Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (German pronunciation: [ˌtseːdʁɪk ˌmaʁsɛl ˈʃteːbə]; born 9 October 1990) is a German former professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in February 2012.[1]

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceVaihingen an der Enz, Germany
Born (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 34)
Mühlacker, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2010
Retired2023
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,576,651
Singles
Career record32–50
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 71 (13 February 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2012, 2013, 2018, 2020, 2021)
French Open2R (2012)
Wimbledon1R (2011, 2012, 2019)
US Open2R (2012, 2017, 2019)
Doubles
Career record2–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 376 (9 July 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2012)
French Open1R (2012)
Wimbledon2R (2012)
Team competitions
Davis Cup1R (2012)
Last updated on: 27 August 2024.

Career

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2011: Grand Slam and Top 100 debut

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He reached his first ATP World Tour quarterfinal at the 2011 MercedesCup in Stuttgart, Germany, where he beat Nikolay Davydenko and Fabio Fognini.

He was then awarded a wildcard to the 2011 International German Open where he beat Juan Carlos Ferrero and Davydenko again, before losing to Fernando Verdasco.[2]

Stebe finished the year by winning the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals.

2012: First and second Grand Slam wins

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Stebe recorded his best Grand Slam result, when he got to the second round in the 2012 French Open. He reached the same stage at the 2012 US Open (tennis).

At the 2012 Davis Cup World Group play-offs he won the deciding rubber against former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets.[3]

2013–2014: Injury and hiatus

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Stebe suffered a hip injury during the Heilbronn Open, and underwent surgery in October 2013.[4] He expressed wishes to play competitive tennis again, but struggled with the recovery process.[5]

2015

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In February, he played his first tournament in almost a year and half, a Futures in Antalya, Turkey. He won his three qualifying matches and managed to enter the main draw. He would win two more matches before losing in the quarterfinals to Dimitar Kuzmanov.[6]

2017: Return to ATP tour and top 100

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At the Sofia Open, Stebe won his first ATP World Tour match for over three and a half years by beating Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round.

He won in the first round in 2017 Geneva Open against Jan-Lennard Struff as a lucky loser. He reached the quarterfinals, after the retirement of wildcard Janko Tipsarević in the second round, where he lost to Andrey Kuznetsov (tennis).

He finished the year ranked inside the top 100 at World No. 82.

2019: First ATP final

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Stebe reached his first ATP Tour final at the Swiss Open Gstaad, but lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas.[7]

2022: First ATP match win in over a year

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He qualified at the 2022 inaugural edition of the Dallas Open and won his first ATP main draw match in over a year against American Denis Kudla in three sets.[8]

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R A A A Q1 1R A 1R 1R A Q1 0 / 5 0–5
French Open A Q2 2R Q2 A A Q1 A A 1R Q1 Q1 Q3 A 0 / 2 1–2
Wimbledon A 1R 1R Q2 A A Q1 A A 1R NH Q1 Q2 A 0 / 3 0–3
US Open A Q1 2R Q1 A A Q1 2R A 2R A Q1 A A 0 / 3 3–3
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 2–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 13 4–13
National representation
Davis Cup A A 1R A A A A PO A A A A A A 0 / 1 3–1
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open A A 1R A A A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Miami Open A A 2R A A A A A A A NH Q1 Q1 A 0 / 1 1–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 4 15 3 0 0 1 6 2 10 3 4 1 0 49
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
Overall win–loss 0–0 4–4 9–16 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 6–6 0–2 7–10 2–3 1–4 1–1 0–0 32–50
Year-end ranking 375 81 177 167 1332 463 82 507 165 126 227 203 39%

ATP career finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2019 Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland ATP 250 Clay   Albert Ramos Viñolas 3–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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ATP Challenger Finals (1–0)
ATP Challenger (8–4)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2009 Spain F11, Zaragoza Futures Clay (i)   Gabriel Trujillo Soler 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2009 Germany F12, Dortmund Futures Clay   Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 5–7, 1–6
Win 1–2 May 2010 Italy F5, Padova Futures Clay   Daniele Giorgini 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 0–1 Jul 2010 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay   Martin Fischer 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Feb 2011 Turkey F5, Antalya Futures Hard   Denys Molchanov 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–2 Feb 2011 Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Hard   Yannik Reuter 6–1, 6–0
Loss 0–2 Mar 2011 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet (i)   Dominik Meffert 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2011 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard   Amir Weintraub 7–5, 6–1
Win 2–2 Sep 2011 Shanghai, China Challenger Hard   Alexandre Kudryavtsev 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win 1–0 Nov 2011 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Finals Hard (i)   Dudi Sela 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–3 May 2013 Tallahassee, United States Challenger Clay   Denis Kudla 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–3 Sep 2013 Meknes, Morocco Challenger Clay   Yannik Reuter 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win 4–3 Jun 2017 Poprad, Slovakia Challenger Clay   Laslo Djere 6–0, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Jul 2017 Marburg, Germany Challenger Clay   Filip Krajinović 2–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 Aug 2017 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard   Jordan Thompson 6–0, 6–1
Win 6–4 Sep 2017 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay   Carlos Taberner 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–4 Nov 2020 Parma, Italy Challenger Hard (i)   Liam Broady 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–4 Sep 2022 Como, Italy Challenger Clay   Francesco Passaro 7–6(7–2), 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 2008 US Open Hard   Nikolaus Moser   Peerakit Siributwong
  Kittipong Wachiramanowong
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–8]

National participation

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Davis Cup (3–1)

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Group membership
World Group (1–0)
WG Play-off (2–1)
Matches by type
Singles (3–1)
Doubles (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–1)
Matches by venue
Germany (2–1)
Away (1–0)
Date Venue Surface Rd Opponent nation Score Match Opponent player W/L Rubber score
2012
Feb 2012 Bamberg Clay (i) 1R   Argentina 1–4 Singles 5 (dead) Eduardo Schwank Win 7–6(7–1), 7–5
Sep 2012 Hamburg Clay PO   Australia 3–2 Singles 1 Bernard Tomic Loss 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Singles 5 (decider) Lleyton Hewitt Win 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
2017
Sep 2017 Oeiras Clay PO   Portugal 3–2 Singles 1 João Sousa Win 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0

References

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  1. ^ "Cedrik-Marcel Stebe ATP Profile". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  2. ^ "Stebe Beats Ferrero For Third ATP Win; Other Germans Win In Hamburg". Tennis Now. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  3. ^ "German comeback leaves Australia stunned". Daviscup.com.
  4. ^ Cedrik-Marcel Stebe [@cedrikstebe] (15 October 2013). "Underwent hip surgery today!everything went well!keep you posted about recovery process!Thanks everyone!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Cedrik-Marcel Stebe: "Ich habe nie ans Aufhören gedacht"" (in German). Vaihinger Kreiszeitung. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  6. ^ "ITF Tennis - Turkey F7 Futures". ITF. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  7. ^ "Ramos-Vinolas Relentless To Win Second Title In Gstaad". ATP Tour. 28 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Rodionov upsets 6-seed Cressy at Dallas Open". ESPN.com. February 9, 2022.
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