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Steve Meister

American tennis player

Summary

American tennis player

Field	Value
name	Steve Meister
country
birth_date
birth_place	New York, New York, U.S.
height
plays	Right-handed
highestsinglesranking	No. 69 (6 August 1984)
singlestitles	0
highestdoublesranking	No. 20 (16 July 1984)
doublestitles	6
college	Princeton University

Steve Meister (born April 21, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Meister's highest singles ranking was World No. 69, which he reached in August 1984. During his career, he won 6 doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 20 in July 1984.

Meister was born in New York City, and is Jewish. He graduated from Princeton University in 1980 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He turned professional in May 1980, and retired in 1986.

He then founded Meister Financial Group, Inc. in 1987 as a wholesale mortgage lending corporation. He served as the U.S. Men’s Tennis Coach of the 1989 Maccabiah Games and the 1993 Maccabiah Games. He received a Master of Science in Finance in 2004 from Florida International University.

He was elected to the Miami-Dade County Hall of Fame in 2005.

Career finals

Doubles (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1–0	1981	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	USA Van Winitsky	GBR John Feaver
USA Steve Krulevitz	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	2–0	1982	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	USA Craig Wittus	USA Eric Fromm
USA Cary Leeds	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Win	3–0	1982	Boston, U.S.	Clay	USA Craig Wittus	RSA Freddie Sauer
RSA Schalk van der Merwe	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–0	1983	Tampa, U.S.	Carpet	USA Tony Giammalva	USA Eric Fromm
USA Drew Gitlin	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win	5–0	1983	Maui, U.S.	Hard	USA Tony Giammalva	USA Mike Bauer
USA Scott Davis	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	5–1	1983	Hong Kong	Hard	USA Sammy Giammalva Jr.	USA Drew Gitlin
AUS Craig Miller	2–6, 2–6
Win	6–1	1983	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	USA Brian Teacher	ECU Andrés Gómez
USA Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	6–2	1984	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	USA Mark Dickson	USA David Dowlen
NGR Nduka Odizor	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	6–3	1984	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	USA Eliot Teltscher	USA Tracy Delatte
PAR Francisco González	6–7, 1–6

References

[http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/steve-meister/m056/bio Steve Meister. Bio. ATP World Tour. Tennis]
[http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/960954.html "Roads' Beth David Congregation to honor Jewish, Israeli Sony Ericsson players; A congregation will recognize Jewish and Israeli tennis players in the Sony Ericsson Open"], ''[[The Miami Herald]]'', 3/22/09; accessed 6/4/09

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