Steven Baldas Explained

Steven Baldas
Birth Date:18 June 1974
Birth Place:Adelaide, Australia
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$7,440
Singlesrecord:0–1
Singlestitles:0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:No. 490 (9 August 1993)
Australianopenresult:Q2 (1993)
Doublesrecord:0–1
Doublestitles:0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:No. 265 (23 May 1994)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (1993)
Updated:19 May 2022

Steven Baldas (born 18 June 1974) is an Australian sports administrator and former professional tennis player.

Baldas, a native of Adelaide, attended Saint Ignatius' College.

In 1992, Baldas partnered with Scott Draper to win the Wimbledon junior doubles championship, over Mahesh Bhupathi and Nitten Kirrtane in the final. He finished the year ranked three in the world junior doubles rankings.[1]

Baldas featured in the men's doubles main draw of the 1993 Australian Open partnering Mark Draper.[2]

From 1995 to 1998, Baldas played collegiate tennis at the University of Georgia, earning All-American honours in each on his four seasons. He won the 1997 ITA Clay Court Doubles Championships with John Roddick, the brother of Andy.[3]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Notes and References

  1. News: Off-court drama dominated the scene . . 26 December 1992 . 17 November 2021 . 19 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: International . . 21 January 1993 . 17 November 2021 . 20 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Okla. State's Kudrnac breezes in clay court collegiate finale . . 29 September 1997.