5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
John McEnroe is commonly listed at 5 ft 11 in (180 cm).
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John McEnroe’s 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 74 in 100 US men are shorter.
John McEnroe is in the middle of the 53 tennis players we have heights for: Ivo Karlović (6 ft 11 in) stands 1 ft 0 in (31 cm) taller and Billie Jean King (5 ft 4.5 in) is 6.5 in (16 cm) shorter. All 53 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 11 in: Andre Agassi and Naomi Osaka.
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
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