Tennis· Germany· 1980s
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.
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- Tennis rating
- 1500
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Rating history
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Achievements
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- Silver Olympic Order
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Princess of Asturias Award for Sports
- BBC World Sport Star of the Year
- Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
Background
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 (WTA) 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, male or female, to have won each major singles tournament at least four times—a quadruple career Grand Slam.
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