Stefanie Maria Graf Net Worth
Stefanie Maria Graf Net Worth is
$1.9 Million
Stefanie Maria Graf Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf (German pronunciation: [??t?f? ?g?af]; born 14 June 1969) is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second only to Margaret Court's 24. Her 22 singles titles mark the record for most Major wins by a tennis player (male or female) since the introduction of the Open Era in 1968, and is the only player to win at least 4 singles titles at each Grand Slam . In 1988, she became the first and only tennis player (male or female) to achieve the Calendar Year Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year.Graf was ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a record 377 total weeks—the longest period for which any player, male or female, has held the number-one ranking since the WTA and the Association of Tennis Professionals began issuing rankings. She won 107 singles titles, which ranks her third on the WTA's all-time list after Martina Navratilova (167 titles) and Chris Evert (157 titles).A notable feature of Graf's game was her versatility across all playing surfaces, having won each of the four Majors at least four times, the only player to do so, and she is best known for her great footwork and for her powerful forehand drive. Graf won six French Open singles titles (second to Evert) and seven Wimbledon singles titles (third behind Navratilova and Helen Wills Moody). She is the only singles player (male or female) to have achieved a Calendar Year Grand Slam while playing on four different types of tennis courts (Rebound Ace, grass, clay and DecoTurf). Graf reached thirteen consecutive Grand Slam singles finals, from the 1987 French Open through to the 1990 French Open, winning nine of them. She won 5 consecutive Majors (1988 Australian Open to 1989 Australian Open), and 7 Majors out of 8, in 2 calendar years (1988 Australian Open to 1989 US Open, except 1989 French Open). She reached a total of 31 Grand Slam singles finals, third overall behind Evert (34 finals) and Navratilova (32 finals).Graf is regarded by many to be the greatest female tennis player of all time. Billie Jean King said in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Navratilova herself has included Graf on her list of great players. In December 1999, Graf was named the greatest female tennis player of the 20th century by a panel of experts assembled by the Associated Press. Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the best female player of the 20th century. In March 2012, Tennis Channel picked Graf as the greatest female tennis player ever in their list of 100 greatest tennis players of all time.Graf retired in 1999 while she was ranked World No. 3. She married former World No. 1 men's tennis player Andre Agassi in October 2001. The couple have two children – Jaden Gil and Jaz Elle. Graf was inducted into the Tennis Hall of F Full Name | Steffi Graf |
Date Of Birth | June 14, 1969 |
Place Of Birth | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
Height | 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) |
Weight | 64 kg |
Profession | Tennis player |
Spouse | Andre Agassi |
Children | Jaden Gil Agassi, Jaz Elle Agassi |
Parents | Peter Graf, Heidi Graf |
Siblings | Michael Graf |
Awards | Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award, Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year, BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, Milliyet Sports Award for World Athlete of the Year |
Star Sign | Gemini |
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1 | Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed. But then I wouldn't have been the same player. |
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1 | She, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Maureen Connolly, and Margaret Court are the only players to date to win a calendar-year Grand Slam. |
2 | Sister-in-law of Phillip Agassi and Tami Agassi. |
3 | Daughter-in-law of Mike Agassi. |
4 | Two months after he resigned as Agassi's business manager in October 2008, Perry Rogers sued Graf for $50,000 in management fees. |
5 | Niece of Christel Ginepri, who acts as her spokesperson. |
6 | Subject of "I'm in Love with Steffi Graf" by Hugh Laurie on A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987). |
7 | Resides with her family in Las Vegas. |
8 | When they both won the singles' event at Wimbledon in 1992, she showed no interest in her later husband Andre Agassi at all. The officials didn't allow him to dance with her at the tournament's banquet, although he had been secretly pining for her as far back as 1990. |
9 | Was chosen "most admirable German woman" by the readers of "Amica" magazine (September 2005). |
10 | Won the Australian Open (1988-1990, 1994), French Open (1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999), Wimbledon (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996), US Open (1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996). |
11 | She and Andre Agassi are the first two players to win all four majors singles titles and an Olympic gold medal. |
12 | Upon the birth of Christian Sampras, son of Pete Sampras and Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, London bookmakers gave the baby a 2,000-1 shot to beat Jaden Gil Agassi in a Wimbledon final. |
13 | Ranked #3 in a survey by German network ZDF searching the 100 best German sportsmen of all time (19 November 2004). |
14 | Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on 11 July 2004. |
15 | Gave birth to her daughter Jaz Elle on 3 October 2003. |
