This year marks the 50th anniversary of TENNIS Magazine's founding in 1965. To commemorate the occasion, we'll look back each Thursday at one of the 50 moments that have defined the last half-century ...
No player had ever recorded a Golden Slam before Steffi Graf did it in 1988. But then again, the feat was not even possible before 1988. The French championships were closed to non-nationals until ...
1 OCT 1988: STEFFI GRAF OF WEST GERMANY WAVES TO THE CROWD AFTER RECEIVING HER GOLD MEDAL IN THE WOMENS SINGLES TENNIS COMPETITION AT THE 1988 SEOUL OLYMPICS. GRAF DEFEATED GABRIELLA SABATINI OF ...
In theory, it’s possible to win a best-of-three sets tennis match by playing and winning 48 straight points. Granted, nobody’s ever done this at the professional level, but this conceptual event still ...
Graf did not drop a single set on her path to the final at Wimbledon in 1988. In the semifinals, she convincingly defeated Pam Shriver 6-1, 6-2. She faced Martina Navratilova in the summit clash.
German tennis icon Boris Becker recently shared a nostalgic picture of his 1988 Wimbledon final against Stefan Edberg. Becker and Edberg had one of the most memorable rivalries in tennis history. They ...
Progress Chris Lewis (NZL) vs John Alexander, Washington 1988, Washington.