Turned professional: 10/18/82 (13 yrs and 4 mths of age, 2nd youngest)
Coach: Heinz Günthart
Coaching background:
First coach: Peter Graf (her father)
Other coaches: Pavel Slozil (Dec/86 - Nov/91)
Between the ages of 6 and 13 Steffi would visit
a government run tennis facility in Leimen, but
only on weekends and holidays. This was mainly to
suppliment her dad's own coaching.
Management company: Advantage International
Agent: Phil de Picciotto
Clothes/shoes: Adidas
Racquet: Wilson ProStaff Classic Lite
String: Babolat (gut)
Tension: 59 - 64 lbs
Old racquet: Dunlop Max 200G Pro
String: Babolat VS All-Season
Tension: 64 lbs
Number one ranking :
1987-08-17 to 1991-03-10: 186 weeks
1991-08-05 to 1991-08-11: 1 weeks
1991-08-19 to 1991-09-08: 3 weeks
1993-06-07 to 1993-12-31: *30 weeks
Career total: 220 weeks
Longest no.1 streak: 186 weeks (all-time record)
* to end of 1993
Years finished no.1: 5 (1987 - 1990,1993) (2nd to Martina's 7)
Year-end ranking:
1982 No. 214
1983 No. 98
1984 No. 22
1985 No. 6
1986 No. 3
1987 No. 1
1988 No. 1
1989 No. 1
1990 No. 1
1991 No. 2
1992 No. 2
1993 No. 1
Career Grand Slam matches won/loss:
Australian Open : 33/4 => 0.892
French Open : 54/8 => 0.871
Wimbledon : 52/4 => 0.929
US Open : 52/7 => 0.881
Grand Total : 191/23=> 0.893
Career titles won/played: 79/161 => 0.491
Career Grand Slam won/played: 14/23 => 0.609
Career matches win/loss: *661/82 => 0.890 (3rd highest)
*This is the third highest in the Open Era. Chris Evert (0.899)
and Monica Seles (0.893) are 1 and 2 mainly because they were
quicker off the starting blocks. (Evert's first 3 years from
1971 to 73, for instance, were: 0.939, 0.870, 0.898.
Longest match win streak: 66 (1989 [Aussy Open] - 90 [German Open])
Consecutive singles final:
20 (Oct/86 [Pan Pacific] - Mar/88 [Boca Raton]) 16/4 win/loss
22 (Jan/89 [Melbourne] - May/June 90 [French Open]) 18/4 win/loss
Best personal season (win/loss): 1989, win/played 86/88 => 0.977
Career money earned: $13,154,010 (2nd highest)
Most money earned (one year): $2,821,337 (highest)
Special wins:
1987 French Open
1988 Australian
1988 French Open
1988 Wimbledon
1988 US Open
1989 Australian Open
1989 Wimbledon
1989 US Open
1990 Australian Open
1991 Wimbledon
1992 Wimbledon
1993 French Open
1993 Wimbledon
1993 US Open
Steffi has averaged two Grand Slam titles per year since winning her first in 1987. She has surpassed Martina's 7 consecutive year streak of winning a singles GS title (by winning the 1994 Aussy) but is still 5 years shy of tying Evert's. She also has become the first person in the open era to hold all four GS titles simultaneously more than once. Steffi has also successfully defended 7 Grand Slam titles, which is second only to Martina's 8.
Melbourne
1983 1stParis
1984 3rd
1985 DNP
1986 DNP
1987 DNP
1988 W
1989 W
1990 W
1991 Q
1992 +DNP
1993 F
Totals: 33-4
1983 2ndWimbledon
1984 3rd
1985 4th
1986 Q
1987 W
1988 W
1989 F
1990 F
1991 S
1992 F
1993 W
Totals: 54-8
1983 *DNP?Flushing Meadow
1984 4th
1985 4th
1986 *DNP
1987 F
1988 W
1989 W
1990 S
1991 W
1992 W
1993 W
Totals: 52-4
1983 DNP* I remember reading somewhere, long ago, that Steffi failed to qualify for Wimbledon one year. Because I can't recall where I'd read that, I can't verify it. If it is true then it's reasonable to assume it happened in 1983.
