Brett Steven
Country (sports) New Zealand
ResidenceAuckland, New Zealand
Born (1969-04-27) 27 April 1969
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 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)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1995)

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

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)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1987US OpenHardIndia Zeeshan AliCroatia Goran Ivanišević
Italy 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1993 Schenectady, United States World Series Hard Sweden Thomas Enqvist 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(0–7)
Loss 0–2 Jan 1996 Auckland, New Zealand World Series Hard Czech Republic Jiří Novák 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 1997 Newport, United States World Series Grass Armenia 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1991 Newport, United States World Series Grass Italy Gianluca Pozzi Argentina Javier Frana
United States Bruce Steel		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Aug 1993 Schenectady, United States World Series Hard Zimbabwe Byron Black Germany Bernd Karbacher
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy		 6–2, 6–7, 1–6
Win 2–1 Mar 1994 Copenhagen, Denmark World Series Carpet Czech Republic Martin Damm Germany David Prinosil
Germany Udo Riglewski		 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–1 Apr 1994 Hong Kong, Hong Kong World Series Hard United States Jim Grabb Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter		 walkover
Win 4–1 May 1994 Coral Springs, United States World Series Clay South Africa Lan Bale United States Ken Flach
France Stéphane Simian		 6–3, 7–5
Loss 4–2 Feb 1995 Memphis, United States Championship Series Hard United States Tommy Ho United States Jared Palmer
United States Richey Reneberg		 6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Win 5–2 Mar 1995 Indian Wells, United States Masters Series Hard United States Tommy Ho South Africa Pieter Norval
South Africa Gary Muller		 6–4, 7–6
Loss 5–3 Apr 1995 Paget, Bermuda World Series Clay Australia Jason Stoltenberg Canada Grant Connell
United States Todd Martin		 6–7, 6–2, 5–7
Loss 5–4 Nov 1995 Moscow, Russia World Series Carpet United States Tommy Ho United States Jared Palmer
Zimbabwe Byron Black		 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 5–5 Jan 1996 Auckland, New Zealand World Series Hard Sweden Jonas Björkman South Africa Marcos Ondruska
United States Jack Waite		 walkover
Loss 5–6 Mar 1996 Scottsdale, United States World Series Hard United States Richey Reneberg United States Patrick Galbraith
United States Rick Leach		 7–5, 5–7, 5–7
Win 6–6 Mar 1997 Copenhagen, Denmark World Series Carpet Russia Andrei Olhovskiy Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
Denmark Frederik Fetterlein		 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–6 Mar 1997 St. Petersburg, Russia World Series Carpet Russia Andrei Olhovskiy Germany David Prinosil
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek		 6–4, 6–3
Win 8–6 Jul 1997 Newport, United States World Series Grass United States Justin Gimelstob United States Kent Kinnear
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov		 6–3, 6–4
Win 9–6 Jan 1998 Auckland, New Zealand World Series Hard United States Patrick Galbraith Netherlands Tom Nijssen
United States Jeff Tarango		 6–4, 6–2
Loss 9–7 Mar 1998 Copenhagen, Denmark World Series Carpet Netherlands Jan Siemerink Netherlands Tom Kempers
Netherlands Menno Oosting		 4–6, 6–7
Loss 9–8 May 1998 Hamburg, Germany Masters Series Clay South Africa David Adams United States Donald Johnson
United States 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1990 Canberra, Australia Challenger Carpet Australia Andrew Kratzmann 6–3, 6 4
Loss 1–1 Aug 1992 New Haven, United States Challenger Hard United States Jimmy Arias 6–7, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 1992 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet Czech Republic Martin Damm 4–6, 6–7
Win 2–2 Jan 1995 Wellington, New Zealand Challenger Hard Czech Republic Martin Damm 6–3, 6 3
Win 3–2 May 1997 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Romania Andrei Pavel 7–6, 6 2
Loss 3–3 Aug 1999 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard France 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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1990 Hobart, Australia Challenger Carpet Australia Sandon Stolle Australia Brett Custer
Australia David Macpherson		 2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 1992 Halle, Germany Challenger Clay New Zealand Kelly Evernden Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Lars Koslowski		 6–4, 6–7, 0–6

Performance timelines

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

Tournament1987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q1 A QF 2R 2R 4R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 7 9–7 56%
French Open A A A A A A 2R 1R 3R 2R Q1 1R A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Wimbledon Q1 A A A Q2 A 2R 2R 3R 3R 4R 1R A 0 / 6 9–6 60%
US Open A A A A A Q3 1R 1R 2R A 2R 1R Q2 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–4 2–4 6–4 6–3 4–3 0–4 0–1 0 / 23 24–23 51%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A A A A A A A A A QF A 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Canada A A A A A A QF 2R 3R A 2R A A 0 / 4 7–4 64%
Cincinnati A A A A A A 1R 1R 3R A 1R A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Paris A A A A A A 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–4 1–3 4–4 0–1 1–2 3–3 0–0 0 / 17 13–17 43%

Doubles

Tournament19911992199319941995199619971998SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R QF 0 / 6 7–6 54%
French Open A A 2R 3R SF 1R A QF 0 / 5 10–5 67%
Wimbledon Q1 A 1R QF 2R 1R 2R QF 0 / 6 8–6 57%
US Open A 2R 2R 3R A A 1R 1R 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 2–4 7–4 6–3 2–3 2–3 9–4 0 / 22 29–22 57%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals Did not qualify RR DNQ 0 / 1 1–2 33%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A W 1R A A 1 / 2 5–1 83%
Miami A A Q2 3R 3R A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Hamburg A A A A A A A F 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Rome A A A A A A A QF 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Canada A A 1R QF 1R A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Cincinnati A A A 2R 2R A 1R A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Paris A A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–3 8–4 0–1 0–1 6–2 1 / 13 19–12 61%

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. ↑ Reidy, Jade (2013). Not Just Passing Through: the Making of Mt Roskill (2nd ed.). Auckland: Puketāpapa Local Board. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-927216-97-2. OCLC 889931177. Wikidata Q116775081.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brett Steven". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
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