Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (; born 9 October 1990) is a German inactive professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in February 2012.
Career 2011: Grand Slam and Top 100 debuts He reached his first ATP World Tour quarterfinal at the 2011 MercedesCup in Stuttgart, Germany, where he beat Nikolay Davydenko and Fabio Fognini.
He was then awarded a wildcard to the 2011 International German Open where he beat Juan Carlos Ferrero and Davydenko again, before losing to Fernando Verdasco.
Stebe finished the year by winning the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals.
2012: First and second Grand Slam wins Stebe recorded his best Grand Slam result, when he got to the second round in the 2012 French Open. He reached the same stage at the 2012 US Open (tennis).
At the 2012 Davis Cup World Group play-offs he won the deciding rubber against former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets.
2013–2014: Injury and hiatus Stebe suffered a hip injury during the Heilbronn Open, and underwent surgery in October 2013. He expressed wishes to play competitive tennis again, but struggled with the recovery process.
2015–2016: Back to the ITF Tour In February 2015, he played his first tournament in almost a year and half, a Futures in Antalya, Turkey. He won his three qualifying matches and managed to enter the main draw. He would win two more matches before losing in the quarterfinals to Dimitar Kuzmanov.
2017: Return to ATP Tour and top 100
At the Sofia Open, Stebe won his first ATP Tour match in over three and a half years by beating Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round.
He won in the first round in 2017 Geneva Open against Jan-Lennard Struff as a lucky loser. He reached the quarterfinals, after the retirement of wildcard Janko Tipsarević in the second round, where he lost to Andrey Kuznetsov.
In June, Stebe won his first title in four years at the Poprad Tatry Challenger in Slovakia. He finished the year ranked inside the top 100 at World No. 82.
2019–2020: First ATP final Stebe reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2019 Swiss Open Gstaad, but lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas.
In November 2020, Stebe won his eight challenger title in Parma, his first since 2017 at the Sibiu Open.
2022: First ATP match win in over a year He qualified at the 2022 inaugural edition of the Dallas Open and won his first ATP main draw match in over a year against American Denis Kudla in three sets.
He claimed his first Challenger title since November 2020, and ninth overall, in Como, Italy defeating Francesco Passaro.
Singles performance timeline
Tournament201120122013…2016201720182019202020212022…2025SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R1RAAQ11RA1R1RAQ1A0 / 50–5French OpenQ22RQ2AQ1AA1RQ1Q1Q3AA0 / 21–2Wimbledon1R1RQ2AQ1AA1RNHQ1Q2AA0 / 30–3US OpenQ12RQ1AQ12RA2RAQ1AAA0 / 33–3Win–loss0–12–40–10–00–01–10–11–30–10–10–00–00–00 / 134–13National representationDavis CupA1RAAAPOAAAAAAA0 / 13–1ATP 1000 tournamentsIndian Wells OpenA1RAAAAAANHAAAA0 / 10–1Miami OpenA2RAAAAAANHQ1Q1AA0 / 11–1Career statisticsTournaments41530162103410049Titles / Finals0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 1Overall win–loss4–49–162–30–00–16–60–27–102–31–41–10–00–032–50Year-end ranking81177167 –46382507165126227203 –347
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 (0–0)ATP 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Swiss Open Gstaad, SwitzerlandATP 250Clay Albert Ramos Viñolas3–6, 2–6
ATP Challenger finals
Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups) ATP Challenger Finals (1–0)ATP Challenger (9–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Oberstaufen, GermanyClay Martin Fischer3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Kyoto, JapanCarpet (i) Dominik Meffert6–4, 4–6, 2–6Win1–2Bangkok, ThailandHard Amir Weintraub7–5, 6–1Win2–2Shanghai, ChinaHard Alexandre Kudryavtsev6–4, 4–6, 7–5Win3–2São Paulo, BrazilHard (i) Dudi Sela6–2, 6–4Loss3–3Tallahassee, United StatesClay Denis Kudla3–6, 3–6Win4–3Meknes, MoroccoClay Yannik Reuter6–1, 4–6, 6–2Win5–3Poprad, SlovakiaClay Laslo Djere6–0, 6–3Loss5–4Marburg, GermanyClay Filip Krajinović2–6, 3–6Win6–4Vancouver, CanadaHard Jordan Thompson6–0, 6–1Win7–4Sibiu, RomaniaClay Carlos Taberner6–3, 6–3Win8–4Parma, ItalyHard (i) Liam Broady6–4, 6–4Win9–4Como, ItalyClay Francesco Passaro7–6(7–2), 6–4Win10–4Augsburg, GermanyClay Alexander Ritschard6–3, 6–3
ITF finals
Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Spain F11, ZaragozaClay (i) Gabriel Trujillo Soler3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Germany F12, DortmundClay Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras5–7, 1–6Win1–2Italy F5, PadovaClay Daniele Giorgini4–6, 6–1, 6–2Win2–2Turkey F5, AntalyaHard Denys Molchanov6–4, 6–3Win3–2Turkey F6, AntalyaHard Yannik Reuter6–1, 6–0Win4–2M15 Kamen, GermanyClay Jakub Nicod3–6, 6–4, 5–3 ret.
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Spain F8, SabadellClay Roberto Bautista Agut Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol <br/ > Boy Westerhof2–6, 4–6Win1–1Croatia F2, RovinjClay Marin Draganja Toni Androić <br/ > Nikola Mektić1–6, 6–2, [10–3]Win2–1Croatia F3, RovinjClay Marin Draganja Óscar Burrieza <br/ > Javier Martí6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWin2008US OpenHard Nikolaus Moser Peerakit Siributwong Kittipong Wachiramanowong7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–8]
National participation
Davis Cup (3–1) Group membershipWorld Group (1–0)WG Play-off (2–1)Matches by typeSingles (3–1)Doubles (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–1)Matches by venueGermany (2–1)Away (1–0)
DateVenueSurfaceRdOpponent nationScoreMatchOpponent playerW/LRubber score2012BambergClay (i)1R1–4 Singles 5 (dead) Eduardo SchwankWin 7–6(7–1), 7–5HamburgClayPO3–2 Singles 1 Bernard TomicLoss 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) Singles 5 (decider) Lleyton HewittWin 6–4, 6–1, 6–42017OeirasClayPO3–2 Singles 1 João SousaWin 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0
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