1984 1st
1985 S
1986 S
1987 F
1988 W
1989 W
1990 F
1991 S
1992 Q
1993 W
Totals: 52-7
Grand Total: 191-23
1987
French Open [seeded 2]1988
1st rnd. d. C. Bartos(HUN) 6-1,6-1
2nd rnd. d. I. Budarova(BRA) 6-1,6-1
3rd rnd. d. Jana Novotna(TCH) 6-0,6-1
4th rnd. d. Helen Kelesi(CAN) 7-6,6-2
QF d. Manuela Maleeva(BUL)(6) 6-4,6-1
SF d. Gabriela Sabatini(ARG)(7) 6-4,4-6,7-5
F d. Martina Navratilova(USA)(1) 6-4,4-6,8-6
Australian Open [seeded 1]1989
1st rnd. d. Amy Jonsson(NOR) 6-3,6-1
2nd rnd. d. Janie Thompson 6-0,6-1
3rd rnd. d. Cammy MacGregor(USA) 6-1,6-2
4th rnd. d. Catarina Lindqvist(SWE)(13) 6-0,7-5
QF d. Hana Mandlikova(TCH)(5) 6-2,6-2
SF d. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch(FRG)(8) 6-2,6-3
F d. Chris Evert(USA)(3) 6-1,7-6
French Open [seeded 1]
1st rnd. d. Natalie Guerree 6-0,6-4
2nd rnd. d. Ronni Reis(USA) 6-1,6-0
3rd rnd. d. Susan Sloane(USA) 6-0,6-1
4th rnd. d. Nathalie Tauziat(FRA)(16) 6-1,6-1
QF d. Bettina Fulco(ARG) 6-0,6-1
SF d. Gabriela Sabatini(ARG)(4) 6-3,7-6
F d. Natalia Zvereva(URS)(14) 6-0,6-0
Wimbledon [seeded 1]
1st rnd. d Hu Na(USA) 6-0,6-0
2nd rnd. d. Karine Quentric(FRA) 6-2,6-0
3rd rnd. d. Terry Phelps(USA) 6-3,6-1
4th rnd. d. MJ Fernandez(USA)(16) 6-2,6-2
QF d. Pascale Paradis(FRA) 6-3,6-1
SF d. Pam Shriver(USA)(3) 6-1,6-2
F d. Martina Navratilova(USA)(2) 5-7,6-2,6-1
United States Open [seeded 1]
1st rnd. d. Elizabeth Minter(AUS) 6-1,6-1
2nd rnd. d. Manon Bollegraf(HOL) 6-1,6-0
3rd rnd. d. Nathalie Herreman(FRA) 6-0,6-1
4th rnd. d. Patty Fendick(USA) 6-4,6-2
QF d. Katerina Maleeva(BUL)(14) 6-3,6-0
SF d. Chris Evert(USA)(3) default
F d. Gabriela Sabatini(ARG) 6-3,3-6,6-1
Australian Open [seeded 1]
1st rnd. d. K. A. Guse 6-2,6-1
2nd rnd. d. Rene Simpson(CAN) 6-0,6-0
3rd rnd. d. Marianne Werdel(USA) 6-0,6-1
4th rnd. d. Nicole Provis(AUS)(16) 6-4,6-0
QF d. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch(FRG)(8) 6-2,6-3
SF d. Gabriela Sabatini(ARG)(3) 6-3,6-0
F d. Helena Sukova(TCH)(5) 6-4,6-4
Wimbledon [seeded 1]
1st rnd. d. J. A. Salmon 6-1,6-2
2nd rnd. d. K. Kessaris(USA) 6-2,6-1
3rd rnd. d. Anne Minter(AUS) 6-1,6-3
4th rnd. d. Monica Seles(YUG)(11) 6-0,6-1
QF d. Arantxa Sanchez(ESP)(7) 7-5,6-1
SF d. Chris Evert(USA)(4) 6-2,6-1
F d. Martina Navratilova(USA)(2) 6-2,6-7,6-1
United States Open [seeded 1]
1st rnd. d. Etsuko Inoue(JAP) 6-3,6-1
2nd rnd. d. Nathalie Herreman(FRA) 6-1,6-1
3rd rnd. d. Terry Phelps(USA) 6-1,6-1
4th rnd. d. Rosalyn Fairbanks(RSA) 6-4,6-0
QF d. Helena Sukova(TCH)(8) 6-1,6-1
SF d. Babriela Sabatini(ARG)(3) 3-6,6-4,6-2
F d. Martina Navratilova(USA)(2) 3-6,7-5,6-1
1986
1987Venue Opponent in final Score
------------------- ------------------- ------------------
1. Hilton Head d. Chris Evert 6-4,7-5
2. Amelia Island d. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6-4,5-7,7-6
3. Indianapolis d. Gabriela Sabatini 2-6,7-6,6-2
4. German Open, Berlin d. Martina Navratilova 6-2,6-3
5. New Jersey d. Molley Van Nostrand 7-5, 6-1
6. Pan Pacific, Tokyo d. Manuela Maleeva 6-4, 6-2
7. Zurich, Switzerland d. Helena Sukova 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
8. Brighton, England d. Caterina Linqvist 6-3, 6-3
