Mervin Andrew Heller, Jr. (June 10, 1947 - August 21, 2012) was a president of the United States Tennis Association and completed his tenure in 2002.
He began with the USTA in 1974 as President of the Lehigh Valley District Tennis Association.
In 1999, the Reading Eagle-Times newspaper recognized him as one of the 50 most influential sports figures over the past 50 years in Berks County, Pennsylvania Heller graduated from East Stroudsburg State University (ESU).
He played on the school's tennis team and went undefeated in conferences matches for his entire four years.
[2] In 2014, the Berks County Tennis Association named the Merv Heller Memorial Scholarship in Merv's honor, awarding a $1,000 scholarship to one male and one female high school senior that has shown outstanding qualities on the court, in the classroom and in the community.