Steffi Graf won an incredible 107 career WTA singles titles and 11 career doubles titles. She captured an astounding 22 Grand Slam singles titles: 4 Australian Open Championships (1988, '89, '90, '94); 6 French Open Titles (1987, '88, '93, '95, '96, '99); 7 Wimbledon Championships (1988, '89, '91, '92, '93, '95, '96); and 5 US Open Championships (1988, '89, '93, '95, '96). Moreover, Graf made nine additional Grand Slam final appearances: 1993 Australian; 1989, '90, '92 French; 1987, '99 Wimbledon; and 1987, '90, '94 US Open. Overall she reached 31 Grand Slam singles finals. At the conclusion of the 1995 US Open, she became the only player - male or female - to win each of the four major singles titles at least 4 times.
In 1988, Graf achieved the 'Grand Slam' - winning the Big Four in the same calendar year. Furthermore, Graf achieved the 'Golden Grand Slam' by winning the Singles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Graf again held all four titles consecutively - 1993 French, Wimbledon, US Open and the 1994 Australian.
Graf, 34, is a former World No. 1 ranked player, spending a massive total of 377 (non-consecutive) weeks at No. 1, reigning for a record 186 consecutive weeks (August 17, 1987- March 10, 1991) - more than any man or woman.
Graf was ranked in the World Top 10 from 1985 through 1996, and again in 1998-'99. She holds the record for the longest consecutive stretch in the World's Top 2 - 10 years, 3 months, 1 week - March 2, 1987 through June 8, 1997. Her career win-loss record is an impressive 902-115. She was honored as the WTA Player of the Year eight times (1987-'90, '93-'96) and was named the ITF World Champion a record seven times (1987-'90, '93, '95, '96).
Graf was a member of the German Fed Cup team for 7 years (1986-'87, '89, '91-'93, '96). She has Germany's record of most final wins (3-0), leading Germany to victory in 1987 and 1992. Graf completed her Fed Cup career playing in 20 ties, with an overall win-loss record of 28-4 (20-2 in singles and 8-2 in doubles). Graf was also a member of the German Olympic team in 1984 (Gold - tennis was a demonstration sport), 1988 (Gold), and 1992 (Silver).
On August 13, 1999, Graf was the No. 3 world-ranked player, and the highest ranked player ever to announce retirement from the sport (since computer rankings began in November 1975). Off the court, Graf founded The Steffi Graf Youth Tennis Center in Leipzig, Germany (1991). She is also the Founder and active Chairperson of Children for Tomorrow, a non-profit foundation with the goal of implementing and developing projects to support children who have been traumatized by war or other crises.