What is Mervyn Rose?
[[File:Mervyn Rose.png|thumb|right|200px|Rose in the 1960s]] '''Mervyn Gordon Rose''' [[Order of Australia|AM]] (23 January 1930 &ndash; 23 July 2017) was an Australian male [[tennis]] player who won 7 Grand Slam titles (singles, doubles and mixed doubles). Rose was born in [[Coffs Harbour, New South Wales]] and turned professional in 1959. He was ranked inside the world's Top 10 throughout much of his tennis career and represented Australia in the [[Davis Cup]] from 1951 to 1957. He was ranked World No. 3 in 1958 by Lance Tingay of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. He coached numerous female and male players, including [[Billie Jean King]], [[Margaret Court]], Ernie Ewart, Michael Fancutt, Brett Prentice, [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]], [[Eleni Daniilidou]], [[Nadia Petrova]], [[Magdalena Grzybowska]] and Caroline Schnieder. Rose was awarded the [[Australian Sports Medal]] in 2000, inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 2001 and the [[Australian Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 2002. He was appointed a [[Order of Australia|Member of the Order of Australia]] (AM) in 2006 for service to tennis, particularly as a competitor at national and international levels and as a coach and mentor to both amateur and professional players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1131447&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours|access-date=29 January 2014|archive-date=5 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305063220/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1131447&search_type=quick&showInd=true|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rose died on 23 July 2017 at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/mervyn-rose-star-of-the-golden-era-dies-at-87/news-story/17f14c27a1927625f8ff50a7eda20249|publisher=The Australian|title=Mervyn Rose, star of the golden era, dies at 87|access-date=July 24, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other website