Jessica Steck (born 6 August 1978) is a South African former
tennis
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player.
During her career on the professional tennis circuit from
1996
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to
2003
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, she won the
1996 US Open Junior Girls' Doubles title
and won several singles and doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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.
Steck also won first-round doubles matches in all four
Grand Slam events.
Career
She reached the singles world ranking of 140th in the world on 16 March 1998, and the 56th in doubles on 3 March 2003.
During her career, she won a WTA tournament in doubles.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ITF finals
Singles: 9 (5–4)
Doubles: 15 (4–11)
Performance timelines
Doubles
Mixed doubles
WTA year-end rankings
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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South African female tennis players
1978 births
Sportspeople from Bloemfontein
Tennis players from the Free State (province)
Living people
White South African people
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
US Open (tennis) junior champions