The female Federer. Won on every surface convincingly. Didn't have a losing head to head record against any top ranking player. A truly remarkable human being. Simply the best female singles player of all time.

Number one!

Greatest player!

Best player and best personality

Other than the continuing rise of Federer and the looming question mark it causes, I find it much easier to rate the men's side. It is tougher on the women's side, even if one limits the conjecture to the open era. All things considered, I'd have to go with Graf. Had they been in their prime at the same time, Martina is the only player I can think of who could have seriously stood in her way. Like Borg on the men's side, Steffi had a certain "Cool" - a confidence about her that the Williams sisters could never rattle; and I don't think Evert would have had the tenacity to stay with her. I think to call her a legend may be a bit of an understatement.

guess monica's stabbing is overrated...suppose hingis was stabbed after aus 99, eveyone wud hav said oh hingis !!she was d best.. she cud hav easily won more than 24 slams.. but did that happen?did she win a slam after that??? NO!! hingis used to dominate davenport(almost a veteran at that time), but then after that davenport started dominating hingis!! why cudnt hav steffi done the same?? seles is a gr8 player agreed, but i dont think she has ever beaten steffi convincingly.. it was always tight and during her prime seles won those.. steffi cud hav easily made a comeback against her just like davenport or even for that matter capriatti..at the most steffi wud hav had 2 slams less if monica hadnt be stabbed... that wud still leave her with 20 slams !! one more than navaratilova...

greatestever no doubt

Forever the Queen of Tennis

Undeniably great. Her grand slam total is so high as she never had a truly great long term rival. She started to dominate in 1987 just when Martina began her worst run of form in decades. Graf won title after title, including her first French open whilst Martina did not win any title from November 1986 to July 1987. Hence Graf's reign began just as Martina, Evert and Mandlikova were in decline. The other factor as people keep pointing out is the stabbing of Seles in 1993. At the time of the stabbing Seles had been totally dominant in the Grand slams for the previous two and half years. That left only Sabatini and Sanchez-Vicario to compete with Graf. Graf also did not have the longevity of Martina. Graf retired in 1999 aged 30 whereas Martina was 30 when Graf won her first grand slam title. It is not true that Graf overcame recent players such as Davenport and the Williams sisters. There games were just maturing as Graf retired, it would have been interesting to see how she fared against them as they improved and she reached her early 30's.

the best ever

Its now 7 years since Graf declared her career finished. And as more time goes bye we notice what an extraordinary player she was: we see the new stars come - and go. And we remember that she was able to compete with at least three generations of players: Navratilova and Evert. Sabatini, Sanchez and Seles. The Williams-Sisters, Davenport and Hingis. Her career started in 1987. 7 Years she finished as the worlds number 1 player. Some years she was just number 2. At the end there where perhaps players which hit harder. But Graf was still able to beat them. But where are these opponents today? They are playing one or two extraordinary years - and than they are burned out or lost their motivation. As more times goes bye we see that Grafs stands over all of them. Some words about the "stabbing" of Seles which seems the most discussed point: I agree with Sabarish: in fact Seles was the only player to threaten Graf ever. But even in Seles dominant years the competition between them was always very very close... Its not so sure that Seles would have stayed always on top. Look at the rivalery of Navratilova/Evert - and how the results changed over the years...! Second: as much as i feel with Seles: She had many years to come back.. The stabbing cannnot be excuse for the next ten years. Does anybody think about that probably also the game developed more and more? Graf was the ideal opponent for Seles. Her backhand wasnt that strong. But other players like the Williams-Sisters had a big advantage: they played hard on both sides and one handed - what makes a lot of meters less to go... Third and most important: People say that Graf was lucky because she didnt have that big opponent like Navratilova had in Evert. Does anyone remember that Evert and Navratilova where threatened theirselves much earlier by Jäger and Austin? Just two years later these young hopefull opponents disappeared from the tour. And Evert and Navratilova were able to regain their dominant position for the next seven years...

Everyone tells you why steffi is the greatest by telling how she is the only one to win all four grandslams 4 times or how she dominated the game for so long. Her detractors say she would not have won so many if Monica had not been stabbed. I would like to tackle the second issue first. What if Thomas mMuster had not met with that accident that took him away from Tennis for so long. What if Martina Hingis were still playing. What if Tracy Austin had not injured herself. Tennis history is full of such tragedies just as real life is. One cannot go on with the what if syndrome. The fact is that Steffi Graf stayed on despite her own personal tragedies and despite the great blemish to her name- the stabbing of Monica. She stayed on and played the game she loved and beat the players who dominated the sport both before and after her pinnacle years. And she made so many of us fall in love not only with the game of tennis but with life itself, for her resilience, grace and dignity are worth imitating both on and off a tennis court. PS: Steffi was great at doubles too. She only did not play much. Anyone who has any doubts might do well to watch the tapes of 1999 Wimbledon mixed doubles competition when she partnered McNroe and took care of more than half the court.

