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Roy Emerson
Roy Emerson 2011.jpg
Full name Roy Stanley Emerson
Country (sports)
Australia Australia
Residence Newport Beach, California
Born
(1936-11-03) 3 November 1936 (age 82)
Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia
Height 6 ft (183 cm)[1]
Turned pro 1953
Retired 1983
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF 1982 (member page)
Singles
Career record 1325-380 (77.7%) [2]
Career titles 110 [2]
Highest ranking No. 1 (1964, Lance Tingay)[3]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open
W (1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)
French Open
W (1963, 1967)
Wimbledon
W (1964, 1965)
US Open
W (1961, 1964)
Doubles
Career record 204–64
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open
W (1962, 1966, 1969)
French Open
W (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
Wimbledon
W (1959, 1961, 1971)
US Open
W (1959, 1960, 1965, 1966)
Team competitions
Davis Cup
W (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)

Roy Stanley Emerson AC (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former World number one tennis player who won 12 Major singles titles and 16 Grand Slam tournament men's doubles titles. 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. His 28 major titles are an all-time record for a male amateur player. Emerson is the first male player to win each amateur major title at least twice in his career. He is one of only eight men to win all four majors in his career.[a]


Emerson was the first male player to win 12 majors. He held the record of six Australian Open men's singles titles until 2019 when Novak Djokovic won his seventh title. Emerson won five of them consecutively (1963–67). His 12 major wins have since been surpassed. Emerson is one of only five tennis players all-time to win multiple slam sets in two disciplines, only matched by Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, Frank Sedgman and Serena Williams.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Awards and honours


  • 3 Grand Slam tournament finals


    • 3.1 Singles: 15 (12 titles, 3 runners–up)


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


    • 3.3 Mixed Doubles: 2 (2 runners–up)




  • 4 Performance timeline


    • 4.1 Singles




  • 5 Open-era doubles titles (20)


  • 6 Notes


  • 7 References


    • 7.1 Sources




  • 8 See also


  • 9 External links





Biography


Emerson was born on a farm in Blackbutt, Queensland. His family later moved to Brisbane and he received better tennis instruction after attending Brisbane Grammar School and Ipswich Grammar School.


Emerson won his first Grand Slam tournament doubles title in 1959 at Wimbledon (partnering Neale Fraser). In 1961, he captured his first Grand Slam tournament singles title at the Australian Championships, beating compatriot Rod Laver in four sets in the final. Later that year, Emerson claimed his second major singles crown when he again beat Laver in the final of the US Championships.


Affectionately known as "Emmo" on the tour, the six-foot right-hander was known for training hard and always being ready for strenuous matches because of his outstanding level of fitness. He was primarily a serve-and-volley style player, but was also able to adapt to the rigours of slow courts, allowing him to enjoy success on all surfaces.


From 1963 to 1967, Emerson won five consecutive men's singles titles at the Australian Championships. His record of six Australian men's singles crowns was surpassed in 2019 by Novak Djokovic who won his record seventh.[4]




Roy Emerson at the 1963 Dutch International Tennis Championships in Hilversum.


1963 also saw Emerson capture his first French Championships singles title, beating Pierre Darmon in the final.


Emerson's first Wimbledon singles title came in 1964, with a final victory over Fred Stolle. Emerson won 55 consecutive matches during 1964 and finished the year with 109 victories out of 115 matches. He won three of the year's four Grand Slam events that year (failing to win only the French Open).


During his amateur career Emerson received several offers to turn professional, including an £38,000 offer made at the end of 1964 by Jack Kramer, but declined and opted to remain an amateur.[5][6]


Emerson was the World No. 1 amateur player in 1964 and 1965 according to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and in 1967 according to Rex Bellamy. In 1965, he successfully 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.[7]


Emerson had 10 straight victories in Grand Slam tournament finals in which he appeared, which remains 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 1960–1965, 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 105th 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 in the Gstaad, Switzerland tournament in 1983.




Roy Emerson in 1969


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).[8] 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.[9] 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 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.[10] 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,[11] and in 2001 received the Centenary Medal.[12]


The Roy Emerson trophy, which is awarded to the male champion at the Brisbane International, is named in his honour.[13] In 2009 Emerson was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.[14] He was honoured during the 2013 Australian Open at the Australian Open Legends' Lunch.[15]


In 2014 Brisbane named new courts in Milton at Frew Park after Roy Emerson.[16][17] 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.[18][19]



Grand Slam tournament finals



Singles: 15 (12 titles, 3 runners–up)



































































































































Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Opponent
Score
Winner 1961 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Rod Laver
1–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Winner 1961 US Championships Grass
Australia Rod Laver
7–5, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 1962 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Rod Laver
6–8, 6–0, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1962 French Championships Clay
Australia Rod Laver
6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 7–9, 2–6
Runner-up 1962 US Championships Grass
Australia Rod Laver
2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner 1963 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Ken Fletcher
6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Winner 1963 French Championships Clay
France Pierre Darmon
3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 1964 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Fred Stolle
6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 1964 Wimbledon Championships Grass
Australia Fred Stolle
6–4, 12–10, 4–6, 6–3
Winner 1964 US Championships Grass
Australia Fred Stolle
6–2, 6–2, 6–4
Winner 1965 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Fred Stolle
7–9, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1
Winner 1965 Wimbledon Championships Grass
Australia Fred Stolle
6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 1966 Australian Championships Grass
United States Arthur Ashe
6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3
Winner 1967 Australian Championships Grass
United States Arthur Ashe
6–4, 6–1, 6–1
Winner 1967 French Championships Clay
Australia Tony Roche
6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2


