Carl-Uwe Steeb

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other Carl-Uwe Steeb (; born 1 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. In his post-playing career he has served as a tennis administrator.

Playing career

Coached by Stefan Schaffelhuber, Steen turned professional in 1986. He played left-handed. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad. His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came in reaching the fourth round at the Australian Open in 1988, the US Open in 1991, and the French Open in 1992.

He represented West Germany at the 1988 Olympic Games, losing in the singles to eventual silver medalist Tim Mayotte of the United States in the quarter-final.

Steeb was a member of three German Davis Cup champion teams – in 1988, 1989 and 1993 (he played in the final in '88 and '89, and in the earlier rounds in '93). He laid the foundation for the German 4-1 victory in 1988 in Gothenburg, with an upset five-set win in the singles against former world number one Mats Wilander of Sweden in the final. His performances in the 1989 event included a singles win in the semi-finals against Andre Agassi in Munich.

Over the course of his career, Steeb won three top-level singles titles and three tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 14 in singles (in 1990), and World No. 41 in doubles (in 1989). His career prize money totalled $2,320,082. Steeb retired from the professional tour in 1996.

Post-playing career

In his post-playing career, he worked as Tournament Director of the Nord-LB Open in Braunschweig. He was also Tournament Director of the German Open in Hamburg prior to being succeeded by his former Davis Cuo winning teammate Michael Stich in 2009. Steeb served as the Vice President of Sports for the German Tennis Federation (DTB), having been elected to the position in November 2011. In 2014, he founded the Charley Steeb Tennis Academy.

Steeb has also worked as a co-commentator on tennis for Eurosport.

Career finals

Singles (3 wins, 5 losses)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP Championship Series
ATP Tour

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1989	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Magnus Gustafsson	6–7(6–8), 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Oct 1989	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Aaron Krickstein	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Jan 1990	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 1990	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	5–7, 2–6, 2–6
Win	2–3	Jun 1991	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jordi Arrese	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–4	Nov 1992	Moscow, CIS	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marc Rosset	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–5	Jan 1993	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michael Chang	6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Win	3–5	Nov 1995	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles (3 wins, 2 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1988	Brisbane, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Eric Jelen	Template:Flagicon Grant Connell Template:Flagicon Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–1
Win	2–0	Aug 1991	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Eric Jelen	Template:Flagicon Doug Flach Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso	0–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	3–0	Nov 1991	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Eric Jelen	Template:Flagicon Andrei Cherkasov Template:Flagicon Alexander Volkov	6–4, 7–6
Loss	3–1	May 1992	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michael Stich	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–2	May 1993	Munich, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Karel Nováček	Template:Flagicon Martin Damm Template:Flagicon Henrik Holm	0–6, 6–3, 5–7

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