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1954 Wimbledon Doubles Championship Trophy Presented to Mervyn Rose
Mervyn Rose was a male Australian tennis player who was ranked as a top-ten player in the world for much of his career. Rose won seven Grand Slam titles. The left-hander had, according to all-time tennis great Fred Perry, "The most rhythmic game in tennis." Rose was rebellious and unorthodox, and he often was at odds with Austrailian tennis authorities. He is in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. When Rose played doubles in the '54 Wimbledon matches, his doubles partner was Rex Hartwig. They faced an American team of Vic Seixas and Tony Trabert in the Wimbledon Doubles Finals and Rose and Hartwig won 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, and 6-4. After his career, Rose coached WTA stars such as Billie Jean King and Margaret Court. The silver-plated trophy is engraved "All England Lawn Tennis Club/ Wimbledon/ Gentlemens Doubles Championship/ 1954". The trophy comes with a matching wooden base. Inside the trophy itself, near its bottom, is the name of the manufacturer: "Birch and Gaydon - London." The base is 5.12 inches in diameter. The bowl's diameter, not including the handles, is 5". The base exhibits small areas where the paint has come off. Otherwise, the base is in very good condition. The trophy weighs 528 grams and the base weighs 269 grams, and together the trophy and base weigh 797 grams. The trophy is in excellent condition.
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