# Stephen Alger

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{{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](/source/Hamilton%2C_Bermuda)
| death_date =  
| death_place =  
| turnedpro   =1975  
| retired =1982
| height =
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| 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](/source/1980_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles_qualifying) 
| USOpenresult = 
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}}
'''Stephen R. Alger''' (born 28 July 1958) is a Bermudian [tennis](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Cumberland_Hard_Court_Championships) in 1975.<ref name="tb"/> He won his first singles title in 1979 at the [Coral Beach Invitation](/source/Coral_Beach_Invitation) against American player King Van Nostrand.<ref name="tb"/> At the [1980 Wimbledon Championships](/source/1980_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles_qualifying) he played in the qualifying rounds where he was defeated in the third round by Indian international   [Ramesh Krishnan](/source/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](/source/Bermuda_Open) against the Canadian player [Harry Fauquier](/source/Harry_Fauquier).<ref name="tb"/>  He won his final singles title at the [Cumberland Hard Court Championships](/source/Cumberland_Hard_Court_Championships) in 1982 against South African player [Christo van Rensburg](/source/Christo_van_Rensburg),<ref name="tb"/> and played his final singles tournament the same year at the [North of England Hard Court Championships](/source/North_of_England_Hard_Court_Championships).<ref name="tb"/> Additionally he was a losing finalist at the [East of England Championships](/source/East_of_England_Championships) in 1976 where he lost to [Mark Farrell](/source/Mark_Farrell_(tennis)).<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](/source/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](/source/East_of_England_Championships)
|[Felixstowe, England](/source/Felixstowe)
|Grass
|{{flagicon|GBR}}  [Mark Farrell](/source/Mark_Farrell_(tennis))
|3–6, 4–6
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.<ref name="tb"/> 
|1979
|[Coral Beach Invitation](/source/Coral_Beach_Invitation)
|[Warwick, Bermuda](/source/Warwick%2C_Bermuda)
|Clay
|{{flagicon|USA}} King Van Nostrand
|6–2, 6–1
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 2.<ref name="tb"/> 
|1979
|[Bermuda Open](/source/Bermuda_Open)
|[Paget, Bermuda](/source/Paget%2C_Bermuda)
|Clay
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [Harry Fauquier](/source/Harry_Fauquier)
|6–3, 6–2
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
|3.<ref name="tb"/> 
|1982
|[Cumberland Hard Court Championships](/source/Cumberland_Hard_Court_Championships)
|[London, England](/source/London%2C_England)
|Clay
|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [Christo van Rensburg](/source/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

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