Country (sports) | United States |
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Born | New York, New York, U.S. | April 21, 1958
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Plays | Right-handed |
College | Princeton University |
Singles | |
Career record | 30–62 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No 69 |
Doubles | |
Career record | 107–97 |
Career titles | 6 |
Highest ranking | No. 20 |
Steve Meister (born April 21, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Meister's highest singles ranking was World No. 69, which he reached in August 1984. During his career, he won 6 doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 20 in July 1984.
Meister was born in New York City, and is Jewish.[1][2] He graduated from Princeton University in 1980 with a degree in Civil Engineering.[1] He turned professional in May 1980, and retired in 1986.[1]
He then founded Meister Financial Group, Inc. in 1987 as a wholesale mortgage lending corporation.[1] He served as the U.S. Men’s Tennis Coach of the 1989 Maccabiah Games and the 1993 Maccabiah Games.[1] He received a Master of Science in Finance in 2004 from Florida International University.[1]
He was elected to the Miami-Dade County Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]