diff --git a/packages/visx-xychart/src/hooks/useEventEmitter.ts b/packages/visx-xychart/src/hooks/useEventEmitter.ts
index b3f991db9..7af1c1883 100644
--- a/packages/visx-xychart/src/hooks/useEventEmitter.ts
+++ b/packages/visx-xychart/src/hooks/useEventEmitter.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ export default function useEventEmitter(
     if (emitter && eventType && handler) {
       // register handler, with source filtering as needed
       const handlerWithSourceFilter: Handler = (params?: HandlerParams) => {
-        if (!params?.source || !sourcesRef.current || sourcesRef.current?.includes(params.source)) {
+        if (
+          !sourcesRef.current ||
+          (params?.source && sourcesRef.current?.includes(params.source))
+        ) {
           handler(params);
         }
       };
diff --git a/packages/visx-xychart/test/hooks/useEventEmitter.test.tsx b/packages/visx-xychart/test/hooks/useEventEmitter.test.tsx
index 5eb563ca7..9efd11410 100644
--- a/packages/visx-xychart/test/hooks/useEventEmitter.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/visx-xychart/test/hooks/useEventEmitter.test.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import { mount } from 'enzyme';
 import useEventEmitter from '../../src/hooks/useEventEmitter';
 import { EventEmitterProvider } from '../../src';
 
+// avoids a lot of coercing of types
+const getEvent = (eventType: string) =>
+  (new MouseEvent(eventType) as unknown) as React.PointerEvent;
+
 describe('useEventEmitter', () => {
   it('should be defined', () => {
     expect(useEventEmitter).toBeDefined();
@@ -12,8 +16,8 @@ describe('useEventEmitter', () => {
     expect.assertions(1);
 
     const Component = () => {
-      const registry = useEventEmitter();
-      expect(registry).toEqual(expect.any(Function));
+      const emitter = useEventEmitter();
+      expect(emitter).toEqual(expect.any(Function));
       return null;
     };
 
@@ -33,9 +37,41 @@ describe('useEventEmitter', () => {
 
       useEffect(() => {
         if (emit) {
-          // @ts-ignore not a React.MouseEvent
-          emit('pointermove', new MouseEvent('pointermove'));
+          emit('pointermove', getEvent('pointermove'));
+          expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        }
+      });
+
+      return null;
+    };
+
+    mount(
+      <EventEmitterProvider>
+        <Component />
+      </EventEmitterProvider>,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should filter invalid sources if specified', () => {
+    expect.assertions(4);
+
+    const Component = () => {
+      const eventType = 'pointermove';
+      const sourceId = 'sourceId';
+      const listener = jest.fn();
+      const filteredListener = jest.fn();
+      const emit = useEventEmitter();
+      useEventEmitter('pointermove', listener);
+      useEventEmitter('pointermove', filteredListener, [sourceId]);
+
+      useEffect(() => {
+        if (emit) {
+          emit(eventType, getEvent(eventType));
           expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(filteredListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+          emit(eventType, getEvent(eventType), sourceId);
+          expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+          expect(filteredListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         }
       });
 
