Carl-Uwe Steeb
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Reith bei Kitzbühel, Austria |
Born | Aalen, 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) |
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 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
Legend |
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Grand Slam |
Tennis Masters Cup |
ATP Masters Series |
ATP Championship Series |
ATP Tour |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 16 July 1989 | Gstaad | Clay | ![]() |
6–7, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 22 October 1989 | Tokyo | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 January 1990 | Sydney | Hardcourt | ![]() |
7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 18 February 1990 | Brussels | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
5–7, 2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 23 June 1991 | Genoa | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 15 November 1992 | Moscow | Carpet(i) | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 17 January 1993 | Jakarta | Hardcourt | ![]() |
6–2, 2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 12 November 1995 | Moscow | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(8–6) |
Doubles
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 9 October 1988 | Brisbane | Hardcourt (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 25 August 1991 | Long Island | Hardcourt | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
Winner | 3. | 10 November 1991 | Moscow | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 1. | 10 May 1992 | Hamburg | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 2 May 1993 | Munich | Clay | ![]() |
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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
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Aalen
- German male tennis players
- Hopman Cup competitors
- Olympic tennis players of Germany
- Olympic tennis players of West Germany
- Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- West German male tennis players
- German tennis biography stubs