Rob Steckley

{{Short description|Canadian tennis player}}

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| name = Rob Steckley

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| fullname = Robert Steckley

| country_represented = {{CAN}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|02|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Canada

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| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $29,301

| singlesrecord = 1–3 (ATP Tour & Davis Cup)

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| highestsinglesranking = No. 464 (13 Nov 2006)

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| highestdoublesranking = No. 610 (17 Jul 2006)

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Robert Steckley (born 16 February 1980) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.

Steckley, who had a best singles ranking of 464, made his only ATP Tour main draw appearance as a wildcard at the 2005 Rogers Cup, a Masters tournament in Montreal, where he lost his first round match in three sets to Kenneth Carlsen.{{cite news |last1=Hickey |first1=Pat |title=Canadians disappoint in singles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/426041134/ |work=Montreal Gazette |date=10 August 2005}} He won an ITF Futures title at Rockhampton in 2006.

A member of the Canada Davis Cup team in 2005 and 2006, Steckley played in three singles rubbers. On debut in 2005 he defeated Daniel Vallverdú of Venezuela, but lost both his matches in 2006, one of which was through a retirement.{{cite news |title=Coupe davis - Le Canada l'emporte contre le Venezuela |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/sports/114375/coupe-davis-le-canada-l-emporte-contre-le-venezuela |work=Le Devoir |date=24 July 2006 |language=fr}}

Steckely has coached several players on tour, including Lucie Šafářová and Denis Shapovalov.{{cite news |last1=Myles |first1=Stephanie |title=Canadian Rob Steckley coaches Lucie Safarova to the Australian Open women's doubles title |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/canadian-rob-steckley-coaches-lucie-safarova-to-the-australian-open-women-s-doubles-title-121423932.html |work=Yahoo Sports |date=30 January 2015 |language=en-CA}}

ITF Futures titles

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|{{dts|Sep 2006}}

|Australia F7, Rockhampton

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|{{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Feeney

|7-5, 6-3

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|{{dts|Feb 2005}}

|USA F4, Brownsville

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lester Cook

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tres Davis
{{flagicon|USA}} Eric Nunez

|w/o

See also

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