Steffi Graf

German tennis phenomenon, winning 11 of 13 tournaments in 1987 to become the top ranking woman tennis player. Trained by her father-coach Peter Graf (born 18 June 1938) from the time she was four, she rose through German amateur ranks and turned pro at 13. At 15, she won an Olympic Gold Medal, and played at Wimbledon. Throughout her career, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, earned 107 tournament victories on the WTA Tour, won Wimbledon seven times, the French Open six times, the U.S. Open five times, the Australian Open four times, and spent a record 377 weeks as the number one player in the world. She also earned more than $20 million. Strong willed and a hard worker, she started with her first racket at four and within a year was beating eight-year-olds.