Heliane Marie Steden (born 18 July 1964) is a former professional

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player from Mexico.

Biography

Born in West Germany, Steden later emigrated to Mexico City, where she was raised. As a junior she competed at Wimbledon and was a girls' singles quarter-finalist at the 1981 US Open.

Tennis career

She debuted for the

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in 1981, as a 17-year-old. In 1982 she secured a win for Mexico over Belgium when she had a straight sets win over Marion De Witte. This set up a second round tie against the United States and she came up against

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in the singles, which she lost in two sets. She also played a Fed Cup rubber against top Australian player

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, in 1983, which she came close to winning having held four match points. At the

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in Caracas she won a bronze medal in the women's singles, with a win over Brazil's

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in the playoff. From 1983 to 1986 she attended the

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on a tennis scholarship and was a member of two NCAA Championship winning teams. During this period she continued to represent Mexico in the Fed Cup and by the time she made her last appearance in 1985 had featured in a total of 12 ties. She made her first main draw on the WTA Tour at Rio de Janeiro in 1984 while she was in Brazil for the Fed Cup. Once she graduated, with a degree in business administration, she spent a year on the international circuit. With regular doubles partner Cecilia Fernandez, a teammate from USC, she made WTA Tour doubles quarter-finals at Berkeley in 1986 and Hilton Head in 1987. She competed in the main draw of the women's doubles at the

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with

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, where they were beaten in the first round by fourth seeds

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and

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Personal life

Steden continues to live in the United States and works in the finance industry. She was a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch in New York from 1999 to 2017. Her husband, Andy Sieg, is an executive with Merrill Lynch.

ITF finals

Doubles (3–2)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Steden, Heliane 1964 births Living people Mexican female tennis players German emigrants to Mexico Mexican emigrants to the United States Tennis players from Mexico City USC Trojans women's tennis players Mexican expatriate tennis players in the United States Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games