Roy Emerson

Roy Stanley Emerson AC (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12
Roy Emerson
Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. All of his
AC
singles Grand Slam victories and 14 of his Grand Slam doubles victories were achieved before the open era
began in 1968. He is the only male player to have completed a career Grand Slam (winning titles at all four
Grand Slam events) in both singles and doubles, and the first of four male players to complete a double
career Grand Slam in singles (later followed by Rod Laver, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal). His 28
major titles are the all-time record for a male player. He was ranked world No. 1 amateur in 1961 by Ned
Potter,[4] 1964 by Potter,[5] Lance Tingay [6] and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 14 experts[7] and 1965 by
Tingay,[6] Joseph McCauley,[8] Sport za Rubezhom[9] and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 16 experts.[10]

Emerson was the first male player to win 12 singles majors. He held that record for 30 years until it was
passed by Pete Sampras in 2000. He also held the record of six Australian Open men's singles titles until
2019 when Novak Djokovic won his seventh title. Emerson won five of those titles consecutively (1963–
67), a still-standing record. Emerson is one of only five tennis players ever to win multiple slam sets in two
disciplines. Emerson was a member of a record eight Davis Cup–winning teams between 1959 and 1967.
Unlike several of his contemporaries, he chose to remain an amateur player and did not turn professional
Full name Roy Stanley Emerson
before the advent of the Open Era.
Country (sports) Australia
Residence Newport Beach, California,
Biography U.S.
Born 3 November 1936
Emerson was born on a farm in Blackbutt, Queensland. His family later moved to Brisbane and he received Blackbutt, Queensland,
better tennis instruction after attending Brisbane Grammar School and Ipswich Grammar School. He
Australia
played his first singles tour event at the 1951 Southwest Queensland Championships. He won his first
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
singles title at the 1953 Queensland Hard Court Championships.
Turned pro 1968 (amateur tour from 1951)
Emerson won his first Grand Slam tournament doubles title in 1959 at Wimbledon (partnering Neale Retired 1983
Fraser). In 1961, he captured his first Grand Slam tournament singles title at the Australian Championships,
Plays Right-handed (one-handed
beating compatriot Rod Laver in four sets in the final. Later that year, Emerson claimed his second major
backhand)
singles crown when he again beat Laver in the final of the US Championships.
Int. Tennis HoF 1982 (member page (https://w
Known as "Emmo" on the tour, the six-foot right-hander was known for training hard and always being ww.tennisfame.com/hall-of-fa
ready for strenuous matches because of his outstanding level of fitness. He was primarily a serve-and- mers/inductees/roy-emerson/))
volley style player, but was also able to adapt to the rigours of slow courts, allowing him to enjoy success Singles
on all surfaces.
Career record 1397-416 (77.0%)[2]

From 1963 to 1967, Emerson won five consecutive men's singles titles at the Australian Championships. Career titles 110[2] (6 open era titles listed by
His record of six Australian men's singles crowns was surpassed in 2019 by Novak Djokovic who won his ATP)

record seventh.[11] Highest ranking No. 1 (1961, Ned Potter)[3]

1963 also saw Emerson capture his first French Grand Slam singles results
Championships singles title, beating Pierre Darmon in the Australian Open W (1961, 1963, 1964, 1965,
final. 1966, 1967)
French Open W (1963, 1967)
Emerson's first Wimbledon singles title came in 1964, with
Wimbledon W (1964, 1965)
a final victory over Fred Stolle. Emerson won 55
consecutive matches during 1964 and finished the year with US Open W (1961, 1964)
109 victories out of 115 matches. He won three of the year's Doubles
four Grand Slam events that year (failing to win only the Career record 204–64
Roy Emerson at the 1963 Dutch International
French Open).
Grand Slam doubles results
Tennis Championships in Hilversum.
During his amateur career Emerson received several offers Australian Open W (1962, 1966, 1969)
to turn professional, including an £38,000 offer made at the French Open W (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963,
end of 1964 by Jack Kramer, but declined and opted to remain an amateur.[12][13] In 1966, Emerson 1964, 1965)
rejected a $100,000 guarantee over two years offer to turn pro, stating that he "couldn't afford to take a pay Wimbledon W (1959, 1961, 1971)
cut."[14] It was estimated that Emerson and Santana were paid about $1,000 to $1,500 a week in living
US Open W (1959, 1960, 1965, 1966)
expenses alone from their national tennis associations as "shamateurs".[15]
Team competitions
Emerson was the world No. 1 amateur player in 1964 and 1965 according to Lance Tingay of The Daily Davis Cup W (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962,
Telegraph and in 1961 and 1964 according to Ned Potter of World Tennis. In 1965, he successfully 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)
defended his Australian and Wimbledon singles crowns. He was the heavy favourite to win Wimbledon
again in 1966, but during his fourth round match he skidded while chasing the ball and crashed into the
umpire's stand, injuring his shoulder. He still finished the match, but was unable to win.