Steffi is clearly the very best player of all time, male or female. She won the Grand Slam in 1988, won each of the Grand Slams at least 4 times, and won the second most number of Grand Slam titles, 22 Grand Slam titles. No other person's record is as close as hers.

No. 1 ever! no one else comes close in terms of Steffi's achievements.

Jun 15, 2004 Graf, queen of the lawn By Bob Carter Special to ESPN.com Steffi Graf's the best all-around player. Martina won more on fast courts and I won more on slow courts, but Steffi came along and won more titles on both surfaces,says Chris Evert on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. The beginning came neatly wrapped in irony, one teen tennis queen across the court from a future one. In 1982, Steffi Graf, a 13-year-old German and the youngest phenom to turn professional, played her first match against Tracy Austin, a 19-year-old American who had won the U.S. Open three years earlier. After winning 6-4, 6-0 in Filderstadt, Germany, Austin downplayed Graf's skills by saying there were hundreds like Graf back in the U.S., girls with game. The analysis turned into a monstrous mis-hit, for Graf wasn't like the other kids, before or after her, whether they were named Austin or Jaeger, Sabatini or Seles, Capriati or Hingis. Some started on the women's tour with more hype or endorsements than Graf. Some won big tournaments more quickly. None would match her achievements. In 1988, at 19, Graf won the Grand Slam. A year later, after beating Martina Navratilova for her second Wimbledon singles title, an awed Navratilova said, I don't know how much more she can improve. She was so fast and athletic, tracking balls that seemed unplayable, that people wondered if she might have succeeded as a sprinter as well. As a pro, Graf overcame multiple injuries, staying at No. 1 longer than anyone. She won her first Grand Slam tournament in 1987, the French Open, and became the Women's Tennis Association's No. 1 player that August, a ranking she kept for a record 186 consecutive weeks. When she retired in 1999, she had won 22 majors, second only to Margaret Court's 24. She had won Wimbledon seven times and her 107 tournament victories placed her third behind Navratilova (167) and Evert (154). She spent a record 377 weeks at No. 1.

Greatest singles player of all time!

Steffi was the second best after Martina Navratilova, or maybe third after Chris in my opinion. She may take 22 grand slam and became golden grand slam in single calendar year. But she was only a single-focused-specialist player, never won any doubles title. And her shine quickly overshadowed two years later by teen age Seles for more than three years, 1990-1993, that time Graf's achievement was poor, only took 2 grand slam meanwhile young and powerful Seles had 8 grand slams, if only the mad fan did not viciously stab Seles at the back, Graf would not as bright as she was and it could be Seles who would come out as the best player. I'm sure about it and I know Graf realize the same thing as well. The proof was that Graf could rise again after the incident, coincidence? I don't think so. In 1995 she had personal problems (her father) but it did not matter at all, Graf still reigned. That's why I could not consider Graf as the best female player, the Seles incident was the only but fatal to her reputation, she no longer had big rival who would stand against her, like Navratilova Vs Evert. In summary, no archrivalries... no doubles and mixed-doubles... still incomplete.

SHE IS NOT THE NUMBER ONE, SHE IS 6 OR 7!!!

no question: the greatest player ever. the most amazing is her constancy over more than a decade and her ability to play successfull at most different surfaces (contradiction to seles, who wasn`t able to rule on grass). grafs greatnes becomes as more impressive as we see, how difficult it is for the younger players to stay on top just more than some months. the williams: nearly burned out and injured all the time. hingis: just a short period able play competetive tennis. the belgiums: too often injured just in the beginning of their careers. graf, navratilova, court, conolly, evert...

first of all: i m a big big graf-fan and followed her development since i read about a ten year old girl that was named the wunderkind and told a german newspaper: once i ll be number one in the world. i saw here playing when she defeated as 11 years old german opponents in their twenties. at least its a question of personal belief if shes the best of all time between lenglen, court, evert or navratilova. i think a lot of facts speak for that: that she was able to win on all surfaces. how often she won in a much shorter period - in comparison to navratilova or court for example. that she was able to beat all generations- also the so called young wildes. that she was the first and only person to win the grand slam on 4 different surfaces. and the golden slam. think of her willpower.and how much she devolped the game. when she appeared on the tour she didnt just defeat, she destroyed her opponents. i m rembering that she won the french open 1988 in a bit more than 30 minutes. nobody else came ever near to that.and dont forget: if evert or navratilova are asked about their best player of all time - their answer is always steffi graf. she was also elected to the female ball player of the century. so its no question that she is one of the greatest sport athletes - not only in tennis - of all time. martina navratilova said once that graf could have been also olympic champion in track and field. one of the biggest mistakes that people sometimes (in my opinion) do is when they try to compare actual players with players of other periods. of course the younger generation is always much closer to the long reigning champions as in their best periods. thats no wonder. cause they built their abilities on the actual standards. so its not so much spectacular that the williams-sisters were able to beat Graf from time to time. especially seeing the fact that graf was injured for two long years. and she just regained perhaps 80,90 % of what she was able to play. i cant remember many athletes in sports history that were able to be worlds top for nearly 12 (!) years. thats what makes the difference of historical athlete to other good ones. the william-sisters for example - perhaps we will call them once historical players. but till now: their careers are just too short to compare with suzanne lenglen, margaret court, chris evert, graf or navratilova. time will tell us. the discussion here is sometimes very emotional - at least its finally a bit a question of personal taste. me i appreciate the great navratilova. also margaret court. i think suzanne lenglen is on the same level too. some facts speaking a bit more for graf. sometimes people say that navratilova won more doubles and mixed. but dont forget that also graf won 8 double-titles (1 wimbledon at 1988) in the beginning of her career. later she put the focus completely on the single championships. however - all these players were breathtaking and will be remebered as the greatest all the time.

Dominated her era like no-one has since. How many other Grand Slam winners have there been? Yes, Navratilova was more durable, but, minus Wimbledon, her career wasn't that impressive. Graf gets the nod for greater versatility -- grass, clay, she won anyway. Had injuries not shortened her career, Graf could have dominated tennis into the 21st century.

Steffi Graf is the greatest player of all time. She won 22 GS singles titles. She won 107 singles titles. Against Monica Seles, these are the facts. Prior to the stabbing, a dreadful day in the history of sport, Graf was leading the head-to-head 6-4. At that point, Seles led 3-2 on Clay. It was 1-0 Graf on indoor courts, 2-0 Graf on grass and 1-1 on hard courts. In 1991, the year in which Monica reached the summit of the rankings in March, the two met twice. That was a year in which Graf was very inconsistent and was losing regularly to Sabatini, for example...5 times she lost to her. That was also the year in which she lost in the French semis to Sanchez 6-0 6-2. Still, in the two matches they played - one on clay and one on hard court, Steffi Graf beat Seles twice in straight sets. In 1992, Monica's best year, the met twice more. Graf missed the Australian in January which Seles won. Monica squeezed out a win at the French 1008 in the third. Clearly that match could have gone either way. A month later at Wimbledon, Graf won 6-2 6-1 in the final...a hammering. Again, that was a year of inconsistency for Graf and she lost to players she'd normally be beating easily. That is to take nothing away from Monica Seles who deserved to be number 1 at year's end. In 1993, Seles won a classic match in the final in Australia when both were at their best. Who knows what would have happened during the rest of 1993? Graf was only 1 slam win away from regaining the number 1 ranking. The point is, that every player has periods in their careers when they are not at their best. Graf was inconsistent in '91-'92 yet still beat Seles 3 times in 4 matches. In 1993 it was up for grabs. The unfortunate incident in April 1993 robbed us of perhaps tennis' greatest rivalry. That said, Seles did come back - and strongly too. The two met again the the US Open final of 1995. Both played their best tennnis and Graf won in three sets. The first set was the most competitive set of tennis I've ever had the privilege of seeing. The two commentators said this...for me, that was the best women's match I've ever seen and the other replied amen. Graf won again in 1996 in the US Open final. They met again in the WTA tour championships in New Yorkk in 1998 and Graf won 1-6 6-4 6-4 - a brilliant match with Seles, as the scoreline suggests, hitting winners for fun in the first set. Graf was just better. Seles won again in Australia in January 1999. Graf won their last match at the French in 1999 in three sets. Overall it's like this... head-to head Graf leads 2-0 on grass, Graf leads 3-2 on hard courts, Graf leads 2-0 on indoor courts and it's 3-3 on clay. Look, even if you took from Graf every slam she won while Monica Seles was off the tour and gave them all to Seles (how ridiculous), Steffi Graf would still have 3 more than Monica Seles. Add the fact that Graf has missed a lot of time on court because of injury in her career too. She missed over the years, 1 wimbledon, 1 French, 1 US Open and 4 Australian championships and innumerable other tournaments. There's 7 slams she'd have had a very big chance of winning. In '97-'98 she missed more than a year because of two knee surgeries. At the tail end of 1998 when she had worked her way back onto tour, she beat Hingis, Davenport and Seles in consecutive matches in Philadelphia and New York. In Paris in 1999, she did it again in the order Seles, Davenport and Hingis at the French Open. She knocked off the world's top three players in consecutive matches in a Slam. That is unique. No matter how you slice it, Graf wins when it comes to number crunching. But that just misses the point anyway...that Steffi Graf was simply a better player than Monica Seles. Monica had the best returns in the history of the game, granted, and she was tough mentally. Graf had the single best shot in the history of the game and the best serve at the time. She also had a brilliant sliced backhand which enabled her to absorb the power of Seles' groundstrokes and to move her about the court and exposer her relatively poor athleticism. And that's why Graf was better - she was the best athlete the game has ever seen. That's why she won two out of every three times they met. Mentally, you can toss a coin. Steffi Graf beat the best of all time because she was the best of alll time.

