With 22 Grand Slams, 4 Olympic medals and 107 titles in her kitty and an inexhaustibly fruitful career spanning over 17 years, Steffi Graf is truly one of the best athletes that the 20th century witnessed. Her brilliance at the tennis court is evident from the long list of firsts that she carries till date, more than a decade after her retirement. Graf’s love for the game started young and led to her becoming a top-notch player in the game. She not only is the only player with four Grand Slams and Olympics Gold in one calendar year, has also the highest number of Grand Slam victories since introduction of Open Era in 1968. Her virtuosity and expertise at courts was evident in the ranking order as she retained the world top position for 186 consecutive weeks, a feat unmatched till date. What’s more, during her whole career, she was a top seeded player for a record 377 weeks, a record which remains unrivalled. It was the versatility coupled with Graf’s sheer tenacity and skill for the game that made her an unsurpassed star such that even when injuries incapacitated her, Graf rebounded in style and with success. Undoubtedly, she has been the reigning star of the game and thus voted as the ‘Greatest Tennis Female Player’ by a number of magazines, associations, critics and sports channels.