Steffi Graf Biography | Steffi Graf Achievements & Timeline | Steffi Graf German Former Tennis

Steffi Graf Biography | Steffi Graf Achievements & Timeline | Steffi Graf German Former Tennis Playe | Steffi Graf Photo And Video Stefanie Maria Graf was born on June 14, 1969, in Mannheim, West Germany. Her parents, Peter and Heidi, were both tennis players, and Peter gave his daughter a tennis racket with a sawed-off handle to swing before she turned 4. At age 6, she won her first junior tournament.With Peter serving as her coach, Graf earned acclaim as one of the sport’s top young talents. She won several prestigious tournaments, including the Junior Orange Bowl in Florida and the German 14-and-under and 18-and-under championships.Graf turned professional in October 1982 at just 13 years and 4 months of age, and a few weeks later, she became the second-youngest player to earn an international ranking (No. 124). Although tennis was just a demonstration sport at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, she outlasted the field to win an honorary gold medal.Her schedule carefully managed by her father, Graf saw her world ranking climb to No. 6 by the end of 1985. She claimed her first Grand Slam title by winning the French Open in 1987, defeating Martina Navratilova. On August 17, 1987, Graf became the world's No. 1 female tennis player, a spot she held for an impressive 186 consecutive weeks.Graf won the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 1988, making her just the third female player to win all four Grand Slam events in one calendar year. She also captured gold at the Olympic Games that autumn in Seoul, South Korea, her groundbreaking series of victories dubbed a "Golden Grand Slam.In April 1993, fellow tennis player Monica Seles who had dethroned Graf to sit at the top of women's tennis was stabbed by a mentally ill Graf fan. In 1999, Graf admitted, "To know that it was a fan of mine that did it, even though I had nothing to do with it, gives you a guilty feeling for always. There's no way out of that.On October 22, 2001, Graf married Andre Agassi, another tennis player who had reached the highest echelons of the sport. The couple lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with their two children, Jaden and Jaz. Subscribe us on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTxqMJkGKPq6opHzNAVOi9w?sub_confirmation=1 Create Your Free Website - on https://goo.gl/icUWWd Post Free Ads: https://goo.gl/3eRpAc https://goo.gl/iEb9lM https://goo.gl/VubkqA International Classifieds https://goo.gl/wZWWfc https://goo.gl/y3IEEJ https://goo.gl/OjQNJG