sometimes its so funny to read commentaries - like that ones from KANGAROO or UNDERSPIN. i loved them in a very special way - cause they are so ridiculos: to give graf one point is a big joke. when the same person votes mandlikova with 3. lies make that comment not better: graf visited seles at the same day at hospital in hamburg. and there she cried at her bed. thats what monica tells about that. later she called her from time to time to ask how she is. that also seles said. that shows a pretty nice personality and fine character - so please dont produce lies. this is a bit cheap. of course i can understand when there s a lot of ENVY. to be a seles fan is ok. i appreciate here too and very much. she is a great player at all. but having a look on the FACTS OF SPORT the numbers (10:5) tell another story. seles was playing fine beginning of the 1990s. but at the same time graf was in a deep personal crises. yes, seles won till 1993 sometimes - but lets be honest: just very very tightly. and not so very often (graf won 6 seles won 4times). graf was weakend psychologically by the affair of her father that was brought up in german boulevard-newspapers at the time. before she lost the first time, she won something like 66 times in a row and was on the way to break navratilovas record (72). later she said: i never should have gone out on the court at that time. for more information: the boulevard press found out about her fathers affaire and published a picture titled: this baby is steffis sister. nobody would have felt very nice in that situation i suppose. that she lost was mainly caused by that fact. after three years being the top player she also got a bit in a crisis with her game. this is a very usual thing. we see it at many other players at the moment. look at the williams-sisters for example. at that time she experimented hiting her backhand more often top spin. and therefore she changed a bit the position of the racket to her hand. her biggest weapon was a bit weak that time. also the slice wasnt really deep. we saw later what big problems seles had especially with that slice. we can see that also looking on the other games she played that year. she lost a lot to much weaker players that she didnt do before. not only against seles. and when seles was attacked graf was so close to seles in the rankings that just one win at the french open two weeks later brought her back on the top position. we saw it also very clear when seles came back. she won one tournament before she stood again in the us open final. she beated all other high ranked players. at that time she was again near at her best. (some months later seles succeeded also in australia (where graf was missing)).graf won that match clear. and think of the damage in wimbledon (seles best year on tour), where seles just gained 2 games. that was also graf at her best - in a time seles won all other slams that year. so how can there be a question that graf was the better player. its also funny to say graf was playing when the opponents (evert, navratilova, sabatini, novotna, sanchez, hingis, davenport, the williams-sisters) where weak. i m sorry - when i m rembering right than was navratilova absolutely at her best. she won all the wimbledons before. she reigned souvereignly und was beaten in that year just a small couple of times. navratilova and evert ranked untouchable at no.1 and 2. graf finished that domination. that grafs other opponents won so less is mainly caused by grafs magnificient power-game that revolutionized womens tennis - and was the base for the younger generation of the william sister. by the way: they all call graf their biggest idol... als hardenne does. evert and navratilova call her the best player of all times. can they be so wrong. and i think its a pretty good show that all of them have a bad win-record to graf. graf was able to come back as a 29 year old women after 2 years of injuries and surgeries playing perhaps 80 percent - and beating them almost after being more than ten years the worlds best player. i m remebering that she defeated worlds number 1 to 3 in one of her comeback tournaments. what was never done before or after her. graf retired as world-number 3 - what no other player ever did before. looking at all these sportive facts graf is unquestionably the greatest of all time. and by the way: this `cold hearted person`` is the founder of a non-profit organisation called childrens of tomorrow that helps traumatized children in the third world.

