Stefanie Graf
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Stefanie Graf

Stefanie Graf
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Stefanie (Steffi) Graf was born in 1969 and is the daughter of Peter Graf and Heidi Schalk. She married Andre Agassi in October 2001 and they have two children.

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Tennis

Stefanie ("Steffi") Graf ist eine ehemalige deutsche Tennisspielerin. Sie begann im Alter von drei Jahren, in der Halle ihres Vaters, Tennis zu spielen.[1] Schon 1981 trat sie bei der Deutschen Meisterschaft der Erwachsenen an und verlor nur knapp gegen Eva Pfaff.[1] Im Sommer 1983 erlaubte das baden-württembergische Kultusministerium den Eltern, Steffi aus der Schule zu nehmen und am Jahresende stand sie schon in den Top 100 der Weltrangliste.[1] Im Jahr 1984 schlug sie zum ersten Mal eine Top-10-Spielerin und kletterte in der Weltrangliste bis auf Position 22.[1] Das Jahr 1986 stand im Zeichen mehrerer Duelle mit Martina Navratilova und 1987 gewann Steffi zum ersten Mal ein Grand Slam-Turnier.[1] Am Ende ihrer Karriere hatte sie 22 Grand Slam-Turniersiege errungen.[2] 1988 war ihr sportlich erfolgreichstes Jahr. Neben dem Sieg bei allen vier Grand Slam-Turnieren gewann sie auch Gold bei den Olympischen Spielen und errang damit den "Golden (Grand) Slam". Das hat bis 2022 kein anderer Tennisprofi geschafft.[2] Zwischen 1990 und 1992 gewann sie jeweils nur ein Grand Slam-Turnier pro Jahr und musste die Führung in der Weltrangliste zeitweilig an Monika Seleš abgeben. Diese errang sie nach dem Attentat auf Seleš[3] und deren zeitweiligem Rückzug von der WTA-Tour zurück. 1995 und 1996 gewann sie jeweils drei Grand Slam-Turniere und dominierte die Tennis-Welt.[2] Ab 1997 musste sie häufiger wegen Verletzungsproblemen (hauptsächlich Knie und Rücken) aussetzen und war im Juni 1997 erstmals seit mehr als zehn Jahren nicht mehr in den Top 2 der Weltrangliste.[2] 1999 gewann Steffi noch einmal die French Open und trat im August 1999 vom Profitennis zurück.[1] Sie wurde insgesamt fünfmal zu Deutschlands "Sportlerin des Jahres" gewählt, 1988 auch zur "Weltsportlerin des Jahres".[4]

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1996 wurde gegen Steffi ein Ermittlungsverfahren wegen Steuerhinterziehung geführt. Dieses wurde gegen die Zahlung einer Geldauflage eingestellt.[1]. Ihr Vater wurde 1997 deswegen verurteilt und musste ins Gefängnis.[5] 1998 gründete Steffi die Stiftung "Children for Tomorrow"[4][6], die sich um durch Krieg, Flucht und/oder Gewalt traumatisierte Kinder kümmert. Im Jahr 2001 heiratete sie den Tennisspieler Andre Agassi und lebt seitdem in Las Vegas, Nevada. Das Ehepaar hat zwei Kinder.[1] Seit dem Ende ihrer Karriere möchte sie Stefanie genannt werden.[7]

English

Tennis

Stefanie ("Steffi") Graf is a former tennis professional. She started to play tennis at the age of three. Her father owned a tennis center where she practiced.[1] Already in 1981 Steffi started at the German Championships and lost only in three sets to Eva Pfaff.[1] In the summer of 1983, she was allowed to leave school[1] and at the end of the year she was already in the Top 100 of the World Ranking.[7] In 1984, Steffi beat for the first time a Top-10 player and rose in the Ranking to #22. In 1986, Steffi played several important matches against Martina Navratilova and in 1987 she won her first Grand Slam-Tournament. During that year, Steffi also reached #1 in the Ranking for the first time.[7]The year 1988 was Steffi's most successful year on the tennis courts. Beside winning all four Grand Slam-tournaments of the year, she also won the Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and completed that way the so-called "Golden (Grand) Slam". Through 2022, no other tennis player (male or female) achieved the Golden Slam.[2] Between 1990 and 1992, she won only one Grand Slam tournament per year and lost the #1-spot in the Ranking to Monika Seleš. After Seleš was stabbed[3] at a tournament in Germany and didn't play tournaments for about two years, Steffi turned again the best player in the World.[7] In 1995 and 1996, she won three of four Grand Slam-tournaments and dominated the tennis scene.[2] Starting in 1997, she had to take injury breaks more often and in June 1997, she fell out of the Top 2 in the Ranking for the first time after more than 10 years.[2] In 1999, she once again won the tournament of Roland Garros and retired from sports in August of that year.[7] She was named German Sportsperson of the Year five times and in 1988 also World's Sportsperson of the Year.[4]

Personal life

In 1996, Steffi and her father were accused of tax evasion. Steffi's case was dropped after she paid a fine.[7] Her father was sentenced to jail and released after he had served half of the time.[7][5] In 1998, Steffi founded her foundation "Children for Tomorrow", [8] that cares for children, who are traumatized because of escape, war and/or violence. In 2001, she married fellow tennis player Andre Agassi and lives since then in Las Vegas, Nevada. The couple has two children. After her career, she prefers to be called Stefanie.[7]

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steffi_Graf
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/stefanie-graf
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/30/newsid_2499000/2499161.stm
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://www.hall-of-fame-sport.de/mitglieder/detail/Steffi-Graf
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Graf_(Tennistrainer)
  6. https://www.children-for-tomorrow.com/die-stiftung/
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steffi_Graf
  8. http://www.children-for-tomorrow.com/en/

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It's one of my favs tennis players!
posted by John Smith
Added her mother as Schalk-189
posted by Sven Elbert
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posted by Abby (Brown) Glann
Her husband is Agassi-11, married in October 2001. They have two children.

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