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. Four years later, in 1958, he became the French singles champion after a straight-sets victory in the final against
Luis Ayala. and 1958. Rose became a professional in 1959 and played in tournaments with Kramer's group of contract players. He was officially ranked No. 9 in Kramer's point ranking system for 1959. 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
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the
2006 Australia Day Honours 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. Rose died on 23 July 2017 at the age of 87. ==Grand Slam finals==