Lydia Steinbach (born 30 July 1980) is a German former professional tennis player.

Steinbach was born in the city of Chemnitz, which was then known as Karl-Marx-Stadt and part of East Germany.

In 2001 she won an ITF tournament in San Severo, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final.

[2] As a doubles player she won 10 ITF titles and was ranked as high as 176 in the world.

At the 2003 Sparkassen Cup in Leipzig, Steinbach and partner Aniko Kapros held a match point against top seeds Martina Navratilova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, before going down 5–7 in the third set.