| Intro | Professional tennis player from South Africa |
| Is |
Athlete Tennis player |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 11 December 1972, Johannesburg |
| Age: | 47 years |
| Residence | Birmingham |
Paul Rosner (born 11 December 1972) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.
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.
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.
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.
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)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 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 Rio 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 |