , and Jimmy Arias too...but ultimately they are also... 1m75 tall

Less known, there is
Jaime Yzaga

Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 18 (30 October 1989)

 

Djokovid must sure have felt like 2'6 after the 2011 semi final.

 

Mandatory video

 

Thank you for posting this. This is one of my favorite videos ever!

 

What about the shortest player that didnt reach top 10.?!!

Our belgian Olivier Rochus. 😀😀

 

Worth noting that Marcelo Rios was the shortest man to reach no. 1 ranking at 5'9'' (1.75 m). Connors and Hewitt, were the next shortest no. 1 players, both 5’10’’ (1.78 m). That's since the introduction of the official rankings in 1973; lots of shorter guys at the top of the game before then, notably Laver and Rosewall.

If we just look at the 27 players who have entered the top 10 in the last 10 years, only 3 of them are under 6 foot. Diego at 5'7'' (1.70 m) is by far the shortest. The 2 others are Fabio Fognini at 5'10'' (1.78 m) and David Goffin at 5'11'' (1.80 m).

 

Even in the open era when he was 33-39, Rosewall at 5-7 WON 4 slams and reached 4 other finals, the last 2 at 39.8 and 39.10. He also won 2 WCT finals at 37.1 and 37.7

 

There's no way in hell Schwartzmann is 170cm tall, the racquet is half his size.

 

He said he is 168cm at the FO a few years ago but even that could be exaggerated . A 167/168 estimate seems fair for him.

 

Players also lie about their heights, I met Michael Change when I was 14 years old and was probably around 5'8" at the most and I was definitely taller than him. He was probably 5'5"/5'6 max.

 

@florentine Your Henri Cochet was 168cm and won 11 slams

 

100 years ago average height in the population was also less. Born 1901, Cochet was slightly above average for Frenchmen at the time

 

I’m pretty sure Schwartzman is shorter than 5’7. Looks 5’5 to me

 

Arnaud Clement managed to make TOP 10 and Australian Open final being 172cm. Not the shortest but still quite an achievement. With Grosjean already mentioned, it's interesting that France provides a lot of short, crafty, unorthodox players (Santoro, Moutet, Gaston etc.)

 

Grosjean's forehand was an amazing shot.