Roy Stanley Emerson AC (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. All of his 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]
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Full name | Roy Stanley Emerson |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
Born | Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia | 3 November 1936
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Turned pro | 1968 (amateur tour from 1951) |
Retired | 1983 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1982 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 1397-416 (77.0%)[2] |
Career titles | 110[2] (6 open era titles listed by ATP) |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1961, Ned Potter)[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) |
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[broken anchor] 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 pro during the pre-Open Era.
Biography
editEmerson 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. He played his first singles tour event at the 1951 Southwest Queensland Championships. He won his first singles title at the 1953 Queensland Hard Court Championships.
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.
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.[11]
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.[12][13] In 1966, Emerson rejected a $100,000 guarantee over two years offer to turn pro, stating that he "couldn't afford to take a pay cut."[14] It was estimated that Emerson and Santana were paid about $1,000 to $1,500 a week in living expenses alone from their national tennis associations as "shamateurs".[15]
Emerson was the world No. 1 amateur player in 1964 and 1965 according to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and in 1961 and 1964 according to Ned Potter of World Tennis. 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.[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 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
editEmerson 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
editIn 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
editSingles: 15 (12 titles, 3 runners–up)
editResult | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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)
editResult | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1958 | Australian Championships | Grass | Bob Mark | Ashley Cooper Neale Fraser |
5–7, 8–6, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1959 | French Championships | Clay | Neale Fraser | Nicola Pietrangeli Orlando Sirola |
3–6, 2–6, 12–14 |
Win | 1959 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Neale Fraser | Rod Laver Robert Mark |
8–6, 6–3, 14–16, 9–7 |
Win | 1959 | US Championships | Grass | Neale Fraser | Earl Buchholz Alex Olmedo |
3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 1960 | Australian Championships | Grass | Neale Fraser | Rod Laver Robert Mark |
6–1, 2–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1960 | French Championships | Clay | Neale Fraser | José Luis Arilla Andrés Gimeno |
6–2, 8–10, 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 1960 | US Championships | Grass | Neale Fraser | Rod Laver Robert Mark |
9–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 1961 | Australian Championships | Grass | Marty Mulligan | Rod Laver Robert Mark |
3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9, 2–6 |
Win | 1961 | French Championships | Clay | Rod Laver | Robert Howe Robert Mark |
3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 1961 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Neale Fraser | Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle |
6–4, 6–8, 6–4, 6–8, 8–6 |
Win | 1962 | Australian Championships | Grass | Neale Fraser | Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle |
4–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 11–9 |
Win | 1962 | French Championships | Clay | Neale Fraser | Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke |
6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 1963 | French Championships | Clay | Manolo Santana | Gordon Forbes Abe Segal |
6–2, 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 1964 | Australian Championships | Grass | Ken Fletcher | Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle |
4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 12–14 |
Win | 1964 | French Championships | Clay | Ken Fletcher | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
Loss | 1964 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Ken Fletcher | Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle |
5–7, 9–11, 4–6 |
Loss | 1965 | Australian Championships | Grass | Fred Stolle | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
6–3, 6–4, 11–13, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1965 | French Championships | Clay | Fred Stolle | Ken Fletcher Bob Hewitt |
6–8, 6–3, 8–6, 6–2 |
Win | 1965 | US Championships | Grass | Fred Stolle | Frank Froehling Charles Pasarell |
6–4, 10–12, 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 1966 | Australian Championships | Grass | Fred Stolle | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
7–9, 6–3, 6–8, 14–12, 12–10 |
