Brett Steven

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

Brett Steven
Country (sports)New Zealand
ResidenceAuckland, New Zealand
Born (1969-04-27) 27 April 1969
Auckland, New Zealand
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro1988
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,439,714
Singles
Career record175–166
Career titles0
3 Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 32 (12 February 1996)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQF (1993)
French Open3R (1995)
Wimbledon4R (1997)
US Open2R (1995, 1997)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam CupQF (1993)
Olympic Games1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record179–116
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 16 (12 June 1995)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1998)
French OpenSF (1995)
WimbledonQF (1994, 1998)
US Open3R (1994)
Last updated on: 7 November 2012.

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]

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, Georgia, where he lost in the first round to Arnaud Boetsch of France.[2]

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.

Career finals

Doubles (9 wins, 8 losses)
Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP International Series Gold (0)
ATP International Series (8)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1991 Newport, U.S. Grass Gianluca Pozzi Javier Frana
Bruce Steel		 6–4, 6–4
Win 2. 1994 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Martin Damm David Prinosil
Udo Riglewski		 6–3, 6–4
Win 3. 1994 Hong Kong Hard Jim Grabb Jonas Björkman
Patrick Rafter		 W/O
Win 4. 1994 Coral Springs, U.S. Clay Lan Bale Ken Flach
Stephane Simian		 6–3, 7–5
Win 5. 1995 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Tommy Ho Gary Muller
Piet Norval		 6–4, 7–6
Win 6. 1997 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Andrei Olhovskiy Kenneth Carlsen
Frederik Fetterlein		 6–4, 6–2
Win 7. 1997 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Andrei Olhovskiy David Prinosil
Daniel Vacek		 6–4, 6–3
Win 8. 1997 Newport, U.S. Grass Justin Gimelstob Kent Kinnear
Aleksandar Kitinov		 6–3, 6–4
Win 9. 1998 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Patrick Galbraith Tom Nijssen
Jeff Tarango		 6–4, 6–2

Runners-up (8)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner in Final Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. 1993 Schenectady, U.S. Hard Byron Black Bernd Karbacher
Andrei Olhovskiy		 6–2, 6–7, 1–6
2. 1995 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Tommy Ho Jared Palmer
Richey Reneberg		 6–4, 6–7, 1–6
3. 1995 Bermuda Clay Jason Stoltenberg Grant Connell
Todd Martin		 6–7, 6–2, 5–7
4. 1995 Moscow, Russia Carpet Tommy Ho Byron Black
Jared Palmer		 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
5. 1996 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Jonas Björkman Marcos Ondruska
Jack Waite		 W/O
6. 1996 Scottsdale, U.S. Hard Richey Reneberg Patrick Galbraith
Rick Leach		 7–5, 5–7, 5–7
7. 1998 Copenhagen, Denmark Hard Jan Siemerink Tom Kempers
Menno Oosting		 4–6, 6–7
8. 1998 Hamburg, Germany Clay David Adams Donald Johnson
Francisco Montana		 2–6, 5–7

References
  1. Marc Hinton (13 December 2015). "Kiwi tennis ace Brett Steven hails Auckland tournaments as 'jewel in crown' of NZ sport". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. Olympic results Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
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