Stephanie Rehe (born November 5, 1969) is an American former tennis player.
She played on the WTA Tour between 1985 and 1993, won five singles and two doubles titles, and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 10, in March 1989.
Career A successful amateur player, Rehe was ranked No. 1 in every age group as a junior (12s, 14s, 16s, 18s). She was the first player to receive a dual No. 1 ranking in 14s and 16s (1983).Stephenie Rehe at Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
At the age of 13 years and one month, Rehe was in 1982 the youngest player to compete in a WTA Tour event. In 1983, she became the youngest player to be ranked on the WTA computer, coming on at 13 years and two months in January, two months younger than Steffi Graf. She won her first tournament in 1985 in the Virginia Slims of Utah not dropping a set along the way; as well as upsetting Camille Benjamin in the final. She defeated Michelle Torres, Carling Bassett, and Gabriela Sabatini to capture her first major Virginia Slims Series event at the Florida Federal Open in Tampa in November 1985. Rehe defeated Lisa Bonder, and pushed Steffi Graf to three sets in the quarterfinals at Fort Lauderdale in 1985. In 1986, she received the Most Impressive Newcomer Award of the WTA and was voted Rookie of the Year by Tennis Magazine.
She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 10 on March 13, 1989. However, she left the tour that year due to a back injury, which required surgery and extensive rehabilitation. She returned to the tour in August 1990 in San Diego and was WTA awarded Comeback Player of the Year in 1991. She retired permanently in 1993.
She won five singles titles and two doubles titles, and had career wins over Pam Shriver, Gabriela Sabatini, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, Mary Joe Fernandez, and Jo Durie. Her best singles performances in Grand Slam events included fourth rounds at the US Open in 1986 and 1988, and at the French Open in 1987.
WTA Tour finals Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendTier III (0–0)Tier IV (0–0)Tier V (2–1)Virginia Slims (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–0)Carpet (1–0) ResultW/L DateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Sep 1985 Salt Lake City, US VS Hard Camille Benjamin 6–2, 6–4Win 2–0 Nov 1985 Tampa, US VS Hard Gabriela Sabatini 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–5Loss 2–1 Aug 1986 San Diego, US VS Hard Melissa Gurney 2–6, 4–6Win 3–1 Oct 1987 Puerto Rico, US VS Hard Camille Benjamin 7–5, 7–6(7–4)Loss 3–2 Apr 1988 Tokyo, JapanTier V Hard Patty Fendick 3–6, 5–7Win 4–2 Apr 1988 Taipei, TaiwanTier V Carpet (i) Brenda Schultz 6–4, 6–4Win 5–2 Aug 1988 San Diego, USTier V Hard Ann Grossman 6–1, 6–1
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendTier II (1–0)Tier III (0–0)Tier IV (1–2)Tier V (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Grass (0–0)Clay (1–0)Carpet (0–1) ResultW/L DateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 May 1991 Strasbourg, FranceTier IV Clay Lori McNeil Manon Bollegraf Mercedes Paz 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4 Win 2–0 Mar 1992 Indian Wells, USTier II Hard Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi 6–3, 6–3Loss 2–1 Apr 1992 Tokyo, JapanTier IV Hard Kimiko Date Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 0–6Loss 2–2 Oct 1992 Bayonne, FranceTier IV Carpet (i) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Linda Ferrando Petra Langrová 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Australian OpenAANHAAAAA2R2R2–2 French Open1RAA4R1RAA2RAA4–4 WimbledonA3R1RA3RAA1RAA4–4 US Open1R1R4RA4RAAA2RA7–5Win–loss0–22–23–23–15–30–00–01–22–21–117–15Year-end rankingNR18192814NR5812575NR
References
External links