{"id":13160,"date":"2022-10-12T10:02:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T10:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/?p=13160"},"modified":"2023-11-05T11:08:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T11:08:21","slug":"average-height-of-female-tennis-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/average-height-of-female-tennis-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Average Height of Female Tennis Players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For this article, I looked at the heights of the top 100 tennis players<\/a> on the WTA Tour to see what their average height<\/a> was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average height of the top 100 female tennis players<\/a> turned out to be 5 foot 8 and a half inches or 1.74 meters<\/strong> tall with Karolina Pliskova at 6ft 1in (1.85m<\/strong>), the tallest female player in the top 100, and Lauren Davis at 5ft 2in (1.58m<\/strong>), the shortest female player in the top 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tennis Player Heights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below are the heights that I used to work out the average height of tennis players<\/a> ranked in the top 100<\/a> of the WTA world ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Height of Top 100 Female Tennis Players on WTA Tour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rank*<\/th>WTA Player<\/th>Height (Inches)<\/th>Height (Meters)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>Iga Swiatek<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Ons Jabeur<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Anett Kontaveit<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Paula Badosa<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Aryna Sabalenka<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Jessica Pegula<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Maria Sakkari<\/td>5ft 8in<\/td> 1.74m <\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Coco Gauff<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Simona Halep<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Caroline Garcia<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Daria Kasatkina<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Veronika Kudermetova<\/td>5ft 8in<\/td> 1.73m <\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td> 1.83m <\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Barbora Krej\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Belinda Bencic<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Beatriz Haddad Maia<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td> 1.83m <\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Je\u013cena Ostapenko<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Madison Keys<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Danielle Collins<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Ekaterina Alexandrova<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>Petra Kvitov\u00e1<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td> 1.83m <\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1<\/td>6ft 1in<\/td> 1.85m <\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Ludmilla Samsonova<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Victoria Azarenka<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td> 1.83m <\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Amanda Anisimova<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>Elena Rybakina<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td> 1.83m <\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Shuai Zhang<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>Qinwen Zheng<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>Aliaksandra Sasnovich<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
30<\/td>Alison Riske<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>Martina Trevisan<\/td>5ft 3in<\/td> 1.60m <\/td><\/tr>
32<\/td>Aliz\u00e9 Cornet<\/td>5ft 8in<\/td> 1.73m <\/td><\/tr>
33<\/td>Kaia Kanepi<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>Irina-Camelia Begu<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>Ajla Tomljanovi\u0107<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
36<\/td>Elise Mertens<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
37<\/td>Shelby Rogers<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
38<\/td>Jil Teichmann<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
39<\/td>Leylah Fernandez<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
40<\/td>Sorana C\u00eerstea<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
41<\/td>Marie Bouzkov\u00e1<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>Petra Marti\u0107<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
43<\/td>Bernarda Pera<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
44<\/td>Naomi Osaka<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
45<\/td>Anhelina Kalinina<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
46<\/td>Ana Bogdan<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
47<\/td>Yulia Putintseva<\/td>5ft 4in<\/td> 1.63m <\/td><\/tr>
48<\/td>Anastasia Potapova<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
49<\/td>Madison Brengle<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
50<\/td>Mayar Sherif<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
51<\/td>Kate\u0159ina Siniakov\u00e1<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
52<\/td>Sloane Stephens<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
53<\/td>Alison Van Uytvanck<\/td>5ft 8in<\/td> 1.73m <\/td><\/tr>
54<\/td>Daria Saville<\/td>5ft 5in<\/td> 1.65m <\/td><\/tr>
55<\/td>Magda Linette<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
56<\/td>Marta Kostyuk<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
57<\/td>Bianca Andreescu<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
58<\/td>Anna Kalinskaya<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
59<\/td>Xiyu Wang<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
60<\/td>Camila Giorgi<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
61<\/td>Diane Parry<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
62<\/td>Anna Bond\u00e1r<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
63<\/td>Lucia Bronzetti<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
