To celebrate Graf’s birthday, here is a look at the numbers behind her remarkable career.
1. Won all four grand slam titles in 1988, as well as a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Becoming the first and only player to achieve a calendar golden slam in the Open Era. Other women to have achieved a calendar slam without an Olympic medal are Maureen Connolly (1953) and Margaret Court (1970).
1 plus 1. The Graf is married to the former world No. 1 André Agassi.
1. Her only grand slam doubles title was with Argentina’s Gabriela Sabatini at the 1988 Wimbledon championships.
2. Graf won the Fed Cup twice in 1987 and 1992.
2. Steffi and André have 2 children called Jaden Gil and Jaz Elle.
3. Technically won three Olympic medals during her career. However, at the 1984 Games Graf’s gold wasn’t formally recognized as tennis was only a demonstration sport. She also won gold in 1988 and 1992.
3. Won three consecutive Australian Open titles (1988, 1989, 1990).
4. Victories at the Australian Open in total (1988, 1989, 1990 and 1994).
4. Won both the French Open and Wimbledon within the same year four times. Doing so in 1988, 1993, 1995 and 1996.
4. Played in four consecutive French Open finals (1987 to 1990).
5. Won the year-end championships five times. The joint second highest of all-time after Martina Navratilova, who won the tournament on eight occasions. (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995 and 1996).
5. Five-time US Open champion (1988, 1989, 1993, 1995 and 1996).
6. Six-time French Open winner (1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996 and 1999). In 1999 André Agassi also triumphed in the Parisian slam. It is understood that the relationship between the two started during that tournament.