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Carl-Uwe Steeb

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Carl-Uwe Steeb
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceReith bei Kitzbühel, Austria
Born (1967-09-01) 1 September 1967 (age 57)
Aalen, West Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1986
Retired1996
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 2,320,082
Singles
Career record212–212
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 14 (15 January 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1988)
French Open4R (1992)
Wimbledon2R (1989)
US Open4R (1991)
Other tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (1988)
Doubles
Career record72–79
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 41 (15 May 1989)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1988, 1989, 1993)

Carl-Uwe Steeb (German pronunciation: [kaʁl ˈuvə ʃteːp]; born 1 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. In his post-playing career he has served as a tennis administrator.

Playing career

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Coached by Stefan Schaffelhuber, Steen turned professional in 1986. He played left-handed. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad.[1] His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came in reaching the fourth round at the Australian Open in 1988,[2] the US Open in 1991,[3] and the French Open in 1992.[4]

He represented West Germany at the 1988 Olympic Games, losing in the singles to eventual silver medalist Tim Mayotte of the United States in the quarter-final.[5]

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). He laid the foundation for the German 4-1 victory in 1988 in Gothenburg, with an upset five-set win in the singles against former world number one Mats Wilander of Sweden in the final.[6][7] His performances in the 1989 event included a singles win in the semi-finals against Andre Agassi in Munich.[8]

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. [1]

Post-playing career

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In his post-playing career, he worked as Tournament Director of the Nord-LB Open in Braunschweig.[9] He was also Tournament Director of the German Open in Hamburg prior to being succeeded by his former Davis Cuo winning teammate Michael Stich in 2009.[10] Steeb served as the Vice President of Sports for the German Tennis Federation (DTB), having been elected to the position in November 2011.[11] In 2014, he founded the Charley Steeb Tennis Academy.[12]

Steeb has also worked as a co-commentator on tennis for Eurosport.[13]

Career finals

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Singles (3 wins, 5 losses)

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Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP Championship Series
ATP Tour
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1989 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Sweden Magnus Gustafsson 6–7(6–8), 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Oct 1989 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) United States Aaron Krickstein 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Jan 1990 Sydney, Australia Hard France Yannick Noah 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Feb 1990 Brussels, Belgium Carpet (i) Germany Boris Becker 5–7, 2–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Jun 1991 Genoa, Italy Clay Spain Jordi Arrese 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Nov 1992 Moscow, CIS Carpet (i) Switzerland Marc Rosset 2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Jan 1993 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard United States Michael Chang 6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Win 3–5 Nov 1995 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Czech Republic Daniel Vacek 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles (3 wins, 2 losses)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1988 Brisbane, Australia Hard (i) Germany Eric Jelen Canada Grant Connell
Canada Glenn Michibata 		6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Aug 1991 Long Island, U.S. Hard Germany Eric Jelen United States Doug Flach
Italy Diego Nargiso 		0–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win 3–0 Nov 1991 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Germany Eric Jelen Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov
Soviet Union Alexander Volkov 		6–4, 7–6
Loss 3–1 May 1992 Hamburg, Germany Clay Germany Michael Stich Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez 		7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–2 May 1993 Munich, Germany Clay Czech Republic Karel Nováček Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Henrik Holm 		0–6, 6–3, 5–7

References

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  1. ^ a b "Carl Uwe Steeb". ATP Tour. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Australian Open". ITF Tennis. 11 January 1988. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  3. ^ Bonk, Thomas (3 September 1991). "U.S. OPEN : This One Is Pure Connors : Tennis: On his 39th birthday, he rallies from a 5-2 deficit in the fifth set to close out victory in a tiebreaker". LA Times. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  4. ^ Stout, Nick (2 June 1992). "American Hardcourt Star Crushes Steeb, as Agassi and Leconte Advance : Sampras, at Last, Finds His Clay Footing". New York Times. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  5. ^ West, Ewan (3 August 2024). "5 oldest and youngest men to reach Olympic finals as Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz break records". Tennis365. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Davis Cup: 35 years after Gothenburg - Becker, Steeb, Jelen reunited in Trier". Tenisnet.com. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  7. ^ Schopfer, Udo (18 December 2020). "Davis Cup: The Miracle of Gothenburg". Rheinpfalz.de. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  8. ^ "The day Agassi contemplated disappearing". Wearetennis. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  9. ^ ""Tommy's chances are 40 percent"". bz-berlin. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  10. ^ "German Open: Highlights and disappointments over the last ten years". themenwelten.andenblatt.de. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  11. ^ "GERMAN TENNIS FEDERATION WITH NEW LEADERSHIP". Dosb.de. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Charly Steeb founds tennis academy". Tennismagazine.de. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  13. ^ "French Open: Eurosport relies on concentrated tennis expertise". Tennismagazine.de. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
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