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Place of Birth: Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia
About Roy Emerson
- Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former World Number One tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and 2 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
- He has 28 Grand Slam 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 the all-time record for a male player.
- Emerson is the first male player to win each of the four major titles at least twice in his career.
- He is one of only eight men to win all four majors in his career.
- The others are Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Emerson was the first male player to win 12 Majors.
- He held that record for 30 years until it was passed by Pete Sampras in 2000.
- He also held the record of six Australian Open men's singles titles until 2019 when Novak Djokovic won his seventh title.
- Emerson won five of them consecutively (1963–67).
- Emerson is one of only five tennis players all-time to win multiple slam sets in two disciplines, only matched by Frank Sedgman, Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams.
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