Paul Rosner

Paul Rosner (born 11 December 1972) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

Paul Rosner
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceBirmingham,
United States
Born (1972-12-11) 11 December 1972
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1996
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$232,555
Doubles
Career record42–68
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 62 (19 October 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002)
French Open1R (1998, 1999, 2002)
Wimbledon3R (1998)
US Open1R (1998, 2002)

Career

From 1991 to 1995, Rosner competed in the United States, playing for University of Alabama at Birmingham in NCAA Men's Tennis Championship. He was an All-American on three occasions.[1]

A doubles specialist, Rosner won 11 men's tournaments on the ATP Challenger Tour. He won one ATP World Tour title, at Bologna, Italy in 1998, with American Brandon Coupe.[2]

Rosner entered into the Men's Doubles draw of 13 Grand Slams but only twice made it past the first round. The first time was in the 1998 Wimbledon Championships, when he and partner David DiLucia reached the second round, by defeating Nicolas Lapentti and Javier Sánchez in four sets. In the 1999 Wimbledon Championships he went further, this time partnering countryman Chris Haggard. The pair made the round of 16, after two straight sets victories, but then fell to Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach.[3]

After he left the tour he became head coach of the tennis program at Birmingham–Southern College.

In 2011, he left Birmingham-Southern to become the Mountain Brook Country Club head tennis director.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 1998 Bologna, Italy Clay Brandon Coupe Giorgio Galimberti
Massimo Valeri		 7–6, 6–3

Challenger titles

Doubles: (11)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1996 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Brandon Coupe Martijn Bok
Dennis van Scheppingen		 6–1, 3–6, 6–0
2. 1997 Fürth, Germany Clay Brandon Coupe Martin Sinner
Joost Winnink		 7–5, 6–3
3. 1997 Braunschweig, Germany Clay Brandon Coupe Nebojsa Djordjevic
Oscar Ortiz		 6–4, 6–3
4. 1998 Budapest, Hungary Clay Chris Haggard Diego del Río
Grant Silcock		 6–4, 6–2
5. 2000 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard Paul Hanley Jonathan Erlich
Aleksandar Kitinov		 6–4, 6–4
6. 2001 Bucharest, Romania Clay Mark Merklein Ionuț Moldovan
Yuri Schukin		 6–4, 6–4
7. 2001 Houston, United States Hard Jeff Coetzee Justin Bower
Shaun Rudman		 7–6(7–2), 6–4
8. 2001 Tyler, United States Hard Stephen Huss Mardy Fish
Jeff Morrison		 6–4, 6–2
9. 2002 Hamburg, Germany Carpet Mark Merklein Wesley Moodie
Shaun Rudman		 6–3, 6–4
10. 2002 Calabasas, United States Hard Glenn Weiner Justin Gimelstob
Paul Goldstein		 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
11. 2002 Córdoba, Spain Hard Ota Fukarek Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Dušan Vemić		 7–6(9–7), 6–4
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References
  1. Profile on Birmingham-Southern Website
  2. ATP World Tour Profile
  3. ITF Tennis Profile
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