Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 50 | |
| 1950 | 58 | |
| 1951 | 65 | |
| 1952 | 73 | |
| 1953 | 80 | |
| 1954 | 88 | |
| 1955 | 95 | |
| 1956 | 81 | |
| 1957 | 68 | |
| 1958 | 54 | |
| 1959 | 40 |
Data sources
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- ATP and Grand Slam records
- Wimbledon official archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mervyn Rose ranks #52 in Tennis
Mervyn Rose ranks 52nd among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1393rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 88, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Tennis reference universe of 250 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1949–1959 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1955, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam singles titles 2, grand slam doubles titles 5, davis cup titles 3, seasons played 11.
Immediately ahead sits Fred Alexander on 85.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Robert Wrenn on 85.2. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Mervyn Rose GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rose stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1955. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Rose comparisons
Mervyn Rose — frequently asked
- Is Mervyn Rose the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mervyn Rose ranks 52nd in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 85.3, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Mervyn Rose's GOAT Score?
- 85.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mervyn Rose rank all time?
- 1393rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 52nd within Tennis.
- Mervyn Rose vs Fred Alexander: who ranks higher?
- Mervyn Rose, on 85.3 against Fred Alexander's 85.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.