Short mens tennis players on the top 100?
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VolklVenom
Semi-Pro
there is no way in the wide world hewitt or T. Johansson are 5' 11''
chess9
Hall of Fame
VolklVenom:
Bwuahahahahaha!! No kidding. Welcome to the real world lads. This sort of thing has been going on for a 100 years or more. The NFL sizes are excellent reading for those who enjoy fairy tales, but those guys are still seriously huge.
Anyway, the average height may be 6-1 in shoes with 5 pairs of Orlo socks.
If you are a short guy, have no worry, you will be fine through high school at least, and probably at most universities as well. Maybe at NCAAs you might find some difficulty if you are 5-5" tall.
Pancho Segura was what, 5'4" tall? LOL, I saw him in Cleveland and thought I'd seen a midget. But, man could that guy hit the ball. Big things come in small packages, including guys like Rod Laver.
-Robert
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Bwuahahahahaha!! No kidding. Welcome to the real world lads. This sort of thing has been going on for a 100 years or more. The NFL sizes are excellent reading for those who enjoy fairy tales, but those guys are still seriously huge.
Anyway, the average height may be 6-1 in shoes with 5 pairs of Orlo socks.
If you are a short guy, have no worry, you will be fine through high school at least, and probably at most universities as well. Maybe at NCAAs you might find some difficulty if you are 5-5" tall.
Pancho Segura was what, 5'4" tall? LOL, I saw him in Cleveland and thought I'd seen a midget. But, man could that guy hit the ball. Big things come in small packages, including guys like Rod Laver.
-Robert
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LowProfile
Professional
Vives is under 5'? That is absolutely crazy. I thought she was 5'2" at the very least. How can anyone hit a serve over 60 mph if they're under 5'?
Cobaine
Semi-Pro
this may help
okay, check this out
I am in the middle. I'm 5'8.5'' with my shoes off. The Asain guy to the right is 6'1". We are both in dress shoes with similar heels on level ground. Notice the height difference, and compare with this photo
Federer is listed everywhere as 6'1.25" so lets use him as the standard. everybody has dress shoes with similar heels except for roddick.
based on this, hewitt is much closer to my height than 5'11" and coria is not 5'9"
okay, check this out
I am in the middle. I'm 5'8.5'' with my shoes off. The Asain guy to the right is 6'1". We are both in dress shoes with similar heels on level ground. Notice the height difference, and compare with this photo
Federer is listed everywhere as 6'1.25" so lets use him as the standard. everybody has dress shoes with similar heels except for roddick.
based on this, hewitt is much closer to my height than 5'11" and coria is not 5'9"
The tennis guy
Hall of Fame
You can't use this to compare. Camera lens distort. Different camera lens distort different degree. If you are using the same camera, then you can compare if you know where the camera's focus is. All height are distorted outside of the camera focus.HotCarl said:okay, check this out
I am in the middle. I'm 5'8.5'' with my shoes off. The Asain guy to the right is 6'1". We are both in dress shoes with similar heels on level ground. Notice the height difference, and compare with this photo
Federer is listed everywhere as 6'1.25" so lets use him as the standard. everybody has dress shoes with similar heels except for roddick.
based on this, hewitt is much closer to my height than 5'11" and coria is not 5'9"
For the first picture, it seems the camera focus was on you, thus the height of the asian guy was distorted. The height difference between you two are not accurately reflected. For the second picture, it is difficult to tell which guy is the focus of the camera, thus you don't know whose height was not distorted.
Cobaine
Semi-Pro
It can't distort the height THAT much. Obviously the pictures are used as generalizations. you can't tell me that a camera pointed perpindicularly at people on level ground creates a distortion so great that general heights cannot be ascertained. there are no "fish eye" lenses in use here where that would obviously be the case.
ta11geese3
Semi-Pro
Your big pants make you look short (but you're still like 4 inches taller than me -______-)
And geez, all of a sudden fed and roddick look tall/big when wearing suits o_o
And geez, all of a sudden fed and roddick look tall/big when wearing suits o_o
Andres
G.O.A.T.
Moya isn't CLOOOOSE the 6'3'' he says he is. He's more like 6'1'.HotCarl said:
Federer is listed everywhere as 6'1.25" so lets use him as the standard. everybody has dress shoes with similar heels except for roddick.
based on this, hewitt is much closer to my height than 5'11" and coria is not 5'9"
Bogie
Hall of Fame
wow, roddick really knows how to dress up for a classy eventHotCarl said:
Federer is listed everywhere as 6'1.25" so lets use him as the standard. everybody has dress shoes with similar heels except for roddick.
based on this, hewitt is much closer to my height than 5'11" and coria is not 5'9"
croatian sensation
Professional
There was an artice about it in March issue of Tennis magazine..how Sharapova,Davenport and co. are giants compared to these guysAndres Guazzelli said:There are fiveTop10 below 6'0: Nalbandian, Coria, Gaudio, Davydenko and Agassi.
The average height of the Top100 is 6'1''. I read it somewhere in Atptennis.com
Andres
G.O.A.T.
Sharapova and Davenport are almost 6'3''.croatian sensation said:There was an artice about it in March issue of Tennis magazine..how Sharapova,Davenport and co. are giants compared to these guys
It's like one head above Coria, Gaudio or Hewitt...
Don't make me start about Ollie Rochus
BabolatFan
Semi-Pro
So you're taller than your racquet, right? Ok jokes aside how short r u?cozmo5050 said:
The tennis guy
Hall of Fame
It could. The point is you don't know what lens each picture used. If you have taken photograph class, you'll know because they always put lens and exposure out. This is same principle in architecture, the focus point of the building is always taller than the rest even if they are same height.HotCarl said:
PedrosCousin
Rookie
The tennis guy said:
huh?