Rose, Mervyn

Mervyn Rose
Born: January 23, 1930
Hometown: Coffs Harbour, Australia
Citizenship: Australia
Inducted: 2001

Grand Slam Record
Australian National Championships     Singles winner     1954
Singles finalist     1953
Doubles winner     1954
Doubles finalist     1952,1953,1956

French National Championships     Singles winner     1958
Singles finalist     1981, 1985

US National Championships     Singles semifinalist     1952
Doubles winner     1952,1953

Wimbledon     Singles semifinalist     1952,1953,1958
Doubles winner     1954
Mixed Doubles winner     1957

Tournament Record
Italian National Championships     Singles winner     1958
Davis Cup     Team Member     1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1957
Winning team     1950, 1951, 1952, 1953,1957

Mervyn Rose was born in New South Wales, Australia in 1930. He was an integral member of Australia’s 1951, 1952, and 1957 Davis Cup team victories. In his home country, he captured the 1954 Australian singles championship. In 1958 Rose won the French and Italian singles titles. He also won four career doubles titles in Grand Slam events, including the 1952 US doubles championship. That year, Rose and American partner Vic Seixas (Class of 1971), stopped fellow Australian Hall of Fame Enshrinees Ken McGregor (Class of 1999) and Frank Sedgman’s (Class of 1979) bid for a second consecutive doubles Grand Slam. In the 1950′s Rose was ranked five times in the world’s Top Ten (1953, ’54, ’55, ’57, ’58). After retiring from competitive play, Rose turned to coaching. He has worked with the Italian Davis Cup Team and traveling teams from Australia, New Zealand and England. He has coached Margaret Court, Kerry Harris, Richard Fromberg, Ian Fletcher, Magdelina Grzybowska, Billie Jean King, and most recently, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario.

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