{{Short description|American tennis player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Paul Oosterbaan | image = | fullname = Paul C. Oosterbaan | country_represented = {{Flagu|United States}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|09|08}} | birth_place = Kalamazoo, Michigan | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 8 in | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $24,747 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 644 (August 12, 2019) | doublesrecord = 0–1 | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 717 (August 19, 2019) | USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2013) }} '''Paul Oosterbaan''' (born September 8, 1995) is an American professional tennis player.
A native of Kalamazoo, Oosterbaan comes from a sporting family. His father, JP Oosterbaan, won an NCAA national championship in basketball for the University of Michigan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shebest |first1=Pam |title=Paul Oosterbaan gives verbal commitment to play tennis at Georgia |url=https://www.mlive.com/sports/kalamazoo/2013/04/paul_oosterbaan_gives_verbal_c.html |work=Kalamazoo Gazette |publisher=mlive.com |date=April 26, 2013 |language=en}}</ref> Two siblings, Lizzie and Teddy, have both played Division I collegiate tennis. He is also a relative of college football player Bennie Oosterbaan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nasr |first1=Paul |title=Teddy Oosterbaan carries family legacy into senior year |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/sports/teddy-oosterbaan-carries-family-legacy-senior-year/ |work=The Michigan Daily |date=October 5, 2020}}</ref>
Oosterbaan partnered with Ronnie Schneider to win the doubles title at the USTA national championships (18s) in 2013, which earned them a wildcard spot to the US Open main draw.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shebest |first1=Pam |title=Kalamazoo's Paul Oosterbaan headed to U.S. Open after winning USTA Boys Nationals doubles title with partner Ronnie Schneider |url=https://www.mlive.com/sports/kalamazoo/2013/08/usta_nationals_oosterbaan_schn_1.html |work=Kalamazoo Gazette |publisher=mlive.com |date=August 11, 2013 |language=en}}</ref> They were beaten in the first round of the US Open by Brian Baker and Rajeev Ram. The following year he began playing collegiate tennis for the University of Georgia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huguley |first1=Collin |title=Redshirt senior Paul Oosterbaan leaves Georgia men's tennis program |url=https://www.redandblack.com/sports/tennis/redshirt-senior-paul-oosterbaan-leaves-georgia-mens-tennis-program/article_442f2d26-1cdd-11e8-b813-af503cacd0f4.html |work=The Red & Black |date=February 28, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
==ITF Futures finals== ===Singles: 1 (0–1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>0–1</small> |{{dts|Jun 2018}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Canada F3, Calgary |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Thai-Son Kwiatkowski |4–6, 3–6 |}
===Doubles: 4 (0–4)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>0–1</small> |{{dts|Jun 2018}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Turkey F21,<br />Antalya |Clay |{{flagicon|TUR}} Can Kaya |{{flagicon|GER}} Peter Heller <br> {{flagicon|MEX}} Luis Patiño |3–6, 3–6 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>0–2</small> |{{dts|Aug 2018}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F23,<br />Boston |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Felix Corwin |{{flagicon|USA}} Martin Redlicki <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Evan Zhu |5–7, 7–6<sup>(13)</sup>, [1–10] |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>0–3</small> |{{dts|Sep 2018}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F24,<br />Claremont |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Samuel Shropshire |{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Kelly <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Korey Lovett |6–7<sup>(3)</sup>, 4–6 |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |<small>0–4</small> |{{dts|Jun 2019}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15,<br />Cancún |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Alexios Halebian |{{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Romios <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Brandon Walkin |2–6, 6–2, [8–10] |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP|o564}} * {{ITF profile|paul-c-oosterbaan/800336523/usa}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oosterbaan, Paul}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:American male tennis players Category:Georgia Bulldogs men's tennis players Category:Tennis players from Michigan Category:Sportspeople from Kalamazoo, Michigan Category:21st-century American sportsmen