Brett Steven

Brett Andrew Steven (born April 27 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 Australian Open in 1993, 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.

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.

External links

* [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/?playernumber=S321 Official ATP profile]