Menno Oosting
Country (sports) | Netherlands |
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Born | Son en Breugel, Netherlands | 17 May 1964
Died | 22 February 1999 Turnhout, Belgium | (aged 34)
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 1983 |
Plays | Left-handed |
Prize money | $1,041,725 |
Singles | |
Career record | 26–36 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 72 (4 July 1988) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1988) |
French Open | 1R (1986, 1988) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1988) |
US Open | 2R (1988) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 239–257 |
Career titles | 7 |
Highest ranking | No. 20 (13 February 1995) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1991) |
French Open | 3R (1997) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1995) |
US Open | 3R (1996) |
Menno Oosting (17 May 1964 – 22 February 1999) was a professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who won seven ATP Tour doubles titles out of 18 finals in his career.
Born in Son en Breugel, North Brabant, Oosting reached a career-high ranking of 72 in the men's singles in 1988, and 20 in doubles in 1995. Oosting won the mixed-doubles title on Roland Garros in 1994, partnering Kristie Boogert. Oosting played in four Davis Cup ties for the Netherlands during the 1980s, posting a 5–3 record in singles and a 2–1 record in doubles. He died of injuries sustained in a car accident in Turnhout, Belgium.[1]
Career finals[]
Doubles: 18 (7 wins – 11 losses)[]
Legend (Doubles) |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) |
ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–10) |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 1991 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Olli Rahnasto | Jacco Eltingh Mark Koevermans |
7–5, 6–7, 5–7 |
Win | 1. | 1992 | Munich, Germany | Clay | David Adams | Carl Limberger Tomáš Anzari |
3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 2. | 1993 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Udo Riglewski | David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy |
3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2. | 1993 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Libor Pimek | George Cosac Ciprian Petre Porumb |
7–6, 7–6 |
Win | 3. | 1994 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | David Adams | Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 3. | 1994 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Richard Krajicek | Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan |
W/O |
Win | 4. | 1994 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Rikard Bergh | Jean-Philippe Fleurian Jakob Hlasek |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 4. | 1994 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Daniel Vacek | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez |
6–7, 4–6 |
Win | 5. | 1994 | Toulouse, France | Hard (i) | Daniel Vacek | Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer |
7–6, 6–7, 6–3 |
Win | 6. | 1996 | Zagreb, Croatia | Carpet | Libor Pimek | Martin Damm Hendrik Jan Davids |
6–3, 7–6 |
Loss | 5. | 1996 | Antwerp, Belgium | Carpet | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 6. | 1996 | Sankt Pölten, Austria | Clay | David Adams | Ctislav Doseděl Pavel Vízner |
7–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 7. | 1996 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | David Adams | Libor Pimek Byron Talbot |
6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 8. | 1996 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | David Adams | David Ekerot Jeff Tarango |
6–7, 6–7 |
Loss | 9. | 1996 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | David Adams | Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 10. | 1996 | Vienna, Austria | Carpet | Pavel Vízner | Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek |
6–7, 4–6 |
Win | 7. | 1998 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Carpet | Tom Kempers | Jan Siemerink Brett Steven |
6–4, 7–6 |
Loss | 11. | 1999 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet | Andrei Pavel | Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek |
6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
References[]
- ^ "Menno Oosting". Sunday Herald. 20 March 1999. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
External links[]
- Menno Oosting at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Menno Oosting at the International Tennis Federation
- Menno Oosting at the Davis Cup
Categories:
- 1964 births
- 1999 deaths
- Dutch male tennis players
- French Open champions
- People from Son en Breugel
- Road incident deaths in Belgium
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- Dutch tennis biography stubs