Brett Steven

Brett Steven

Country (sports)	New Zealand
Residence	Auckland, New Zealand
Born	(1969-04-27) 27 April 1969 (age 55) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,439,714
Singles
Career record	175–166
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 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 record	179–116
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 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.

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
Loss	1987	US Open	Hard	Zeeshan Ali	Goran Ivanišević 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	Thomas Enqvist	6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(0–7)
Loss	0–2	Jan 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Jiří Novák	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 1997	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	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	Gianluca Pozzi	Javier Frana Bruce Steel	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Aug 1993	Schenectady, United States	World Series	Hard	Byron Black	Bernd Karbacher Andrei Olhovskiy	6–2, 6–7, 1–6
Win	2–1	Mar 1994	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Martin Damm	David Prinosil Udo Riglewski	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–1	Apr 1994	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	World Series	Hard	Jim Grabb	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	walkover
Win	4–1	May 1994	Coral Springs, United States	World Series	Clay	Lan Bale	Ken Flach Stéphane Simian	6–3, 7–5
Loss	4–2	Feb 1995	Memphis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Tommy Ho	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Win	5–2	Mar 1995	Indian Wells, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Tommy Ho	Pieter Norval Gary Muller	6–4, 7–6
Loss	5–3	Apr 1995	Paget, Bermuda	World Series	Clay	Jason Stoltenberg	Grant Connell Todd Martin	6–7, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	5–4	Nov 1995	Moscow, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Tommy Ho	Jared Palmer Byron Black	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	5–5	Jan 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Marcos Ondruska Jack Waite	walkover
Loss	5–6	Mar 1996	Scottsdale, United States	World Series	Hard	Richey Reneberg	Patrick Galbraith Rick Leach	7–5, 5–7, 5–7
Win	6–6	Mar 1997	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Kenneth Carlsen Frederik Fetterlein	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–6	Mar 1997	St. Petersburg, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	David Prinosil Daniel Vacek	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–6	Jul 1997	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Justin Gimelstob	Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov	6–3, 6–4
Win	9–6	Jan 1998	Auckland, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Tom Nijssen Jeff Tarango	6–4, 6–2
Loss	9–7	Mar 1998	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	Tom Kempers Menno Oosting	4–6, 6–7
Loss	9–8	May 1998	Hamburg, Germany	Masters Series	Clay	David Adams	Donald Johnson 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	Andrew Kratzmann	6–3, 6 4
Loss	1–1	Aug 1992	New Haven, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jimmy Arias	6–7, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 1992	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Martin Damm	4–6, 6–7
Win	2–2	Jan 1995	Wellington, New Zealand	Challenger	Hard	Martin Damm	6–3, 6 3
Win	3–2	May 1997	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Pavel	7–6, 6 2
Loss	3–3	Aug 1999	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	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	Sandon Stolle	Brett Custer David Macpherson	2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 1992	Halle, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Kelly Evernden	Karsten Braasch 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

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	SR	W–L	Win %
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

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	SR	W–L	Win %
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.

External links

• Brett Steven at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Brett Steven at the International Tennis Federation
• Brett Steven at the Davis Cup