Win | 1966 | US Championships | Grass | Fred Stolle | Clark Graebner Dennis Ralston |
6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 1967 | French Championships | Clay | Ken Fletcher | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
3–6, 7–9, 10–12 |
Loss | 1967 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Ken Fletcher | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
2–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
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Loss | 1968 | French Open | Clay | Rod Laver | Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle |
3–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1969 | Australian Open | Grass | Rod Laver | Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 1969 | French Open | Clay | Rod Laver | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1970 | US Open | Grass | Rod Laver | Pierre Barthès Nikola Pilić |
3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7 |
Win | 1971 | Wimbledon | Grass | Rod Laver | Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston |
4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4 |
Mixed doubles: 2 (runners–up)
editResult | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1956 | Australian Championships | Grass | Mary Bevis Hawton | Beryl Penrose Neale Fraser |
2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1960 | French Championships | Clay | Ann Haydon-Jones | Maria Bueno Robert Howe |
6–1, 1–6, 2–6 |
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
editTournament | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Australian Open | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | QF | QF | SF | W | F | W | W | W | W | W | A | 3R | A | QF | A | 6 / 15 | 46–9 | 83.6 |
French Open | 1R | A | A | 3R | A | QF | 3R | QF | F | W | QF | SF | QF | W | QF | 4R | A | A | A | 2 / 13 | 43–11 | 79.6 |
Wimbledon | 2R | A | 3R | 4R | A | SF | QF | QF | 4R | QF | W | W | QF | 4R | 4R | 4R | QF | 4R | A | 2 / 16 | 60–14 | 81.1 |
US Open | 3R | A | QF | 4R | A | QF | 3R | W | F | 4R | W | QF | SF | QF | 4R | QF | 4R | A | 1R | 2 / 16 | 61–14 | 81.3 |
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 / 60 | 210–48 | 81.4 |
Open-Era doubles titles (20)
editNo. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 1968 | Bournemouth, England | Grass | Rod Laver | Andrés Gimeno Pancho Gonzales |
8–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
2. | 1969 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Rod Laver | Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle |
6–4, 6–4 |
3. | 1969 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Rod Laver | Andrés Gimeno Fred Stolle |
6–4, 6–2 |
4. | 1970 | Boston, US | Hard | Rod Laver | Ismail El Shafei Torben Ulrich |
6–1, 7–6 |
5. | 1971 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | Rod Laver | Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston |
4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4 |
6. | 1971 | Quebec WCT, Canada | Indoor | Rod Laver | Tom Okker Marty Riessen |
7–6, 6–3 |
7. | 1971 | Boston WCT, US | Hard | Rod Laver | Tom Okker Marty Riessen |
6–4, 6–4 |
8. | 1971 | Berkeley, US | Hard | Rod Laver | Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle |
6–3, 6–3 |
9. | 1971 | Vancouver WCT, Canada | Outdoor | Rod Laver | John Alexander Phil Dent |
6–3, 7–6 |
10. | 1972 | Houston WCT, US | Clay | Rod Laver | Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle |
6–4, 7–6 |
11. | 1972 | Las Vegas WCT, US | Hard | Rod Laver | John Newcombe Tony Roche |
7–6, 1–6, 6–2 |
12. | 1972 | Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands | Carpet | John Newcombe | Arthur Ashe Bob Lutz |
6–2, 6–3 |
13. | 1973 | Miami WCT, US | Hard | Rod Laver | Terry Addison Colin Dibley |
6–4, 6–4 |
14. | 1973 | La Costa WCT, US | Hard | Rod Laver | Nikola Pilić Allan Stone |
6–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
15. | 1973 | Richmond WCT, US | Carpet | Rod Laver | Terry Addison Colin Dibley |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
16. | 1973 | Atlanta WCT, US | Clay | Rod Laver | Robert Maud Andrew Pattison |
7–6, 6–3 |
17. | 1973 | Gothenburg WCT, Sweden | Carpet | Rod Laver | Nikola Pilić Allan Stone |
6–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
18. | 1973 | San Francisco, US | Carpet | Stan Smith | Ove Nils Bengtson Jim McManus |
6–2, 6–1 |
19. | 1974 | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | Hard | Rod Laver | Frew McMillan John Newcombe |
6–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
20. | 1975 | Denver WCT, US | Carpet | Rod Laver | Bob Carmichael Allan Stone |
6–2, 3–6, 7–5 |
Notes
editReferences
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Sources
edit- Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
- World of Tennis Yearbook 1971 (1971), by John Barrett, London
See also
editExternal links
edit- Roy Emerson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Roy Emerson at the International Tennis Federation
- Roy Emerson at the Davis Cup
- Roy Emerson at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Roy Emerson at Tennis Australia
- Blackbutt & District Tourism and Heritage Association (29 August 2016). "How the Roy Emerson Museum came about". State Library Of Queensland. Archived from the original on 22 August 2022.