“Ken Ridollle became the semi -finalist Australian Open at 42 and 68 days”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
Achievement of a Serbian tennis player Novak Jokovich Rolan Garros 2025 will be history, regardless of the result of his semi -final match with Yannik Sinner.
Getting to the semi -finals of the Grand Slam at the age of 38 is an extremely rare event. This is the fact that Nole became only the fifth of the oldest semi -finalist into the open era.
Top 5 of the oldest tennis players who went out to the semi-finals of the Great Helmet tournament:
- Ken Ridollle – 42 years and 68 days, Australian Open 1975 (lost Mark Edmondson)
- Pancho Gonzalez – 40 years and 29 days, Rolan Harros 1968 (lost the family Lever)
- Jimmy Connors – 39 years and 6 days, US OPEN 1991 (lost Jim Kurier)
- Roger Feder – 38 years and 178 days, Australian Open 2020 (lost Novak Dzhokovich)
- Novak Dzhokovich – 38 years and 17 days, Rolan Garros 2025 (will play with Yannik Sinner)
Photo. Ken Ridollle
