Antony Emerson

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| name = Antony Emerson

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| fullname = Antony Emerson

| country_represented = {{AUS}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1963|3|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|1|23|1963|3|29|df=yes}}

| death_place = Newport Beach, California

| plays = Right-handed

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| singlesrecord = 0–3

| singlestitles = 0

| highestsinglesranking = No. 285 (23 March 1987)

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| doublesrecord = 12–23

| doublestitles = 0

| highestdoublesranking = No. 112 (26 January 1987)

| currentdoublesranking =

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1985, 1987)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1986)

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Antony Emerson (29 March 1963 – 23 January 2016) was a professional tennis player from Australia. He was the son of Roy Emerson.

Biography

=Early years=

Emerson was born in Brisbane on 29 March 1963, to Joy and Roy Emerson.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19640718&id=Z5otAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iZ4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4937,3190189&hl=en|title=Tickets For Three: Love Match|last=Shaw|first=Jean|date=18 July 1964|work=The Montreal Gazette|accessdate=18 February 2016}} He and his father, who was the first man to win 12 Grand Slam singles titles, won the US Hard Court Father and Son tournament in 1978. During his junior career he also had a win over Mats Wilander.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19810102&id=TeYgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1G0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5107,120652&hl=en|title=Young Emerson Pulls Upset in Rolex Play|date=2 January 1981|work=The Hour|page=25|accessdate=18 February 2016}}

Growing up in Newport Beach, Emerson attended Corona del Mar High School, at the same time as family friend Lars Ulrich.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-20-ca-10839-story.html|title=Drumming Into Metallica|last=Boehm|first=Mike|date=20 December 1996|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=18 February 2016}}

He was a member of the varsity tennis team at the University of Southern California before turning professional and earned All-American selection in 1984.{{cite web|url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-tennis/archive/usc-m-tennis-allamers.html|title=Men's Tennis All-Americans (begun in 1957)|publisher=University of Southern California Official Athletic Site|accessdate=18 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301231029/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-tennis/archive/usc-m-tennis-allamers.html|archive-date=1 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

=Professional career=

Coached by his father, Emerson competed on the professional tour in the 1980s. He made most of his appearances as a doubles player and won a Challenger title with Mark Woodforde in Dortmund in 1985.

On two occasions he made the men's doubles quarter-finals at the Australian Open, in 1985 and 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/players/7495.html|title=Results Archive - Antony Emerson|publisher=Australian Open Tennis Championships Official Site|accessdate=18 February 2016}} He partnered Des Tyson in both. His other Grand Slam appearances were at the 1986 French Open with Harald Rittersbacher and 1988 Australian Open with Ramesh Krishnan.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/101790924/|title=Sport|date=29 May 1986|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|page=30|accessdate=18 February 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/141130784/|title=Australian Open (In Melbourne, Australia)|date=17 January 1988|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|page=82|accessdate=18 February 2016}}

=Later life=

Emerson worked as a tennis professional in Miami for many years. Every year since 1983 he also helped run the Roy Emerson Tennis Weeks, a popular six week tennis camp held in the Swiss town of Gstaad.{{cite web|url=http://www.vavel.com/en-us/tennis-usa/596826-the-tennis-world-mourns-as-former-greats-son-passes.html|title=The Tennis World Mourns As Roy Emerson's Son Passes|date=27 January 2016|publisher=Vavel.com|accessdate=18 February 2016}}

Diagnosed with brain and liver cancer in 2015, Emerson's condition worsened rapidly and his father skipped the 2016 Australian Open where he was due to be honoured.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/australian-tennis-mourns-as-antony-emerson-son-of-tennis-great-roy-emerson-dies-aged-52/news-story/1e1b41e442e13ed25132afe38dafbf19|title=Australian tennis mourns as Antony Emerson, son of tennis great Roy Emerson, dies aged 52|last=Schlink|first=Leo|date=26 January 2016|work=Herald Sun|accessdate=18 February 2016}}

On 23 January 2016, Emerson died at the age of 52.