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









































































































































































































































































Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up 1958 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Bob Mark

Australia Ashley Cooper
Australia Neale Fraser
5–7, 8–6, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 1959 French Championships Clay
Australia Neale Fraser

Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Italy Orlando Sirola
3–6, 2–6, 12–14
Winner 1959 Wimbledon Championships Grass
Australia Neale Fraser

Australia Rod Laver
Australia Robert Mark
8–6, 6–3, 14–16, 9–7
Winner 1959 US Championships Grass
Australia Neale Fraser

United States Earl Buchholz
United States Alex Olmedo
3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 1960 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Neale Fraser

Australia Rod Laver
Australia Robert Mark
6–1, 2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner 1960 French Championships Clay
Australia Neale Fraser

Spain José Luis Arilla
Spain Andrés Gimeno
6–2, 8–10, 7–5, 6–4
Winner 1960 US Championships Grass
Australia Neale Fraser

Australia Rod Laver
Australia Robert Mark
9–7, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 1961 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Marty Mulligan

Australia Rod Laver
Australia Robert Mark
3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9, 2–6
Winner 1961 French Championships Clay
Australia Rod Laver

Australia Robert Howe
Australia Robert Mark
3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4
Winner 1961 Wimbledon Championships Grass
Australia Neale Fraser

Australia Bob Hewitt
Australia Fred Stolle
6–4, 6–8, 6–4, 6–8, 8–6
Winner 1962 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Neale Fraser

Australia Bob Hewitt
Australia Fred Stolle
4–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 11–9
Winner 1962 French Championships Clay
Australia Neale Fraser

West Germany Wilhelm Bungert
West Germany Christian Kuhnke
6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Winner 1963 French Championships Clay
Spain Manolo Santana

South Africa Gordon Forbes
South Africa Abe Segal
6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1964 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Ken Fletcher

Australia Bob Hewitt
Australia Fred Stolle
4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 12–14
Winner 1964 French Championships Clay
Australia Ken Fletcher

Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up 1964 Wimbledon Championships Grass
Australia Ken Fletcher

Australia Bob Hewitt
Australia Fred Stolle
5–7, 9–11, 4–6
Runner-up 1965 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Fred Stolle

Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
6–3, 6–4, 11–13, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1965 French Championships Clay
Australia Fred Stolle

Australia Ken Fletcher
Australia Bob Hewitt
6–8, 6–3, 8–6, 6–2
Winner 1965 US Championships Grass
Australia Fred Stolle

United States Frank Froehling
United States Charles Pasarell
6–4, 10–12, 7–5, 6–3
Winner 1966 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Fred Stolle

Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
7–9, 6–3, 6–8, 14–12, 12–10
Winner 1966 US Championships Grass
Australia Fred Stolle

United States Clark Graebner
United States Dennis Ralston
6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1967 French Championships Clay
Australia Ken Fletcher

Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
3–6, 7–9, 10–12
Runner-up 1967 Wimbledon Championships Grass
Australia Ken Fletcher

Australia Bob Hewitt
Australia Frew McMillan
2–6, 3–6, 4–6

↓ Open Era ↓
Runner-up 1968 French Open Clay
Australia Rod Laver

Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Winner 1969 Australian Open Grass
Australia Rod Laver

Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1969 French Open Clay
Australia Rod Laver

Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1970 US Open Grass
Australia Rod Laver

France Pierre Barthès
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Winner 1971 Wimbledon Grass
Australia Rod Laver

United States Arthur Ashe
United States Dennis Ralston
4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4


Mixed Doubles: 2 (2 runners–up)






























Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up 1956 Australian Championships Grass
Australia Mary Bevis Hawton

Australia Beryl Penrose
Australia Neale Fraser
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1960 French Championships Clay
United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones

Brazil Maria Bueno
Australia Robert Howe
6–1, 1–6, 2–6


Performance timeline



Singles


















































































































Tournament 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972

Grand Slam Tournaments

Australian

1R

2R

2R
A

QF

QF

SF

W

F

W

W

W

W

W
A

3R
A

QF
A

French

1R
A
A

3R
A

QF

3R

QF

F

W

QF

SF

QF

W

QF

4R
A
A
A

Wimbledon

2R
A

3R

4R
A

SF

QF

QF

4R

QF

W

W

QF

4R

4R

4R

QF

4R
A

US

3R
A

QF

4R
A

QF

3R

W

F

4R

W

QF

SF

QF

4R

QF

4R
A

1R


Open-era doubles titles (20)
































































































































































































