Lydia Steinbach
{{short description|German tennis player}}
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| name = Lydia Steinbach
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|7|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), East Germany
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| retired = 2010
| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $54,314
| singlesrecord = 141-99
| singlestitles = 1 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 262 (27 August 2001)
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| doublesrecord = 88-53
| doublestitles = 10 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 176 (4 February 2002)
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Lydia Steinbach (born 30 July 1980) is a German former professional tennis player.
Biography
Steinbach was born in the city of Chemnitz, which was then known as Karl-Marx-Stadt and part of East Germany.{{cite news |title=Tennis: Knapper Sieg der zweifachen Mutter |url=http://www.lvz.de/Sportbuzzer/Sport-Regional/Tennis-Knapper-Sieg-der-zweifachen-Mutter |work=LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung |date=15 July 2013 |language=German}}
A right-handed player, Steinbach reached a best singles ranking of 262. In 2001 she won an ITF tournament in San Severo, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the Pattaya Open in 2003, where she made the round of 16.{{cite news |title=Nagyova y Rodionova pasan a cuartos en Tailandia |url=http://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=195003 |work=ESPNdeportes.com |date=5 November 2003 |language=Spanish}}
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 Martina Navratilova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, before going down 5–7 in the third set.{{cite news |title=Navratilova survives match point in Leipzig doubles |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-09-25/navratilova-survives-match-point-in-leipzig-doubles/1483824 |work=ABC News |date=25 September 2003}}
While studying sports at university she was a participant in the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, winning bronze medals for both the women's doubles and mixed doubles events.{{cite news |title=Lydia Steinbach: Beinahe wie Olympische Spiele |url=https://www.mz-web.de/lydia-steinbach-beinahe-wie-olympische-spiele-9650570 |work=Mitteldeutsche Zeitung |date=3 September 2003 |language=German}}
ITF finals
=Singles (1–6)=
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| $25,000 tournaments |
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| $10,000 tournaments |
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| Result
!No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 9 August 1998 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | {{flagicon|BEL}} Daphne van de Zande | 1–6, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 13 June 1999 | Meinerzhagen, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Martina Müller | 0–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 16 October 2000 | Joué-lès-Tours, France | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|MAD}} Dally Randriantefy | 0–4, 1–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 4 February 2001 | Tipton, United Kingdom | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Anne-Laure Heitz | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7) |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | 29 April 2001 | San Severo, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova | 2–6, 7–6(5), 6–3 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6. | 13 July 2003 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|CZE}} Alena Vašková | 3–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 7. | 24 July 2006 | Horb, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|BIH}} Sandra Martinović | 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 |
=Doubles (10–7)=
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| Result
!No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 28 September 1998 | Glasgow, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|DEN}} Eva Dyrberg | {{flagicon|GBR}} Helen Crook | 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 16 November 1998 | Biel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|CZE}} Dája Bedáňová | {{flagicon|GER}} Gréta Arn | 6–2, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 13 June 1999 | Meinerzhagen, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Jennifer Tinnacher | {{flagicon|GER}} Bianca Cremer | 6–7, 0–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 12 February 2001 | Sutton, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GRE}} Eleni Daniilidou | {{flagicon|NED}} Amanda Hopmans | 6–0, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | 15 July 2001 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Magdalena Kučerová | {{flagicon|CZE}} Milena Nekvapilová | 6–1, 6–2 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 6. | 6 August 2001 | Hechingen, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Magdalena Kučerová | {{flagicon|AUT}} Daniela Klemenschits | 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 7. | 22 October 2001 | Opole, Poland | Carpet | {{flagicon|GER}} Magdalena Kučerová | {{flagicon|CZE}} Milena Nekvapilová | 6–3, 6–2 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 8. | 5 August 2002 | Hechingen, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|NZL}} Shelley Stephens | {{flagicon|GER}} Andrea Glass | 4–6, 5–7 |
| style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 9. | 12 August 2002 | Innsbruck, Austria | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Magdalena Kučerová | {{flagicon|RUS}} Goulnara Fattakhetdinova | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 10. | 1 September 2002 | Bielefeld, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Lisa Fritz | {{flagicon|SVK}} Martina Babáková | 7–5, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 11. | 14 July 2003 | Garching bei München, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Antonia Matic | {{flagicon|GER}} Angelika Bachmann | 2–6, 6–7(7–9) |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 12. | 3 August 2003 | Saulgau, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Antonia Matic | {{flagicon|GER}} Christina Fitz | 2–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 13. | 24 July 2006 | Horb, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges | {{flagicon|CRO}} Josipa Bek | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 14. | 6 August 2006 | Saulgau, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|CRO}} Josipa Bek | {{flagicon|SVK}} Martina Babáková | 6–4, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 15. | 4 September 2006 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Korina Perkovic | {{flagicon|GER}} Franziska Etzel | 1–6, 7–6(9–7), 2–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 16. | 6 November 2006 | Ismaning, Germany | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|AUT}} Eva-Maria Hoch | {{flagicon|GER}} Sabrina Jolk | 6–2, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 17. | 24 August 2008 | Wahlstedt, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Julia Paetow | {{flagicon|GER}} Dominice Ripoll | 6–4, 6–4 |
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