9. Boca Raton d. Helena Sukova 6-2,6-31988
10. Key Biscayne d. Chris Evert 6-1,6-2
11. Hilton Head d. Manuela Maleeva 6-2, 4-6,6-3
12. Amelia Island d. Hana Mandlikova 6-3, 6-4
13. Italian Open, Rome d. Gabriela Sabatini 7-5, 6-4,6-0
14. German Open, Berlin d. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6-2,6-3
15. French Open, Paris d. Martina Navratilova 6-4,4-6,8-6
16. *Los Angeles d. Chris Evert 6-3, 6-4
17. Hamburg d. Isabel Cueto 6-2,6-2
18. Zurich d. Hana Mandlikova 6-3, 6-2
19. VS Championships d. Gabriela Sabatini 4-6,6-4,6-0,6-4
* Began record No.1 streak 8/17/87 - 3/10/91 (186 weeks)
20. Australian Open d. Chris Evert 6-1,7-61989
21. San Antonio d. Katerina Maleeva 6-4,6-2
22. Key Biscayne d. Chris Evert 6-4,6-4
23. German Open, Berlin d. Helena Sukova 6-3,6-2
24. French Open, Paris d. Natalia Zvereva 6-0,6-0
25. Wimbledon d. Martina Navratilova 5-7,6-2,6-1
26 Hamburg d. Katerina Maleeva 6-4,6-2
27. New Jersey d. Natalie Tauziat 6-0, 6-1
28. United States Open d. Gabriela Sabatini 6-3,3-6,6-1
29. Olympics d. Gabriela Sabatini 6-3,6-3
30. Brighton d. Manuela Maleeva 6-2,6-0
31. Australian Open d. Helena Sukova 6-1,6-41990
32. VS Of Washington d. Zina Garrison 6-1,7-5
33. San Antonio d. Ann Henrickson 6-1,6-4
34. Boca Raton d. Chris Evert 4-6,6-2,6-3
35. Hilton Head d. Natalia Zvereva 6-1,6-1
36. Hamburg d. Jana Novotna *default
37. German Open, Berlin d. Gabriela Sabatini 6-3,6-1
38. Wimbledon d. Martina Navratilova 6-2,6-7,6-1
39. San Diego d. Zina Garrison 6-4,7-5
40. Mahwah d. Andrea Temisvari 7-5, 6-2
41. United States Open d. Martina Navratilova 3-6,7-5,6-1
42. Zurich d. Jana Novotna 6-1,7-6
43. Brighton d. Monica Seles 7-5,6-4
44. VS Championships d. Martina Navratilova 6-4,7-5,2-6,6-2
45. Australian Open d. MJ Fernandez 6-3,6-41991
46. Pan Pacific Open d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 6-1,6-2
47. Amelia Island d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 6-1,6-0
48. Hamburg d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 6-5,6-0,6-1
49. Canadian Open d. Katerina Maleeva 6-1,6-7,6-3
50. San Diego d. Manuela Maleeva-Fra. 6-3,6-2
51. Leipzig d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 6-1,6-1
52. Zurich d. Gabriela Sabatini 6-3,6-2
53. Brighton d. Helena Sukova 7-5,6-3
54. Worcester d. Gabriela Sabatini 7-6,6-3
55. San Antonio d. Monica Seles 6-4,6-31992
56. Hamburg d. Monica Seles 7-5,6-7,6-3
57. German Open, Berlin d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 6-3,4-6,7-6
58. Wimbledon d. Gabriela Sabatini 6-4,3-6,8-6
59. Leipzig d. Jana Novotna 6-3,6-3
60. Zurich d. Nathalie Tauziat 6-4,6-4
61. Brighton d. Zina Garrison 5-7,6-4,6-1
62. Boca Raton d. Conchita Martinez 3-6,6-2,6-01993
63. Hamburg d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 7-6,7-2
64. German Open, Berlin d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 4-6,7-5,6-2
65. Wimbledon d. Monica Seles 6-2,6-1
66. Leipzig d. Jana Novotna 6-3,1-6,6-4
67. Zurich d. Martina Navratilova 2-6,7-5,7-5
68. Brighton d. Jana Novotna 4-6,6-4,7-6
69. Philadelphia d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 6-3,3-6,6-1
