On 13 August 1999, shortly after retiring with a strained hamstring from a second round match against Amy Frazier in San Diego, Graf announced her retirement from the women's tour at age 30. [85] [86] She was ranked No. 3 at that time and said, "I have done everything I wanted to do in tennis. I feel I have nothing left to accomplish. The weeks following Wimbledon [in 1999] weren't easy for me. I was not having fun anymore. After Wimbledon, for the first time in my career, I didn't feel like going to a tournament. My motivation wasn't what it was in the past." [87] Doubles career [ edit ] Exclusive Interview with Steve Flink about the career of Chris Evert". ChrisEvert.net. Archived from the original on 5 April 2007 . Retrieved 23 April 2007. 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.) Graf then lost to Navratilova 7–5, 6–3 in the Wimbledon final, her first loss of the year. However, in the Federation Cup final in Vancouver, Canada, three weeks later, she defeated Evert easily 6–2, 6–1. The US Open ended anti-climactically as Navratilova defeated Graf in the final 7–6, 6–1. Hersh, Phil (2 July 1988). "Graf wastes no time reaching another final". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019 . Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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Steffi Graf". Grove.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on 30 December 1996 . Retrieved 17 May 2011. Overman, Steven (2012). Icons of Women's Sport. Vol.1. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p.181. ISBN 978-0313385490. Araton, Harvey (11 September 1994). "U.S.OPEN '94 - Sanchez Smiles As Graf Winces". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017 . Retrieved 15 July 2017. This section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( July 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Duden | Steffi | Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition". Duden (in German). Archived from the original on 21 October 2018 . Retrieved 21 October 2018. German nobility, although not abolished (unlike the Austrian nobility by the new First Austrian Republic in 1919), lost recognition as a legal class in Germany under the Weimar Republic in 1919 under the Weimar Constitution, article 109. Former hereditary noble titles legally simply transformed into dependent parts of the legal surname (with the former title thus now following the given name, e.g. Otto Graf Lambsdorff). [10] As dependent parts of the surnames ( nichtselbständige Namensbestandteile), they are ignored in alphabetical sorting of names, as is any nobiliary particle, such as von or zu, [11] and might or might not be used by those bearing them. The distinguishing main surname is the name following the Graf, or Gräfin, and the nobiliary particle if any. Today, having lost their legal status, these terms are often not translated, unlike before 1919. The titles do, however, retain prestige in some circles of society.Finn, Robin (30 May 1993). "TENNIS - Seles Struggles With Injury and W.T.A. Decision". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018 . Retrieved 15 July 2017.