10 instances when a player survived a bagel in a Grand Slam final

#5. Mervyn Rose vs Rex Hartwig, 1954 Australian Open final

Rose defeated his doubles partner to win his maiden Grand Slam title but not before being bageled by him in the final

Mervyn Rose and Rex Hartwig were one of Australia’s finest tennis players during the 1950s and both of them had a successful partnership in the doubles circuit with all five of Hartwig’s Men’s doubles titles coming while partnering Rose. However, during the 1954 Australian Open, they had to battle against one another to win their maiden Grand Slam singles title.It was a second Grand Slam singles final for Rose and Hartwig’s first. While Hartwig was having a rather comfortable tournament, not having dropped a set prior to the final, Rose had to go through a gruelling five-set encounter against top seed Ken Rosewall in the semi-finals to book his place in the final.In the final, Rose drew first blood by taking the first set 6-2 but Hartwig rebounded brilliantly by bageling Rose in the second set. However, that second set woke up the beast inside Rose and he won the match by winning the next two sets 6-4, 6-2, thus winning his first Grand Slam singles title.