64<\/td>Claire Liu<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
65<\/td>Ann Li<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
66<\/td>Lin Zhu<\/td>5ft 8in<\/td> 1.73m <\/td><\/tr>
67<\/td>Danka Kovini\u0107<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
68<\/td>Emma Raducanu<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
69<\/td>Sara Sorribes Tormo<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
70<\/td>Tereza Martincov\u00e1<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
71<\/td>Tatjana Maria<\/td>5ft 8in<\/td> 1.73m <\/td><\/tr>
72<\/td>Angelique Kerber<\/td>5ft 8in<\/td> 1.73m <\/td><\/tr>
73<\/td>Camila Osorio<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
74<\/td>Jule Niemeier<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
75<\/td>Nuria P\u00e1rrizas D\u00edaz<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
76<\/td>Linda Fruhvirtov\u00e1<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
77<\/td>Donna Veki\u0107<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
78<\/td>Jasmine Paolini<\/td>5ft 4in<\/td> 1.63m <\/td><\/tr>
79<\/td>Rebecca Marino<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td> 1.83m <\/td><\/tr>
80<\/td>Xinyu Wang<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
81<\/td>Viktorija Golubic<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
82<\/td>Panna Udvardy<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
83<\/td>Jaqueline Cristian<\/td>5ft 11in<\/td> 1.80m <\/td><\/tr>
84<\/td>Maryna Zanevska<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
85<\/td>Lauren Davis<\/td>5ft 2in<\/td> 1.57m <\/td><\/tr>
86<\/td>Julia Grabher<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
87<\/td>Kaja Juvan<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
88<\/td>Tamara Zidan\u0161ek<\/td>5ft 5in<\/td> 1.65m <\/td><\/tr>
89<\/td>Dalma G\u00e1lfi<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
90<\/td>Harriet Dart<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
91<\/td>Mark\u00e9ta Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
92<\/td>Elisabetta Cocciaretto<\/td>5ft 5in<\/td> 1.65m <\/td><\/tr>
93<\/td>Viktoriya Tomova<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
94<\/td>Dayana Yastremska<\/td>5ft 7in<\/td> 1.70m <\/td><\/tr>
95<\/td>Qiang Wang<\/td>5ft 8in<\/td> 1.73m <\/td><\/tr>
96<\/td>Clara Tauson<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td> 1.83m <\/td><\/tr>
97<\/td>Lesia Tsurenko<\/td>5ft 9in<\/td> 1.75m <\/td><\/tr>
98<\/td>Tamara Korpatsch<\/td>5ft 6in<\/td> 1.68m <\/td><\/tr>
99<\/td>Linda Noskov\u00e1<\/td>5ft 10in<\/td> 1.78m <\/td><\/tr>
100<\/td>Aleksandra Kruni\u0107<\/td>5ft 4in<\/td> 1.63m <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

*WTA ranking as at the 03\/10\/2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tallest Female Tennis Players Ranked in the Top 100<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In total, there are eight players in the top 100 who are at least 6ft tall with Karolina Pliskova<\/strong> being the tallest female tennis player currently ranked in the top 100 (6ft 1in\/1.85m<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#<\/th>WTA Player<\/th>Height (Inches)<\/th>Height (Meters)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>Karolina Pliskova<\/td>6ft 1in<\/td>1.85m<\/td><\/tr>
T2<\/td>Garbine Muguruza<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td>1.82m<\/td><\/tr>
T2<\/td>Beatriz Haddad Maia<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td>1.82m<\/td><\/tr>
T2<\/td>Petra Kvitov\u00e1<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td>1.82m<\/td><\/tr>
T2<\/td>Victoria Azarenka<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td>1.82m<\/td><\/tr>
T2<\/td>Elena Rybakina<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td>1.82m<\/td><\/tr>
T2<\/td>Rebecca Marino<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td>1.82m<\/td><\/tr>
T2<\/td>Clara Tauson<\/td>6ft 0in<\/td>1.82m<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Shortest Female Tennis Players Ranked in the Top 100<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lauren Davis (5ft 2in\/1.57m<\/strong>) is the shortest tennis player currently ranked in the top 100 of the WTA ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#<\/th>WTA Player<\/th>Height (Inches)<\/th>Height (Meters)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>Lauren Davis<\/td>5ft 2in<\/td>1.57m<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Martina Trevisan<\/td>5ft 3in<\/td>1.60m<\/td><\/tr>
T3<\/td>Yulia Putintseva<\/td>5ft 4in<\/td>1.62m<\/td><\/tr>
T3<\/td>Jasmine Paolini<\/td>5ft 4in<\/td>1.62m<\/td><\/tr>
T3<\/td>Aleksandra Kruni\u0107<\/td>5ft 4in<\/td>1.62m<\/td><\/tr>
T6<\/td>Daria Saville<\/td>5ft 5in<\/td>1.65m<\/td><\/tr>
T6<\/td>Tamara Zidan\u0161ek<\/td>5ft 5in<\/td>1.65m<\/td><\/tr>
T6<\/td>Elisabetta Cocciaretto<\/td>5ft 5in<\/td>1.65m<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n
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How tall is Iga Swiatek?<\/h3>\n
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Iga Swiatek is 5ft 9in (1.75m) tall.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How tall is Coco Gauff?<\/h3>\n
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Coco Gauff is 5ft 9in (1.75m) tall.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How tall is Serena Williams?<\/h3>\n
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Serena Williams is 5ft 9in (1.75m) tall.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How tall is Venus Williams?<\/h3>\n
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Venus Williams is 6ft 1in (185 cm) tall.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How tall is Maria Sharapova?<\/h3>\n
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Maria Sharapova is 6ft 1in (185 cm) tall.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For this article, I looked at the heights of the top 100 tennis players on the WTA Tour to see what their average height was. The average height of the top 100 female tennis players turned out to be 5 foot 8 and a half inches or 1.74 meters tall with Karolina Pliskova at 6ft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29362,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13160\/revisions\/29362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}