Lydia Steinbach (born 30 July 1980) is a German former professional

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player.

Biography

Steinbach was born in the city of

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...

, which was then known as Karl-Marx-Stadt and part of East Germany. A right-handed player, Steinbach reached a best singles ranking of 262. In 2001 she won an ITF tournament in San Severo, beating

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in the final. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the Pattaya Open in 2003, where she made the round of 16. As a doubles player she won 10 ITF titles and was ranked as high as 176 in the world. At the 2003 Sparkassen Cup in Leipzig, Steinbach and partner Aniko Kapros held a match point against top seeds

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and Svetlana Kuznetsova, before going down 5–7 in the third set. While studying sports at university she was a participant in the

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in Daegu, winning bronze medals for both the women's doubles and mixed doubles events.

ITF finals

Singles (1–6)

Doubles (10–7)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Steinbach, Lydia 1980 births Living people German female tennis players Sportspeople from Chemnitz Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 21st-century German sportswomen