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Roy Emerson

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Tennis Player

The Resume

    (November 3, 1936- )
    Born in Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia
    Won six Australian Opens (1961, 1963-67), two French Opens (1963,1967), two Wimbledons (1964-65) and two US Opens (1961-1964)
    In doubles, won three Australian Opens (1962,1966,1969), six French Opens (1960-65), three Wimbledons (1959,1961,1971) and four US Opens (1959-60,1965-66)
    Member of eight winning Davis Cup teams (1959-62,1964-67)
    Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (1982)

Why he might be annoying:

    His nickname was 'Emmo,' about which he said, 'It sounds like a detergent.'
    All his singles Grand Slam titles (and most of his doubles titles) came before the open era, when professional tennis players were barred from Grand Slam events.
    Andre Agassi said, 'Roy Emerson has the most slams and nobody thinks he's better than Rod Laver. Nobody.'
    He admitted, 'I was lucky -- all the others turned pro.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    His combined 28 Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles remains the men's record.
    He got his first two Grand Slam titles by defeating Laver, so it's not as if he would have been dead meat if Laver had remained an amateur.
    Jack Kramer wrote, 'Emerson was the best doubles player of all the moderns.... He was so quick he could cover everything.'
    He won six straight doubles titles at the French Open with a different partner each time.
    Sports Illustrated wrote that he was 'a good conversationalist, a good dresser, a good dancer.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 40 Votes: 42.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 32 Votes: 65.62% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 52 Votes: 44.23% Annoying