How tall is Steffi Graf? Height of Steffi Graf

How tall is Steffi Graf?
Steffi Graf's Height is 5ft 9in (176 cm)

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Celebirty name: GRAF, Steffi (Original: Stefanie Maria Graf)
Birth: 1969-06-14 (Germany) (age 56)
Occupation: sportsman, tennis player

Source: WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Stefanie Maria Graf (born 14 June 1969), known professionally as Steffi Graf and preferring to be called Stefanie since 2001, is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a record 377 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 a record eight times. Graf won 107 singles titles on the WTA Tour, including 22 major women's singles titles, the second-most since the start of the Open Era in 1968 and the third-most of all time. She is the only tennis player, male or female, to have won each major singles tournament at least four times — a quadruple career Grand Slam. A teenage phenomenon, Graf became the youngest-ever player to appear in the main draw of a major at the 1983 French Open aged 13. She gradually improved over the following years and emerged as the player who ended Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova's dominance on women's tennis, winning her first major at the 1987 French Open. In 1988, Graf ascended into dominance, becoming the first tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four major titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. The following few years saw her remain the best player in the world, but struggle with injuries and the rise of young rivals, especially Monica Seles. Following the stabbing of Seles in 1993, Graf returned to dominance on the women's tour for the next several years. Following more injury struggles in 1997 and 1998, in 1999 Graf captured her 22nd and final major title at the French Open, reached the Wimbledon final, and retired from the sport thereafter, aged 30 and ranked as the world No. 3. Notable features of Graf's game were her versatility across all playing surfaces, footwork, and powerful forehand drive. Graf's athletic ability and aggressive game played from the baseline have been credited with developing the modern style of play that has come to dominate today's game. Billie Jean King said, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Graf was named the greatest female tennis player of the 20th century by the Associated Press and when asked in 2016 to name the greatest players of all time, Serena Williams answered Graf and Roger Federer. Graf was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004. Along with Boris Becker, Graf is considered instrumental in popularizing tennis in Germany. She has been married to fellow tennis player Andre Agassi since 2001. They have two children. In 1997, she left the Catholic Church, citing personal reasons. During her career, Graf divided her time between her hometown of Brühl; Boca Raton, Florida; and New York City, where she owned a penthouse in the former Police Headquarters Building in SoHo. From 1992 to 1999, Graf dated racing driver Michael Bartels. She started dating Andre Agassi after the 1999 French Open, and they married on 22 October 2001, with only their mothers as witnesses. They have two children: a son, born in 2001; and a daughter, born in 2003. Agassi has said that he and Graf are not pushing their children toward becoming tennis players. The Graf-Agassi family resides in Summerlin, a community in the Las Vegas Valley. Graf's mother and her brother also live there. In 1991, the Steffi Graf Youth Tennis Center in Leipzig was dedicated to her. She is the founder, and chairperson, of "Children for Tomorrow", a non-profit foundation established in 1998 for implementing and developing projects to support children that have been traumatized by war or other crises. In 2001, Graf indicated that she preferred to be called "Stefanie" instead of "Steffi", stating this was her preference going forward.

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