Lydia Steinbach

Lydia Steinbach (born 30 July 1980) is a German former professional tennis player.

Biography Steinbach was born in the city of Chemnitz, which was then known as Karl-Marx-Stadt and part of East Germany.

A right-handed player, Steinbach reached a best singles ranking of 262. In 2001 she won an ITF tournament in San Severo, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the Pattaya Open in 2003, where she made the round of 16.

As a doubles player she won 10 ITF titles and was ranked as high as 176 in the world. At the 2003 Sparkassen Cup in Leipzig, Steinbach and partner Aniko Kapros held a match point against top seeds Martina Navratilova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, before going down 5–7 in the third set.

While studying sports at university she was a participant in the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, winning bronze medals for both the women's doubles and mixed doubles events.

ITF finals Singles (1–6) Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 9 August 1998 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Daphne van de Zande 1–6, 3–6Loss 2. 13 June 1999 Meinerzhagen, Germany Clay Martina Müller 0–6, 2–6Loss 3. 16 October 2000 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Dally Randriantefy 0–4, 1–4Loss 4. 4 February 2001 Tipton, United Kingdom Clay Anne-Laure Heitz 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)Win 5. 29 April 2001 San Severo, Italy Clay Svetlana Kuznetsova 2–6, 7–6(5), 6–3Loss 6. 13 July 2003 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Alena Vašková 3–6, 1–6Loss 7. 24 July 2006 Horb, Germany Clay Sandra Martinović 6–3, 1–6, 4–6

Doubles (10–7) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 28 September 1998 Glasgow, Great Britain Carpet (i) Eva Dyrberg Helen Crook Victoria Davies 6–4, 5–7, 6–3Win 2. 16 November 1998 Biel, Switzerland Hard (i) Dája Bedáňová Gréta Arn Katalin Miskolczi 6–2, 6–1Loss 3. 13 June 1999 Meinerzhagen, Germany Clay Jennifer Tinnacher Bianca Cremer Nicole Seitenbecher 6–7, 0–6Win 4. 12 February 2001 Sutton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Eleni Daniilidou Amanda Hopmans Patty Van Acker 6–0, 6–4Win 5. 15 July 2001 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Magdalena Kučerová Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová 6–1, 6–2Win 6. 6 August 2001 Hechingen, Germany Clay Magdalena Kučerová Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits 5–7, 6–2, 6–1Win 7. 22 October 2001 Opole, Poland Carpet Magdalena Kučerová Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová 6–3, 6–2Loss 8. 5 August 2002 Hechingen, Germany Clay Shelley Stephens Andrea Glass Jasmin Wöhr 4–6, 5–7Loss 9. 12 August 2002 Innsbruck, Austria Clay Magdalena Kučerová Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva 4–6, 6–4, 3–6Win 10. 1 September 2002 Bielefeld, Germany Clay Lisa Fritz Martina Babáková Lenka Tvarošková 7–5, 6–4Loss 11. 14 July 2003 Garching bei München, Germany Clay Antonia Matic Angelika Bachmann Lenka Němečková 2–6, 6–7(7–9)Loss 12. 3 August 2003 Saulgau, Germany Clay Antonia Matic Christina Fitz Kathrin Wörle-Scheller 2–6, 1–6Loss 13. 24 July 2006 Horb, Germany Clay Julia Görges Josipa Bek Dia Evtimova 6–3, 3–6, 3–6Win 14. 6 August 2006 Saulgau, Germany Clay Josipa Bek Martina Babáková Linda Smolenaková 6–4, 6–3Loss 15. 4 September 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany Clay Korina Perkovic Franziska Etzel Laura Zelder 1–6, 7–6(9–7), 2–6Win 16. 6 November 2006 Ismaning, Germany Carpet (i) Eva-Maria Hoch Sabrina Jolk Annette Kolb 6–2, 6–1Win 17. 24 August 2008 Wahlstedt, Germany Clay Julia Paetow Dominice Ripoll Lucía Sainz 6–4, 6–4