Carl-Uwe Steeb
Country (sports) | Germany |
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Residence | Reith bei Kitzbühel, Austria |
Born | Aalen, West Germany | 1 September 1967
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 1986 |
Retired | 1996 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 2,320,082 |
Singles | |
Career record | 212–212 |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 14 (15 January 1990) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1988) |
French Open | 4R (1992) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1989) |
US Open | 4R (1991) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | QF (1988) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 72–79 |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 41 (15 May 1989) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1988, 1989, 1993) |
Carl-Uwe Steeb (born 1 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Steeb turned professional in 1986. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in
US Open
in 1991, and the French Open in 1992.
Steeb was a member of three German Davis Cup champion teams – in 1988, 1989 and 1993 (he played in the final in '88 and '89, and in the earlier rounds in '93).
Over the course of his career, Steeb won three top-level singles titles and three tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 14 in singles (in 1990), and World No. 41 in doubles (in 1989). His career prize money totalled
$
2,320,082. Steeb retired from the professional tour in 1996.
Career finals
Singles (3 wins, 5 losses)
Legend |
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Grand Slam |
Tennis Masters Cup |
ATP Masters Series |
ATP Championship Series |
ATP Tour |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 1989 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Magnus Gustafsson | 6–7(6–8), 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet (i) | Aaron Krickstein | 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jan 1990 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Yannick Noah | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Feb 1990 | Brussels, Belgium | Carpet (i) | Boris Becker | 5–7, 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Jun 1991 | Genoa, Italy | Clay | Jordi Arrese | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–4 | Nov 1992 | Moscow, CIS | Carpet (i) | Marc Rosset | 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | Jan 1993 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | Michael Chang | 6–2, 2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 3–5 | Nov 1995 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Daniel Vacek | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(8–6) |
Doubles (3 wins, 2 losses)
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 1988 | Brisbane, Australia | Hard (i) | Eric Jelen | Grant Connell Glenn Michibata |
6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 2–0 | Aug 1991 | Long Island, U.S. | Hard | Eric Jelen | Doug Flach Diego Nargiso |
0–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
Win | 3–0 | Nov 1991 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Eric Jelen | Alexander Volkov
|
6–4, 7–6 |
Loss | 3–1 | May 1992 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Michael Stich | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez |
7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–2 | May 1993 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Karel Nováček | Martin Damm Henrik Holm |
0–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
External links
- Carl-Uwe Steeb at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Carl-Uwe Steeb at the International Tennis Federation
- Carl-Uwe Steeb at the Davis Cup