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Talk about tennis, there is no way you will not know about the name of Steffi Graf. The former world no 1 tennis player, has proved to be a true champion in the sport. Such is the prowess of this tennis star that even connoisseurs like Martina Navratilova have listed her as one of the greatest players in their lists.Steffi was conferred the title of the greatest tennis player of the 20th century by a panel of experts in December 1999.
By far Graf stands to be the only tennis players to have won all the four Grand Slam single tournaments. The tennis star has won Wimbledon, the US open, the French Open and the Australian Open, and all of them four times each. No wonder Tennis writer Steve Flink called her the best female player of the 20th century in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century.
The year 1998 saw Steffi Graf win a gold medal in singles at the Olympics. The same year she also won all the four grand slam titles which made her the only player to have won the Golden Slam. Graf has an astounding record of being at the number 1 rank for a whooping 377 weeks. The record so far remains unmatched. Her versatile play on all kinds of surfaces made her an impeccable name in the world of tennis.
The year 1998 saw Steffi Graf win a gold medal in singles at the Olympics. The same year she also won all the four grand slam titles which made her the only player to have won the Golden Slam. Graf has an astounding record of being at the number 1 rank for a whooping 377 weeks. The record so far remains unmatched. Her versatile play on all kinds of surfaces made her an impeccable name in the world of tennis.
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