Steffi Graf

Steffi Graf

Stefanie Maria Graf, known professionally as Steffi Graf and preferring to be called Stefanie since 2001, is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association for a record 377 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 a record eight times. Graf won 107 singles titles on the WTA Tour, including 22 major women's singles titles, the second-most since the start of the Open Era in 1968 and the third-most of all time. She is the only tennis player to have won each major singles tournament at least four times—a quadruple career Grand Slam. A teenage phenomenon, Graf became the youngest player to appear in the main draw of a major at the 1983 French Open aged 13. She improved over the following years and emerged as the player who ended Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova's dominance on women's tennis, winning her first major at the 1987 French Open.

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• Entity:  Athlete

• Full name:  Stefanie Maria Graf
• Residence:  Las Vegas, Nevada, U.s.
• Born:  June 14, 1969, Mannheim, West Germany
• Age:  57 Years
• Height:  1.75 M
• Turned pro:  1982
• Retired:  1999
• Plays:  Right-Handed (One-Handed Backhand)
• Coach(es):  Peter Graf, Pavel Složil (1986–1991), Heinz Günthardt (1992–1999)
• Prize money:  $21,895,277, 25Th All-Time In Earnings
• Int. Tennis HoF:  2004 (Member Page)
• Career titles:  107 (3Rd All-Time)
• Highest ranking:  No. 1 (17 August 1987)
• 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)
• Tour Finals:  W (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996)
• Olympic Games:  W (1988)
• Career record:  173–72 (70.61%) (70.6%)
• Career titles:  11
• Highest ranking:  No. 3 (3 March 1987)
• Australian Open:  Sf (1988, 1989)
• French Open:  F (1986, 1987, 1989)
• Wimbledon:  W (1988)
• US Open:  Sf (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989)
• Tour Finals:  Sf (1986, 1987, 1988)
• Olympic Games:  Sf (1988)
• Career record:  9–7 (56.25%)
• Australian Open:  2R (1991)
• French Open:  2R (1994)
• Wimbledon:  Sf (1999)
• US Open:  1R (1984)
• Fed Cup:  W (1987, 1992)
• Hopman Cup:  W (1993)
• Born:  14 June 1969
• Wikidata description:  German Tennis Player
• Wikidata label:  Steffi Graf
• Wikidata aliases:  Steffi Graf, Stefanie Maria Graf, Maria Graf

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