70. Delray Beach d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 6-4,6-3
71. Hilton Head d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 7-6,6-1
72. German Open, Berlin d. Gabriela Sabatini 7-6,2-6,6-4
73. French Open d. MJ Fernandez 4-6,6-2,6-4
74. Wimbledon d. Jana Novotna 7-6,1-6,6-4
75. San Diego d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 6-4,4-6,6-1
76. Toronto d. Jenifer Capriati 6-1,0-6,6-3
77. U.S. Open d. Helena Sukova 6-3,6-3
78 Leipzig d. Jana Novotna 6-2,6-0
79. VS Championships d. Arantxa Sanchez Vic. 6-1,6-4,3-6,6-1
Graf Vs Navratilova
Martina lead 8-9 (as of end of 93)
1985Graf Vs Seles
1) US Open *semi, 6-2 6-3
2) Fort Lauderdale *final 6-3 6-1
3) Slims final *semi 6-2 6-2
1986
4) Berlin final 6-2 6-3
5) US Open *semi 6-1 6-7 7-6
6) Slims final *final 7-6 6-3 6-2
1987
7) Lipton Players semi 6-3 6-2
8) French Open final 6-4 4-6 8-6
9) Wimbledon *final 7-5 6-3
10) US Open *semi 7-6 6-1
1988
11) Wimbledon final 5-7 6-2 6-1
1989
12) Wimbledon final 6-2 6-7 6-1
13) US Open final 3-6 7-5 6-1
14) Slims final final 6-4 7-5 2-6 6-2
1991
15) US Open *semi 7-6 6-7 6-4
1992
16) Zurich final 2-6 7-5 7-5
1993
17) Pan Pacific *semi 6-4 3-6 3-6
* <== denotes a loss
Graf leads series 6-4
1989Graf leads Evert 8-6 (could add this to Chris's FAQ. Huh, Chris?)
1) French Open semi 6-3 3-6 6-3
2) Wimbledon 4th rnd 6-0 6-1
3) Brighton final 7-5 6-4
1990
4) Berlin *final 6-4 6-3
5) French Open *final 7-6 6-4
1991
6) San Antonio *final 6-4 6-3
7) Hamburg final 7-5 6-7 6-3
1992
8) French Open *final 6-2 3-6 10-8
9) Wimbledon final 6-2, 6-1
1993
10) Aussy *final 4-6 6-3 6-2
* <== denotes a loss
And the rest
Steffi Graf VS. Gabriela Sabatini
1985
1) Mahwah SF 4-6 6-0 6-3
1986
2) VS Championship 1R 6-0 6-7 6-2
3) Indianapolis final 2-6 7-6 6-2
1987
4) Hilton Head semi 6-2 6-2
5) Amelia Island semi 6-2 6-2
6) Rome final 7-5 4-6 6-0
7) French Open semi 6-4 4-6 7-5
8) Wimbledon quarter 4-6 6-1 6-1
9) Federation Cup quarter 6-4 6-4
10) Los Angeles semi 7-5 7-5
11) New York final 4-6 6-4 6-0 6-4
1988
12) Boca Raton *final 6-2 3-6 1-6
13) Amelia Island *semi 3-6 6-4 5-7
14) Paris semi 6-3 7-6
15) U.S. Open final 6-3 3-6 6-1
16) Seoul Olympics final 6-3 6-3
1989
17) Melbourne semi 6-3 6-0
18) Amelia Island *final 6-3 3-6 5-7
19) Berlin final 6-3 6-1
20) U.S. Open semi 3-6 6-4 6-2
21) New York semi 6-3 5-7 6-1
1990
22) U.S. Open *final 2-6 6-7
23) Zurich final 6-3 6-2
24) Worcester final 7-6 6-3
25) New York *semi 4-6 4-6
1991
26) Tokyo *semi 4-6 6-4 7-6
27) Boca Raton *final 4-6 5-7
28) Key Biscayne *semi 6-0 6-7 1-6
29) Amelia Island *final 5-7 6-7
30) Wimbledon final 6-4 3-6 8-6
1992
31) Key Biscayne *semi 6-3 6-7 1-6
32) Amelia Island *final 2-6 6-1 3-6
33) Wimbledon semi 6-3 6-3
1993
34) Key Biscayne semi 6-0 6-2
35) Hilton Head semi 6-0 7-6
36) Berlin final 7-6 2-6 6-4
37) U.S. Open quarter 6-2 5-7 6-1
* <== denotes a loss [also connotes an off-form Steffi :-) ]
I couldn't find the result of their second meeting (other than Steffi won, of course :-) ) and also the 1991 Pan Pacific semi where she lost in three sets. Shun, you must have that result.
