Brett Steven

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Brett Steven
Country (sports)Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Residence Auckland, New Zealand
Born (1969-04-27) 27 April 1969 (age 54)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1988
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $2,439,714
Singles
Career record175–166
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 32 (12 February 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open QF (1993)
French Open 3R (1995)
Wimbledon 4R (1997)
US Open 2R (1995, 1997)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup QF (1993)
Olympic Games 1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record179–116
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 16 (12 June 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (1998)
French Open SF (1995)
Wimbledon QF (1994, 1998)
US Open 3R (1994)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 3R (1995)

Brett Andrew Steven (born 27 April 1969) is a former New Zealand tennis player.

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Biography

Steven began his tennis career at the age of 10 as a ball boy and by the age of 16 he participated at his first tournament. [1] He attended Mount Roskill Grammar School. [2]

Steven turned professional in 1988 and won his first tour doubles title in 1991 at Newport, Rhode Island.

Steven's best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1993 Australian Open, where he reached the quarterfinals, defeating Dave Randall, Thomas Muster, Andrei Olhovskiy and Richard Fromberg before being knocked out by Pete Sampras. At Masters level, he reached the quarterfinals of the 1993 Canada Masters and the 1998 Rome Masters.

Steven represented New Zealand at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he lost in the first round to Arnaud Boetsch of France. [3]

Steven won nine top-level doubles titles during his career, the most significant of which was the Indian Wells Masters, which he won in 1995 (partnering Tommy Ho). Though he did not win any top-level singles titles during his career, Steven was a singles runner-up at three tour events (Schenectady in 1993, Auckland in 1996 and Newport in 1997). His career-high rankings were World No. 32 in singles and No. 16 in doubles. His career prize-money totalled US$2,439,714. Steven retired from the professional tour in 1999.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1987 US Open Hard Flag of India.svg Zeeshan Ali Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ivanišević
Flag of Italy.svg Diego Nargiso 		6–3, 4–6, 3–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–3)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Aug 1993 Schenectady, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Enqvist 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(0–7)
Loss0–2 Jan 1996 Auckland, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák 4–6, 4–6
Loss0–3 Jul 1997 Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Flag of Armenia.svg Sargis Sargsian 6–7(0–7), 6–4, 5–7

Doubles: 17 (9 title, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–1)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (8–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (3–2)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (7–5)
Indoors (2–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jul 1991 Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Pozzi Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Frana
Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Steel 		6–4, 6–4
Loss1–1 Aug 1993 Schenectady, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Karbacher
Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy 		6–2, 6–7, 1–6
Win2–1 Mar 1994 Copenhagen, DenmarkWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil
Flag of Germany.svg Udo Riglewski 		6–3, 6–4
Win3–1 Apr 1994 Hong Kong, Hong KongWorld SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Grabb Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Rafter 		walkover
Win4–1 May 1994 Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Lan Bale Flag of the United States.svg Ken Flach
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Simian 		6–3, 7–5
Loss4–2 Feb 1995 Memphis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Ho Flag of the United States.svg Jared Palmer
Flag of the United States.svg Richey Reneberg 		6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Win5–2 Mar 1995 Indian Wells, United StatesMasters SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Ho Flag of South Africa.svg Pieter Norval
Flag of South Africa.svg Gary Muller 		6–4, 7–6
Loss5–3 Apr 1995 Paget, BermudaWorld SeriesClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Stoltenberg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Martin 		6–7, 6–2, 5–7
Loss5–4 Nov 1995 Moscow, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Ho Flag of the United States.svg Jared Palmer
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black 		4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss5–5 Jan 1996 Auckland, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of South Africa.svg Marcos Ondruska
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Waite 		walkover
Loss5–6 Mar 1996 Scottsdale, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Richey Reneberg Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach 		7–5, 5–7, 5–7
Win6–6 Mar 1997 Copenhagen, DenmarkWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Carlsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Fetterlein 		6–4, 6–2
Win7–6 Mar 1997 St. Petersburg, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek 		6–4, 6–3
Win8–6 Jul 1997 Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob Flag of the United States.svg Kent Kinnear
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Aleksandar Kitinov 		6–3, 6–4
Win9–6 Jan 1998 Auckland, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Nijssen
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango 		6–4, 6–2
Loss9–7 Mar 1998 Copenhagen, DenmarkWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Siemerink Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Kempers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Menno Oosting 		4–6, 6–7
Loss9–8 May 1998 Hamburg, GermanyMasters SeriesClay Flag of South Africa.svg David Adams Flag of the United States.svg Donald Johnson
Flag of the United States.svg Francisco Montana 		2–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 1990 Canberra, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Kratzmann 6–3, 6 4
Loss1–1Aug 1992 New Haven, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Arias 6–7, 2–6
Loss1–2Nov 1992 Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm 4–6, 6–7
Win2–2Jan 1995 Wellington, New ZealandChallengerHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm 6–3, 6 3
Win3–2May 1997 Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Pavel 7–6, 6 2
Loss3–3Aug 1999 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Antony Dupuis 7–6, 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Nov 1990 Hobart, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Custer
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Macpherson 		2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Jun 1992 Halle, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelly Evernden Flag of Germany.svg Karsten Braasch
Flag of Germany.svg Lars Koslowski 		6–4, 6–7, 0–6

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA Q1 A QF 2R 2R 4R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 79–756%
French Open AAAAAA 2R 1R 3R 2R Q1 1R A0 / 54–544%
Wimbledon Q1 AAA Q2 A 2R 2R 3R 3R 4R 1R A0 / 69–660%
US Open AAAAA Q3 1R 1R 2R A 2R 1R Q2 0 / 52–529%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–06–42–46–46–34–30–40–10 / 2324–2351%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NHANot HeldANot Held 1R Not Held0 / 10–10%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAAAAAAAA 1R AAA0 / 10–10%
Miami AAAAAA 2R 1R 1R AAAA0 / 31–325%
Monte Carlo AAAAAAAAAAA 1R A0 / 10–10%
Hamburg AAAAAAAAAAA 1R A0 / 10–10%
Rome AAAAAAAAAAA QF A0 / 13–175%
Canada AAAAAA QF 2R 3R A 2R AA0 / 47–464%
Cincinnati AAAAAA 1R 1R 3R A 1R AA0 / 42–433%
Paris AAAAAA 1R A 1R AAAA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–04–41–34–40–11–23–30–00 / 1713–1743%

Doubles

Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R QF 0 / 67–654%
French Open AA 2R 3R SF 1R A QF 0 / 510–567%
Wimbledon Q1 A 1R QF 2R 1R 2R QF 0 / 68–657%
US Open A 2R 2R 3R AA 1R 1R 0 / 54–544%
Win–loss0–01–12–47–46–32–32–39–40 / 2229–2257%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals Did not qualify RR DNQ0 / 11–233%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAAA W 1R AA1 / 25–183%
Miami AA Q2 3R 3R AAA0 / 23–260%
Hamburg AAAAAAA F 0 / 14–180%
Rome AAAAAAA QF 0 / 12–167%
Canada AA 1R QF 1R AAA0 / 32–340%
Cincinnati AAA 2R 2R A 1R A0 / 32–340%
Paris AAAA 2R AAA0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–00–00–15–38–40–10–16–21 / 1319–1261%

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