Country (sports) | Germany | ||||||
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Residence | Elmshorn, Germany | ||||||
Born |
Pinneberg, West Germany |
18 October 1968 ||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||
Turned pro | 1988 | ||||||
Retired | 1997 | ||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||
Prize money | US$ 12,592,483 | ||||||
Singles | |||||||
Career record | 385–176 | ||||||
Career titles | 18 | ||||||
Highest ranking | No. 2 (22 November 1993) | ||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||
Australian Open | SF (1993) | ||||||
French Open | F (1996) | ||||||
Wimbledon | W (1991) | ||||||
US Open | F (1994) | ||||||
Other tournaments | |||||||
Tour Finals | W (1993) | ||||||
Grand Slam Cup | W (1992) | ||||||
Olympic Games | 2R (1992) | ||||||
Doubles | |||||||
Career record | 165–111 | ||||||
Career titles | 10 | ||||||
Highest ranking | No. 9 (22 March 1991) | ||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||
Wimbledon | W (1992) | ||||||
Other doubles tournaments | |||||||
Team competitions | |||||||
Davis Cup | W (1993) | ||||||
Medal record
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Michael Detlef Stich (born 18 October 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991, the men's doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in 1992, and was a singles runner-up at the 1994 US Open and the 1996 French Open. Stich won 18 singles titles and 10 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 2 in 1993.
Stich was raised in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein. He turned professional in 1988 and won his first top-level singles title in 1990 at Memphis, Tennessee.
Stich won Wimbledon in 1991. He defeated the defending champion and World No. 1 Stefan Edberg in the semifinals, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 7–6, without breaking his service once. Then in the final, he beat his compatriot and three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in straight sets.
In 1992, Stich teamed with John McEnroe to win the men's doubles title at Wimbledon in a five-set and five-hour final that stretched into Monday (the day after the tournament normally ends) and ended with a 19–17 final set. Then at the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Stich teamed with Becker to win the men's doubles gold medal. Stich also won the 1992 Grand Slam Cup, defeating Michael Chang in the final.
A major highlight of 1993 for Stich came at the end-of-year ATP World Championships, where he was the only player in the 1990s history of the Championship tournament to claim the title undefeated, overcoming Pete Sampras in the final. Playing for Germany, Stich also won both the Davis Cup and the Hopman Cup in 1993.