Steffi Graf

Born: 1969

Professional Tennis Player

Stefanie Maria Graf was born in Mannheim in southwestern Germany. She is generally considered one of the greatest female tennis players of all times. Her main arsenal in her game was her powerful forehand wining her nickname „Fräulein Forehand.“ She also had one of the fastest serves in women’s tennis.

Steffi Graf, became a tennis pro at the age of 13. Just four years later, Graf won a "golden grand slam" – taking all four major titles in professional tennis; plus a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea in 1988. Graf ranked No. 1 among women tennis players for a record 377 weeks between 1987 and 1991. She won a total of 22 Grand Slam singles titles. Graf is also the only player to have won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments (Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the French Open and the Australian Open) at least four times.

She retired from tennis in August 1999 after winning the French Open for the sixth time. German sports journalists voted Graf „German Athlete of the Century”, together with boxing hero Max Schmeling, In 1998, Graf founded “Children for Tomorrow,” a charity that supports traumatized children. She also is an active ambassador of the World Worldlife Fund. She currently lives in Las Vegas with her husband, tennis star Andre Agassi, their son, Jaden Gil and daughter Jaz Elle.

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