diff --git a/packages/visx-xychart/test/hooks/usePointerEventEmitters.test.tsx b/packages/visx-xychart/test/hooks/usePointerEventEmitters.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5c162489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/visx-xychart/test/hooks/usePointerEventEmitters.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { mount } from 'enzyme';
+import { EventEmitterProvider, useEventEmitter } from '../../src';
+import usePointerEventEmitters from '../../src/hooks/usePointerEventEmitters';
+
+describe('usePointerEventEmitters', () => {
+  it('should be defined', () => {
+    expect(usePointerEventEmitters).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should provide an emitter for each callback specified', () => {
+    expect.assertions(1);
+
+    const Component = () => {
+      const emitters = usePointerEventEmitters({ source: 'visx', onPointerOut: false });
+      expect(emitters).toEqual({
+        onPointerMove: expect.any(Function),
+        onPointerOut: undefined,
+        onPointerUp: expect.any(Function),
+      });
+      return null;
+    };
+
+    mount(
+      <EventEmitterProvider>
+        <Component />
+      </EventEmitterProvider>,
+    );
+  });
+  it('emitters should emit events', () => {
+    expect.assertions(1);
+
+    const Component = () => {
+      const source = 'sourceId';
+      const listener = jest.fn();
+      useEventEmitter('pointerup', listener, [source]);
+      const emitters = usePointerEventEmitters({ source });
+
+      useEffect(() => {
+        if (emitters.onPointerUp) {
+          emitters.onPointerUp((new MouseEvent('pointerup') as unknown) as React.PointerEvent);
+          expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        }
+      });
+
+      return null;
+    };
+
+    mount(
+      <EventEmitterProvider>
+        <Component />
+      </EventEmitterProvider>,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/visx-xychart/test/hooks/usePointerEventHandlers.test.tsx b/packages/visx-xychart/test/hooks/usePointerEventHandlers.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b33b4a529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/visx-xychart/test/hooks/usePointerEventHandlers.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { mount } from 'enzyme';
+import { EventEmitterProvider, useEventEmitter, DataContext } from '../../src';
+import usePointerEventHandlers, {
+  POINTER_EVENTS_ALL,
+} from '../../src/hooks/usePointerEventHandlers';
+import getDataContext from '../mocks/getDataContext';
+
+const series1 = { key: 'series1', data: [{}], xAccessor: () => 4, yAccessor: () => 7 };
+const series2 = { key: 'series2', data: [{}], xAccessor: () => 4, yAccessor: () => 7 };
+// avoids a lot of coercing of types
+const getEvent = (eventType: string) =>
+  (new MouseEvent(eventType) as unknown) as React.PointerEvent;
+
+describe('usePointerEventHandlers', () => {
+  function setup(children: React.ReactNode) {
+    return mount(
+      <DataContext.Provider value={getDataContext([series1, series2])}>
+        <EventEmitterProvider>{children}</EventEmitterProvider>
+      </DataContext.Provider>,
+    );
+  }
+
+  it('should be defined', () => {
+    expect(usePointerEventHandlers).toBeDefined();
+  });
+  it('should invoke handlers for each pointer event handler specified', () => {
+    expect.assertions(3);
+
+    const Component = () => {
+      const sourceId = 'sourceId';
+      const pointerMoveListener = jest.fn();
+      const pointerOutListener = jest.fn();
+      const pointerUpListener = jest.fn();
+      const emit = useEventEmitter();
+
+      usePointerEventHandlers({
+        sources: [sourceId],
+        dataKey: series1.key,
+        onPointerMove: pointerMoveListener,
+        onPointerOut: pointerOutListener,
+        onPointerUp: pointerUpListener,
+      });
+
+      useEffect(() => {
+        if (emit) {
+          emit('pointermove', getEvent('pointermove'), sourceId);
+          emit('pointermove', getEvent('pointermove'), 'invalidSource');
+          expect(pointerMoveListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+          emit('pointerout', getEvent('pointerout'), sourceId);
+          emit('pointerout', getEvent('pointerout'), 'invalidSource');
+          expect(pointerOutListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+          emit('pointerup', getEvent('pointerup'), sourceId);
+          emit('pointerup', getEvent('pointerup'), 'invalidSource');
+          expect(pointerUpListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        }
+      });
+
+      return null;
+    };
+
+    setup(<Component />);
+  });
+
+  it('should invoke handlers once for each dataKey specified', () => {
+    expect.assertions(4);
+
+    const Component = () => {
+      const sourceId = 'sourceId';
+      const pointerMoveListenerAll = jest.fn();
+      const pointerMoveListenerMultipleKeys = jest.fn();
+      const emit = useEventEmitter();
+
+      usePointerEventHandlers({
+        sources: [sourceId],
+        dataKey: POINTER_EVENTS_ALL,
+        onPointerMove: pointerMoveListenerAll,
+      });
+      usePointerEventHandlers({
+        sources: [sourceId],
+        dataKey: [series1.key, series2.key],
+        onPointerMove: pointerMoveListenerMultipleKeys,
+      });
+
+      useEffect(() => {
+        if (emit) {
+          emit('pointermove', getEvent('pointermove'), sourceId);
+          expect(pointerMoveListenerAll).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+          expect(pointerMoveListenerMultipleKeys).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+          emit('pointermove', getEvent('pointermove'), 'invalidSource');
+          expect(pointerMoveListenerAll).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+          expect(pointerMoveListenerMultipleKeys).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        }
+      });
+
+      return null;
+    };
+
+    setup(<Component />);
+  });
+});