Ohio State Career Honors – 2014 ITA Indoor All-Tournament Team at No. 4 singles … 2014 Second Team All-Big Ten … B1G Athlete of the Week on 1/27/15 … 2015 OSU Scholar-Athlete … 2015 ITA Doubles All-American … Academic All-Big Ten in 2015.
2014-15 (Redshirt-Sophomore) – Singles 29-9 (22-6 Dual) … 29-11 (20-8 Dual) … Highest national ranking was 62 in singles and No. 3 in doubles … Earned ITA Doubles All-America honors, the first of his career … Was an Academic All-Big Ten honoree as well as an OSU Scholar-Athlete … Was undefeated in his last 11 singles matches of the year … Led the team with 29 singles victories … Made it through qualifying at the ITA All-American Championship … Had a solid run at with doubles partner Kevin Metka at the ITA Midwest Regionals, finishing runner up … Also advanced to the singles semifinals at the Midwest Regionals … Fell in the round of 16 at the USTA National Indoor Championships but rebounded to win the consolation bracket … Defeated the 6th-ranked team of Ashok Narayana and Max Schnur of Columbia in the finals … Had a perfect 10-0 week with five wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 3 singles and helped the Buckeyes get back to the ITA Indoor Championships … Was rewarded with the B1G Athlete of the Week on Jan. 27 … Defeated No. 11 Tom Kopinski and Ross Guigon of Illinois 6-0 at the ITA Indoor Championships … Beat Notre Dame’s No. 4-ranked team of Alex Lawson and Billy Pecor 6-3 and then rallied after losing the first set 6-0 to Pecor to defeat him in singles action … Downed the No. 6 team of Dane Webb and Axel Alvarez of #1 Oklahoma 6-4 … Had a seven-match doubles win-streak during Big Ten play … Lost just three singles matches since the start of the March … Won in straight set over Jordi Arconada of Texas A&M in the team’s opening round NCAA Tournament loss.
2013-14 (Redshirt Freshman) – Singles: 26-6 (Dual: 26-6), Doubles: 22-8 (Dual: 24-8) … Played third through sixth singles and all doubles positions … earned second team All-Big Ten honors … Two ranked wins over No. 97 Kevin Lai of Kentucky on Feb. 7 and No. 56 Tim Kopinski … had a 2-1 record against ranked opponents … posted four ranked wins over doubles opponents, including No. 4 Tim Kopinski/Ross Guignon in the B1G Tournament final vs. Illinois April 27 … clinched five matches for the Buckeyes, including a 6-5 (7-4), 6-4 victory over Connor Farren of USC to capture the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, the first national title in program history … was named to the ITA NTI All-Tournament Team at No. 4 singles… had a seven match winning streak in singles from Mar. 21-Apr. 11… won first six doubles matches of Buckeye career from Jan. 22-Feb. 4 … first three singles matches for Ohio State were 6-0, 6-1 victories … Finished the year winning 10-consecutive matches with Peter Kobelt at No. 1 doubles, including four over Top 30 duos.
Prior to Ohio State – Reached semifinals of ITF event in Umag, Croatia (ITF grade 1) … won doubles in ITA event held in Berlin, Germany (ITF grade 1) … won doubles at ITA event in Pancevo, Serbia (ITF grade 2) …career high ATP singles ranking of 1106 and ATP doubles ranking of 998 … five-year starter for TC Blau Weiss Dresden Blasewitz.
Personal – Son of Ralf and Silva … has four sisters: Kathrin, Cynthia, Lydia and Kristin … Lydia played on WTA Tour with career high singles ranking of 260 and doubles ranking of 170 … dad was captain of German national water polo team … enjoys playing soccer, handball and hockey.
Ralf Steinbach’s Career Records
| Singles | ||||||||
| Year | Tournament | Dual | Big Ten | Overall | ||||
| 2014-15 | 7-3 | 22-6 | 7-1 | 29-9 | ||||
| 2013-14 | 0-0 | 26-6 | 10-1 | 26-6 | ||||
| Total | 7-3 | 48-12 | 17-2 | 55-15 |
| Doubles | ||||||||
| Year | Tournament | Dual | Big Ten | Overall | ||||
| 2014-15 | 9-4 | 20-8 | 5-2 | 29-12 | ||||
| 2013-14 | 0-0 | 24-8 | 7-2 | 24-8 | ||||
| Total | 9-4 | 44-16 | 12-4 | 53-20 |