16 | Gave birth to Jaden Gil Agassi, 3 weeks prematurely, on 26 October 2001 at 3:30 AM at Valley Hospital in Las Vegas, weighing 5 pounds, 14 ounces. While it was thought the baby's name originated from the Hebrew, meaning "God has listened," in a February 2002 interview, Graf disclosed that Jaden is a masculine form of jade, a word she had always liked, and Gil was in honor of Agassi's trainer, Gil Reyes. |
17 | Won a legal battle against Microsoft Germany about fake nude photos of her that were posted on a Web site run by the company. The photos were replaced in June at Graf's request, but the company declined to sign a formal agreement that they wouldn't use them again, so Graf sued. The state appeals court in Cologne upheld a ruling last October by a lower court, which had ruled that Microsoft Germany was responsible for the content of the site and must ensure that such pictures don't appear there (27 May 2002). |
18 | Daughter of Peter Graf and Heidi Graf. Sister of Michael Graf. Peter spent nearly two years in jail after being convicted in 1997 of evading $7 million in taxes on her earnings. |
19 | Career Prize Money: $20,130,835.00 |
20 | Born at 4:40 AM CET (Central Europe Time) |
21 | Heads the non-profit foundation Children for Tomorrow, supporting and initiating projects that provide assistance to children and families who have become the victims of war, persecution and violence. |
22 | Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 1989 |
23 | German Sportswoman of the Year for four consecutive times from 1986 to 1989 and in 1999. |
24 | At the age 13, became the second-youngest player ever to earn an international ranking. |
25 | Was the #1 singles player for 186 straight weeks, broken by Roger Federer in August 2007. Her stay at #1 for a record 377 weeks total still stands. |
26 | First player to beat the top three seeds in a major. |
27 | Only player to win all four majors on four different surfaces (carpet, clay, grass, hard court). |
28 | Only player to win all four majors singles at least four times. |
29 | Only player to win all four majors singles twice in two different decades. |
30 | Posed for the 1997 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in an effort to "feminize" her image. |
31 | First tennis player to win a calendar-year Grand Slam and an Olympic gold medal (1988). |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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WWE Raw | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
Dimensions | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
125 Years of Wimbledon: You Cannot Be Serious | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - 7-Times Wimbledon Champion |
60 Minutes | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Tennis Star (segment "Agassi") |
The Big Give | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | 2007 | TV Series | Herself - Former Tennis Player (segment "The First Family of Tennis") |
The Barbara Walters Summer Special | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
Arthur Ashe Kids' Day | 2006 | TV Movie | Herself |
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
Hape trifft! | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
Biography | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Unsere Besten | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
Class of... | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
Hall of Fame: Golden Anniversary | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
ESPN SportsCentury | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Wimbledon: A History of the Championships | 2000 | Documentary | Herself |
Wetten, dass..? | 1986-1997 | TV Series | Herself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
Late Show with David Letterman | 1994-1995 | TV Series | Herself |
The 1993 US Open Tennis Championships | 1993 | TV Series | Herself |
Barcelona 1992: Games of the XXV Olympiad | 1992 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
Otto - Der Außerfriesische | 1989 | Herself | |
Seoul 1988: Games of the XXIV Olympiad | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
The 1988 US Open Tennis Championships | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
Wimbledon '88 | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
Wimbledon '87 | 1987 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
Das aktuelle Sportstudio | 1984 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Wimbledon | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
Today at Wimbledon | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
Wimbledon Classics | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
Steffi Graf - Ein Porträt | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Court Report | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
Best of Five | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
Agassi: Between the Lines | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Stern TV | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
E! True Hollywood Story | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
La imagen de tu vida | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
80s | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
ESPN 25: Who's #1? | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Unsere Besten | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
ESPN SportsCentury | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Charlie Rose | 2001 | TV Series | Herself |
Power Vision - Pop Galerie | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1999 | Special Award | German Television Awards | For her outstanding performance as tennis player and her importance for the German public. | |
1990 | Golden Camera | Golden Camera, Germany | Sports |