Roy Emerson
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| Full name | Roy Stanley Emerson |
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia
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| Residence | Newport Beach, California |
| Born |
3 November 1936 Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia |
| Height | 6 ft (183 cm) |
| Turned pro | 1953 |
| Retired | 1983 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1982 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 397–156 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1964, Lance Tingay) |
| 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 | 204–65 |
| 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 (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former 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. Roy 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. He was the first male player to win 12 majors. Along with Novak Djokovic, he is one of only two male players to win 6 Australian Championships. He won five of them consecutively (1963–67). His 12 wins have since been surpassed. Emerson is only one of 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.
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.
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