Carl-Uwe Steeb

Carl-Uwe Steeb

Country	Germany
Residence	Reith bei Kitzbühel, Austria
Born	(1967-09-01) September 1, 1967 Aalen, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb; 11.8 st)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	1996
Plays	Left-handed (2-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,320,082
Singles
Career record	212-212
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 14 (January 15, 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 (May 15, 1989)
Last updated on: 4 May 2012.

Carl-Uwe Steeb (born September 1, 1967 in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Steeb turned professional in 1986. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad. His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came in reaching the fourth round at the Australian Open in 1988, the 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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 July 1989	Gstaad	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	6-7, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	1.	22 October 1989	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Aaron Krickstein	2-6, 2-6
Runner-up	2.	14 January 1990	Sydney	Hardcourt	Yannick Noah	7-5, 3-6, 4-6
Runner-up	3.	18 February 1990	Brussels	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	5-7, 2-6, 2-6
Winner	2.	23 June 1991	Genoa	Clay	Jordi Arrese	6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	4.	15 November 1992	Moscow	Carpet(i)	Marc Rosset	2-6, 2-6
Runner-up	5.	17 January 1993	Jakarta	Hardcourt	Michael Chang	6-2, 2-6, 1-6
Winner	3.	12 November 1995	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Daniel Vacek	7-6(7-5), 3-6, 7-6(8-6)

Doubles

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	9 October 1988	Brisbane	Hardcourt (i)	Eric Jelen	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6-4, 6-1
Winner	2.	25 August 1991	Long Island	Hardcourt	Eric Jelen	Doug Flach Diego Nargiso	0-6, 6-4, 7-6
Winner	3.	10 November 1991	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Eric Jelen	Andrei Cherkasov Alexander Volkov	6-4, 7-6
Runner-up	1.	10 May 1992	Hamburg	Clay	Michael Stich	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7-5, 4-6, 3-6
Runner-up	2.	2 May 1993	Munich	Clay	Karel Nováček	Martin Damm Henrik Holm	0-6, 6-3, 5-7

External links

• Carl-Uwe Steeb at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Davis Cup record