Overall somewhat over-rated; her chief rival generally dominated her in the prime of both their careers, that is, until Seles was stabbed. Furthermore, Navratilova and esp Evert were already past their primes by 1988, when Graf really started to dominate. Thus, in light of this, Graf's statistic of 22 majors is a bit deceptive and should probably contain an asterik. As a tennis player, Graf was highly ambitious and obviously tough to beat, but she was also extremely self-absorbed and isolated and did not give back to the game like King, Evert and others did. In this respect, she resembles Ivan Lendl, except that he at least warmed up a bit late in his career.

A very boring personality combined with an ice cold persona and you have Steffi Graf. This woman never smiles even now and seems like she has been sucking on lemons too long. Very ungracious to not show at last some humanity to Seles in that Hamburg hospital that day and her personality shows it. Graf was NOT one of the greatest at all. She played in an era where the next best player was Sanchez-Vicario...Need I say more? In 1992 at Wimbledon Seles was 'gagged' (something they should do to Sharapova too if they had an ounce of consistency) in the final after other players like Navratilova complained about her grunting. Thus the crown was literally handed to Graf. Very unfair and I hope Martina and others never forget they denied Seles a Wimbledon crown to go with all the others.....Graf was a not very nice person even colder than Evert, and baby thats cold.....

Simply the best on all surfaces and in all conditions. Her forehand remains the single most dominant shot in the history of tennis and her athleticism was incredible. Monica Seles was incredible, but had a loosing win-loss record against Graf BEFORE the stabbing as well as after, so she can hardly be regarded as superior to Graf. Seles never won Wimbledon either. Natratilova was great, but Graf made her look slow. I would be intrigued to know how Graf and Serena Williams would compete against each other, at their best - two wonderful athletes with different power games. I think mentally Graf was rock-solid and her confidence deep-set. The game misses her. I think Alicia Molik has watched a few Steffi Graf matches too.

the greatest of all time female tennis player

Best athlete in ladies tennis

When Steffi Graf starting losing to Seles, it was because she was so distracted by the international press' constant reference to her fathers mishandling of her finances and alleged sexual affair. Steffi was deeply hurt by this and it definitely affected her when she stepped on court, knowing that they entire audience knew about her father's indiscretions. Tennis is 50 percent mental and 50 percent physical. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out.

22 GS Singles and had she not stopped playing the Australian (using that time to heal injuries) and not retired early, she would have at least 5 more! No argument here.

No need to argue about it. She is the greatest.

u ignorant people who are so adamant about the stabbing - it is totally irrelevant when it comes to Steffi Graf's greatness - know your facts people - at the very prime of monica seles (should u call it) steffi graf would beat her at one event in san antonio, tx (hardcourt), another event in germany (claycourt), and another significant event when Graf demolished monica seles in the 1992 Wimbledon's final (grasscourt), in my opinion her best match ever - all these three events and more (i can recall some more i bet if i dig in the facts and only the facts) happened at the very peak of monica seles' game in the 1991-1992 STOP USING THAT TRAGIC NEWS AS AN EXCUSE - Graf would have persevered at the end because as the greatest female athlete, she does not like losing to anyone esp SELES when she demolished her once again in the US OPEN 95-96, Virginia Slims 1998, and the French Open in 1999. Overall Steffi Graf had a 10-5 edge over Seles KNOW YOUR FACTS PEOPLE AND DO NOT DRAW YOUR IGNORANCE FROM YOUR OWN PERSONAL AND EMOTIONAL CONVICTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO SELES STEFFI GRAF IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE GREATEST FEMALE ATHLETE OF ALL TIME whether be it sports in general or tennis Archie Custodio

Perhaps 2nd or 3rd overall behind Martina and pre-injury Seles. Great focus, the best forehand and great temperament. But also selfish and didn't do anything for the game.

she dominated on all surfaces..what other player did that? one of the top 3 players of all time, plus she has the best body ever on the tour!

What makes a great player? What separates the greatest from the greats? They say Monica Seles should have been the greatest if not for that stabbing incident by a crazed Steffi Graf's fan. Maybe. Maybe not. We don't know. Seles was 19 years old at that time. She won the past 6 grand slams but never the Wimbledon. When Graf was 18 years old, she won all of them, with the Olympic gold medal. If Monica was not stabbed, would she continue to dominate women's tennis? Or would Graf re-established herself as the number one player? We will never know the answer. What we know is what happens after that fateful incident. Monica was never able to recover after that. She won again the US Open when she came back but that was her biggest triumph. Graf moved on and gave life back to women's tennis when the sport was badly shaken. And that despite of the incident hanging in her back just because it was her fan who did it and it was in her country where it happened. And later on, despite the scandals sorrounding his father, the numerous injuries she had to endure, and the influx of new and more powerful players. So who did more for tennis?

Seles was absolutely dominating the game when she got stabbed. Who knows what else she would have done? The tragedy in Hamburg would be comparable to someone today coming up behind Tiger Woods and plunging a knife into his back. She was THAT good. In response to a comment by one of the posters, Graf restablished herself as world number one and went on to win 11 more more slams ONLY after Seles was stabbed. Well, that was expected since the game's best player w/c of course is Seles was violently attacked by a psycho fan and forced to be sidelined for almost three years. Before the stabbing, Seles had strangelhold of the number one ranking since June of 1991. Her so called rivalry with second ranked Steffi Graf was lopsided as she won a mindboggling 8 Grand slams compared to Graf's very dissapoiting 2. Seles also had a 3-1 Grand Slams finals record against Graf. In their last clash prior to the stabbing at the 1993 Austrlian Open Finals, Seles went on to win her 3rd consecutive Aussie Slam by completely dismantling Graf in three sets. At barely 19, Seles was already considered one of the all time greats and was clearly on her way to being the greatest ever to have played the game. The so called personal problems of Graf was nothing.....not even close to the tragedy the befell the great Seles.

Her record speaks for itself, one of the top 2 or 3 all time greats.

She's no Martina Navratilova, but she's still pretty amazing.... Wouldn't be as successful if Monica hadn't been stabbed, though. :(

There's no doubting Steffi's greatness, but one would have to wonder how many of those titles came thanks to one of her lunitic fans that took out the one player who had her number.

steffi IS the best tennis player of all time. the winner of the golden grand slam. the most athletic woman i have ever seen. she is truly amazing. if she hadn't had her sinus problems and her thumb(?if i remember right) she would not have lost to seles. she is a player of the highest caliber.

Graf is the greatest woman tennis player of all time... Why? Because she was good on ALL the surfaces. She won six French Open titles, the clay of which was her least favorite. Martina is a close second because of a dismal record on clay. Marina is the more compleat player in terms of doing all the programs: singles, doubles, mixed doubles. But it is the singles game that truly tests who is the greatest player of all time (nobody looks at the doubles record of Sampras to know that he certainly comes close to being the greatest, if not the greatest, among the men).

Numero uno

Great player, but I was never a fan. She relied too much on her vicious forehand and I prefer more complete players albeit with lesser power.

best player of all time..who else was as dominant onevery surface..martina may be the greatest grass courter but her record on clay ain't so brilliant

As a tennis fan, I loved Steffi, wow, what a forehand. She used to play with so much poise, only thing I wish she would have smiled more, she was gorgeous.

She is the best of all time!!!! no doubt!!!

A true champion in every sense of the word. She won the Grand Slam, which is something Martina or Chris never did. 22 Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold. She also won a silver medal in 1992, losing to Jennifer Capriati (the only time she ever lost to Capriati), and she also won a gold medal in Los Angeles in 1984 when tennis was just an exhibition sport, and she was only something like 13 years old. She was the best all-surface player the world has ever seen. She won 7 Wimbledons on grass, 5 U.S. Opens and 4 Australian Opens on hardcourts, and 6 French Opens on clay. She is the only female player to win all the four grand slams at least four times each.

Hands done the best of her time.

Is there any question that Steffi Graf is the greatest female tennis player ever? Look at her record, how early she retired, and her competition. Who on earth compares?

Steffi is a close second to the greatest female tennis player of all time, martina. Steffi had it all, serve, footwork, forehand, and that damn slice backhand that killed all the young players in the nineties. To win a golden slam, 22 grand slam titles,prize money,and total titles, she is number two. STeffi beat women from three different generations:the martina age, seles age, and the hingis age, what a feat.