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W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record. Graf then reached her ninth Wimbledon singles final, losing to third-seeded Davenport in straight sets. She had to overcome three difficult three set matches en route to this final, against Mariaan De Swardt in the second round, Venus Williams in the quarterfinals and Mirjana Lučić in the semifinals. In 1997, she left the Catholic Church, citing personal reasons. [134] During her career, Graf divided her time between her hometown of Brühl; Boca Raton, Florida; and New York City where she owned a penthouse in the former Police Headquarters Building in SoHo. [135] [136] Graf also occasionally played mixed doubles, although she never won a title. She partnered with doubles specialist Mark Woodforde at the Australian Open in 1994, with Henri Leconte at Wimbledon in 1991 and at the French Open in 1994, and with Charlie Pasarell at the US Open in 1984. In an unusual arrangement, she paired with her coaches Pavel Složil at Wimbledon in 1988 and Heinz Günthardt in 1992 and 1996, also at Wimbledon. [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. [95] [96] [97] Post-career exhibition matches [ edit ] Graf at Wimbledon 2009
Ziehm, Len (16 February 1992). "Steffi lives it up - New Graf steps out in style". Chicago Sun Times. In English, Reichsgraf is usually translated simply as count and is combined with a territorial suffix (e.g., Count of Holland, Count Reuss) or a surname ( Count Fugger, Count von Browne). Even after the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the Reichsgrafen retained precedence above other counts in Germany. Those who had been quasi-sovereign until German mediatisation retained, until 1918, status and privileges pertaining to members of reigning dynasties. [ citation needed] In 1991, the Steffi Graf Youth Tennis Center in Leipzig was dedicated to her. [145] She is the founder and chairperson of "Children for Tomorrow", a non-profit foundation established in 1998 for implementing and developing projects to support children who have been traumatized by war or other crises. [145]Steffi: proof that the rich don't get to heaven". The Independent. 27 July 1997. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015 . Retrieved 19 September 2014. From 1992 to 1999, Graf dated racing driver Michael Bartels. [137] She started dating Andre Agassi after the 1999 French Open and they married on 22 October 2001, with only their mothers as witnesses. [138] [139] [140] They have two children, a son born in 2001 and a daughter born in 2003. [141] Agassi has said that he and Graf are not pushing their children toward becoming tennis players. [142] The Graf-Agassi family resides in Summerlin, a community in the Las Vegas Valley. [143] Graf's mother and her brother also live there. [144] Steffi Graf Interview - 1994 Australian Open. YouTube. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Graf then lost to Navratilova 7–5, 6–3 in the Wimbledon final, her first loss of the year. However, in the Federation Cup final in Vancouver, Canada, three weeks later, she defeated Evert easily 6–2, 6–1. The US Open ended anti-climactically as Navratilova defeated Graf in the final 7–6, 6–1. Some are approximately of comital rank, some higher, some lower. The more important ones are treated in separate articles (follow the links); a few minor, rarer ones only in sections below.
Tennis legend Steffi Graf talks Royal Ascot and her career to HELLO! Online". hellomagazine.com. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014 . Retrieved 20 June 2014. SRK and Steffi Graf to represent Kerala tourism". ManoramaOnline. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Stefanie Maria Graf ( / ɡ r ɑː f, ɡ r æ f/ GRA(H)F, German: [ˈʃtɛfi ˈɡʁaːf] ⓘ; [4] [5] born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. [a] She won 22 major singles titles, [7] the second-most in women's singles won since the start of the Open Era in 1968 and the third-most of all-time. 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. [8] She is the only tennis player, male or female, to have won each major singles tournament at least four times. Knolle, Sharon. "Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf Wed". ABC News. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011 . Retrieved 17 May 2011.Graf was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004 and the German Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. [157] [158]
At the US Open, Graf beat Sabatini in a three-set final to win the Grand Slam by 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, a feat previously performed by only two other women, Maureen Connolly Brinker in 1953 and Margaret Court in 1970. Graf's 1988 Grand Slam remains the only one in history completed on three surfaces (grass, clay, hard court), as all other Grand Slams in tennis history were achieved prior to the introduction of hard court at the US Open in 1978. [35] Pierce tops Graf; Navratilova loses last". Star-News. AP. 18 November 1994. p.3C. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023 . Retrieved 3 June 2016. Finn, Robin (9 February 1990). "Graf Is Injured Skiing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018 . Retrieved 15 July 2017. Steffi Graf". WTA Tennis. 17 August 1987. Archived from the original on 4 June 2017 . Retrieved 15 July 2017. Graf, Agassi Are Parents of a Boy". Los Angeles Times. 28 October 2001. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016 . Retrieved 5 June 2016.Raugraf. In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 4thedition. Volume13, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig/Vienna 1885–1892, p.0605. Victories at Zurich and Brighton preceded the Virginia Slims Championships, where Graf cemented her top-ranked status by beating Navratilova in the four-set final. Graf ended 1989 with an 86–2 match record and the loss of only 12 sets. Her 0.977 winning percentage is the second-highest in the open era behind Navratilova. [44] 1990 [ edit ] Player profile – Steffi Graf". Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Archived from the original on 2 April 2019 . Retrieved 26 September 2019. At the beginning of 1999 Graf played the warm up event to the Australian Open in Sydney; she defeated Serena Williams in the second round and Venus in the quarterfinals before losing to Lindsay Davenport in the semifinal. Graf then went on to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open before losing to Monica Seles in two sets. In Indian Wells Graf lost to Serena Williams in three sets. [83] In 1988, Graf became only the second tennis player in history to win a Slam on hardcourt, clay, and grass all in the same season. She repeated the feat in 1993, 1995, and 1996.
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