Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (; born 9 October 1990) is a German professional

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player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in February 2012.

Career

2011: Grand Slam and Top 100 debut

He reached his first

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quarterfinal at the

2011 MercedesCup The 2011 MercedesCup was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 34th edition of the Stuttgart Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Tennis Club Weissenhof ...

in Stuttgart, Germany, where he beat

Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...

and

Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP ...

. He was then awarded a wildcard to the

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where he beat

Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he ...

and Davydenko again, before losing to

Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009. His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...

. Stebe finished the year by winning the

2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals The 2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals was a tennis tournament played at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil, between November 16 and November 20, 2011. It was the first edition of the event. The tournament was run by the Association of ...

2012: First and second Grand Slam wins

Stebe recorded his best Grand Slam result, when he got to the second round in the

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. He reached the same stage at the

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. At the 2012 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs he won the deciding rubber against former world No. 1

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in straight sets.

2013-2014: Injury and hiatus

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

2015

In February, he played his first tournament in almost a year and half, a Futures in

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, 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 Dimitar Kuzmanov ( bg, Димитър Кузманов, ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He competes mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His highest singles ranking is No. 159 achieved on 29 August 2 ...

2017: Return to ATP tour and top 100

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

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against

Jan-Lennard Struff Jan-Lennard Struff (; born 25 April 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29 in August 2020. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 in October 2018. He ha ...

as a lucky loser. He reached the quarterfinals, after the retirement of wildcard

Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarević ( sr-cyr, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian former tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one ...

in the second round, where he lost to

Andrey Kuznetsov (tennis) Andrey Alexandrovich Kuznetsov (russian: Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Кузнецо́в, born 22 February 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 25 April 2016, he achieved his singles career-high of world No. 39. Ku ...

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

2019: First ATP final

Stebe reached his first ATP Tour final at the Swiss Open Gstaad, but lost to

Albert Ramos Viñolas Albert Ramos Viñolas (; born 17 January 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked in the top 40 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, ...

2022: First ATP match win in over a year

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.

Singles performance timeline

''Current through the 2023 Australian Open qualifying.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Record against top 10 players

Stebe's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered. *

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1–1 * Kevin Anderson 0–1 *

Félix Auger-Aliassime Félix Auger-Aliassime (; born August 8, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He is the second-youngest player ranked in the top 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and has a career-high singles ranking of No. 6, whic ...

0–1 *

Roberto Bautista Agut Roberto Bautista Agut (; born 14 April 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in singles, which he first achieved on 4 November 2019. Bautista A ...

0–1 *

Grigor Dimitrov Grigor Dimitrov ( bg, Григор Димитров, ; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved o ...

0–1 *

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. ...

0–1 *

Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ...

0–1 *

Richard Gasquet Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...

0–1 * Karen Khachanov 0–1 *

Juan Mónaco Juan Mónaco (; born 29 March 1984), nicknamed "Pico", is an Argentine former tennis player. He won nine singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2010 Shanghai Masters and the 2012 Miami Masters, and achieved a career-high singles ranking ...

0–1 * Kei Nishikori 0–1 *

Milos Raonic Milos Raonic (; sr, Милош Раонић, Miloš Raonić, ; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian inactive professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...

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Andrey Rublev Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (russian: Андрей Андреевич Рублёв; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (AT ...

0–1 *

Diego Schwartzman Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his bes ...

0–1 * Denis Shapovalov 0–1 *

Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 10 ...

0–1 *

0–1 * Marin Čilić 0–2 *

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...

0–2 *

Stanislas Wawrinka Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014. His career highlight ...

0–2 ''* .''

National participation

Davis Cup (3–1)

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stebe, Cedrik-Marcel 1990 births Living people People from Mühlacker Sportspeople from Karlsruhe (region) German male tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg 21st-century German people