Jessica Steck

Jessica Steck
Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	6 August 1978 (age 48); Bloemfontein, South Africa
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 187,867
Singles
Career record	177–115
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 140 (16 March 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (1998, 1999)
US Open	Q1 (1999)
Doubles
Career record	121–106
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 56 (3 March 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1999, 2003)
French Open	2R (1999)
Wimbledon	2R (2002)
US Open	2R (1999)
US Open Junior	W (1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	2R (1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–3 (2003)

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

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 career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Feb 1999	U.S. National Indoor Championships	Hard (i)	Amanda Coetzer	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 4–6
Win	Sep 2002	Tournoi de Québec, 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: 9 (5–4)

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

Doubles: 15 (4–11)

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

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.

Doubles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–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

Tournament	1999	2000	SR	W–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 year-end rankings

Singles

Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Rank	266	187	192	230	213	245	361

Doubles

Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Rank	347	232	159	80	125	190	88	134

References

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

External links

Jessica Steck at the Women's Tennis Association
Jessica Steck at World Tennis
Jessica Steck at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)

[wta-1] 1 2 "WTA Players: Jessica Steck". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[itf-1996-jr-usopen-2] "ITF Tennis – JUNIORS – US Open Junior Championships – 01 September – 08 September 1996". itftennis.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[bocabeacon-3] Jen Fiers (12 January 2016). "Pass Club's Wetzel and returning champ Steck in Tennis Expo". bocabeacon.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[itf-4] "ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – STECK, Jessica (RSA)". itftennis.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.