| R32 | L | George Kalovelonis | 6-3 6-3 | H2H |
🇦🇺 AUS · Right-handed · 183 cm · b. 1936-11-03
Roy Emerson
Active 1968–1983 · best rank seen: 21
273–165
6
0
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22
11,525
Hard
66–44 (60.0%)
Clay
64–37 (63.4%)
Grass
54–24 (69.2%)
Carpet
89–60 (59.7%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Rod Laver | 6–26 | 32 | Full H2H |
| 🇪🇸 Andres Gimeno | 5–13 | 18 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe | 2–15 | 17 | Full H2H |
| 🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall | 8–8 | 16 | Full H2H |
| 🇦🇺 Fred Stolle | 8–8 | 16 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Marty Riessen | 6–7 | 13 | Full H2H |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Stilwell | 10–0 | 10 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '68 | '69 | '70 | '71 | '72 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 4R | QF | |||
| Roland Garros | QF | 4R | |||
| Wimbledon | 4R | 4R | QF | 4R | |
| US Open | 4R | QF | 4R | 1R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1968–1970).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2096.
Career titles (6)
- 1973 Alamo Hard
- 1969 Portschach Clay
- 1969 Gstaad Clay
- 1969 Aix-en-Provence Clay
- 1968 Buenos Aires-2 Clay
- 1968 Hollywood NTL Clay
Match results
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.