No.
Year
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
1.
1968

Bournemouth, England
Grass

Australia Rod Laver

Spain Andrés Gimeno
United States Pancho Gonzales
8–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2.
1969

Australian Open, Melbourne
Grass

Australia Rod Laver

Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
6–4, 6–4
3.
1969

Stockholm, Sweden
Hard (i)

Australia Rod Laver

Spain Andrés Gimeno
Australia Fred Stolle
6–4, 6–2
4.
1970

Boston, US
Hard

Australia Rod Laver

United Arab Republic Ismail El Shafei
Denmark Torben Ulrich
6–1, 7–6
5.
1971

Wimbledon, London
Grass

Australia Rod Laver

United States Arthur Ashe
United States Dennis Ralston
4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4
6.
1971

Quebec WCT, Canada
Indoor

Australia Rod Laver

Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
7–6, 6–3
7.
1971

Boston WCT, US
Hard

Australia Rod Laver

Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
6–4, 6–4
8.
1971

Berkeley, US
Hard

Australia Rod Laver

Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
6–3, 6–3
9.
1971

Vancouver WCT, Canada
Outdoor

Australia Rod Laver

Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
6–3, 7–6
10.
1972

Houston WCT, US
Clay

Australia Rod Laver

Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
6–4, 7–6
11.
1972

Las Vegas WCT, US
Hard

Australia Rod Laver

Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
7–6, 1–6, 6–2
12.
1972

Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands
Carpet

Australia John Newcombe

United States Arthur Ashe
United States Robert Lutz
6–2, 6–3
13.
1973

Miami WCT, US
Hard

Australia Rod Laver

Australia Terry Addison
Australia Colin Dibley
6–4, 6–4
14.
1973

La Costa WCT, US
Hard

Australia Rod Laver

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
Australia Allan Stone
6–7, 6–3, 6–4
15.
1973

Richmond WCT, US
Carpet

Australia Rod Laver

Australia Terry Addison
Australia Colin Dibley
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
16.
1973

Atlanta WCT, US
Clay

Australia Rod Laver

South Africa Robert Maud
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
7–6, 6–3
17.
1973

Gothenburg WCT, Sweden
Carpet

Australia Rod Laver

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
Australia Allan Stone
6–7, 6–4, 6–1
18.
1973

San Francisco, US
Carpet

United States Stan Smith

Sweden Ove Nils Bengtson
United States Jim McManus
6–2, 6–1
19.
1974

Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Hard

Australia Rod Laver

South Africa Frew McMillan
Australia John Newcombe
6–7, 6–4, 6–4
20.
1975

Denver WCT, US
Carpet

Australia Rod Laver

Australia Bob Carmichael
Australia Allan Stone
6–2, 3–6, 7–5


Notes





  1. ^ The others are Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.




References





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  2. ^ ab "Roy Emerson: Career Match Record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 6 November 2017.


  3. ^ United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 427.


  4. ^ "Novak Djokovic crushes Rafael Nadal to win record seventh Australian Open". Sky Sports. 27 January 2019.


  5. ^ "Emerson likely to refuse pro. offer". The Canberra Times. 26 November 1964. p. 36 – via National Library of Australia.


  6. ^ "Emerson demand 'right'". The Canberra Times. 2 December 1964. p. 30 – via National Library of Australia.


  7. ^ "Emerson Wins in Pro Debut". The Canberra Times. 15 April 1968. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.


  8. ^ "Emerson will boss Lobsters". Bangor Daily News. 16 November 1976 – via Google News Archive.


  9. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 575. ISBN 978-0942257700.


  10. ^ "Roy Emerson". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 17 September 2013.


  11. ^ It's an Honour: Australian Sports Medal. Retrieved 3 February 2015


  12. ^ It's an Honour: Centenary Medal. Retrieved 3 February 2015


  13. ^ Margie McDonald (22 November 2011). "Men will play for Roy Emerson trophy in Brisbane International". The Australian.


  14. ^ "Mr Roy Emerson". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Retrieved 20 January 2014.


  15. ^ "Grand day for Emerson". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 27 January 2013.


  16. ^ "The Roy Emerson Tennis Centre". www.emersontennis.com.au. Emerson Tennis Centre.


  17. ^ Tony Moore (21 March 2013). "Plan to honour Brisbane tennis greats". Brisbane Times.


  18. ^ "Tennis legend Roy Emerson to be immortalised as a bronze statue". Tennis Australia. 5 February 2016.


  19. ^ Grantlee Kieza (19 January 2017). "Tennis legend Roy Emerson treasures humble hometown start". The Courier Mail.




Sources



  • World of Tennis Yearbook 1971 (1971), by John Barrett, London


See also




  • 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 at the Association of Tennis Professionals Edit this at Wikidata


  • Roy Emerson at the International Tennis Federation Edit this at Wikidata


  • Roy Emerson at the Davis Cup Edit this at Wikidata


  • Roy Emerson at the International Tennis Hall of Fame Edit this at Wikidata









Records
Preceded by
United States Bill Tilden

Most career Grand Slam singles titles
30 January 1967 – 9 July 2000
Succeeded by
United States Pete Sampras












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