Career Highlights
1999
She captured her 22nd Grand Slam title -- and sixth French Open championship -- with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over No. 1 Martina Hingis. She also declared that it was her French Open, her 16th, was also her last. No other player has graced Roland Garros more times in the open era, and only Chris Evert, with seven titles, had greater success.
Made it to the finals of Wimbledon but couldn't capture her eighth title, falling to Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 7-5. Soon afterward, Graf said she would probably will retire from the women's tennis tour at the end of the year. Graf, 30, will play in a couple of events next year and go to places where she has never competed, but her days of playing the Grand Slam circuit are probably over, she said.
In the first six tournaments that she competed in, she made it to the quarterfinals (Australian Open, Pan Pacific Open, German Open) and semifinals three times (adidas International, Faber Grand Prix, Lipton Championships) and the finals once (Evert Cup).
1998
Reached her first final in nine events, and captured her first title in 15 months at the Pilot Pen International in New Haven. She defeated world No. 3 Jana Novotna for the championship to extend her streak to 13 consecutive years with a title. She also avenged three 1997 losses to Amanda Coetzer with a 6-3, 6-0 win in the quarterfinals, and avenged two '98 losses to Lindsay Davenport in the semifinals and earned her first win over a Top 10 player in 15 months.
She lost in the fourth round to 10th-ranked Patty Schnyder at the U.S. Open. Through the Open, she had lost to 11 players in 38 Grand Slam events since winning her first Grand Slam title at 1987 Roland Garros: Sanchez Vicario (4 times), Navratilova (3), Seles (3), Coetzer (2), Garrison Jackson (1), Novotna (1), Sabatini (1), Pierce (1), McNeil (1), Schnyder (1) and Zvereva (1).
Underwent minor surgery on her right hand in September.
As she continued to struggle with knee, ankle and hamstring injuries, she dropped out of the WTA Tour rankings in June for the first time in 15 years.
Made it to the quarterfinals of the Faber Grand Prix -- her first tournament after being out of action for nine months due to knee surgery. Her world ranking slipped to No. 48 in her absense. But upon returning to action, she retained the "protected" No. 3 ranking which was hers at the time of her injury.
1997
Sidelined in June with knee injury, which required reconstructive surgery.
Was ranked No. 1 until Martina Hingis passed her in the rankings.
Won her only title of the year at Strasbourg, France, in May.
Was bounced from both the Australian and French Opens by Amanda Coetzer and withdrew from Wimbledon due to injury.
1996
Won all three Grand Slam tournaments she entered (French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open).
Defeated Hingis in five sets at the season-ending WTA Tour Championships in November to solidify her status as the top-ranked player for the fourth straight year.
Suffered just four losses for the year, including two withdrawals from injuries.
1995
In winning the U.S. Open, became the first woman to win each of the four Grand Slam singles titles at least four times.
Victorious in her first 32 matches of the year before losing in the opening round to Coetzer at Toronto.
1994
Won the Australian Open, the only Grand Slam she had not captured the year before.
1993
Her worst finish in a Grand Slam was losing in the finals of the Australian Open, as she won the French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open and the Chase Championships.
1992
Captured Wimbledon and made it to the finals of the French Open.
1991
Won Wimbledon, made it to the semifinals of Roland Garros and U.S. Open and the quarterfinals in the Australian Open and the Chase Championships.
1990
Won the Australian Open, was a finalist in the French Open and U.S. Open. She made the semifinals in Wimbledon and the Chase Championships.
1989
Amazingly, improved upon 1988 by winning three Grand Slams -- Australian, Wimbledon, U.S. Open and the Chase Championships -- while playing in the finals at Roland Garros.
1988
Had the best year of her career, sweeping all four Grand Slams while playing in the semifinals of the Chase Championships.
1987
Captured her first Grand Slam title, winning at Roland Garros. She also won the Chase Championships title and played in the finals of Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
1982
Became the second youngest player to receive a ranking, at 13 years, 4 months, at No. 124.
Notes
Winner of 21 Grand Slam titles, including seven Wimbledons, five U.S. Opens, five French Opens and four Australian Opens.
Has held or shared the No. 1 ranking for a record 365 weeks during her career.
Winner of more than $20 million in her career.
Her 103 career singles titles places her third behind Martina Navratilova (167) and Chris Evert (157) on the all-time WTA singles wins in the Open Era.
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