Mervyn Rose was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player. He was born in Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour, New South Wales

-History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...

, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 and turned professional in 1959. He is renowned for coaching the likes of Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Brett Prentice, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Eleni Daniilidou, Nadia Petrova, Magdalena Grzybowska, and Caroline Schnieder.

Mervyn Rose (Rosie) can still be seen at most Grand Slam tournaments assisting up and coming tennis players. He was in the world's Top 10 throughout his tennis career and represented Australia in the Davis Cup from 1951 to 1957.

Rose was awarded the Australian Sports Medal

Australian Sports Medal

The Australian Sports Medal was an award given during 2000 to recognise achievements in Australian sport.Recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, office holders, and people who maintained sporting facilities and services. Over 18,000 Medals were...

 in 2000, inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame

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http://www.tennisfame.com/ in 2001, the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame

Australian Tennis Hall of Fame

The Australian Tennis Hall of Fame was established in 1993 and induction takes place on Rod Laver Arena on Australia Day each year during the Australian Open. Induction is recognised by a bronze bust which is later displayed in Garden Square at Melbourne Park.Australian Tennis Hall of Fame...

 in 2002, and was presented with the Order of Australia Medal http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/order_of_australia.cfm (AM) in 2006.

Grand Slam record

• Australian Championships
  Australian Open
  The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
  
  
  • Singles champion: 1954
  • Singles finalist: 1953
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1954
  • Men's Doubles runner-up: 1952, 1953, 1956

• French Championships
  • Singles champion: 1958
  • Men's Doubles runner-up: 1953, 1957
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1951, 1953

• Wimbledon
  The Championships, Wimbledon
  The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
  
  
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1954
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1957
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1951

• U.S. Championships
  U.S. Open (tennis)
  The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
  
  
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1952, 1953
  • Men's Doubles runner-up: 1951
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1951

Other tournament records

• Italian Championships
  Rome Masters
  The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...
  
  
  • Singles champion: 1958
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1953, 1955

• German Championships
  • Singles champion: 1957
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1957
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1957

• Canadian Championships
  • Singles champion: 1953
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1953

External links

• International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Wimbledon Website. All England Lawn Tennis Club.
• Australian Open. Tennis Australia.