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In the grand days for Australia of domination of the tennis world, nobody played as large a role as the country boy out of tiny Blackbutt in Queensland, Roy Stanley ‘Emmo’ Emerson. Emerson, a slim, quick, athletic farm kid who strengthened his wrists for tennis by milking innumerable cows on his father’s property, played on eight winning Davis Cup teams between 1959 and 1967, a record.
Roy Emerson made an inauspicious debut at the Australian Championships in 1954, losing in the first round to George Worthington. "Apparently I lost the last two sets 6-0 6-0," says Emmo of the match. "Happily senility is setting in and I have no memory of that at all!" Right-handed six-footer Emerson was slim, quick and famed for his fitness.
Roy Emerson is an Australian former No.1 tennis player who won 28 Major titles, including 12 Major singles titles and 16 Grand Slam tournament men's doubles titles. He holds the unique distinction of being the only male player to have completed a Career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles.
Roy Stanley Emerson (sinh ngày 3 tháng 11 năm 1936) là một cựu tay vợt số một thế giới người Úc, người đã giành được 12 danh hiệu đơn Grand Slam và 16 danh hiệu đôi nam Grand Slam. Ông là tay vợt nam duy nhất đã hoàn thành Career Grand Slam (giành được các danh hiệu tại cả bốn sự kiện Grand Slam) ở cả đơn và đôi. 28 danh hiệu lớn của ông là một kỷ lục mọi thời đại cho một cầu thủ nghiệp ...
Roy Stanley Emerson is born in Queensland on 3. November 1936. In 1959, Roy plays at the Gstaad Open – and discovers the Palace. The first round of what would become 49 years of "Roy Emerson Tennis Weeks" at the Gstaad Palace takes place in 1973. 12 whole years – that’s what Roy’s time in the Palace Suite 111 adds up to since he first ...
Roy Stanley Emerson ( Blackbutt, Queensland, 1936. november 3. –) ausztrál teniszező, aki 12 egyéni és 16 páros Grand Slam-címet szerzett. Ő az egyetlen férfi teniszező, aki mind egyéniben, mind párosban meg tudta nyerni mind a négy Grand Slam-tornát karrierje során. Nála csak Pete Sampras (14), Novak Đoković (20), Rafael ...
Roy Emerson (* 3. listopadu 1936 Blackbutt) je bývalý australský tenista. V kariéře získal celkem 28 titulů na turnajích Grand Slam ve dvouhře a čtyřhře (na počátku otevřené éry vyhrál dva grandslamové turnaje ve čtyřhře společně se svým slavnějším krajanem Rodem Laverem ).
