Steffi Graf
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Updated: 2007-07-27 10:34
Seoul, Olympic Park, 1 October 1988: Steffi GRAF from Germany, 1st, in action in the tennis singles event final during the Games of the XXIV Olympiad. Credit: Getty Images/Pascal Rondeau
Other names: GRAF, Stephanie
Born: 14 June 1969
Birthplace: Brühl (Germany)
Nationality: Germany
Sport: Tennis
ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Los Angeles 1984
Seoul 1988
Barcelona 1992
AWARDS
Olympic medals:
Gold: 1
Silver: 1
Bronze: 1
Other results:
Grand Slam Titles
Australian Open Singles (88-90, 94)
French Open Singles (87, 88, 93, 95, 96, 99)
Wimbledon Singles(88, 89,91-93, 95, 96)
US Open Singles (88, 89, 93, 95, 96)
Wimbledon Doubles (88)
The Golden Slam
In 1984, Steffi Graf, then 15 years old, won the Olympic tennis demonstration tournament despite being its youngest entrant.
By 1987 she was ranked number one in the world. In 1988, Graf won the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and, less than a week before the Olympics, the U.S. Open., to become only the fifth player in history to win tennis' Grand Slam.
She arrived at the Seoul Games with a 35-match winning streak. In the Olympic final, she defeated Gabriela Sabatini 6-3, 6-3 to achieve the first "Golden Slam."
Between 17 August 1987 and 10 March 1991, Graf was ranked number one in the world for 186 weeks in a row.
When she retired in 1999, her career win-loss record was 902-115. Her winning percentage, .887, was second in history only to Chris Evert's .900. In 1999 she was awarded the Olympic Order.
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