Jessica Steck

Jessica Steck (born 6 August 1978) is a South African tennis player.[1] During her career on the professional tennis circuit from 1996 to 2003, she won the 1996 US Open Junior Girls' Doubles title[2][3] and won several singles and doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.[4] Steck has competed and won first-round doubles matches in all four Grand Slam events.[1]

Jessica Steck
Country (sports) South Africa
Born (1978-08-06) 6 August 1978
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 187,867
Singles
Career record177–115
Career titles0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 172 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam Singles results
WimbledonQ1 (1998, 1999)
US OpenQ1 (1999)
Doubles
Career record121–106
Career titles1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 56 (3 March 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (1999, 2003)
French Open2R (1999)
Wimbledon2R (2002)
US Open2R (1999)
US Open JuniorW (1996)
Mixed doubles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open2R (2000)
Wimbledon2R (1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–3 (2003)
Last updated on: 9 July 2016.

Career

She reached the singles world ranking of 140th in the world on 16 March 1998 and the 56th in doubles on 3 March 2003.

During her career, she won a WTA tournament in doubles.

WTA Finals

Doubles (1-1)
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (1–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 22 February 1999 Oklahoma City, United States Hard (i) Amanda Coetzer Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 22 September 2002 Challenge Bell, Quebec City, Canada Carpet (i) Samantha Reeves María Emilia Salerni
Fabiola Zuluaga		 4–6, 6–3, 7–5

ITF Finals
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5-4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 2 March 1996 Pretoria, South Africa Hard Angela Bürgis 6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 4 May 1996 Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay Julie Pullin 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 17 November 1996 Cairo, Egypt Clay Alina Tecșor 6–7, 5–0, ret.
Winner 4. 11 May 1997 Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom Clay Magalie Lamarre 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 19 May 1997 Sochi, Russia Hard Nino Louarsabishvili 5–7, 0–6
Runner-up 6. 2 March 1998 Rockford, United States Hard (i) Nicole Pratt 2–6, 3–6
Winner 7. 21 May 2000 Jackson, United States Clay Dawn Buth 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up 8. 30 July 2000 Salt Lake City, United States Hard Wynne Prakusya 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(19–21)
Winner 9. 13 May 2001 Midlothian, United States Clay Feriel Esseghir 7–5, 6–3

Doubles (4-11)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 17 November 1996 Cairo, Egypt Hard Katarina Srebotnik Maaike Koutstaal
Andrea van den Hurk		 w/o
Runner-up 2. 4 May 1997 Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay Lucie Ahl Shirli-Ann Siddall
Joanne Ward		 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 23 November 1997 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Aleksandra Olsza Nannie de Villiers
Lisa McShea		 4–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 17 May 1998 Haines City, United States Clay Nannie de Villiers Maureen Drake
Renata Kolbovic		 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 24 May 1998 Spartanburg, United States Clay Renata Kolbovic Keiko Ishida
Keiko Nagatomi		 3–6, 5–7
Winner 6. 16 May 1999 Midlothian, United States Clay Nannie de Villiers Erika deLone
Annabel Ellwood		 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 7. 31 October 1999 Dallas, United States Hard Samantha Reeves Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Irina Selyutina		 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 7 February 2000 Rockford, United States Hard Annabel Ellwood Dawn Buth
Rebecca Jensen		 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Runner-up 9. 27 March 2000 Norcross, United States Hard Lindsay Lee-Waters Julia Abe
Tzipora Obziler		 7–5, 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Runner-up 10. 7 May 2000 Virginia Beach, United States Hard Lisa McShea Dawn Buth
Mashona Washington		 6–1, 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up 11. 21 May 2000 Jackson, United States Clay Karin Miller Joana Cortez
Miriam D'Agostini		 4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Runner-up 12. 30 July 2000 Salt Lake City, United States Hard Samantha Reeves Lisa McShea
Irina Selyutina		 W/O
Winner 13. 14 October 2001 Hallandale Beach, United States Clay Alina Jidkova Erica Krauth
Vanesa Krauth		 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 14. 23 April 2002 Dothan, United States Clay Samantha Reeves Rika Fujiwara
Maja Palaveršić		 3–6, 0–6
Winner 15. 19 May 2002 Charlottesville, United States Clay Erika deLone Teryn Ashley
Kristen Schlukebir		 6–2, 2–6, 7–5

Women's doubles
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament199819992000200120022003SRW–L
Australian Open A 2R 1R A A 2R 0 / 3 2–3
French Open A 2R 1R A 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R Q1 2R A 0 / 4 1–4
US Open Q1 2R A A 1R A 0 / 2 1–2
Win–Loss 0–1 3–4 0–3 0–0 1–3 1–2 0 / 13 5–13

Mixed doubles
Tournament19992000SRW–L
Australian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open 1R 2R 0 / 2 0–2
Wimbledon 2R A 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 1–2 0–1 0 / 3 1–3

WTA ranking

Singles ranking at the end of the season
Year 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Rank 266 187 192 230 213 245 361

Doubles ranking at the end of the season
Year 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Rank 347 232 159 80 125 190 88 134

References
  1. "WTA Players: Jessica Steck". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. "ITF Tennis – JUNIORS – US Open Junior Championships – 01 September – 08 September 1996". itftennis.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. Jen Fiers (12 January 2016). "Pass Club's Wetzel and returning champ Steck in Tennis Expo". bocabeacon.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  4. "ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – STECK, Jessica (RSA)". itftennis.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
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