Steve Campbell (tennis)

Steve Campbell

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Detroit, Michigan
Born	(1970-10-12) October 12, 1970 (age 54) Buffalo, New York, US
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro	1993
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$484,898
Singles
Career record	32–54
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 78 (April 13, 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1998)
French Open	1R (1998)
Wimbledon	1R (1998)
US Open	1R (1995, 1997, 1998)
Doubles
Career record	6–10
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 184 (June 24, 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (1997)

Steve Campbell (born October 22, 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Career

Campbell grew up in Michigan where he attended Detroit Catholic Central High School, winning individual state championships all four years along with back-to-back team state championships. He was an All-American while at Rice University.

At the 1989 Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship, he lost in the 1st round of the Boys' 18 singles, but he and Rick Witsken reached the finals of the Boys' 18 doubles, falling to Cary Lothringer and Brian MacPhie.^[1]

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 1995 Australian Open and defeated countryman Chuck Adams in the opening encounter, before losing his second round match to Patrick Rafter. The American pushed veteran Mats Wilander to five sets in the US Open but he would have to wait until the 1998 Australian Open for his second win. In that tournament he beat both Justin Gimelstob and Alex O'Brien to make it into the third round, his best ever showing in a Grand Slam.^[2]

Although predominantly a singles player, Campbell's only ATP Tour final was in the doubles, at Bogotá, where he and MaliVai Washington finished runners-up in 1995. He made the singles semi-finals of the 1997 International Tennis Championships but had by far his best performances in 1998. After starting the year well at the Australian Open, Campbell won three matches at the Lipton Championships in Miami (an ATP Super 9 event), reaching the quarterfinals. He was also a quarterfinalist at Atlanta and again in the Heineken Trophy, where he upset world number seven Yevgeny Kafelnikov.^[3]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1995	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	MaliVai Washington	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–7, 2–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1995	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Hard	João Cunha-Silva	6–2, 6–3
2.	1997	Ixtapa, Mexico	Hard	Tuomas Ketola	7–6, 6–1

References

1. "1989 Draw Sheet, USTA Boys' 16 & Boys' 18 National Championship" web.archive.org retrieved May 16, 2023
2. ITF Tennis Profile
3. ATP World Tour Profile