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Steffi Graf – Tennis Documentary
Sports documentary on professional female Tennis champion –
Steffi Graf.
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Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf in 2010
Full name
Country (sports)
Stefanie Maria Graf[1]
West Germany (1982–1990)
Germany (1990–1999)
Residence
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Born
14 June 1969 (age 47)
Mannheim, West Germany
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro
18 October 1982
Retired
13 August 1999
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach(es)
Peter Graf
Pavel Složil (1986–1991)
Heinz Günthardt (1992–1999)
Prize money
US$ 21,895,277[2]
Int. Tennis HoF
2004 (member page)
Singles
Career record
900–115 (88.67%)
Career titles
107 (3rd all-time)
Highest ranking
No. 1 (17 August 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open
W (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994)
French Open
W (1987, 1988, 1993, 1995,1996, 1999)
Wimbledon
W (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992,1993, 1995, 1996)
US Open
W (1988, 1989, 1993, 1995,1996)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals
W (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995,1996)
Olympic Games
W (1988)
Doubles
Career record
173–72 (70.6%)
Career titles
11
Highest ranking
No. 3 (3 March 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open
SF (1988, 1989)
French Open
F (1986, 1987, 1989)
Wimbledon
W (1988)
US Open
SF (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games
SF (1988)
Mixed doubles
Career record
9–7 (56.25%)
Career titles
0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open
2R (1991)
French Open
2R (1994)
Wimbledon
SF (1999)
US Open
1R (1984)
Team competitions
Fed Cup
W (1987, 1992)
Hopman Cup
W (1993)
Medal record[hide]
Representing
West Germany
1988 Seoul
Singles
1988 Seoul
Doubles
Representing
1992 Barcelona
Germany
Singles
Stefanie Maria “Steffi” Graf (born 14 June 1969, in Mannheim,
Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) is a former World No. 1
German tennis player. In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles
titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret
Court’s 24. Her 22 singles titles mark the record for most
Grand Slam wins by a tennis player (male or female) since
introduction of the Open Era in 1968. In 1988, she became the
first and only tennis player (male or female) to achieve the
Calendar Year Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam
singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar
year. She is the only player, male or female, to win 5
consecutive grand slams (1988 Australian Open to 1989
Australian Open) and 7 grand slams out of 8 in 2 calender
years (1988 Australian Open to 1989 US Open, except 1989
French open) Graf was ranked World No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis
Association (WTA) for a record 377 total weeks—the longest
period for which any player, male or female, has held the
number-one ranking since the WTA and the Association of Tennis
Professionals began issuing rankings. She also holds the open
era record for finishing as the year-end World No. 1 the most
times, having done so on eight occasions.[4] She won 107
singles titles, which ranks her third on the WTA’s all-time
list after Martina Navratilova (167 titles) and Chris Evert
(157 titles).
A notable feature of Graf’s game was her versatility across
all playing surfaces, having won each of the four Grand Slams
at least four times, the only player to do so, and she is best
known for her great footwork and for her powerful forehand
drive. Graf won six French Open singles titles (second to
Evert) and seven Wimbledon singles titles (third behind
Navratilova and Helen Wills Moody). She is the only singles
player (male or female) to have achieved a Calendar Year Grand
Slam while playing on four different types of tennis courts
(Rebound Ace, grass, clay and DecoTurf), as the Calendar Year
Grand Slams won by other players before her occurred when the
Australian and US Opens were still played on grass. Graf
reached thirteen consecutive Grand Slam singles finals, from
the 1987 French Open through to the 1990 French Open, winning
nine of them. She played in 36 Grand Slam singles tournaments
from the 1987 French Open, her first Grand Slam win, through
the 1999 French Open, her last Grand Slam win, winning 22
titles. She reached a total of 31 Grand Slam singles finals,
third overall behind Evert (34 finals) and Navratilova (32
finals).
Graf is regarded by some to be the greatest female tennis
player of all time. Billie Jean King said in 1999, “Steffi is
definitely the greatest women’s tennis player of all time,”
Navratilova herself has included Graf on her list of great
players. In December 1999, Graf was named the greatest female
tennis player of the 20th century by a panel of experts
assembled by the Associated Press. Tennis writer Steve Flink,
in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth
Century, named her as the best female player of the 20th
century. In March 2012, Tennis Channel picked Graf as the
greatest female tennis player ever in their list of 100
greatest tennis players of all time.
Graf retired in 1999 while she was ranked World No. 3. She
married former World No. 1 men’s tennis player Andre Agassi in
October 2001. The couple have two children — Jaden Gil and Jaz
Elle. Graf was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004.
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