Menno Oosting

Menno Oosting

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1964-05-17)17 May 1964 Son en Breugel, Netherlands
Died	22 February 1999(1999-02-22) (aged 34) Turnhout, Belgium
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 and reached 11 finals in his career.

Born in Son en Breugel, North Brabant, Oosting reached a career-high ranking of 72nd in the men's singles in 1988, and 20th 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]

Doubles finals: 18 (7–11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1991	Athens, Greece	Clay	Olli Rahnasto	Jacco Eltingh Mark Koevermans	7–5, 6–7, 5–7
Winner	1.	1992	Munich, Germany	Clay	David Adams	Carl Limberger Tomáš Anzari	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	1993	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Udo Riglewski	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	3–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	1993	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Libor Pimek	George Cosac Ciprian Petre Porumb	7–6, 7–6
Winner	3.	1994	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	David Adams	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	1994	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Richard Krajicek	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	W/O
Winner	4.	1994	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Rikard Bergh	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1994	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	1994	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Daniel Vacek	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	6.	1996	Zagreb, Croatia	Carpet	Libor Pimek	Martin Damm Hendrik Jan Davids	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	5.	1996	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	1996	Sankt Pölten, Austria	Clay	David Adams	Ctislav Doseděl Pavel Vízner	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	1996	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	David Adams	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	1996	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	David Adams	David Ekerot Jeff Tarango	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	9.	1996	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	David Adams	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	1996	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Pavel Vízner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–7, 4–6
Winner	7.	1998	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Tom Kempers	Jan Siemerink Brett Steven	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	11.	1999	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Andrei Pavel	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	6–3, 3–6, 5–7

References

Sources

• ATP Profile
• Davis Cup Profile