Brett Andrew Steven (born 27 April 1969, in Auckland, New Zealand) is a tennis player from New Zealand.
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 quarter-finals before being knocked-out by Pete Sampras.
Steven represented New Zealand at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lost in the first round to Arnaud Boetsch of France.[1]
Steven won a total of 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.
Contents |
| Legend (Doubles) |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (1) |
| ATP International Series Gold (0) |
| ATP International Series (8) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner in Final | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 1991 | Newport, U.S. | Grass | Gianluca Pozzi | Javier Frana Bruce Steel |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 2. | 1994 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Carpet | Martin Damm | David Prinosil Udo Riglewski |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 3. | 1994 | Hong Kong | Hard | Jim Grabb | Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter |
W/O |
| 4. | 1994 | Coral Springs, U.S. | Clay | Lan Bale | Ken Flach Stephane Simian |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 5. | 1995 | Indian Wells, U.S. | Hard | Tommy Ho | Gary Muller Piet Norval |
6–4, 7–6 |
| 6. | 1997 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Carpet | Andrei Olhovskiy | Kenneth Carlsen Frederik Fetterlein |
6–4, 6–2 |
| 7. | 1997 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet | Andrei Olhovskiy | David Prinosil Daniel Vacek |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 8. | 1997 | Newport, U.S. | Grass | Justin Gimelstob | Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 9. | 1998 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Patrick Galbraith | Tom Nijssen Jeff Tarango |
6–4, 6–2 |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner in Final | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 1993 | Schenectady, U.S. | Hard | Byron Black | Bernd Karbacher Andrei Olhovskiy |
6–2, 6–7, 1–6 |
| 2. | 1995 | Memphis, U.S. | Hard (i) | Tommy Ho | Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg |
6–4, 6–7, 1–6 |
| 3. | 1995 | Bermuda | Clay | Jason Stoltenberg | Grant Connell Todd Martin |
6–7, 6–2, 5–7 |
| 4. | 1995 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet | Tommy Ho | Byron Black Jared Palmer |
4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| 5. | 1996 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Jonas Björkman | Marcos Ondruska Jack Waite |
W/O |
| 6. | 1996 | Scottsdale, U.S. | Hard | Richey Reneberg | Patrick Galbraith Rick Leach |
7–5, 5–7, 5–7 |
| 7. | 1998 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Hard | Jan Siemerink | Tom Kempers Menno Oosting |
4–6, 6–7 |
| 8. | 1998 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | David Adams | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana |
2–6, 5–7 |