Emerson v Riessen
ATP Tour career
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Roy Emerson takes it, 4–4 on categories
Emerson wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Emerson 431 matches, Riessen 834 matches.
- Emerson has 6 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Riessen’s 15 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Longevity: Riessen has 834 matches across 14 seasons, Emerson 431 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, masters/1000 matches, retired hurt): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.015 total · best 1
- 13.75,913 total · best 42Games wonper game13.711,389 total · best 62
- 59.8Sets won %59.8
- 53.3Games won %53.3
- 0.122 total · best 1Finalsper game0.135 total · best 1
- 1.5653 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.51,250 total · best 3
Head to head
614 matches
since 19698
since 19698
- Carpet · 5 matchesEmerson 1Riessen 4
- Hard · 3 matchesEmerson 1Riessen 2
- Clay · 3 matchesEmerson 3Riessen 0
- Grass · 3 matchesEmerson 1Riessen 2
- Finals · 1 matchEmerson 0Riessen 1
Last meetings
- 21 Mar 1977 · La Costa · Quarterfinal · HardRiessen won 6-4 6-4
- 26 Sept 1972 · Alamo WCT · Round of 32 · HardEmerson won 6-4 3-6 7-6
- 24 Apr 1972 · Denver WCT · Semifinal · CarpetRiessen won 7-6 6-4
- 21 Mar 1972 · Hilton Head WCT · Round of 16 · ClayEmerson won 6-7 6-4 6-2
- 26 Feb 1971 · London Indoor · Quarterfinal · CarpetRiessen won 7-5 6-2
- 15 Oct 1970 · Tucson · Final · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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