Steffi Graf

Stefanie Maria Graf ("Mike") (Mannheim, June 14, 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.



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[hide] *1 Career  ==Career[ Edit] == Steffi Graf began her professional career on 18 October 1982 and ended on 13 August 1999. After an indication due to injury during a tweederondepartij in the Carlsbad tournament in California against American Amy Frazier, she decided to end her impressive tennis career.
 * 1.1 troubles on and off the tennis court
 * 1.2 connected to Monica Seles
 * 1.3 Her most beautiful parties topped by the tennis world
 * 2 Palmares
 * 2.1 Tournament titles
 * 2.2 Grand Slam titles
 * 2.3 Olympic Games
 * 3 singles performance timeline
 * 3.1 Grand slam singles
 * 3.2 Grand slam doubles
 * 4 external links

Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles tournamenttimes. In 1988, she became the third woman in history to a complete grand slam won. After her gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she was renamed a Golden grand slam Slam. She was the number one of her time and her top years include the whole 90 's of the twentieth century. She is the only tennis Pro (male or female) that all grand slam tournaments at least four times has won. Steffi Graf claimed a total of 377 weeks the world rankings, of which 186 consecutive weeks from 17 August 1987 to March 10, 1991, both performances were records for both men and women, to Roger Federer 237 weeks straight on one stood.

Graf entered into force on 22 October 2001 in marriage with the American tennis player Andre Agassi, likewise. They have two children.

To the new retractable roof on May 17, 2009 they played one last time to be inaugurated on Wimbledon at an exhibition game on the side of her husband Andre Agassi into a double play against the Belgian Kim Clijsters and the Brit Tim Henman. ===Troubles on and off the tennis court[ Edit] === During her tennis career, she not only fought against her opponents on the tennis court, but also against her own body: a long range of tournament victories was accompanied by a long list of injuries. Also in the private sphere ran it's not all as planned: in 1990 did rumors in the German boulevard press the round that her father Peter would have an affair with a German nude model. In 1995, Peter Graf even convicted of tax evasion and ended up in prison. ===Connected to Monica Seles[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The biggest scar, however, at the time the attack on her is career-Grafs-largest rival Monica Seles. A German, Günther Parche, who is a fan of Steffi Graf called it, stuck a knife in the back of Monica Seles on april 30, 1993 during a party in the tournament quarterfinal of Hamburg against Magdalena Maleeva. Parche could not accept that his idol Steffi no longer was the number one in the world; Monica Seles in 1991 that position had retrieved from grave and was since then no more of those lead turn down.Even though Steffi Graf had nothing to do with that attack, the fact that Parche, a deranged fan of Steffi gave her was a heavy pressure with it for years afterwards.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the summer of 1995 when Monica Seles returned to the pro circuit and immediately against Steffi in the final of the US Open in 1995, was to cut the tension in the stadium. Steffi won that party, and made it clear that they did not have to defend themselves no longer to achieve six Grand Slam titles during the absence of Monica. ===Her most beautiful parties topped by the tennis world<span class="mw-editsection" len="369" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2003 the WTA thirty years and on the occasion of that anniversary was sixteen Parties, nominated by the WTA, the most beautiful women party of the previous thirty years.The final of the French Open 1999 tennis was by the majority of fans via the internet chosen: Steffi Graf against the then world number one Martina Hingis. Graf defeated during that tournament not only the number one in the world, but also the numbers two and three respectively, Lindsay Davenport and Monica Seles. The final party seemed to be the time of Hingis to finally receive the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen. But at a lead for Hingis by 6-4 and 2-0 went completely wrong. Hingis saw a ball on the line, however, countries, but he was given. In her disbelief ran Hingis, against the rules in, to the other side of the lane and circled the spot where they thought the ball had bounced. Graf pointed to another, from the images turned out, older print to. Hingis ' protest was not honored, but earned her a warning went downhill from that point on.: visible frustration, anger, shouting, the whole world could see live each emotion of Hingis. To great amusement and annoyance of the public served Hingis even privately twice (both times on match point for Grave) in an attempt to balance the German out of her. To no avail, even though lost Grave her concentration at the first match point by those private service. Hingis beat her second private service (first storage) even out and lost that second match point by a simple ball to strike out. Hingis was in the party for — with a set 6-4 and won 5-4 in the second set — but still Grave knew that party to bend in a victory: 4-6, 7-5 and 6-2. Hingis left the Court crying and only after her mother she came back on course for its second price to pick up. It's twenty-second and last Grand Slam title become Grafs.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The press should choose a party – and also who chose a match of Grave from, namely the final of Roland Garros 1992 against Monica Seles. In those memorable and high-quality marathon party was the Seles who pulled the longest straw in the third set, 10-8. After a short first set for Monica Seles, 6-2 Steffi Graf could come back and take the second set 6-3. The third set was a thriller in which four match points of Seles-Graf at a lag of 3-5-overcame the lead twice and still managed to come. At a stand of 9-8 in favor of Monica Seles Steffi could rub out a fifth match point, but to the sixth for Monica was the hit. A battle with the forehand, her strongest asset, ended up in the net. ==Palmares<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Tournament Titles<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="228" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">WTA titles:

<p lang="en" len="25" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Titles in doubles:
 * 107, of which 22 Grand Slam singles titles

===Grand Slam Singles Titles<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1999
 * 11, including 1 Grand Slam singles title, namely 1988 Wimbledon with Sabatini

<p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1996
 * Roland Garros won by Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

<p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1995
 * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 's French Open won 6-3, 6-7, 10-8
 * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario's won Wimbledon 6-3, 7-5
 * Won US Open by Monica Seles 7-5, 6-4

<p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1994
 * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario's won Roland Garros 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
 * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario's Wimbledon won 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
 * Won US Open by Monica Seles 7-6, 0-6, 6-3

<p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1993
 * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario's Australian Open won 6-0, 6-2

<p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1992
 * Roland Garros won by Mary Joe Fernandez 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
 * Jana Novotná won Wimbledon's 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
 * US Open won by Helena Suková 6-3, 6-3

<p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1991
 * Wimbledon vs. Monica Seles 6-2, 6-1

<p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1990
 * Wimbledon won by Sabatini 6-4, 3-6, 8-6

<p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1989
 * Mary Joe Fernandez won Australian Open 6-3, 6-4

<p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1988
 * Australian Open won by Helena Suková 6–4, 6–4
 * Martina Navratilova 's Wimbledon won 6-2, 6-7, 6-1
 * US Open won by Martina Navratilova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1

<p lang="en" len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1987
 * Australian Open Chris Evert won 6-1, 7-6
 * Roland Garros won by Natalia Zvereva 6-0, 6-0
 * Martina Navratilova's Wimbledon won 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
 * US Open won by Sabatini 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

===Olympic Games<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="16" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1984 Los Angeles
 * Roland Garros won by Martina Navratilova 6-4, 4-6, 8-6

<p lang="en" len="10" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1988 Seoul
 * Gold Medal (demonstration sport), won by Sabrina Goles 1-6 6-3 6-4

<p lang="en" len="14" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">1992 Barcelona
 * Gold Medal, won by Sabatini 6-3 6-3
 * Bronze Medal (women's doubles game)

==Performance Table<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Grand slam singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Grand slam doubles<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Silver Medal, losing to Jennifer Capriati 6-3 3-6 4-6