Emerson's last major singles title came at the French Championships in 1967 – the year before the open era began. His 12 major singles titles stood as a men's
record until 2000, when it was surpassed by Pete Sampras. Emerson signed a professional contract with the National Tennis League in early April 1968.[16]
Emerson had 10 straight victories in Grand Slam tournament finals in which he appeared, which is an all-time record.

Emerson's final Grand Slam doubles title was won in 1971 at Wimbledon (partnering Laver). His 16 Grand Slam doubles crowns were won with five different
partners. From 1960 to 1965, he won six consecutive French Open men's doubles titles. Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and tennis great, writes in
his 1979 autobiography that "Emerson was the best doubles player of all the moderns, very possibly the best forehand court player of all time. He was so quick
he could cover everything. He had the perfect doubles shot, a backhand that dipped over the net and came in at the server's feet as he moved to the net. Gene
Mako and Johnny van Ryn could hit a shot like that sometimes, but never so often nor as proficiently as Emerson."

Emerson was also a member of a record eight Davis Cup winning teams between 1959 and 1967.

Emerson's 12 singles and 16 doubles titles make him one of the leading players in Grand Slam tournament history.

Emerson's last top-20 ranking was in 1973, primarily owing to his winning his 119th and final career title at the Pacific Coast Championships in San Francisco.
He defeated Roscoe Tanner, Arthur Ashe, and Björn Borg in the last three rounds of that tournament. Emerson played just a few tournaments through 1977. His
last appearance was at the Swiss Open in Gstaad, Switzerland in 1983.

Although he exited the tournament circuit, Emerson did not retire. In the late 1970s, he served as a player/coach
for the Boston Lobsters in World Team Tennis (WTT).[17] He mostly played doubles with the Lobsters and often
teamed with fellow Australian Tony Roche. In the 1978 season, the last season under the original iteration of
World Team Tennis, Roy coached the Lobsters to the Eastern Division Championship and into the WTT Finals
against the Los Angeles Strings.[18] The final Lobster team that Emerson coached consisted of Tony Roche,
Mike Estep (for part of the season), and Emerson himself as the male players.

Emerson now resides in Newport Beach, California with his wife, Joy, and daughter, Heidi, and has a home in
Gstaad where he holds a tennis clinic each summer. His son, Antony, was an All-American in tennis at Corona
del Mar High School and the University of Southern California and played on the professional tour briefly. Roy Roy Emerson in 1969
and Antony won the United States Hard Court Father-and-Son title in 1978. Roy briefly coached promising
juniors at East Lake Woodlands in Oldsmar, Florida.

Awards and honours

Emerson was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1982 and the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986.[19] The main court for the Suisse Open
Gstaad, a tournament which Emerson won five times and where he played his last match as a professional, is named Roy Emerson Arena in his honour.

In 2000, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal,[20] and in 2001 received the Centenary Medal.[21]

The Roy Emerson trophy, which is awarded to the male champion at the Brisbane International, is named in his honour.[22] In 2009 Emerson was inducted into
the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.[23] He was honoured during the 2013 Australian Open at the Australian Open Legends' Lunch.[24]

In 2014, the Brisbane City Council named the new tennis centre in Milton at Frew Park after Roy Emerson.[25][26][27] The same year at Blackbutt, the Roy
Emerson Museum was opened by Roy Emerson. On the 18 January 2017, a statue of Roy Emerson was unveiled at the Blackbutt Museum.[28][29]

Place in history
In the Tennis Channel series "100 Greatest of All Time" in 2012, Emerson was ranked the 11th greatest male tennis player of all time, and the second highest
rated Australian in the series, behind Rod Laver.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 15 (12 titles, 3 runners–up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score

Win 1961 Australian Championships Grass Rod Laver 1–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Win 1961 US Championships Grass Rod Laver 7–5, 6–3, 6–2

