{{short description|American tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name=Steve Meister |country={{USA}} |birth_date={{birth date and age|mf=yes|1958|04|21}} |birth_place=New York, New York, U.S. |height={{height|ft=6|in=4}} |plays=Right-handed |highestsinglesranking=No. 69 (6 August 1984) |singlestitles=0 |highestdoublesranking=No. 20 (16 July 1984) |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.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/steve-meister/m056/bio Steve Meister | Bio | ATP World Tour | Tennis<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[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</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1980 with a degree in Civil Engineering.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He turned professional in May 1980, and retired in 1986.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
He then founded Meister Financial Group, Inc. in 1987 as a wholesale mortgage lending corporation.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He served as the U.S. Men’s Tennis Coach of the 1989 Maccabiah Games and the 1993 Maccabiah Games.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He received a Master of Science in Finance in 2004 from Florida International University.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
He was elected to the Miami-Dade County Hall of Fame in 2005.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
==Career finals== ===Doubles (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)=== {| class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:40px"|Date !style="width:160px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:160px"|Partner !style="width:160px"|Opponents !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1–0 | 1981 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Van Winitsky | {{flagicon|GBR}} John Feaver <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Krulevitz | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2–0 | 1982 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Craig Wittus | {{flagicon|USA}} Eric Fromm <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Cary Leeds | 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3–0 | 1982 | Boston, U.S. | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Craig Wittus | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Freddie Sauer <br> {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Schalk van der Merwe | 6–2, 6–3 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4–0 | 1983 | Tampa, U.S. | Carpet | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Giammalva | {{flagicon|USA}} Eric Fromm <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Drew Gitlin | 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5–0 | 1983 | Maui, U.S. | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Giammalva | {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bauer <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Davis | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5–1 | 1983 | Hong Kong | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Giammalva Jr. | {{flagicon|USA}} Drew Gitlin <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Craig Miller | 2–6, 2–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 6–1 | 1983 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Teacher | {{flagicon|ECU}} Andrés Gómez <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Sherwood Stewart | 6–7, 7–6, 6–2 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6–2 | 1984 | Tokyo Outdoor, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Dickson | {{flagicon|USA}} David Dowlen <br> {{flagicon|NGR}} Nduka Odizor | 7–6, 4–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6–3 | 1984 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Eliot Teltscher | {{flagicon|USA}} Tracy Delatte <br> {{flagicon|PAR}} Francisco González | 6–7, 1–6 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}}
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