Stephanie Rehe

Stephanie Rehe

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Oceanside, California, USA
Born	(1969-11-05) November 5, 1969 Fontana, California, USA
Height
Turned pro	August 1985
Retired	1993
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$570,146
Singles
Career record	151–99
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 10 (March 13, 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1992, 1993)
French Open	4R (1987)
Wimbledon	3R (1985, 1988)
US Open	4R (1986, 1988)
Doubles
Career record	72–61
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 10 (October 5, 1992)
Last updated on: December 6, 2011.

Stephanie Rehe (born November 5, 1969 in Fontana, California) is a retired American professional tennis player.

Career

A successful amateur player, Rehe was ranked No. 1 in every age group as a junior (12s, 14s, 16s, 18s). She was the first player to receive a dual No. 1 ranking in 14s and 16s (1983).

At the age of 13 years and one month in 1982, Rehe was the youngest player to compete in a WTA Tour event. In 1983, she became the youngest player to be ranked on the WTA computer, coming on at 13 years and two months in January, two months younger than Steffi Graf. She won her first tournament in 1985 in the Virginia Slims of Utah not dropping a set along the way; as well as upsetting Camille Benjamin in the final. She defeated Michelle Torres, Carling Bassett, and Gabriela Sabatini to capture her first major Virginia Slims Series event in Tampa 1985. Rehe defeated Lisa Bonder, and pushed Steffi Graf to three sets in the quarterfinals at Fort Lauderdale in 1985. In 1986, she received the WTA Most Impressive Newcomer Award and was voted Tennis Magazine Rookie of the Year.

She reached a career high rank of World No.10 on March 13, 1989. However, she would have to leave the tour that year due to a back injury which required surgery and extensive rehabilitation. She would return to the tour in 1990 and was the recipient of 1991 WTA Comeback Player of the Year Award. She would retire permanently in 1993.

She won five singles titles and two doubles titles during her career. She had career wins over Pam Shriver, Gabriela Sabatini, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, Mary Joe Fernandez, and Jo Durie. Her best performances in Grand Slam events included the 4th round at the U.S. Open in 1986 and 1989 and the 4th round at the French Open in 1987.

WTA Career finals

Singles: 7 (5-2)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (0–0) Tier IV (0–0) Tier V (2–1) Virginia Slims (3–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (4–2) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	September 15, 1985	Salt Lake City	Hard	Camille Benjamin	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	November 10, 1985	Tampa	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Runner-up	1.	August 3, 1986	San Diego	Hard	Melissa Gurney	2–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	October 18, 1987	San Juan	Hard	Camille Benjamin	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	2.	April 17, 1988	Tokyo	Hard	Patty Fendick	3–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	April 24, 1988	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (I)	Brenda Schultz	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	August 7, 1988	San Diego	Hard	Ann Grossman	6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (1–0) Tier III (0–0) Tier IV (1–2) Tier V (0–0) Virginia Slims (0–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	May 26, 1991	Strasbourg	Clay	Lori McNeil	Manon Bollegraf Mercedes Paz	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	March 1, 1992	Indian Wells	Hard	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	April 12, 1992	Tokyo	Hard	Kimiko Date	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 0–6
Runner-up	2.	October 4, 1992	Bayonne	Carpet (I)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Linda Ferrando Petra Langrová	6–1, 3–5, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 2
French Open	1R	A	A	4R	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 4
Wimbledon	A	3R	1R	A	3R	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 4
US Open	1R	1R	4R	A	4R	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 5
SR	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 15
Year End Ranking	NR	18	19	28	14	NR	58	125	75	NR

• NH = tournament not held.
• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

External links

• Stephanie Rehe at the Women's Tennis Association