Loss 1962 Australian Championships Grass Rod Laver 6–8, 6–0, 4–6, 4–6

Loss 1962 French Championships Clay Rod Laver 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 7–9, 2–6
Loss 1962 US Championships Grass Rod Laver 2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 4–6

Win 1963 Australian Championships Grass Ken Fletcher 6–3, 6–3, 6–1

Win 1963 French Championships Clay Pierre Darmon 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4

Win 1964 Australian Championships Grass Fred Stolle 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

Win 1964 Wimbledon Championships Grass Fred Stolle 6–4, 12–10, 4–6, 6–3
Win 1964 US Championships Grass Fred Stolle 6–2, 6–2, 6–4

Win 1965 Australian Championships Grass Fred Stolle 7–9, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1

Win 1965 Wimbledon Championships Grass Fred Stolle 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Win 1966 Australian Championships Grass Arthur Ashe 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3

Win 1967 Australian Championships Grass Arthur Ashe 6–4, 6–1, 6–1

Win 1967 French Championships Clay Tony Roche 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2

Doubles: 28 (16 titles, 12 runners–up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score

Ashley Cooper
Loss 1958 Australian Championships Grass Bob Mark 5–7, 8–6, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Neale Fraser

Nicola Pietrangeli
Loss 1959 French Championships Clay Neale Fraser 3–6, 2–6, 12–14
Orlando Sirola

Rod Laver
Win 1959 Wimbledon Championships Grass Neale Fraser 8–6, 6–3, 14–16, 9–7
Robert Mark

Earl Buchholz
Win 1959 US Championships Grass Neale Fraser 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Alex Olmedo

Rod Laver
Loss 1960 Australian Championships Grass Neale Fraser 6–1, 2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Robert Mark
José Luis Arilla
Win 1960 French Championships Clay Neale Fraser 6–2, 8–10, 7–5, 6–4
Andrés Gimeno

Rod Laver
Win 1960 US Championships Grass Neale Fraser 9–7, 6–2, 6–4
Robert Mark

Rod Laver
Loss 1961 Australian Championships Grass Marty Mulligan 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9, 2–6
Robert Mark
Robert Howe
Win 1961 French Championships Clay Rod Laver 3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4
Robert Mark

Bob Hewitt
Win 1961 Wimbledon Championships Grass Neale Fraser 6–4, 6–8, 6–4, 6–8, 8–6
Fred Stolle

Bob Hewitt
Win 1962 Australian Championships Grass Neale Fraser 4–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 11–9
Fred Stolle
Wilhelm Bungert
Win 1962 French Championships Clay Neale Fraser 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Christian Kuhnke

Gordon Forbes
Win 1963 French Championships Clay Manolo Santana 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Abe Segal

Bob Hewitt
Loss 1964 Australian Championships Grass Ken Fletcher 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 12–14
Fred Stolle

John Newcombe
Win 1964 French Championships Clay Ken Fletcher 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Tony Roche

Bob Hewitt
Loss 1964 Wimbledon Championships Grass Ken Fletcher 5–7, 9–11, 4–6
Fred Stolle
John Newcombe
Loss 1965 Australian Championships Grass Fred Stolle 6–3, 6–4, 11–13, 3–6, 4–6
Tony Roche

Ken Fletcher
Win 1965 French Championships Clay Fred Stolle 6–8, 6–3, 8–6, 6–2
Bob Hewitt
 Frank Froehling
Win 1965 US Championships Grass Fred Stolle 6–4, 10–12, 7–5, 6–3
Charles Pasarell
John Newcombe
Win 1966 Australian Championships Grass Fred Stolle 7–9, 6–3, 6–8, 14–12, 12–10
Tony Roche

Clark Graebner
Win 1966 US Championships Grass Fred Stolle 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Dennis Ralston

John Newcombe
Loss 1967 French Championships Clay Ken Fletcher 3–6, 7–9, 10–12
Tony Roche
Bob Hewitt
Loss 1967 Wimbledon Championships Grass Ken Fletcher 2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Frew McMillan

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Ken Rosewall
Loss 1968 French Open Clay Rod Laver 3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Fred Stolle
Ken Rosewall
Win 1969 Australian Open Grass Rod Laver 6–4, 6–4
Fred Stolle

John Newcombe
Loss 1969 French Open Clay Rod Laver 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Tony Roche

Pierre Barthès
Loss 1970 US Open Grass Rod Laver 3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Nikola Pilić
Arthur Ashe
Win 1971 Wimbledon Grass Rod Laver 4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Dennis Ralston

