Stephanie Rehe

Stephanie Rehe
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Oceanside, California
Born	November 5, 1969 (age 54); Fontana, California
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	August 1985
Retired	1993
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$579,168
Singles
Career record	151–99
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 10 (March 13, 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1992, 1993)
French Open	4R (1987)
Wimbledon	3R (1985, 1988)
US Open	4R (1986, 1988)
Doubles
Career record	71–59
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 10 (October 5, 1992)

Last updated October 09, 2024

Stephanie Rehe (born November 5, 1969) is an American former tennis player.

Career

A successful amateur player, Rehe was ranked No. 1 in every age group as a junior (12s, 14s, 16s, 18s). She was the first player to receive a dual No. 1 ranking in 14s and 16s (1983).^[1]^[2]

At the age of 13 years and one month, Rehe was in 1982 the youngest player to compete in a WTA Tour event. In 1983, she became the youngest player to be ranked on the WTA computer, coming on at 13 years and two months in January, two months younger than Steffi Graf. She won her first tournament in 1985 in the Virginia Slims of Utah not dropping a set along the way; as well as upsetting Camille Benjamin in the final.^[2] She defeated Michelle Torres, Carling Bassett, and Gabriela Sabatini to capture her first major Virginia Slims Series event at the Florida Federal Open in Tampa in November 1985.^[3] Rehe defeated Lisa Bonder, and pushed Steffi Graf to three sets in the quarterfinals at Fort Lauderdale in 1985.^[4] In 1986, she received the Most Impressive Newcomer Award of the WTA and was voted Rookie of the Year by Tennis Magazine .^[1]

She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 10 on March 13, 1989. However, she left the tour that year due to a back injury, which required surgery and extensive rehabilitation. She returned to the tour in August 1990 in San Diego and was WTA awarded Comeback Player of the Year in 1991.^[5]^[6] She retired permanently in 1993.^[1]

She won five singles titles and two doubles titles, and had career wins over Pam Shriver, Gabriela Sabatini, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, Mary Joe Fernandez, and Jo Durie. Her best singles performances in Grand Slam events included fourth rounds at the US Open in 1986 and 1988, and at the French Open in 1987.^[1]

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (0–0)
Tier V (2–1)
Virginia Slims (3–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	September 15, 1985	Salt Lake City	Hard	Camille Benjamin	6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	November 10, 1985	Tampa Open	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 7–5
Loss	1.	August 3, 1986	San Diego Open	Hard	Melissa Gurney	2–6, 4–6
Win	3.	October 18, 1987	Puerto Rico Open	Hard	Camille Benjamin	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	2.	April 17, 1988	Japan Open	Hard	Patty Fendick	3–6, 5–7
Win	4.	April 24, 1988	Taipei Championship	Carpet (i)	Brenda Schultz	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	August 7, 1988	San Diego Open	Hard	Ann Grossman	6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Tier II (1–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (1–2)
Tier V (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	May 26, 1991	Internationaux de Strasbourg	Clay	Lori McNeil	Manon Bollegraf Mercedes Paz	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	March 1, 1992	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1.	April 12, 1992	Japan Open	Hard	Kimiko Date	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki	7–5, 6–7^(5–7), 0–6
Loss	2.	October 4, 1992	Bayonne Open	Carpet (i)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Linda Ferrando Petra Langrová	6–1, 3–6, 4–6

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(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	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2–2
French Open	1R	A	A	4R	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	4–4
Wimbledon	A	3R	1R	A	3R	A	A	1R	A	A	4–4
US Open	1R	1R	4R	A	4R	A	A	A	2R	A	7–5
Win–loss	0–2	2–2	3–2	3–1	5–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	17–15
Year-end ranking	NR	18	19	28	14	NR	58	125	75	NR

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References

1 2 3 4 Stephenie Rehe at Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
1 2 Julie Cart (November 17, 1985). "Tennis : At 16, Rehe has driving ambition". The Los Angeles Times .
↑ Russ White (November 11, 1985). "Stephanie Rehe -- A Star Is Born". Orlando Sentinel .
↑ Gossett, Peggy; Teitelbaum, Mike; Hanlon, Maureen; Bloch Shallouf, Renee; Riach, Ros; Hinkley, Suzanne. 1987 WITA Media Guide. p. 193.
↑ Jim Sarni (August 19, 1990). "Rehe's comeback now fun after major back surgery". SunSentinel . Archived from the original on January 3, 2018.
↑ Thomas Bonk (August 14, 1990). "Rehe wins, but victory came last week : Tennis: she beats Nagelsen, 6–4, 6–3, but is just happy to be back on the court after injuries caused by car wreck". The Los Angeles Times .

External links

Stephanie Rehe at the Women's Tennis Association
Stephanie Rehe at the International Tennis Federation

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[sonyericssonwtatour.com-1] 1 2 3 4 Stephenie Rehe at Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

[lat1985-2] 1 2 Julie Cart (November 17, 1985). "Tennis : At 16, Rehe has driving ambition". The Los Angeles Times .

[3] Russ White (November 11, 1985). "Stephanie Rehe -- A Star Is Born". Orlando Sentinel .

[4] Gossett, Peggy; Teitelbaum, Mike; Hanlon, Maureen; Bloch Shallouf, Renee; Riach, Ros; Hinkley, Suzanne. 1987 WITA Media Guide. p. 193.

[5] Jim Sarni (August 19, 1990). "Rehe's comeback now fun after major back surgery". SunSentinel . Archived from the original on January 3, 2018.

[lat1990-6] Thomas Bonk (August 14, 1990). "Rehe wins, but victory came last week : Tennis: she beats Nagelsen, 6–4, 6–3, but is just happy to be back on the court after injuries caused by car wreck". The Los Angeles Times .

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