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Ken Rosewall vs Roy Emerson Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ken Rosewall seasons:19801979197819771976
Roy Emerson seasons:19831977197619751974
🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall
🇦🇺 Roy Emerson
Age: 91y 193d (1934-11-02)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1936-11-03) Age: 89y 192d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
8 - 8
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 1–1Clay 2–2Grass 3–1
Others 7–8Slam 1–0
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🇦🇺Ken Rosewall and 🇦🇺Roy Emerson have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 16 times. The series is tied 8–8.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺Ken Rosewall has compiled an overall career record of 546–192 across 738 matches, translating to a win rate of 73.98%. On hard courts his record stands at 136–51 (72.73%), while on clay he holds a 134–36 (78.82%) mark. On grass the numbers read 145–39 (78.80%) , and on carpet 131–66 (66.50%). Throughout his career he has won 40 titles (10 hard, 14 clay, 8 grass, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 13–27 (32.50%).

🇦🇺Roy Emerson, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 273–165 from 438 matches (62.33% win rate). His hard-court record is 66–44 (60.00%), on clay he stands at 64–37 (63.37%), and on grass he has gone 54–24 (69.23%) , with a carpet record of 89–60 (59.73%). He has accumulated 6 titles in total (1 hard, 5 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 3–3 (50.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, the record is tied 1–1 (50.00% each). The clay record between them sits at 2–2 (50.00% each) across 4 matches. On grass, their 4 encounters have yielded a record of 3–1 (75.00% for Ken Rosewall).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1973-03-12Hilton Head WCTClayR16-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall2-6 6-3 6-13------0/0
1972-04-24Denver WCTCarpetR16-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (2)7-6 6-7 6-43------0/0
1972-03-21Hilton Head WCTClayQF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺Roy Emerson6-7 7-6 7-53------0/0
1971-10-03Vancouver WCTCarpetSF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺Roy Emerson6-4 6-13------0/0
1971-03-07Australian OpenGrassQF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (2)-🇦🇺Roy Emerson (6)6-4 6-4 6-35------0/0
1970-07-28LouisvilleClayQF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺Roy Emerson6-4 6-13------0/0
1970-07-16Tennis Champions ClassicCarpetRR-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-5 4-6 6-5 6-45------0/0
1970-07-16Tennis Champions ClassicCarpetSF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺Roy Emerson4-6 6-1 6-4 4-6 6-55------0/0
1970-04-21DallasCarpetSF-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall8-6 8-63------0/0
1969-10-18CologneHardSF-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall5-7 9-7 6-23------0/0
1969-08-21BaltimoreGrassRR-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall3-6 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-35------0/0
1969-06-09BristolGrassSF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺Roy Emerson7-5 6-43------0/0
1969-03-03Los Angeles-1CarpetQF-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-3 2-6 6-33------0/0
1969-01-13SydneyGrassQF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺Roy Emerson18-16 3-6 6-1 6-25------0/0
1968-04-17Wembley NTL-1HardSF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺Roy Emerson10-51------0/0
1968-04-10Hollywood NTLClayF-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-1 6-13------0/0

Wins

Ken Rosewall
Roy Emerson
8–8Overall
1–0Grand Slam
7–8Others
1–1Hard
2–2Clay
3–1Grass
2–4Indoor Hard

Sets Format

40.0%4
60.0%6
Bo3
60.0%3
40.0%2
Bo5
60.0%3
40.0%2
2 Sets
33.3%2
66.7%4
3 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
4 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
5 Sets
Ken Rosewall
Roy Emerson

Deciding

37.5%3
62.5%5
Decider Set
50.0%1
50.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ken Rosewall
Roy Emerson

Sets

53.2%25
46.8%22
All
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
50.0%2
50.0%2
Hard
71.4%10
28.6%4
Grass
50.0%5
50.0%5
Clay
42.1%8
57.9%11
Carpet
Ken Rosewall
Roy Emerson

Games

51.4%257
48.6%243
All
62.1%18
37.9%11
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
51.0%26
49.0%25
Hard
55.3%88
44.7%71
Grass
47.3%44
52.7%49
Clay
50.3%99
49.7%98
Carpet
Ken Rosewall
Roy Emerson

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Ken Rosewall
Roy Emerson

By Tournament Level

Ken Rosewall
Roy Emerson

By Round

Ken Rosewall
Roy Emerson

By Opponent Ranking

Ken RosewallRoy Emerson
14.3%1-6
vs Top 1
—
30%6-14
vs Top 5
33.3%1-2
32.5%13-27
vs Top 10
50%3-3
39.7%29-44
vs Top 20
40%6-9
60.5%124-81
vs Top 100
38.7%12-19
90%63-7
vs +100
83.3%10-2
33.3%17-34
vs Higher
41.4%12-17
75.9%170-54
vs Lower
76.9%10-3

Opponent Breakdown

Ken RosewallRoy Emerson
72.9%502-187
Vs Younger
59.8%226-152
82.1%23-5
Vs Older
70%28-12
76.3%453-141
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%227-118
61.4%81-51
Vs Left-Handed
45.2%38-46
11.1%1-8
Vs 2H Backhand
66.7%2-1
65.3%47-25
Vs 1H Backhand
35.8%19-34
50%2-2
Vs Shorter
53.6%74-64
67.1%340-167
Vs Taller
52.9%73-65

Pressure Situations