Men's Tennis: 5 oldest winners of the US Open

#1 Ken Rosewall (1970)

Ken Rosewall

One of the greatest players in the Amateur Era, Ken Rosewall won Grand Slam titles in the Open Era too despite being well over 30 at the start of the Era.

Considering the Professional Majors that were held in the days of the Amateur Era, Rosewall has won a total of 23 Majors - more than any other player in the sport's history - active or retired.

Rosewall won the US Open for the first time in 1956. His second and last US Open title came in 1970 (an all-time record with respect to the gap in number of years between the first title and the last title at the US Open).

The 1970 US Open had five Australian legends as the top five seeds. They were: Laver, Newcombe, Rosewall, Roche and Emerson. Rosewall was the third seed.

In the semifinal, he faced fellow compatriot, the second-seeded John Newcombe; and in the final, the fourth-seeded Tony Roche. Roche finished runner-up to Laver the year before, and was looking to win his first US Open trophy.

However, Rosewall proved to be the better player that day, winning his second US Open trophy by beating Roche in four sets. Rosewall was 35 years, 315 days old at the time.