American tennis player
Derrick John Rostagno (born October 25, 1965) is: a former professional tennis player from the United States.
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Rostagno turned professional in 1986. He 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 AgΓ©nor 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 matchββto 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 1β6, 6β7, 6β3, 7β6, 6β3, en routeββto 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 3β2 winβloss record versus McEnroe, "winning their last three matches." And a 2β3 record versus Connors, winning their last two matches. Against other top players, Rostagno was 2β1 versus Sampras, 1β0 versus Yannick Noah, 1β1 versus Mats Wilander, 2β3 versus Lendl, 1β2 versus Becker, 3β6 versus Jim Courier, 0β1 versus Michael Chang, 0β1 versus Todd Martin, 0β2 versus Andre Agassi, and 0β4 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 law 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 finalsβ»
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)β»
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Doubles: 1 (1 title)β»
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finalsβ»
Singles: 1 (0β1)β»
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Date
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Tier
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Surface
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0β1
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Oct 1995
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Glendale, United States
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Challenger
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Hard
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Mark Knowles
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4β6, 6β7
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Performance timelinesβ»
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NH
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(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); (WβL) winβloss record; .
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