Stefanie Maria Graf (, German: [ˈʃtɛfi ˈɡʁaːf] ; born 14 June 1969), 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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Career HighlightWon 107 WTA Tour singles titles, including 22 major women's singles titles 1 Classification
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Did Steffi Graf win Olympic medals as well as Grand Slam titles?
Graf won Olympic singles gold in 1988 and doubles bronze at the same Games.
Yes. Graf won the Olympic tennis title in 1988 at Seoul, the year she also took all four Grand Slam singles titles, which the media called a golden slam. In the same Games she won the bronze medal in women's doubles with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch. She had also won the 1984 Olympic title when tennis was only a demonstration sport, and that win is not counted as a medal. In 1992 she reached the singles final as the heavy favourite but was upset by the American teenager Jennifer Capriati. Olympedia counts her total as one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
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Stefanie Maria Graf (, German: [ˈʃtɛfi ˈɡʁaːf] ; born 14 June 1969), 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.
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born 14 June 1969
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born 14 June 1969
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is a German former professional tennis player
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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.
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Stefanie Maria Graf (, German: [ˈʃtɛfi ˈɡʁaːf] ; born 14 June 1969), known professionally as Steffi Graf and preferring to be called Stefanie since 2001, is a German former professional tennis player.
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Following more injuries in 1997 and 1998, in 1999 Graf captured her 22nd and final major title at the French Open, reached the Wimbledon final, and retired from the sport, aged 30 and ranked as the world No. 3.
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Following more injuries in 1997 and 1998, in 1999 Graf captured her 22nd and final major title at the French Open, reached the Wimbledon final, and retired from the sport, aged 30 and ranked as the world No. 3.
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