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Roy Emerson

AUS Age 89 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1983

Roy Emerson represented Australia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 12. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 275–174 and 5 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

12 (Nov 26, 1973)

Elo peak

2008 (91st percentile)

Singles record

275–174 (61.2%)

Singles titles

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Roy Emerson's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
George Kalovelonis	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1983*	R32	Swiss Open Gstaad	ATP 250	Clay
Tom Leonard	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 1977*	R32	Laguna Niguel	ATP 250	Hard
Marty Riessen #71	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1977*	QF	La Costa	ATP 250	Hard
Bob Lutz	6-3 (def.)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 1977*	R16	La Costa	ATP 250	Hard
Steve Krulevitz #91	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1977*	R32	La Costa	ATP 250	Hard

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Roy Emerson's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Rod Laver	6	26	32	Mar 14, 1975	H2H
Arthur Ashe	2	16	18	Sep 29, 1973	H2H
Andres Gimeno	5	13	18	Aug 15, 1971	H2H
Ken Rosewall	8	8	16	Mar 16, 1973	H2H
Fred Stolle	7	8	15	Sep 1, 1972	H2H

Singles Titles (5)

Roy Emerson singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1968	31	1	—	—	—	1	—	Argentina Open
1969	32	3	—	—	—	3	—	Aix-En-Provence, Swiss Open Gstaad, Portschach
1973	36	1	—	—	—	1	—	San Francisco
Total		5	—	—	—	5	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Roy Emerson career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	31	44	26	70	62.9%	—	—
1969	32	62	31	93	66.7%	—	—
1970	33	41	25	66	62.1%	—	—
1971	34	46	30	76	60.5%	—	—
1972	35	31	24	55	56.4%	—	—
1973	36	35	18	53	66.0%	19	12
1974	37	7	5	12	58.3%	17	82
1975	38	3	8	11	27.3%	82	154
1976	39	0	2	2	0.0%	326	310
1977	40	6	4	10	60.0%	133	133
1983	46	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		275	174	449	61.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Roy Emerson career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	31	7	10	17	41.2%	18	9	27	66.7%	13	4	17	76.5%	6	3	9	66.7%	44	26	70	62.9%
1969	32	8	5	13	61.5%	26	7	33	78.8%	17	9	26	65.4%	11	10	21	52.4%	62	31	93	66.7%
1970	33	14	9	23	60.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	7	19	63.2%	15	8	23	65.2%	41	25	66	62.1%
1971	34	14	7	21	66.7%	12	8	20	60.0%	10	4	14	71.4%	10	11	21	47.6%	46	30	76	60.5%
1972	35	2	5	7	28.6%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	27	14	41	65.9%	31	24	55	56.4%
1973	36	8	5	13	61.5%	7	4	11	63.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	20	8	28	71.4%	35	18	53	66.0%
1974	37	3	3	6	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	7	5	12	58.3%
1975	38	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
1976	39	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1977	40	6	3	9	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	6	4	10	60.0%
1983	46	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	63	51	114	55.3%	69	38	107	64.5%	52	26	78	66.7%	91	59	150	60.7%	275	174	449	61.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Roy Emerson career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	36	1	1	2	50.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	5	1	6	83.3%
1974	37	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1975	38	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1977	40	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
Career		2	3	5	40.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	10	11	21	47.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 21/449 (4.7%) of Roy Emerson's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Roy Emerson advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	31	1789	126.7	—	—	—	—	-182	+4	-53	64.6%	+0.98	2–8 (20%)	—	—	-3.03
1969	32	1863	139.4	—	—	—	—	-65	+90	0	62.9%	+0.95	14–10 (58%)	—	—	-1.56
1970	33	1939	147.2	—	—	—	—	+17	—	-28	60.5%	+0.64	10–10 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	100.2	-3.37
1971	34	1919	151.6	—	—	—	—	+32	-60	+53	59.1%	+0.55	10–13 (43%)	15–12 (56%)	100.6	-6.40
1972	35	1920	148.9	—	—	—	—	+33	-65	—	53.9%	+0.15	14–5 (74%)	15–9 (63%)	108.3	-2.90
1973	36	1975	147.9	—	—	—	—	+13	-82	—	60.3%	+0.93	17–5 (77%)	4–7 (36%)	106.5	-0.61
1974	37	1908	130.6	—	—	—	—	+36	-10	—	51.7%	+0.48	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	101.2	-0.52
1975	38	1824	125.5	—	—	—	—	+23	+31	—	33.3%	-1.21	0–2	1–1	—	-1.72
1976	39	1789	108.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	0–1	—	-0.33
1977	40	1804	119.4	—	—	—	—	+32	—	—	50.0%	-0.30	2–0	2–0	—	-0.07
1983	46	1776	97.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	+0.18
Career		2008	146.9	—	—	—	—	-7	+6	-9	59.4%	+0.65	72–54 (57%)	44–36 (55%)	105.7	-4.65

