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

Lydia Steinbach
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1980-07-30) 30 July 1980 (age 44)
Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), East Germany
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$54,314
Singles
Career record141-99
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 262 (27 August 2001)
Doubles
Career record88-53
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 176 (4 February 2002)

Biography

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Steinbach was born in the city of Chemnitz, which was then known as Karl-Marx-Stadt and part of East Germany.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

ITF finals

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Singles (1–6)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 9 August 1998 Rebecq, Belgium Clay   Daphne van de Zande 1–6, 3–6
Loss 2. 13 June 1999 Meinerzhagen, Germany Clay   Martina Müller 0–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 16 October 2000 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i)   Dally Randriantefy 0–4, 1–4
Loss 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), 6–3
Loss 6. 13 July 2003 Darmstadt, Germany Clay   Alena Vašková 3–6, 1–6
Loss 7. 24 July 2006 Horb, Germany Clay   Sandra Martinović 6–3, 1–6, 4–6

Doubles (10–7)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 28 September 1998 Glasgow, Great Britain Carpet (i)   Eva Dyrberg   Helen Crook
  Victoria Davies
6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Win 2. 16 November 1998 Biel, Switzerland Hard (i)   Dája Bedáňová   Gréta Arn
  Katalin Miskolczi
6–2, 6–1
Loss 3. 13 June 1999 Meinerzhagen, Germany Clay   Jennifer Tinnacher   Bianca Cremer
  Nicole Seitenbecher
6–7, 0–6
Win 4. 12 February 2001 Sutton, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Eleni Daniilidou   Amanda Hopmans
  Patty Van Acker
6–0, 6–4
Win 5. 15 July 2001 Darmstadt, Germany Clay   Magdalena Kučerová   Milena Nekvapilová
  Hana Šromová
6–1, 6–2
Win 6. 6 August 2001 Hechingen, Germany Clay   Magdalena Kučerová   Daniela Klemenschits
  Sandra Klemenschits
5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win 7. 22 October 2001 Opole, Poland Carpet   Magdalena Kučerová   Milena Nekvapilová
  Hana Šromová
6–3, 6–2
Loss 8. 5 August 2002 Hechingen, Germany Clay   Shelley Stephens   Andrea Glass
  Jasmin Wöhr
4–6, 5–7
Loss 9. 12 August 2002 Innsbruck, Austria Clay   Magdalena Kučerová   Goulnara Fattakhetdinova
  Maria Kondratieva
4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 10. 1 September 2002 Bielefeld, Germany Clay   Lisa Fritz   Martina Babáková
  Lenka Tvarošková
7–5, 6–4
Loss 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, 1–6
Loss 13. 24 July 2006 Horb, Germany Clay   Julia Görges   Josipa Bek
  Dia Evtimova
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win 14. 6 August 2006 Saulgau, Germany Clay   Josipa Bek   Martina Babáková
  Linda Smolenaková
6–4, 6–3
Loss 15. 4 September 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany Clay   Korina Perkovic   Franziska Etzel
  Laura Zelder
1–6, 7–6(9–7), 2–6
Win 16. 6 November 2006 Ismaning, Germany Carpet (i)   Eva-Maria Hoch   Sabrina Jolk
  Annette Kolb
6–2, 6–1
Win 17. 24 August 2008 Wahlstedt, Germany Clay   Julia Paetow   Dominice Ripoll
  Lucía Sainz
6–4, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis: Knapper Sieg der zweifachen Mutter". LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). 15 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Nagyova y Rodionova pasan a cuartos en Tailandia". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 5 November 2003.
  3. ^ "Navratilova survives match point in Leipzig doubles". ABC News. 25 September 2003.
  4. ^ "Lydia Steinbach: Beinahe wie Olympische Spiele". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). 3 September 2003.
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