Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (German pronunciation: [ˌtseːdʁɪk ˌmaʁsɛl ˈʃteːbə] ; born 9 October 1990) is a German professional tennis player.[1] He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in February 2012.[2]
He reached his first ATP World Tour quarterfinal at the 2011 MercedesCup in Stuttgart, Germany, where he beat Nikolay Davydenko and Fabio Fognini .
He was then awarded a wild card to the 2011 International German Open where he beat Juan Carlos Ferrero and Davydenko again, before losing to Fernando Verdasco .[3]
Stebe finished the year by winning the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals .
Stebe recorded his best Grand Slam result, when he got to the second round in the 2012 French Open , but proceeded no further.
At the 2012 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs he won the deciding rubber against former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets.[4]
Stebe suffered a hip injury in the Heilbronn Open , and underwent surgery in October 2013.[5] He expressed wishes to play competitive tennis again, but has struggled with the recovery process.[6]
He played his first tournament in almost a year and half, a Futures in Antalya , Turkey. He won his three qualifying matches and managed to enter the main draw. He would win two more matches before losing in the quarterfinals to Dimitar Kuzmanov .[7]
At the Sofia Open , Stebe won his first ATP World Tour match for over three and a half years by beating Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round. He then won in the Round of 16 in Geneva against Jan-Lennard Struff as a Lucky Loser.
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ]
Doubles: 1 (1 title) [ edit ]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Singles: 16 (10 titles, 6 runner-ups) [ edit ]
ATP Challenger Finals (1–0)
ATP Challenger (6–4)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Mar 2009
Zaragoza, Spain
Futures
Clay (i)
Gabriel Trujillo Soler
3–6, 2–6
Loss
0–2
Aug 2009
Dortmund, Germany
Futures
Clay
Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
5–7, 1–6
Win
1–2
May 2010
Padova, Italy
Futures
Clay
Daniele Giorgini
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss
0–1
Jul 2010
Oberstaufen , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Martin Fischer
3–6, 4–6
Win
2–2
Feb 2011
Antalya, Turkey
Futures
Hard
Denys Molchanov
6–4, 6–3
Win
3–2
Feb 2011
Antalya, Turkey
Futures
Hard
Yannik Reuter
6–1, 6–0
Loss
0–2
Mar 2011
Kyoto , Japan
Challenger
Carpet (i)
Dominik Meffert
6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win
1–2
Sep 2011
Bangkok , Thailand
Challenger
Hard
Amir Weintraub
7–5, 6–1
Win
2–2
Sep 2011
Shanghai , China
Challenger
Hard
Alexandre Kudryavtsev
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win
1–0
Nov 2011
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger Finals
Hard (i)
Dudi Sela
6–2, 6–4
Loss
2–3
May 2013
Tallahassee , United States
Challenger
Clay
Denis Kudla
3–6, 3–6
Win
3–3
Sep 2013
Meknes , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Yannik Reuter
6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win
4–3
Jun 2017
Poprad , Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Laslo Đere
6–0, 6–3
Loss
4–4
Jul 2017
Marburg , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Filip Krajinović
2–6, 3–6
Win
5–4
Aug 2017
Vancouver , Canada
Challenger
Hard
Jordan Thompson
6–0, 6–1
Win
6–4
Sep 2017
Sibiu , Romania
Challenger
Clay
Carlos Taberner
6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) [ edit ]
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Singles performance timeline [ edit ]
Current till 2018 ATP World Tour .
Record against top 10 players [ edit ]
Stebe's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10 (as of 8 October 2018).
Players who have been ranked world no. 1 are in bold.
National participation [ edit ]
Davis Cup (3–1) [ edit ]
Group membership
World Group (1–0)
WG Play-off (2–1)
Group I (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (3–1)
Doubles (0–0)
Matches by venue
Germany (2–1)
Away (1–0)
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]