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Roy Emerson Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	31	—	QF	R16	R16	9–3 (75%)
1969	32	R16	R16	R16	QF	11–4 (73%)
1970	33	—	—	QF	R16	7–2 (78%)
1971	34	QF	—	R16	—	5–2 (71%)
1972	35	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	7–2 (78%)	13–4 (76%)	9–4 (69%)	32–12 (73%)

ATP 250

Roy Emerson ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	BAR	BUE	DAL	GST	HAM	HOU	AUS	MIA	MUN	NWP	PAR	QUE	ITA	ROT	SPB	STO	WAS	AIX	ALA	AMS	ANA	BAL	BEC	BER	BIN	BOS	BOU	BRE	BRI	BRU	CAR	CHA	CHA	CHA	CHI	CHI	COL	COL	COR	DEN	DUB	ESS	FOR	FOR	FOR	GOT	HAR	HIL	MIA	HOL	JAP	JOH	LA	LA	LA	LAC	LAG	LAS	LAS	LIM	LON	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOU	LOU	MAC	MEM	MID	MID	CAN	MON	NEW	NEW	NEW	NEW	OAK	PHI	PHO	POR	QUE	RIC	SAL	SAN	SAN	SAO	SAO	SOU	ST.	ST.	SYD	TEH	TOR	TUC	U.S	VAN	VAN	WEM	WEM	WEM	WEM	W-L Win %
1968	31	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	RR	QF	—	SF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	F	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	SF	QF	34–22 (61%)
1969	32	—	BR	SF	—	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	W	—	RR	QF	BR	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	F	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	F	—	R16	R32	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	51–27 (65%)
1970	33	QF	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	R16	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R64	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	F	SF	F	—	R16	—	—	—	34–23 (60%)
1971	34	—	R16	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R16	QF	QF	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	RR	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	41–28 (59%)
1972	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	F	RR	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	F	—	SF	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	31–23 (57%)
1973	36	R16	—	—	QF	F	—	—	R16	QF	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	RR	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	F	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	35–18 (66%)
1974	37	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–5 (58%)
1975	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–8 (27%)
1976	39	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1977	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
1983	46	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	8–1 (89%)	3–3 (50%)	15–5 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	5–4 (56%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	6–2 (75%)	2–0 (100%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	6–5 (55%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	6–2 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	8–5 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	1–1 (50%)	4–0 (100%)	4–2 (67%)	6–2 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	6–1 (86%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	4–2 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	242–161 (60%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 26, 1973

First Top 100

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 50

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 20

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Roy Emerson ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	19	15	12	12
1974	37	—	—	17	128	126	112	28	33	32	—	85	82
1975	38	82	—	89	64	60	67	—	—	—	—	—	154
1976	39	—	—	—	—	—	326	—	—	—	—	—	310
1977	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	133	—	—	—	—	—
1978	41	152	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	47	793	—	—	—	—	744	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Roy Emerson's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Paolo Bertolucci	ITA	#12	1,934	338	194	144	57.4%	—	6	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Cliff Drysdale	RSA	#13	2,135	648	397	251	61.3%	—	6	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Nikola Pilic	CRO	#12	1,950	550	301	249	54.7%	—	5	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Mark Cox	GBR	#12	2,023	678	406	272	59.9%	—	13	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Tony Roche	AUS	#12	2,138	551	360	191	65.3%	$529,199	20	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Marty Riessen	USA	#11	2,105	845	531	314	62.8%	$465	11	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Balazs Taroczy	HUN	#12	2,002	610	381	229	62.5%	$1,437,443	13	1972–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Jaime Fillol	CHI	#14	2,063	898	534	364	59.5%	$187,169	8	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Buster C Mottram	GBR	#15	1,979	445	271	174	60.9%	$14,500	3	1970–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Roger Taylor	GBR	#11	2,004	666	369	297	55.4%	—	9	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Tom Gorman	USA	#10	2,006	706	415	291	58.8%	$10,000	9	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Alexander Volkov	RUS	#14	1,922	537	291	246	54.2%	$3,362,840	3	1968–1997	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Roy Emerson?: Roy Emerson is 89 years old, born on November 3, 1936.
Which country does Roy Emerson represent?: Roy Emerson represents Australia in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Roy Emerson?: Roy Emerson is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Roy Emerson left-handed or right-handed?: Roy Emerson plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Roy Emerson won?: Roy Emerson has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Roy Emerson won?: TennisDB does not group any of Roy Emerson's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Roy Emerson won?: Roy Emerson has won 5 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was San Francisco in 1973.
What is Roy Emerson's highest ATP ranking?: Roy Emerson's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 12, first achieved on November 26, 1973.
What is Roy Emerson's career win-loss record?: Roy Emerson has a career ATP singles record of 275 wins and 174 losses (61.2%).
Which seasons of Roy Emerson's career appear in TennisDB?: Roy Emerson appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1983.
On which surface does Roy Emerson have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Roy Emerson's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 66.7% (52–26).
Who has Roy Emerson faced most often?: Roy Emerson's most frequent opponent is Rod Laver, with a head-to-head record of 6–26 across 32 meetings.