{{short description|Bermudian tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name =Stephen Alger | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{BER}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1957|07|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hamilton, Bermuda | death_date = | death_place = | turnedpro =1975 | retired =1982 | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=65|lost=38}}<ref name="tb">{{cite web |title=Players:Alger, Stephen R. |url=https://thetennisbase.com/players/|website=The Tennis Base |publisher=Tennismem SL |access-date=16 November 2023 |location=Madrid|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | singlestitles = 3<ref name="tb"/> | highestsinglesranking = | FrenchOpenresult = | Wimbledonresult = 3R 1980 Q | USOpenresult = | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonDoublesresult = | FrenchOpenMixedresult = | WimbledonMixedresult = }} '''Stephen R. Alger''' (born 28 July 1958) is a Bermudian tennis player<ref>[http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10005673 International Tennis Federation]</ref> who competed for Bermuda at the 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref>[http://www.olympics.bm/games_olympicgames_summer_competitors.html Bermuda Olympic Association | Summer Olympians]</ref> He is the only tennis player having represented Bermuda at an Olympic event. He was active from 1975 to 1982 and contested 4 career singles finals, winning 3 titles.<ref name="tb"/>
==Career== He played his first tournament at the Cumberland Hard Court Championships in 1975.<ref name="tb"/> He won his first singles title in 1979 at the Coral Beach Invitation against American player King Van Nostrand.<ref name="tb"/> At the 1980 Wimbledon Championships he played in the qualifying rounds where he was defeated in the third round by Indian international Ramesh Krishnan.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Championships 1980 - Qualifying Men's Singles |url=https://assets.wimbledon.com/archive/draws/pdfs/draws/1980_QS_A4.pdf |website=Wimbledon |publisher=AELTC |access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
In 1979 he won the Bermuda Open against the Canadian player Harry Fauquier.<ref name="tb"/> He won his final singles title at the Cumberland Hard Court Championships in 1982 against South African player Christo van Rensburg,<ref name="tb"/> and played his final singles tournament the same year at the North of England Hard Court Championships.<ref name="tb"/> Additionally he was a losing finalist at the East of England Championships in 1976 where he lost to Mark Farrell.<ref name="tb"/>
==Career finals== ===Singles:4 (3 titles, 1 runners-up)=== {| class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;" |- style="background:#ffc;" !Category + (Titles) |- |ILTF Independent Circuit (3) |} {| class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;" !Titles by Surface |- |Clay – Outdoor (2) |- |Grass – Outdoor (0) |- |Hard – Outdoor (1) |- |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%" |- !Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Location !Surface !Opponent !Score |- | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 1.<ref name="tb"/> | 1976 |East of England Championships |Felixstowe, England |Grass |{{flagicon|GBR}} Mark Farrell |3–6, 4–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1.<ref name="tb"/> |1979 |Coral Beach Invitation |Warwick, Bermuda |Clay |{{flagicon|USA}} King Van Nostrand |6–2, 6–1 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 2.<ref name="tb"/> |1979 |Bermuda Open |Paget, Bermuda |Clay |{{flagicon|CAN}} Harry Fauquier |6–3, 6–2 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner |3.<ref name="tb"/> |1982 |Cumberland Hard Court Championships |London, England |Clay |{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Christo van Rensburg |6–2, 7–5 |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links== * {{ATP|A105}} * {{ITF profile}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alger, Stephen}} Category:Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:1958 births Category:Bermudian male tennis players Category:Olympic tennis players for Bermuda Category:Tennis players at the 1991 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games competitors for Bermuda Category:Living people Category:Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Bermuda Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis