John Van Nostrand (July 17, 1961 – April 15, 1984) was a professional

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player from the

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. His sister Molly Van Nostrand also played tennis professionally.

Career

Van Nostrand was a dual

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All-American for

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, in 1982 and 1983.ATP World Tour Profile
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during his career, the

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, in the men's doubles, but never got to play a point, as he and partner

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defaulted the match. The American was a quarter-finalist at the 1983

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, held in

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. He beat world number 46

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in the opening round and Mike Leach in the second round. In the first tournament of the 1984 Grand Prix season, at

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, Van Nostrand and partner

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were doubles champions. The pair upset top seeds

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and

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in the quarter-finals. Three months later, Van Nostrand was killed in a car accident, along with fellow player Joe Heldman. They had been traveling from

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to the

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tournament. On a mountainous road near

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, their car went off a curve and fell 660 feet down the mountain.''

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"Crash Kills Van Nostrand"
April 17, 1984

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

References

External links

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