Steve Campbell (born October 22, 1970) is a former professional

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player from the United States.

Career

Campbell grew up in Michigan where he attended

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, winning individual state championships all four years along with back-to-back team state championships. He was an All-American while at

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. At the 1989

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, he lost in the 1st round of the Boys' 18 singles, but he and Rick Witsken reached the finals of the Boys' 18 doubles, falling to Cary Lothringer and

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. He made his

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debut at the

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and defeated countryman

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in the opening encounter, before losing his second round match to

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. The American pushed veteran

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to five sets in the US Open but he would have to wait until the

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for his second win. In that tournament he beat both

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and

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to make it into the third round, his best ever showing in a Grand Slam. Although predominantly a singles player, Campbell's only

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final was in the doubles, at

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, where he and

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finished runners-up in 1995. He made the singles semi-finals of the 1997 International Tennis Championships but had by far his best performances in 1998. After starting the year well at the Australian Open, Campbell won three matches at the Lipton Championships in Miami (an

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event), reaching the quarterfinals. He was also a quarterfinalist at

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and again in the Heineken Trophy, where he upset world number seven

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ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

References

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