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Stephen R. Alger (born 28 July 1958) is a Bermudian
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player who competed for Bermuda at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is the only tennis player having represented Bermuda at an Olympic event. He was active from 1975 to 1982 and contested 4 career singles finals, winning 3 titles.


Career

He played his first tournament at the Cumberland Hard Court Championships in 1975. He won his first singles title in 1979 at the Coral Beach Invitation against American player King Van Nostrand. At the
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he played in the qualifying rounds where he was defeated in the third round by Indian international
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. In 1979 he won the
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against the Canadian player
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. He won his final singles title at the Cumberland Hard Court Championships in 1982 against South African player
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, and played his final singles tournament the same year at the North of England Hard Court Championships. Additionally he was a losing finalist at the
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in 1976 where he lost to Mark Farrell.


Career finals


Singles:4 (3 titles, 1 runners-up)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alger, Stephen Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1958 births Bermudian male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Bermuda Tennis players at the 1991 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Bermuda Living people Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Bermuda Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis