Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf (German pronunciation: [tf gaf]; born 14 Juin 1969) is a umwhile Warld No. Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 20:01, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steffi_Graf_career_statistics&oldid=1142150918, Virginia Slims Championships, New York City, WTA Tour Championships, New York, United States. 1 men's tennis player Andre Agassi in October 2001. Winner of as many as 22 Grand Slam titles, Steffi's presence was enough to send shivers down the spine of her opponents. Like the exhibition match the previous year against Sabatini, proceeds went to "Children for Tomorrow". Four consecutive indoor tournament victories in the autumn helped improve her season, but for the third consecutive year, she failed to win the Virginia Slims Championships, where she lost in the first round to Lori McNeil. She did not drop a set en route to the final, defeating Czechoslovakias Hana Mandlkov in the quarter-final and compatriot Claudia Kohde-Kilsch in the semi-final. At the US Open, Graf was upset in the quarterfinals by Snchez Vicario 76, 63. It was the longest French Open women's singles final in history, both in terms of time (3 hours and 3 minutes) and number of games played (40). Having also won bronze in the womens doubles with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch in Seoul, her Olympic record stands at four podium finishes, including two titles counting the one she won in Los Angeles aged 14 when tennis was a demonstration sport! On 24 January 1988, on a Rebound Ace surface on Centre Court in Melbourne, Graf took on Evert in the final of the Australian Open. 1 for 186 consecutive weeks (from August 1987 to March 1991; tied with Serena Williams, a record in the women's game) and a record total 377 weeks overall. In their five previous head-to-head matches, Graf had defeated Martnez each time. [41][42] Graf, however, recovered to defeat Martina Navratilova 62, 67, 61 in the Wimbledon final after defeating Monica Seles 60, 61 in a fourth round match, Arantxa Snchez Vicario in a quarterfinal, and Chris Evert in a semifinal. played a game called "Can you last an hour on court with Graf" because throughout her career she used to beat her opponents 6-0 6-1. But the world of tennis is still waiting for another player capable of securing a Golden Slam in one year. In 2010, Graf participated in the WTT Smash Hits exhibition in Washington, D.C. to support the Elton John AIDS Foundation. She lost her first round match 64, 60 to Tracy Austin, a two-time US Open champion and former world No. Graf lost her singles match to Elena Likhovtseva 54. Her rivalries with Yugoslavias Monica Seles and Spains Arantxa Snchez Vicario in the 1980s and 1990s have gone down in tennis folklore. [137] She started dating Andre Agassi after the 1999 French Open and they married on 22 October 2001, with only their mothers as witnesses. In an interview with Stern magazine in July 1990, Graf stated, "I could not fight as usual."[46]. [127], Graf has signed many endorsement deals throughout the years including a ten-year endorsement deal with car manufacturer Opel in 1985,[128] and Rexona from 1994 to 1998. In an unusual arrangement, she paired with her coaches Pavel Sloil at Wimbledon in 1988 and Heinz Gnthardt in 1992 and 1996, also at Wimbledon. [103] Graf completely ruled out a return to professional tennis. She then successfully defended her title at the US Open, defeating Monica Seles in the final. 1 ranking. She then beat Snchez Vicario in the finals of both the French Open and Wimbledon. . [98][99] It was Graf and Snchez Vicario's first head-to-head meeting since 1996. This including playing basketball and working with specialists in nutrition, physical and mental strength. In 1988, Graf became the first tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four major singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. Ideea de a ncerca jocul de tenis aparine tatlui ei, Peter Graf, care era agent la o asociaie de asigurri i vnztor de automobile pn la vrsta de 27 de ani cnd descoper posibilitile sale n domeniul sportului de tenis. ", "An Evolutionary History of Tennis Racquets", "Marketing to the female target audience", "OFFBEAT: Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf team up for new tennis racquet", "Viewing Gallery: Happy Birthday! Only results in WTA Tour (incl. Although she now lives in Las Vegas, Stefanie Maria Graf was born in Mannheim, West Germany on June 14, 1969. According to her coaches Pavel Sloil and Heinz Gnthardt, Graf's superior sense of timing was the key behind the success of her forehand. In Indian Wells Graf lost to Serena Williams in three sets. Steffi Graf's 22 Grand Slam singles titles put her second on the list of major wins in the female competition since the introduction of the Open Era in 1968 . As a result, she hit her forehand with exceptional pace and accuracy. [67][68], In personal terms, 1995 was a difficult year for Graf, as she was accused by German authorities of tax evasion in the early years of her career. Serena was 17. [16] When asked in an interview to name the greatest players of all time, Serena Williams stated Graf and Roger Federer. She teamed with Ansley Cargill in women's doubles against Anna Kournikova and Likhovtseva but lost 52. #3. [45] In Berlin, she extended her unbeaten streak to 66 matches (second in WTA history to Navratilova's 74) before losing the final to Monica Seles, 46, 36. Graf retired at the age of 30 in 1999 while ranked as the world No. The facts: American Amy Frazier was Graf's final opponent. The German, born on 14 June 1969 in Mannheim, was already showing the qualities that would lead to her being world no. The teenager had taken part at the Los Angeles Games in 1984 when tennis made its Olympic return as a demonstration sport, 60 years after it was dropped from the programme. In 1987, Grafs career truly took off: she won her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, beating world no. No medals were awarded as this was not an official Olympic event.[23]. Retiring from the sport in 1999, Graf's career remains one of the most looked upon in tennis history. The loss deprived her of the Golden Super Slam. Opponent Score Loss: 1986: Year-end championships: Carpet (i) Martina Navratilova: 6-7 (8-10), 3-6, 2-6 Win: 1987: Year-end championships: [138][139][140] They have two children, a son born in 2001 and a daughter born in 2003. [34] She then won tournaments in Hamburg and Mahwah (where she lost only eight games all tournament). She claimed a prestigious and symbolic victory in the final against Yugoslavias Sabrina Gole on the courts at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), winning 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. 3, having racked up a total of 107 tournament victories. The 1995 Wimbledon final is regarded as one of the most dramatic women's major finals in history as Graf and Snchez Vicario battled in a tight third set that included a 16-minute long, 13-deuce game on Sanchez Vicario's serve at 55. Graf had complained of an issue with her left knee but showed little trouble outplaying her opponent. Angelique Kerber recalls memories of Steffi Graf at Wimbledon after becoming first German to win trophy since 1996 . n 1973 Steffi avea 3 ani cnd a luat prima oar n Brhl (Baden) o rachet de tenis n mn. 98 in 1983, No. She would later become the world's number one female tennis player. 29 Jan Tennis Norge . In 1996, Steffi Graf was famously proposed to by a fan as she was getting ready to serve. Graf also won the 1984 demonstration event at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, but this was for players aged 21 or under, and it was not an official Olympic event. [63][64], A strained right calf muscle forced Graf to withdraw from the Australian Open. 49 . She was named the 1988 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year. [134] During her career, Graf divided her time between her hometown of Brhl; Boca Raton, Florida; and New York City where she owned a penthouse in the former Police Headquarters Building in SoHo. Though she lost the game to opponent Tracy Austin by 6-4, 6-0, this did very little to dishearten the young blood. [94] At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Graf formed a much-publicized partnership with John McEnroe, with whom she reached the semifinals before withdrawing due to concerns that her uncertain hamstring, coupled with a bout of bronchitis, would affect her in the singles final. The shock was who she did it against. She also . 1 ranking while she was sidelined. The match was the Wimbledon women's singles semi-final between Ms Graf and Kimiko Date. Graf was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004. 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On 5 June 1999, backed by a passionate central court crowd at Roland Garros, Graf won an epic final 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 against world no. [88] Sabatini said of the partnership: "doubles is all about communicating with each other, and we didn't communicate that much. [77][78] In the French Open Graf was again beaten by Amanda Coetzer in straight sets, 61, 64. And the year began as expected, with Graf extending her Grand Slam tournament winning streak to five events at the Australian Open, defeating Helena Sukov in the final. By August 1999, Graf had already announced twice that it was going to be her final year on the tour. Graf then lost to Navratilova 75, 63 in the Wimbledon final, her first loss of the year. "[87], From the beginning of her career until 1990, Graf regularly played doubles matches in Grand Slams and other tournaments, winning a total of 11 doubles titles. "Peter Graf" redirects here. Even discounting that result, no other player had played and won 27 Grand Slam matches in a single year before. First Grand Slam victory of the year for Graf: 6-1, 7-6. Graf lost to Conchita Martnez in her comeback tournament a month later in Philadelphia. Graf was trailing Martina Navratilova in the final 75, 20 before winning the match 57, 62, 61. [101] She was beaten in two out of three matches, with each match being one set. Graf started 1988 by winning the Australian Open, defeating Chris Evert in the final 61, 76. Wimbledon authorities then threatened to immediately shut down any subsequent press conferences where questions about the issue were asked. Venus Williams won her first Games titles 19 years ago, and she hasnt finished yet! 1, 64, 46, 86 after beating Sabatini in a three-set semifinal. At Wimbledon, after struggling through early-round three-setters against Mariaan de Swardt and Patty Fendick, she easily defeated Natasha Zvereva in the quarterfinal, Sabatini in the semifinal, and Seles in the final, 62, 61, with Seles playing in almost complete silence because of widespread media and player criticism of her grunting. On this day in 1999, Steffi Graf bid adieu to the sport just weeks after winning the French Open and reaching the Wimbledon final. [75] Graf then had a straight-sets win against Snchez Vicario in the Wimbledon final. Graf's Grand Slam tournament breakthrough came in 1987. In her semifinal match at the US Open, Graf defeated Sabatini 36, 64, 62. [151], Graf was voted the ITF World Champion in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995 and 1996. The assailant, a fan of German tennis star Steffi Graf, Top women's tennis player Monica Seles is stabbed by a deranged German man during a match in Hamburg. [48] In Boca Raton, Florida, Graf reached her first final of the year, where she faced Conchita Martnez for the title. Graf then lost a closely contested final to Monica Seles, 26, 63, 810. United States . Graf beat opponents with spectacular precision, and Williams had a power game, unlike any woman in professional tennis. She was successful, however, in the mixed doubles match. Steffi Graf, byname of Stephanie Maria Graf, (born June 14, 1969, Brhl, West Germany [now in Germany]), German tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the late 1980s and '90s, winning 22 Grand Slam singles titles.
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