Steve Meister

{{short description|American tennis player}}

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|country={{USA}}

|birth_date={{birth date and age|mf=yes|1958|04|21}}

|birth_place=New York, New York, U.S.

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|plays=Right-handed

|highestsinglesranking=No 69

|singlestitles=0

|highestdoublesranking=No. 20

|doublestitles=6

|college=Princeton University

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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.[http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/steve-meister/m056/bio Steve Meister | Bio | ATP World Tour | Tennis][http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/960954.html "Roads' Beth David Congregation to honor Jewish, Israeli Sony Ericsson players; A congregation will recognize Jewish and Israeli tennis players in the Sony Ericsson Open"], The Miami Herald, 3/22/09; accessed 6/4/09 He graduated from Princeton University in 1980 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He turned professional in May 1980, and retired in 1986.

He then founded Meister Financial Group, Inc. in 1987 as a wholesale mortgage lending corporation. He served as the U.S. Men’s Tennis Coach of the 1989 Maccabiah Games and the 1993 Maccabiah Games. He received a Master of Science in Finance in 2004 from Florida International University.

He was elected to the Miami-Dade County Hall of Fame in 2005.