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Steve Meister

USA Age 68 193 cm / 6'4" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1981–1985

Steve Meister represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 69. In TennisDB's records, Steve Meister finished with a career record of 30–63 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

69 (Aug 6, 1984)

Elo peak

1645 (43rd percentile)

Singles record

30–63 (32.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$233,795

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Steve Meister's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Diego Perez #81	3-6 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1985*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Ricardo Acuna #65	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 15, 1985*	R32	Cleveland	ATP 250	Hard
Paul Mcnamee #55	2-6 4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1985*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Guy Forget #64	6-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 20, 1985*	R32	Bristol	ATP 250	Grass
Dan Cassidy #88	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 19, 1985*	R64	Bristol	ATP 250	Grass

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Steve Meister's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Brad Drewett	1	3	4	Oct 25, 1984	H2H
Chris Lewis	2	0	2	May 23, 1985	H2H
John Frawley	0	2	2	Apr 3, 1985	—
Joakim Nystrom	0	2	2	Mar 21, 1985	H2H
Terry Moor	0	2	2	Feb 5, 1985	H2H

Career Results

Steve Meister career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1981	23	4	12	16	25.0%	—	—
1982	24	1	7	8	12.5%	—	—
1983	25	6	10	16	37.5%	321	87
1984	26	17	19	36	47.2%	88	80
1985	27	2	15	17	11.8%	81	350
Career		30	63	93	32.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Steve Meister career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1981	23	3	8	11	27.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	12	16	25.0%
1982	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%
1983	25	5	5	10	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%	6	10	16	37.5%
1984	26	8	12	20	40.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	17	19	36	47.2%
1985	27	0	4	4	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	15	17	11.8%
Career	—	16	31	47	34.0%	7	12	19	36.8%	6	10	16	37.5%	1	10	11	9.1%	30	63	93	32.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Steve Meister career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1981	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	6	6	0.0%
1982	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1983	25	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1984	26	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	8	12	33.3%	6	1	7	85.7%	13	15	28	46.4%
1985	27	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	11	13	15.4%
Career		0	3	3	0.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	7	23	30	23.3%	7	3	10	70.0%	18	37	55	32.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 55/93 (59.1%) of Steve Meister's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Steve Meister advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1981	23	1436	103.1	—	—	—	—	+41	+89	—	34.1%	-0.78	1–5 (17%)	1–4 (20%)	92.8	+1.58
1982	24	1393	103.4	—	—	—	—	—	+95	+92	17.6%	-2.00	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.69
1983	25	1485	120.8	—	—	—	—	+42	—	—	43.9%	-0.42	1–4 (20%)	4–2 (67%)	99.9	+0.60
1984	26	1624	129.4	—	—	—	—	-47	-49	-24	48.9%	-0.44	4–8 (33%)	12–4 (75%)	107.7	+0.90
1985	27	1497	109.7	—	—	—	—	-28	+26	+83	17.1%	-1.98	1–3 (25%)	0–2	—	-0.36
Career		1645	120.4	—	—	—	—	-2	+15	+31	37.4%	-0.89	7–21 (25%)	18–14 (56%)	98.3	+3.67

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Steve Meister Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1981	23	R64	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1983	25	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1984	26	—	R128	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
1985	27	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	3–9 (25%)

ATP 500

Steve Meister ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1981	23	—	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1984	26	R64	—	—	R16	2–2 (50%)
1985	27	—	R128	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–5 (38%)

ATP 250

Steve Meister ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	BRI	FLR	GST	HKG	MC	MET	NWP	PAR	QUE	ROT	STO	TKY	VIE	MIA	BRI	BRU	CAR	CLE	FOR	GUA	HON	LA	LAS	LOS	MAR	MAU	MIL	MON	PHI	SOU	SOU	SYD	TAI	TAM	TEL	TOR	U.S	W-L Win %
1981	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	R32	—	—	3–9 (25%)
1982	24	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	1–7 (12%)
1983	25	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R64	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	5–9 (36%)
1984	26	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R16	R64	—	—	R32	QF	—	R32	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13–14 (48%)
1985	27	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	2–10 (17%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	24–49 (33%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Aug 6, 1984

First Top 100

Oct 17, 1983

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Steve Meister ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1979	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	579
1983	25	321	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	88	86	87
1984	26	92	91	88	76	77	81	70	77	91	103	78	80
1985	27	74	86	84	101	113	124	177	194	192	206	353	350
1986	28	348	331	356	360	435	638	719	837	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Steve Meister's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Tom Cain	USA	70	1,650	0	110	43	67	39.1%	1980–1986	Match log
Juan Avendano	ESP	71	1,676	0	116	39	77	33.6%	1980–1990	Match log
Carl Limberger	AUS	71	1,598	0	110	34	76	30.9%	1981–1992	Match log
Jaroslav Navratil	CZE	64	1,647	0	91	31	60	34.1%	1981–1989	Match log
Andy Andrews	USA	78	1,591	0	56	18	38	32.1%	1975–1985	Match log
Florin Segarceanu	ROU	73	1,719	0	99	37	62	37.4%	1980–1988	Match log
Dan Cassidy	USA	74	1,629	1	110	35	75	31.8%	1969–1990	Match log
Jerome Potier	FRA	68	1,688	0	146	54	92	37.0%	1980–1990	Match log
Drew Gitlin	USA	65	1,663	0	82	34	48	41.5%	1981–1985	Match log
Erick Iskersky	USA	64	1,657	1	94	33	61	35.1%	1978–1985	Match log
Roland Stadler	SUI	68	1,684	0	119	47	72	39.5%	1978–1989	Match log
Joao Soares	BRA	74	1,615	0	141	42	99	29.8%	1974–1987	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Steve Meister?: Steve Meister is 68 years old, born on April 21, 1958.
Which country does Steve Meister represent?: Steve Meister represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Steve Meister?: Steve Meister is 193 cm / 6'4".
Is Steve Meister left-handed or right-handed?: Steve Meister plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Steve Meister won?: Steve Meister has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Steve Meister won?: TennisDB does not group any of Steve Meister's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Steve Meister's highest ATP ranking?: Steve Meister's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 69, first achieved on August 6, 1984.
What is Steve Meister's career win-loss record?: Steve Meister has a career ATP singles record of 30 wins and 63 losses (32.3%).
How much career prize money has Steve Meister earned?: Steve Meister has earned at least $233,795 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Steve Meister's career appear in TennisDB?: Steve Meister appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1981 through 1985.
On which surface does Steve Meister have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Steve Meister's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 34.0% (16–31).
Who has Steve Meister faced most often?: Steve Meister's most frequent opponent is Brad Drewett, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.