Tennis star Steffi Graf was born in which country?
"the age of four and played in her first tournament at five. She soon began winning junior tournaments with regularity, and in 1982 she won the European Championships 12s and 18s. Graf played in her first professional tournament in October 1982 at Filderstadt, Germany. She lost her first round match 6–4, 6–0 to Tracy Austin, a two-time US Open champion and former world No. 1 player. (Twelve years later, Graf defeated Austin 6–0, 6–0 during a second round match at the Evert Cup in Indian Wells, California, which was their second and last match against each other.) At the start"
"Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria ""Steffi"" Graf (; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 and won 22 Grand Slam singles titles. Her 22 singles titles put her second on the list of major wins in the female competition since the introduction of the Open Era in 1968 and is third all-time behind Margaret Court (24) and Serena Williams (23). In 1988, she became the only tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year."
"the German Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria ""Steffi"" Graf (; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 and won 22 Grand Slam singles titles. Her 22 singles titles put her second on the list of major wins in the female competition since the introduction of the Open Era in 1968 and is third all-time behind Margaret Court (24) and Serena Williams (23). In 1988, she became the only tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the"
"in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from age four to seven and in Jakarta, Indonesia from nine to ten. She is fluent in German, English, and French, and in 2016, she completed her bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Hagen. Her tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf. Siegemund won the Junior Orange Bowl in the ""12 and under"" age category as the first German since Steffi Graf in 1981. In 2002, she played her first events on the ITF Circuit. The following year, she contested her first WTA qualifying in Leipzig, Germany. In 2004, Siegemund continued playing on ITF"
"non-profit foundation established in 1998 for implementing and developing projects to support children who have been traumatized by war or other crises. In 2001, Graf indicated that she preferred to be called Stefanie instead of Steffi. Graf was voted the ITF World Champion in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995 and 1996. She was voted the WTA Player Of The Year in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996. She was elected as the German Sportsperson of the Year in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1999. Graf was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004 and"
"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: son Jaden Gil (born 2001) and daughter Jaz Elle (born 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. She is the founder and chairperson of ""Children for Tomorrow"", a"
"of age. Her younger sister, Hsieh Shu-ying, is also a professional tennis player. Hsieh named her tennis idols as Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi. She has trained at a Taipei tennis school run by Hu Na, a former mainland Chinese player who defected to the US in 1982. After Hsieh Su-wei having won the 2013 Wimbledon doubles championship with her Chinese partner Peng Shuai, her father said that a Chinese company had offered her a sponsorship deal worth 10 million yuan ($1.63 million) per year, on the condition that she switch her citizenship to the People's Republic of China. His"
"Elfi Graf Elfi Graf (born Elfriede Rupp 20 November 1952 in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg) is an Austrian Schlagersinger. Graf was born in Dornbirn and grew up there with her two siblings. She studied classical music, but did not complete the course. In 1971, she won the talent competition ""Show Chance"" and then the schlager singer Gus Backus discovered her in ""Talentschuppen"". After working as a telephonist, Graf had her first hit in 1974 with ""Herzen haben keine Fenster"", which was rewritten in English as ""My Melody of Love"", which was a hit for Bobby Vinton, and as ""Don't stay away too"
"aided around 30 athletes with blood doping practices, Graf admitted that her blood had been taken at the lab, but insisted that it had never been re-injected (which would have improved her performances). In June 2010 Graf was suspended for two years for the attempted use of a prohibited method. <br> <br> Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf (born 26 April 1973 in Klagenfurt) is an Austrian former middle distance runner who won silver medals in the 800 metres at both the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships. Graf finished second to Maria de Lurdes Mutola in the women's 800 meters"
"Slam tournament. Aiava is the daughter of Samoan parents; her father, Mark, was born in New Zealand to Samoan parents, and her mother, Rosie, was born in American Samoa. In 2012, at the age of 12, Aiava represented Australia at Roland Garros in the Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament. Competing against fifteen of the top under-13 female tennis players, Aiava won the tournament and won the right to play alongside Steffi Graf in an exhibition match. The years following, Aiava mainly played on the junior circuit. In 2014, she won the Tecnifibre Tennis Central Championships and NZ ITF Summer Championships"
"""Einen Adam, einen Apfel und ein kleines Paradies"", and in 1995, she competed in the Austrian round with the song ""Lieber Leierkastenmann"". Graf lives in Götzis, Vorarlberg and continues to appear in schlager festivals. CDs (incomplete): Elfi Graf Elfi Graf (born Elfriede Rupp 20 November 1952 in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg) is an Austrian Schlagersinger. Graf was born in Dornbirn and grew up there with her two siblings. She studied classical music, but did not complete the course. In 1971, she won the talent competition ""Show Chance"" and then the schlager singer Gus Backus discovered her in ""Talentschuppen"". After working as a"
