Steffi Graf
Chronology
| 1969 | Born June 14 in Mannheim, West Germany, to Peter and Heidi Graf |
| 1972 | At age of three gets out father's tennis racquets and wants to learn game |
| 1974 | Convinces her father to take her interest in tennis seriously |
| 1975 | Wins her first junior tournament (she's six years old) |
| 1979 | Trains under Boris Breskvar, German Tennis Federation Coach |
| 1982 | Quits school and becomes second youngest player to receive an international ranking |
| 1982 | Wins German Junior 18s Championship and European Junior 18s Championship |
| 1982 | Turns professional on October 18 |
| 1983 | Playing in qualifying rounds of French open at age 13, she is mistaken for a ballgirl |
| 1984 | Wins Gold at 1984 Summer Olympic Games |
| 1985 | Breaks into the top ten of WTA Tour Rankings for the first time |
| 1986 | Wins her first title, defeating Chris Evert at the Family Circle Cup |
| 1986 | Wins U.S. Clay Court Championship; begins first of three consecutive German Open victories |
| 1987 | Wins French Open, her first Grand Slam title event (defeats Martina Navratilova) |
| 1987 | On August 17 becomes the #1 player in the world. Holds spot for 186 weeks until October 3, 1991 |
| 1988 | Completes Grand Slam (only third woman in history to do so) |
| 1988 | Wins second Olympic Gold Medal |
| 1989 | Plays her first match against Monica Seles in semis of French Open |
| 1989 | Wins Wimbledon, Australian Open and U.S. Open |
| 1989 | Finishes year with 14 titles and an 86-2 record |
| 1990 | Wins Australian Open |
| 1990 | Wins first tournament ever played in Leipzig and donates her prize money ($70,000) to aid tennis development in East Germany; in October the Steffi Graf Youth Tennis Center is founded in Leipzig |
| 1991 | Wins Wimbledon |
| 1991 | Gives up no. 1 ranking to Monica Seles, and, following 1990, a mediocre year, considers quitting tennis |
| 1992 | Wins Wimbledon |
| 1993 | Wins French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open |
| 1993 | A "fan" of Graf's stabs Monica Seles at a tournament in Hambourg. The incident greatly upsets Graf |
| 1994 | Wins Australian Open |
| 1994 | Ranking hits 441.1746, the highest ranking average ever achieved by a player |
| 1995 | Wins French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open |
| 1995 | Wins her 750th match on July 6th at the Wimbledon semi-finals |
| 1996 | Wins French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open, her 20th and 21st Grand Slam titles |
| 1996 | Becomes the player, male or female, to be ranked no. 1 in the world the longest (total of 332 weeks over 6 years) |
| 1997 | Suffers injury to the patella tendon in her knee in February; undergoes operation in June |
| 1998 | Becomes highest-grossing female athlete ever, surpassing Navratilova |
| 1998 | Drops from singles rankings because she had not played the required number of tournaments |
| 1999 | Wins French Open |
| 1999 | Wins her 900th career match; on August 13 she announces her retirement from Tennis |
| 2001 | Marries Andre Agassi on October 22; gives birth to Jaden Gil Agassi a few days later |
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