Steffi Graf - Simply The Best
Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:21:03 PM
Steffi Graf was born in 1969 in Mannheim, West Germany. Her parents were Peter and Heidi Graf. Steffi always seemed to have a racquet in her grasp all hours of the day. Her sawed off an old racquet and gave her a chance to play with it instead of a kids tennis racket.
Graf had won her first tennis competition as a 6 year old, and when she was 13, she had won the German championship for under 18 year olds.
In 1984, Steffi made a trip to Los Angeles to contend in the Summer Olympics. She got the gold medal and also won all 4 main tennis events that year. She is the best female tennis player ever.
SOURCES:
http://www.stevegtennis.com/2013/04/steffi-graf-the-greatest-female-tennis-player-ever/
http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/steffi-graf
Graf had won her first tennis competition as a 6 year old, and when she was 13, she had won the German championship for under 18 year olds.
In 1984, Steffi made a trip to Los Angeles to contend in the Summer Olympics. She got the gold medal and also won all 4 main tennis events that year. She is the best female tennis player ever.
SOURCES:
http://www.stevegtennis.com/2013/04/steffi-graf-the-greatest-female-tennis-player-ever/
http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/steffi-graf
