How tall is Pete Sampras?

Pete Sampras is commonly listed at 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Pete Sampras’s 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm) is tall for a US man: about 91 in 100 US men are shorter.

Pete Sampras is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (24.2 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Pete Sampras: 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Pete Sampras is taller than the average US man by 4 in (10.3 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Pete Sampras is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (24.2 cm).Pete Sampras is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (24.2 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Pete Sampras: 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Pete Sampras is taller than the average US man by 4 in (10.3 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Pete Sampras is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (24.2 cm).

Pete Sampras beside others

Pete Sampras is one of the taller tennis players we have heights for: Ivo Karlović (6 ft 11 in) stands 10 in (25.6 cm) taller and Billie Jean King (5 ft 4.5 in) is 8.5 in (21.4 cm) shorter. All 53 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 6 ft 1 in: Venus Williams, Tim Henman and Dinara Safina.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm)

A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Source: Wikipedia

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Pete Sampras, 6 ft 1 in (185 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)