| Biography | Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former World No. 1 amateur tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam tournament 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 player, although most of his titles were won in the final years of the period where Major tournaments were open only to amateur players. Roy Emerson is the first male player to win each Major title at least twice in his career. In the history of tennis, only Margaret Court achieved this feat before him. He is one of only seven men to win all four Majors in his career (the others are Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal). He was the first male player to win 12 Majors (this being eventually surpassed by Pete Sampras (14), Roger Federer (17) and Rafael Nadal (13)). Tennis critics and former and current tennis players consider Emerson to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Emerson is only one of five tennis players all-time to win a multiple slam set in two disciplines, only matched by Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, Frank Sedgman and Serena Williams. |