Menno Oosting

Menno Oosting
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born(1964-05-17)17 May 1964
Son en Breugel, Netherlands
Died22 February 1999(1999-02-22) (aged 34)
Turnhout, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1983
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$1,041,725
Singles
Career record26–36
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 72 (4 July 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1988)
French Open1R (1986, 1988)
Wimbledon3R (1988)
US Open2R (1988)
Doubles
Career record239–257
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 20 (13 February 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1991)
French Open3R (1997)
Wimbledon3R (1995)
US Open3R (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 crash in Turnhout, Belgium.[1]

  1. ^ "Menno Oosting". Sunday Herald. 20 March 1999. Retrieved 18 April 2013.