· Steffi is the ONLY player (man or woman) to have won a Golden
Grand Slam - winning the four Grand Slam titles - the Australian Open, the
French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open - in a single calendar year - 1988. In that year,
Steffi also won the Olympic Gold Medal in Seoul - hence the name Golden Grand Slam.
·Steffi has won her 22 Grand Slam on four
different surfaces - Rebound Ace at Flinders Park, Clay at Roland Garros, Grass at
Wimbledon and cement Hard Court at Flushing Meadow. This fact, in itself, makes Steffi's
Grand Slam unique.
· Steffi is the ONLY player (either male or female) to have won all four of the Grand
Slam events at least 4 times.
· Steffi is the ONLY player (either male or female) to have won each of the four Grand
Slam events in singles AND TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED each and every one
· Steffi is one of only two players (either male or female) to have won the French Open
and Wimbledon in the same year and to have done so four times. She achieved this in 1988,
1993, 1995 and 1996. Helen Wills Moody did it in 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1932. Bjorn Borg
achieved it three times - 1978, 1979 and 1980
· Steffi had already won 7 Wimbledon titles by the age of 27
· It took Steffi only 9 years between her first and her eighteenth Grand Slam titles,
while it took Margaret Court 11 years, and Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova 13 years
each.
· Steffi holds the record for any player (either male or female) for the number of
consecutive weeks as number 1 in the world - 186 weeks
between 17th August 1987 and 10th March 1991.
· Steffi is the only player (either male or female) to have won all four Grand Slam
singles titles in the 80s AS WELL AS in the 90s
· By winning the 1994 Australian Open, Steffi became only the second woman (Martina
Navratilova was the other doing it in 1983/84) to win a non-calendar year Grand Slam,
having already won the 1993 French Open, Wimbledon and US Open titles.
· Steffi holds the record for consecutive appearances in Grand Slam finals at 13 - from
the 1987 French Open up to the 1990 French Open
· Steffi has won at least 3 Grand Slam titles in five different years - in 1988 she won
all 4; in 1989 and 1993 she won 3 and was a finalist in the fourth; in 1995 and 1996 she
won all three of the Grand Slams she played.
· Steffi has earned an Olympic Gold Medal (1988 at Seoul), a Silver Medal ( 1992 at
Barcelona) and a Bronze Medal (1988 at Seoul in doubles).
· Steffi won the Lipton 5 times - a record for a man or woman. The Lipton is the biggest
tournament outside the Grand Slams.
· Between 1986 and 1996, Steffi won at least 7 titles every year. Also she won at
least one Grand Slam title every year between 1987 and 1996.
· Steffi has been the World Champion of Tennis seven times in ten years - 1987 to 1990,
1993 and 1995 and 1996. Seven times is a world record.
· Steffi has been the Corel WTA Player of the Year 1987 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996.
· Steffi holds a winning record against every significant player she has ever played,
except Martina Navratilova (9-9) and Tracy Austin (1-1).
· Steffi holds the record as the player who has held the number 1 ranking in the world
for the l o n g e s t period of time. As of the 24th March 1997, she had
been in the top position for 377 weeks (over 7 years). The previous record was 331 weeks which was
held by Martina Navratilova.
· Steffi won 107 titles