Graf vs. Sanchez-V.: 23 - 5
1988
Mahwah (hard) 1R Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-2,6-0
1989
Hilton Head (clay) SF Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-2,6-4
Amelia Island (clay) SF Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-3,6-2
French Open (clay) F Sanchez-V. d. Graf 7-6,3-6,7-5
Wimbledon (grass) QF Graf d. Sanchez-V. 7-5,6-1
1990
Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (carpet) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-1,6-2
Amelia Island (clay) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-1,6-0
Hamburg (clay) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 5-7,6-0,6-1
US Open (hard) SF Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-1,6-2
Leipzig (carpet) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-1,6-1
1991
Berlin (clay) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-3,4-6,7-6
French Open (clay) SF Sanchez-V. d. Graf 6-0,6-2
Amelia Island (clay) SF Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-7,6-4,6-3
Hamburg (clay) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 7-6,6-2
Berlin (clay) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 4-6,7-5,6-2
French Open (clay) SF Graf d. Sanchez-V. 0-6,6-2,6-2
Federation Cup (clay) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-4,6-2
US Open (hard) QF Sanchez-V. d. Graf 7-6,6-3
Philadelphia (carpet) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-3,3-6,6-1
1993
Australian Open (hard) SF Graf d. Sanchez-V. 7-5,6-4
Delray Beach [VS FL] (hard) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-4,6-3
Key Biscayne [Lipton] (hard) F Sanchez-V. d. Graf 6-4,3-6,6-3
Hilton Head (clay) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 7-6,6-1
Hamburg (clay) F Sanchez-V. d. Graf 6-3,6-3
San Diego (hard) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-4,4-6,6-1
VS Championship (carpet) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-1,6-4,3-6,6-1
1994
Australian Open (hard) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-0,6-2
Delray Beach [VS FL] (hard) F Graf d. Sanchez-V. 6-3,7-5
Graf vs Maleeva-Fragniere 18-0
1985
1. US Open, hard, 4th, Graf, 6-2,6-2
1986
2. Family Circle Cup, clay, QF, Graf, 6-4,7-5
3. Pan Pacific,carpet, final, Graf, 6-4,6-2
4. VS Championships, carpet, QF, Graf, 3-6,6-3,7-5
1987
5. Family Circle Cup, clay, final, Graf, 6-2,4-6,6-3
6. WITA (Amelia Island), clay, QF, Graf, 6-1,6-0
7. French Open, clay, QF, Graf, 6-4,6-1
8. European Indoor (Zurich), carpet, semi, Graf, 6-4,6-7(6),6-1
1988
9. Brighton Indoors, carpet, final, Graf, 6-2,6-0
10. VS Championships, carpet, QF, Graf, 6-1,6-3
1989
11. Nokia Masters, carpet, 1st, Graf, 6-7(1),6-1,6-3
1990
12. Pan Pacific,carpet, semi, Graf, 6-4,6-4
13. Great American Bank Classic (San Diego), hard, final, Graf, 6-3,6-2
14. European Indoor (Zurich), carpet, semi, Graf, 6-7(5),6-2,6-3
15. VS of New England (Worcester), carpet, semis, Graf, 7-6(3),6-7(5),6-3
1991
16. Lipton, hard, QF, Graf, 6-1,6-3
1993
17. Canadian Open (Toronto), hard, semi, Graf, 6-2,6-1
18. US Open, hard, semis, Graf,
This stuff is hard to do. Believe me, I've been gleaning just about every book and magazine I've ever bought for over two weeks. Such data are rarely in relevant or palatible form. So, to transform it, one must be very careful about the new wording because, above all else, it *must* be correct. Moreover, it's *so* easy to overlook something. Fortunately, I already had a whole bunch of tidbits on the top players I'd been finding for some time, often serendipitously. These last two weekends were spent slaving over books, trying to dig up stats. I've also been adding bits and pieces every day. 'Tis the labour of love. :-) But I could use some help. I'd really, REALLY appreciate any kind of assistance. Thanks!
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