Derrick Rostagno

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Derrick Rostagno
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Pacific Palisades, California. United States
Born (1965-10-25) October 25, 1965 (age 59)
Hollywood, California, United States
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro1986
Retired1997
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,621,535
Singles
Career record191–183
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 13 (11 November 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 4R (1987)
French Open 3R (1993)
Wimbledon 4R (1991)
US Open QF (1988)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (1984)
Doubles
Career record34–53
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 142 (2 October 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1991)
French Open 1R (1989, 1990, 1991)
Wimbledon Q1 (1984)
US Open 1R (1989)
Last updated on: 1 June 2022.

Derrick John Rostagno [1] (born October 25, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player.

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Career

Rostagno's grandfather, Juan Rostagno, was a shooter for Argentina at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics. [2]

Initially attending Stanford University, Rostagno was on the American tennis team at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in his freshman year. He had been injured in a bicycle accident earlier that year that nearly prevented him from trying out for the Olympics. Rostagno dropped out in his sophomore year to focus on his tennis career; by late 1986, he was ranked No. 66. [2]

After winning a tournament in Mexico in March 1986, Rostagno purchased a ticket home that included Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 as a continuing flight. He chose not to take Flight 940 to play an event in Mexico City; the flight would subsequently crash into a mountain in the Sierra Madre Occidental range, killing all 167 occupants on board. [2]

Rostagno won one top-level singles title (at New Haven in 1990) and one tour doubles title (at Tampa in 1993).

Rostagno's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1988 US Open, where he reached the quarterfinals by beating Yahiya Doumbia, Martin Davis, Tim Mayotte and Ronald Agénor before being defeated by Ivan Lendl. At several other Grand Slam events, he defeated or almost defeated several tennis hall of famers. At Wimbledon in 1988, Rostagno lost a five-set third round match to Jimmy Connors, who at the time was ranked World No. 5. At the 1989 US Open, Rostagno had two straight match points in his second round encounter with Boris Becker, who won the second of those on a lucky net cord passing shot and eventually the match 1–6, 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3, en route to his lone US Open title. At Wimbledon in 1990, Rostagno defeated John McEnroe in straight sets in the first round. At Wimbledon in 1991, Rostagno defeated ninth ranked Pete Sampras in four sets in the second round and Connors in straight sets in the third round.

Rostagno finished his career with a 3–2 win–loss record versus McEnroe, winning their last three matches, and a 2–3 record versus Connors, winning their last two matches. Against other top players, Rostagno was 2–1 versus Sampras, 1–0 versus Yannick Noah, 1–1 versus Mats Wilander, 2–3 versus Lendl, 1–2 versus Becker, 3–6 versus Jim Courier, 0–1 versus Michael Chang, 0–1 versus Todd Martin, 0–2 versus Andre Agassi, and 0–4 versus Stefan Edberg.

Rostagno's career-high singles ranking was World No. 13, which he reached in 1991. His career prize-money earnings totaled US$1,621,535. He retired from the professional tour in 1996.

After retiring from the tour, Rostagno completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, obtained his MBA from UCLA and his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University. He is now a practicing lawyer in Los Angeles, California, actively engaged in civil litigation in the firm that bears his name.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour Championship Series (1–1)
ATP World Tour World Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Aug 1990 New Haven, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge 6–3, 6–3
Loss1–1 Apr 1991 Orlando, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi 2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss1–2 Oct 1991 Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg 3–6, 6–1, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour World Series (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0May 1993 Tampa, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of the United States.svg Todd Martin Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Jared Palmer
6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 1995 Glendale, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles 4–6, 6–7

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA 4R 2R AA 1R 2R AAA 1R 0 / 55–550%
French Open AAAA 1R A 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R A 1R A0 / 74–736%
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 Q1 A 2R 3R 2R 3R 4R 3R 3R A 3R 2R 0 / 916–964%
US Open AA 1R 1R 1R QF 2R 2R 4R 1R 1R A 2R A0 / 1010–1050%
Win–loss0–00–00–10–14–47–33–33–36–44–44–30–03–31–20 / 3135–3153%
Year-end Championships
Summer Olympics NH 1R Not HeldANot HeldANot HeldA0 / 10–10%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAAAA 2R 1R A 3R 3R 1R A Q1 A0 / 55–550%
Miami AAAA QF A 1R 1R QF 3R 1R A 2R 1R 0 / 89–853%
Rome AAAA 1R AAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Canada AAAA 2R 3R A 3R QF 2R 1R AAA0 / 68–657%
Cincinnati AAA 1R 3R A 1R A QF 2R 1R AAA0 / 66–650%
Paris AAA 1R A 2R AA 3R 3R AAAA0 / 44–450%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–27–43–30–32–212–57–50–40–01–10–10 / 3032–3052%

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References

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