Head to head
Rivalry summary
Roy Emerson and Ron Holmberg met 8 times on the ATP tour between 1968 and 1971. Roy Emerson leads the head-to-head 7–1 against Ron Holmberg. By surface, Emerson leads 2–0 on hard; Emerson leads 2–0 on grass; Emerson leads 2–1 on carpet.
2
Hard
0
1
Clay
0
2
Grass
0
2
Carpet
1
Roy Emerson's wins on the left · Ron Holmberg's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 1971 | Fort Worth WCT | Hard | R16 | Roy Emerson | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1970 | Las Vegas | Hard | R16 | Roy Emerson | 8-6 4-6 6-3 |
| 1970 | Dallas | Carpet | R16 | Roy Emerson | 4-6 6-4 6-3 |
| 1969 | Portschach | Clay | RR | Roy Emerson | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1969 | Japanese Championships | Carpet | RR | Roy Emerson | 4-6 6-1 6-5 |
| 1969 | Anaheim | Carpet | QF | Ron Holmberg | 25-19 25-23 |
| 1968 | Wimbledon | Grass | R128 | Roy Emerson | 6-2 6-2 6-4 |
| 1968 | Queen's Club | Grass | R32 | Roy Emerson | 6-3 11-9 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.