Despite being of diminutive stature, Ken Rosewall was a player of the highest quality whose career at the top level lasted for a quarter of a century.

Born on November 2nd 1934 and standing just 5ft 7ins, the 'Little Master' was only 18 when he won the Australian and French Championships in 1953 and was top seed that year at Wimbledon, where he lost in the quarter-finals.

The following year Ken Rosewall reached the final at the All England Club and that proved to be the first of four agonising defeats in the showdown of the one Grand Slam that eluded him, Rosewall also finishing runner-up in 1956, 1970 and 1974.

However, he did taste victory on more than one occasion in the other three 'majors' either side of his time on the professional circuit from 1957-67. Rosewall had entered that era with four Grand Slam successes under his belt, the third and fourth coming in the 1955 Australian Open and 1956 US Open.

Ken Rosewall also took his home 'slam' in 1971 and 1972, a second French Open was secured in 1968 and the US Open captured again in 1970.

Still ranked in the world's top 20 in 1977 at the age of 43, Ken Rosewall was still capable of winning tournaments and did so in Hong Kong and Tokyo before finally hanging up his racquets.

Famed for his sliced backhand plus his speed, agility and stamina, Rosewall accumulated 132 singles titles and in three separate seasons reached double figures for the year.