Jessica Steck

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) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)Tier I (0–0)Tier II (0–0)Tier III, IV & V (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–0)Carpet (1–0) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Feb 1999 U.S. National Indoor Championships Hard (i) Amanda Coetzer Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 3–6, 4–6Win 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) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 2 March 1996 ITF Pretoria, South Africa Hard Angela Bürgis 6–3, 6–2Win 2. 4 May 1996 Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay Julie Pullin 7–6, 7–6Loss 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, 6–2Loss 5. 19 May 1997 Sochi, Russia Hard Nino Louarsabishvili 5–7, 0–6Loss 6. 2 March 1998 Rockford, United States Hard (i) Nicole Pratt 2–6, 3–6Win 7. 21 May 2000 Jackson, United States Clay Dawn Buth 6–1, 7–6Loss 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) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 17 November 1996 ITF Cairo, Egypt Hard Katarina Srebotnik Maaike Koutstaal Andrea van den Hurk w/oLoss 2. 4 May 1997 Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay Lucie Ahl Shirli-Ann Siddall Joanne Ward 6–3, 4–6, 5–7Loss 3. 23 November 1997 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Aleksandra Olsza Nannie de Villiers Lisa McShea 4–6, 3–6Win 4. 17 May 1998 Haines City, United States Clay Nannie de Villiers Maureen Drake Renata Kolbovic 6–3, 6–2Loss 5. 24 May 1998 Spartanburg, United States Clay Renata Kolbovic Keiko Ishida Keiko Nagatomi 3–6, 5–7Win 6. 16 May 1999 Midlothian, United States Clay Nannie de Villiers Erika deLone Annabel Ellwood 6–4, 6–0Loss 7. 31 October 1999 Dallas, United States Hard Samantha Reeves Emmanuelle Gagliardi Irina Selyutina 3–6, 3–6Loss 8. 7 February 2000 Rockford, United States Hard Annabel Ellwood Dawn Buth Rebecca Jensen 6–7(4), 5–7Loss 9. 27 March 2000 Norcross, United States Hard Lindsay Lee-Waters Julia Abe Tzipora Obziler 7–5, 6–7(7), 4–6Loss 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, 1–6Loss 12. 30 July 2000 Salt Lake City, United States Hard Samantha Reeves Lisa McShea Irina Selyutina w/oWin 13. 14 October 2001 Hallandale Beach, United States Clay Alina Jidkova Erica Krauth Vanesa Krauth 4–6, 6–2, 6–3Loss 14. 23 April 2002 Dothan, United States Clay Samantha Reeves Rika Fujiwara Maja Palaveršić 3–6, 0–6Win 15. 19 May 2002 ITF Charlottesville, United States Clay Erika deLone Teryn Ashley Kristen Schlukebir 6–2, 2–6, 7–5

Performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

WTA year-end rankings Singles

Doubles