Roy Emerson

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Roy Emerson’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of his tournament results, showing how far he progressed in each Grand Slam event across his career.

Insights

Amateur-era dominance was overwhelming

Across the Amateur Era rows, Emerson reached 12 titles, 3 finals, and 4 semifinals, with no result worse than the quarterfinal stage in those listed runs. That concentration explains most of his 215-33 Grand Slam match record.

Peak years came in a tight 1964-1967 window

From 1964 through 1967, he won at least one Slam every year: three titles in 1964, three more in 1965, one in 1966, and two in 1967. In that four-year span, he also added a semifinal in 1966 and a quarterfinal in 1967.

1962 was a rare all-final season without a title

At age 25, Emerson reached the final at all three events listed for 1962: Australian Open, French Open, and US Open. None of those runs ended in a championship, making it his clearest near-miss cluster in the data.

Open Era results were solid but far below his earlier peak

In the Open Era, his best listed results were four quarterfinals and seven round-of-16 finishes, plus one first-round exit. Compared with his Amateur Era haul, the later phase shows consistency but no titles or finals.

His late-career decline is visible after age 32

From age 32 onward, the listed results are mostly round-of-16 or worse: four R16s and one quarterfinal in 1969, then R16 and quarterfinal results in 1970-1971, before a 1972 US Open R128 at age 35.

Basics

Born	3 November 1936
Gender	Male
Nation	Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1956, 1958-1972

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	45
Best results Open Era	4 x quarterfinalist 7 x R16 1 x R128
Best results Amateur Era	12 x champion 3 x finalist 4 x semifinalist
Total matches	248
W/L-record	215-33 (87% won)

During the Amateur Era, only top results (quarterfinals or better) from 1945 onwards are listed on this site. Therefore, the list below may not include all Amateur Era results.

Roy Emerson – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1972	US Open	Open Era	R128	35
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	34
1971	Australian Open	Open Era	Q	34
1970	US Open	Open Era	R16	33
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	33
1969	US Open	Open Era	Q	32
1969	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	32
1969	French Open	Open Era	R16	32
1969	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	32
1968	US Open	Open Era	R16	31
1968	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	31
1968	French Open	Open Era	Q	31
1967	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	30
1967	French Open	Amateur Era	W	30
1967	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	30
1966	US Open	Amateur Era	S	29
1966	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	29
1966	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	29
1966	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	29
1965	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	28
1965	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	28
1965	French Open	Amateur Era	S	28
1965	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	28
1964	US Open	Amateur Era	W	27
1964	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	27
1964	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	27
1964	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	27
1963	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	26
1963	French Open	Amateur Era	W	26
1963	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	26
1962	US Open	Amateur Era	F	25
1962	French Open	Amateur Era	F	25
1962	Australian Open	Amateur Era	F	25
1961	US Open	Amateur Era	W	24
1961	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	24
1961	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	24
1961	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	24
1960	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	23
1960	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	23
1959	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	22
1959	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	S	22
1959	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	22
1959	Australian Open	Amateur Era	Q	22
1958	Australian Open	Amateur Era	Q	21
1956	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	19