Tallest tennis player to win a Grand Slam (male)

The tallest player to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament is Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) who measured 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) when he won the 2009 US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, United States, on 14 September 2009, this record was equaled by Marin Cilic (Croatia) who also measured 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) when he won the 2014 US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, United States, on 08 September 2009 In 2009 Juan Martin Del Potro defeated Roger Federer (Switzerland) in the final to be the first player other than Rafael Nadal to defeat Federer in a Grand Slam final. In 2014 Marin Cilic had defeated Federer in the semi-final to play fellow Grand Slam debutant Kei Nishikori in the first Grand Slam final for almost ten years that didn't feature one of the Big 3 (Federer, Nadal, Novak Djokovic).