Ken Rosewall
Muscles, eight major titles across three decades, 1953 to 1972
Overview
Rosewall won the Australian and French in 1953 as an 18 year old, spent his peak years in the pro wilderness with Laver and Hoad, and was still winning majors past 37, taking the 1970 US Open and 1972 Australian Open. He won eight majors and many pro majors, a backhand slice of surgical purity and a model of longevity across four decades of tennis.
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