Country (sports) United States Prize money $156,098 Career titles 0 Role Tennis player Handed Right-handed | Plays Right-handed Career record 24-49 Name John Ross Height 1.85 m | |
Born February 29, 1964 (age 60)
San Diego, California ( 1964-02-29 ) Highest ranking No. 92 (January 4, 1988) Residence Gainesville, Florida, United States | ||
John Ross (born February 29, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Career
Ross was a runner up in the boy's doubles at the 1982 Wimbledon Championships, where he and partner Rick Leach lost in the final to Pat Cash and John Frawley. He also competed in the boy's singles, reaching the quarter-finals.
He played collegiate tennis at Southern Methodist University and was an All-American in 1984, 1985 and 1986.
His best performance on the Grand Prix tour came in 1987, when he was the singles runner-up, to Peter Lundgren, at Rye Brook. En route he defeated top 100 players Jaime Yzaga and Thomas Muster. Later that year he had a win over world number 19 Slobodan Zivojinovic in Hong Kong. In 1988 he got within two points of upsetting Stefan Edberg at Forest Hills.
Ross made the second round of the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open in 1988. In the second round of the US Open he took 12th seed Guillermo Perez-Roldan to five sets.
He retired from professional tennis in 1991, to study at Harvard University.