TENNIS PLAYER

Roy Emerson

1936 - Today

Roy Emerson

Roy Stanley Emerson (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Emerson is the 33rd most popular tennis player (down from 25th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Australia (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Australian Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Roy Emerson ranks 33 out of 1,569. Before him are Charlotte Cooper, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Jan Kodeš, Mats Wilander, Anthony Wilding, and Manuel Santana. After him are Ann Jones, Venus Williams, Gabriela Sabatini, Bill Tilden, Stefan Edberg, and Pete Sampras.

Most Popular Tennis Players in Wikipedia

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Charlotte Cooper
1870 - 1966
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 27
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
1878 - 1960
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 28
Jan Kodeš
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 29
Mats Wilander
1964 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 30
Anthony Wilding
1883 - 1915
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 31
Manuel Santana
1938 - 2021
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 32
Roy Emerson
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 33
Ann Jones
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 34
Venus Williams
1980 - Present
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 35
Gabriela Sabatini
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 36
Bill Tilden
1893 - 1953
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 37
Stefan Edberg
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 38
Pete Sampras
1971 - Present
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 39

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Roy Emerson ranks 99. Before him are Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Koji Sasaki, Joe D'Amato, Jill Ireland, Georgina Spelvin, and Frank Stella. After him are Leonel Sánchez, Julio María Sanguinetti, Carol Gilligan, Gianni Vattimo, Christine Nöstlinger, and Richard E. Stearns.

Others Born in 1936

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Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2024
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 93
Koji Sasaki
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 94
Joe D'Amato
FILM DIRECTOR
1936 - 1999
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 95
Jill Ireland
ACTOR
1936 - 1990
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 96
Georgina Spelvin
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 97
Frank Stella
PAINTER
1936 - 2024
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 98
Roy Emerson
TENNIS PLAYER
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 99
Leonel Sánchez
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 100
Julio María Sanguinetti
POLITICIAN
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 101
Carol Gilligan
PSYCHOLOGIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 102
Gianni Vattimo
PHILOSOPHER
1936 - 2023
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 103
Christine Nöstlinger
WRITER
1936 - 2018
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 104
Richard E. Stearns
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 105