Mixed doubles: 2 (runners–up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score

Beryl Penrose
Loss 1956 Australian Championships Grass Mary Bevis Hawton 2–6, 4–6
Neale Fraser
Maria Bueno
Loss 1960 French Championships Clay Ann Haydon-Jones 6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Robert Howe

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key

W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify;
(A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 SR
Australian Open 1R 2R 2R A QF QF SF W F W W W W W A 3R A QF A 6/1

French Open 1R A A 3R A QF 3R QF F W QF SF QF W QF 4R A A A 2/1

Wimbledon 2R A 3R 4R A SF QF QF 4R QF W W QF 4R 4R 4R QF 4R A 2/1

US Open 3R A QF 4R A QF 3R W F 4R W QF SF QF 4R QF 4R A 1R 2/1

Win–loss 3–4 0–1 7–3 8–3 2–1 14–4 10–4 19–2 18–4 18–2 22–1 20–2 18–3 18–2 9–3 11–4 7–2 5–2 1–1 12 / 6

Open-Era doubles titles (20)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score

Andrés Gimeno
1. 1968 Bournemouth, England Grass Rod Laver 8–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Pancho Gonzales
Ken Rosewall
2. 1969 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Rod Laver 6–4, 6–4
Fred Stolle

Andrés Gimeno
3. 1969 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Rod Laver 6–4, 6–2
Fred Stolle

Ismail El Shafei
4. 1970 Boston, US Hard Rod Laver 6–1, 7–6
Torben Ulrich

Arthur Ashe
5. 1971 Wimbledon, London Grass Rod Laver 4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Dennis Ralston

Tom Okker
6. 1971 Quebec WCT, Canada Indoor Rod Laver 7–6, 6–3
Marty Riessen

Tom Okker
7. 1971 Boston WCT, US Hard Rod Laver 6–4, 6–4
Marty Riessen
Ken Rosewall
8. 1971 Berkeley, US Hard Rod Laver 6–3, 6–3
Fred Stolle
 John Alexander
9. 1971 Vancouver WCT, Canada Outdoor Rod Laver 6–3, 7–6
Phil Dent
Ken Rosewall
10. 1972 Houston WCT, US Clay Rod Laver 6–4, 7–6
Fred Stolle

John Newcombe
11. 1972 Las Vegas WCT, US Hard Rod Laver 7–6, 1–6, 6–2
Tony Roche

Arthur Ashe
12. 1972 Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands Carpet John Newcombe 6–2, 6–3
Bob Lutz
Terry Addison
13. 1973 Miami WCT, US Hard Rod Laver 6–4, 6–4
Colin Dibley

Nikola Pilić
14. 1973 La Costa WCT, US Hard Rod Laver 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Allan Stone

Terry Addison
15. 1973 Richmond WCT, US Carpet Rod Laver 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Colin Dibley
Robert Maud
16. 1973 Atlanta WCT, US Clay Rod Laver 7–6, 6–3
Andrew Pattison

Nikola Pilić
17. 1973 Gothenburg WCT, Sweden Carpet Rod Laver 6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Allan Stone

Ove Nils Bengtson

18. 1973 San Francisco, US Carpet Stan Smith 6–2, 6–1
Jim McManus

Frew McMillan
19. 1974 Las Vegas, Nevada, US Hard Rod Laver 6–7, 6–4, 6–4
John Newcombe

Bob Carmichael
20. 1975 Denver WCT, US Carpet Rod Laver 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Allan Stone

Notes

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See also

Tennis portal

World number one male tennis player rankings

Tennis male players statistics
All-time tennis records – men's singles
Tennis records of the Open Era – men's singles

External links
Roy Emerson (https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/E030/overview) at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Roy Emerson (https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/roy-emerson/800173151/aus) at the International Tennis Federation
Roy Emerson (https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800173151) at the Davis Cup
Roy Emerson (https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/roy-emerson) at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Roy Emerson (https://www.tennis.com.au/player-profiles/roy-emerson) at Tennis Australia
Blackbutt & District Tourism and Heritage Association (29 August 2016). "How the Roy Emerson Museum came about" (https://www.slq.qld.go
v.au/blog/how-roy-emerson-museum-came-about). State Library Of Queensland. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20220822011639/http
s://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/how-roy-emerson-museum-came-about) from the original on 22 August 2022.

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