TENNIS PLAYER

Roy Emerson

1936 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Emerson has received more than 895,353 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Emerson is the 25th most popular tennis player (down from 23rd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Australia (down from 34th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Australian Tennis Player.

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  • 58.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Roy Emerson ranks 25 out of 1,569. Before him are Charlotte Cooper, Andre Agassi, Stan Smith, Ion Țiriac, Guillermo Vilas, and Serena Williams. After him are Nikola Pilić, Chris Evert, Mats Wilander, Jean Borotra, Bill Tilden, and Pete Sampras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Roy Emerson ranks 101. Before him are Moussa Traoré, Dean Stockwell, A. B. Yehoshua, Wolf Biermann, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, and Wilfried Martens. After him are Ken Mattingly, Paul L. Smith, Nicos Poulantzas, Théo Sarapo, Henry Lee Lucas, and Glenda Jackson.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Roy Emerson ranks 42 out of 1,143. Before him are Kylie Minogue (1968), Joan Sutherland (1926), Alan Jones (1946), Lisa Gerrard (1961), Phil Rudd (1954), and Rod Taylor (1930). After him are Johnny Logan (1954), Barry Marshall (1951), Eric Bana (1968), Jonathan Hyde (1948), Liam Hemsworth (1990), and Judith Anderson (1897).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Australia

Among tennis players born in Australia, Roy Emerson ranks 3. Before him are Rod Laver (1938), and Margaret Court (1942). After him are Coral Buttsworth (1900), John Newcombe (1944), Ken Rosewall (1934), Bob Hewitt (1940), Jack Crawford (1908), Ken McGregor (1929), Tony Roche (1945), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), and Neale Fraser (1933).

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