"in Budapest. All-court player; favorite surface is hard, favorite shot is forehand. Best memories include warming up her serve with Steffi Graf in 1996 Roland Garros juniors and winning her first ITF event. Admires Graf because she knows everything about tennis and was so good mentally. Favorite actors are Michelle Pfeiffer, Demi Moore; favorite singers are Céline Dion, Eric Clapton. Katalin Marosi Katalin Marosi (born 12 November 1979 in Gheorgheni) is a professional Hungarian female tennis player. Marosi has won 15 singles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 8 May 2000, she reached her"
"WTA World No. 1, 18 Grand Slam championships, inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1995. Steffi Graf (GER) – 1981 Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Champion, Former WTA World No. 1, 22 Grand Slam championships, inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004. Bubba Watson (USA) – 2012 Masters Champion Jonathan Vilma – Junior Orange Bowl Basketball Participant, 11-year NFL Veteran, Three NFL Pro Bowls, Super Bowl XLIV Champion. Jimmy Connors (USA) – 1964 Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Champion, Former ATP World No. 1, eight Grand Slam Championships, inducted into the International Tennis Hall"
"Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf (born 26 April 1973 in Klagenfurt) is an Austrian former middle distance runner who won silver medals in the 800 metres at both the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships. Graf finished second to Maria de Lurdes Mutola in the women's 800 meters at both the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta. Her time from the 2000 Olympics, 1:56.64 minutes, is the current Austrian 800 metres record. Proceedings were issued against Graf by the Austria's anti-doping authority in May 2010. Following the revelation that the Humanplasma laboratory had"
"her only singles main draw appearance at Wimbledon in 1993 she had a first round match up with world number one Steffi Graf, who beat the Australian 6-0, 6-0, losing only 18 points in the process. She retired from professional tennis after the 1996 season. Kirrily Sharpe Kirrily Sharpe (born 25 February 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Sharpe, a left-handed player from Sydney, trained with the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. She was a member of the Australian team which won the 1988 World Youth Cup, now known as the Junior Fed Cup. While still"
"in the semifinal of the French Open and the US Open final to complete the calendar year Grand Slam. Graf then made it a Golden Grand Slam by defeating the Argentine in the Olympic final as well. The pair's most famous match undoubtably came in 1991 at Wimbledon. Sabatini was two points away from capturing her Wimbledon singles crown only for Steffi to fight back and take the match 8–6 in the deciding set. Graf and Sabatini first met in 1985 and by the end of 1987 the pair had met a total of eleven times, Graf winning all of"
"ranking. A = did not participate in the tournament.<br> LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament.<br> SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played. Steffi Graf career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Steffi Graf. Graf also won the 1984 demonstration event at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, but this was for players aged 21 or under, and it was not an official Olympic event. Graf and Kohde-Kilsch lost in the semifinals to Jana Novotná and Helena Suková 7-5, 6-3. In 1988,"
"Steffi Graf. She is the first player to win three straight Grand Slams since she did it herself during the Serena Slam. She also became the first player to win the Australian-French Open double since Jennifer Capriati in 2001. Williams completed her second ""Serena Slam"" (winning all four Grand Slams in a row) by winning the 2015 Wimbledon Championships – her 6th Wimbledon and 21st Grand Slam singles title overall. Her path to victory at Wimbledon was particularly challenging. She was down a double break in the third round versus Heather Watson and two points from defeat twice before rallying"
"injury. She was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Karina Habšudová, who became the #17 seed. 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, giving Graf the seventh Wimbledon title of her career. It was the second consecutive major final between the two women, with Graf also winning the French Open crown a month earlier. With this victory, Graf captured her seventh and final Wimbledon crown, while"
"most famous of which came in 1991, over Nathalie Tauziat in Nottingham, to help Poland eliminate sixth seeded France from the tournament. It was against Nowak that Steffi Graf achieved the only double bagel of her Fed Cup career. In addition to Fed Cup representation, Nowak also competed for Poland at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She lost in the first round of the singles to Julie Halard-Decugis and didn't feature in the doubles draw. Katarzyna Nowak Katarzyna Nowak (born 13 January 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Poland. Nowak, who comes from Łódź, turned professional at the age"
"quickly. As a doubles player, she is also a very solid volleyer. Her forehands and backhands are delivered quickly on both sides. Cîrstea was born to Mihai and Liliana in Bucharest, but currently resides in Târgoviște where her parents are from. She also has a younger brother, Mihnea. Cîrstea was introduced to tennis at the age of four by her mother. Sorana's father owns an ice cream factory in Târgoviște. She has cited Steffi Graf and Roger Federer as her idols. Cîrstea is a former ITF Junior Circuit top-ten player, reaching her highest ranking of No. 6 on 26 June"
"Ferry Graf Ferry Graf (14 December 1931 in Ternitz) is an Austrian singer, who later became a Finnish citizen. In 1959, Graf was selected by the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, with the German language song ""Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien"" (The K and K Calypso from Vienna). The song ended second to last, in joint ninth place receiving four points. Although the song was released as a single, it was not a commercial success. In the years following his Eurovision participation, Graf made a few appearances in"
