Roy Emerson

Australian tennis player · Australia · On the map · Tennis Players · Born 1936 · age 90

Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player. He won 12 Grand Slam tournament singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam tournament 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.

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2019Companion of the Order of AustraliaAward2001Centenary MedalAward2000Australian Sports MedalAward1936Born3 November 1936

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Career 1

ClubYears

Australia Davis Cup team1959-1967

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

Roy Emerson in 1969

Awards

Companion of the Order of Australia2019

Centenary Medal2001

Australian Sports Medal2000

International Tennis Hall of Fame

Australian Tennis Hall of Fame

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He is the only male player to have completed the career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles, and the first of four male players to complete the double career Grand Slam in singles. 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, 1964 by Potter, Lance Tingay and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 14 experts and 1965 by Tingay, Joseph McCauley, Sport za Rubezhom and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 16 experts.

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Australia