Martin Wostenholme is a former touring professional tennis

Tennis

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 and Canadian

Canada

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 Davis Cup

Davis Cup

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 player.

A right-handed predominantly base-line

Tennis terminology

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 player, Wostenholme was from 1981 to 1984 a four-time All-Ivy League

Ivy League

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r in singles at Yale University

Yale University

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. He had a career ATP singles high ranking of World No. 84, which he attained in November 1985. His career ATP tour win-lost record stands at 49 and 84.

Wostenholme, who resided in Oakville

Oakville, Ontario

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, had his best results on clay; a semi-finals appearance at the Guaruja, Brazil Grand Prix

Grand Prix motor racing

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 event in 1988 and 1991; a quarter-finals showing in the Stuttgart Outdoor Grand Prix event in 1989; and a semi-finalist in the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix event in 1990. Wostenholme was the first Canadian to win a match at each of the four Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

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 events, reaching the second rounds of the 1985 U.S. Open

U.S. Open (tennis)

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, the 1986 French Open and Wimbledon Championships, and the 1990 Australian Open

Australian Open

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In Davis Cup, Wostenholme had a career singles win-lose record of 12 and 8. He was a member of Canada's first ever squad to play the World Group, in 1991/92.

Wostenholme was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Canadian Tennis in 2003.

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