He went on to add another Wimbledon title, a U.S. Open and two Australian Opens to the trophy cabinet.Becker established himself as one of the best ever in indoor play and also helped Germany to Davis Cup titles.The numbers and accomplishments are simply staggering for "Fraulein Forehand": 107 singles titles, 22 of those being Grand Slams; the "Golden Slam" in 1988 (all four Majors, plus an Olympic title in the same calendar year); the longest stint by any player—male or female—at No. 3. print, commercial broadcast, film, digital)Anyone in your organization can use it an unlimited number of times for up to 15 years, worldwide, with uncapped indemnificationProtect your creative work - we'll remove this image from our site for as long as you need it. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images.This account has reached the download cap, additional downloads subject to agreement overage terms. He was 75 years old.In December 1999, Graf was named the greatest female tennis player of the 20th century by a panel of experts assembled by the "Peter Graf" redirects here. Seles established herself as the new dominant player on the women's tour, winning the Australian Open, French Open, and US Open and, in March, ending Graf's record 186 consecutive-weeks hold on the World No. However, Graf admitted in 1995 that she would have preferred having a two-handed backhand in retrospect.She built her powerful and accurate serve up to 174 km/h (108 mph), making it one of the fastest serves in women's tennis and was a capable volleyer.An exceptionally versatile competitor, Graf remains the only player, male or female, to have won the calendar-year Grand Slam on three surfaces or to have won each Grand Slam at least four times.

6 in 1985. If he were to retire today, he could look back on his career with pride: a career-high No. Boris Becker was born in Leimen, a town in the German State Baden-Württemberg, as son of Elvira and Karl-Heinz Becker.His mother was Catholic, and they raised him as a Catholic. Boris Franz Becker was born on November 22, 1967 in Leimen, West Germany, the only son in the family of an architect.

Jul 19, 2013 - Steffi Graf and Boris Becker, Wimbledon champions 1989 In 1984, she first gained international attention when she almost upset the tenth seed, Graf's schedule was closely controlled by her father, who limited her play so that she would not burn out.In 1985 and early 1986, Graf emerged as the top challenger to the dominance of On 13 April 1986, Graf won her first WTA tournament and beat Evert for the first time in the final of the Graf's Grand Slam tournament breakthrough came in 1987. She won no titles during the next three years, but her ranking climbed steadily to world No. Please carefully review any restrictions accompanying the Licensed Material on the Getty Images website, and contact your Getty Images representative if you have a question about them. His father built the tennis center (Blau-Weiss Tennisklub), where young Becker was usually playing against young Steffi Graf in training matches. She was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, which ranks second since the introduction of the Open Era in 1968 and third all-time behind Margaret Court (24) and Serena Williams (23).

Juli 1989 in Wimbledon und begeistern eine ganze Nation. At Wimbledon, Graf lost in the semifinals to A mixture of injury problems, personal difficulties, and loss of form made 1991 a tough year for Graf. 1 in bold, as of week of February 24, 2020 00:00 With Boris Becker and Steffi Graf, “Deutschland” was for a time the leading nation in both men’s and women’s and tennis.

1 ranking for the first time in her career, a ranking she would hold for the next 186 consecutive weeks, a record (it was tied by Serena Williams in 2016). 2 ranking and singles titles won on all surfaces.Currently, he's making his way back from injury—a task he's been all-too familiar with during his career. On 17 August, after defeating Evert in a straight set final in the Virginia Slims of Los Angeles, Graf overtook Navratilova for the world No. Your Getty Images representative will discuss a renewal with you.By clicking the Download button, you accept the responsibility for using unreleased content (including obtaining any clearances required for your use) and agree to abide by any restrictions.The IBM strategic repository for digital assets such as images and videos is located at Your team's Premium Access agreement is expiring soon.Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. In order to finalize your project with the material you downloaded from your EZA account, you need to secure a license. 124.

your own Pins on Pinterest In 1984 he became a professional tennis player. No other rights or warranties are granted for comp use.© 2020 Getty Images. Her accuracy with the slice, both cross-court and down the line and her ability to skid the ball and keep it low, enabled her to use it as an offensive weapon to set the ball up for her forehand put-aways. 5—and also made the finals of the 2003 Australian Open, falling to Andre Agassi.He's always been known as one of the hardest-working players on tour, a fact Agassi—no slouch himself—acknowledged in his victory speech after that Grand Slam final match.Greatness was predicted for Kiefer early on, supported by his exceptional results in the juniors, winning the 1995 Australian and U.S. Open boys titles. Every summer there was hardly a TV set in all of Germany that was not tuned to the broadcast of a Wimbledon match with either Boris (3 wins) or Steffi (7 wins) on the court. Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf is a German former professional tennis player. Finals involving two of Wimbledon’s greatest stars feature in this trawl through the SW19 archives - Boris Becker and Steffi Graf, who have ten singles … Some noted observers, such as Margaret Court, suggested that Graf could achieve the feat a couple more times. However, unless a license is purchased, content cannot be used in any final materials or any publicly available materials.