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

Paul Rosner
Country (sports)South Africa South Africa
ResidenceBirmingham,
United States
Born (1972-12-11) 11 December 1972 (age 51)
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

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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 Nicolás 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 Club head tennis director.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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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

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Doubles: (11)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
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
  Óscar 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 Fukárek   Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Dušan Vemić
7–6(9–7), 6–4

References

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