"Steffi Graf career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Steffi Graf. Graf also won the 1984 demonstration event at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, but this was for players aged 21 or under, and it was not an official Olympic event. Graf and Kohde-Kilsch lost in the semifinals to Jana Novotná and Helena Suková 7-5, 6-3. In 1988, there was no bronze medal match, and both beaten semifinalists received bronze medals. Note: Steffi Graf retired in August 1999 while ranked World No. 3, She was not included in the official year end"
"given concerts in the Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Britain, France, Liechtenstein, Russia, North America and Latin America and Africa. Béatrice Graf Béatrice Graf (2 April 1964 in Nyon) is a Swiss percussionist, organist and keyboard player of jazz fusion and modern jazz. Graf studied at the ""Conservatoire Populaire de Musique de Genève"" until 1989 and finished the workshop of Jack DeJohnette, Han Bennink, Peter Erskine and David Holland. Since 1992, she has worked as a professional musician also in the genre of Rock music and the free improvisation. She has been the member of Peter Schärli's sextet"
"1983 French Open – Women's Singles Second-seeeded Chris Evert defeated the unseeded Mima Jaušovec 6–1, 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1983 French Open. Top seed Martina Navratilova was upset in the fourth round by Kathy Horvath. It was her only loss for the entire year. This tournament was also notable for having 128 players involved in the 1st round for the first time, and for being the first Grand Slam appearance of future World No. 1 Steffi Graf. At 13 years, 11 months and 9 days, Graf became the youngest player to"
"Hedy Graf Hedy Graf (12 October 1926 – 31 January 1997) was a Spanish-born Swiss classically trained soprano. She traveled widely throughout Switzerland and Germany. Her concert repertory focused on both Baroque and contemporary music, including premières of oratorios. Hedy Graf was born on 12 October 1926 in Barcelona. From 1949 to 1952, she studied both privately with Regine Salomon of Zürich and at the Conservatory of Zürich. In 1952, she studied in London with Roy Henderson and completed her training with Sylvia Gaehwiller in Zürich. Beginning in 1955, Graf performed in Switzerland and Germany a broad repertory of oratorios"
"Bettina Bunge Bettina Bunge (born 13 June 1963) is a retired German tennis player. She was born in Adliswil, Switzerland. She was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff. With German nationality as the daughter of a German businessman, she was born in Switzerland, and resided in Peru for more than 13 years. She was a national champion in Peru at the age of 13. She later moved to Miami, Florida. She speaks three languages, German, English, and Spanish. She dealt with a"
"its run. Steffi Graf holds the record for the most wins at the event, winning it six times consecutively from 1987–1992. She also finished runner-up a further two times. The event is also infamous for being the location where Monica Seles, then-world No.1, was stabbed on April 30, 1993 by a disorderly local tennis fan during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva. Seles never played in Germany again after the incident. WTA Hamburg The WTA Hamburg was a women's tennis event that was held from 1982 to 1983 (in Hittfeld) and again from 1987 through to 2002 and was part"
"Ann Devries Ann Devries (born 27 February 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. Devries, a right-handed player, was born in the Flemish city of Bree. She trained in Antwerp from the age of 12 and by 15 was making her debut for the Belgium Fed Cup team. Her match against Steffi Graf in the first round of the 1986 Fed Cup was the first appearance of the then West German in the competition. She was a member of Belgium's World Youth Cup winning side in 1986 and won the girls' doubles title at the 1987 Australian Open"
"Flawless (IF). This is a substantial upgrade."" Further, the ""Graff recut retained the original double stellate brilliant facet pattern thus retaining the overall look of the original stone."" In 1962, he married Anne-Marie Graff, who is French. They have three children: Francois, Kristelle and Stephane. They reside in Switzerland. Laurence Graff Laurence Graff (born 13 June 1938) is an English jeweller. He is best known as the founder of Graff Diamonds, supplier of jewellery and jewels. Graff was born in Stepney in 1938 into a Jewish family, the son of a Romanian mother, Rebecca Segal, and a Russian father, Harry"
"Florida. Bettina Bunge Bettina Bunge (born 13 June 1963) is a retired German tennis player. She was born in Adliswil, Switzerland. She was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff. With German nationality as the daughter of a German businessman, she was born in Switzerland, and resided in Peru for more than 13 years. She was a national champion in Peru at the age of 13. She later moved to Miami, Florida. She speaks three languages, German, English, and Spanish. She dealt with"
"the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles—the 2007 US Open with Max Mirnyi, the 2008 French Open with Bob Bryan—and the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Max Mirnyi. On 31 July 1989, Azarenka was born in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union to Alla and Fyodor Azarenka in a middle-class Catholic family. She is a devout catholic and has an elder brother Max. Azarenka's tennis idol is German former player Steffi Graf. In an interview, Azarenka stated: ""Graf's Calendar Golden Slam in 1988 is my biggest motivation."" At age"
"her five-foot-two stature, she gained her nickname: ""The Little Assassin."" Coetzer is the daughter of Nico and Suska Coetzer. She started playing tennis at the age of 6. During her playing career she resided primarily in Hilton Head, South Carolina and was coached by Gavin Hopper. She is married to the Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan. At the Canadian Open in 1995, Coetzer defeated three players ranked in the world's top-5 – Steffi Graf (No. 1), Jana Novotná (No. 4) and Mary Pierce (No. 5) – before finally losing to Monica Seles in the final. The defeat of Graf ended"