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60 free Steffi Graf trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Steffi Graf is the only tennis player ever to win the Golden Slam and the only one to win every major at least four times, and she walked away at 30 while still ranked third in the world. This quiz follows her whole career: the living-room lessons at three, the 13-year-old at Roland Garros, the 1984 Olympic demonstration event, the first title over Evert, the 1987 breakthrough and the 186 weeks at No. 1. Then comes 1988 in detail: the double-bagel French Open final, the comeback against Navratilova at Wimbledon, Sabatini in New York and Seoul, Pam Shriver's spoiler, and the years after: Sánchez Vicario in Paris, Seles ending the streak, the Bild scandal, the stabbing in Hamburg, the tax case, the 13-deuce game of 1995, the last major over Hingis, McEnroe, retirement, Agassi, Summerlin and the Hall of Fame. Easy questions suit any tennis fan; the expert tier asks for coaches, records and match scores. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on Graf and her contemporaries, and the supporting sentence is attached to each question. If you like this, try our quizzes on tennis and on Wimbledon.
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Q 01In which German city was Steffi Graf born in 1969?
Mannheim
The family moved to neighbouring Brühl when she was nine.
Q 02For a record how many weeks was Graf ranked world No. 1?
377
She also finished as year-end No. 1 a record eight times.
Q 03How many major singles titles did Graf win?
22
That is the second most of the Open Era and third most of all time.
Q 04What is the name for Graf's unique feat of winning every major at least four times?
A quadruple career Grand Slam
No other player, male or female, has managed it.
Q 05At which tournament did a 13-year-old Graf become the youngest player to appear in a major main draw?
The 1983 French Open
She was ranked No. 124 at the start of that first full professional year.
Q 06Who beat Graf in her first professional match, at Filderstadt in October 1982?
Tracy Austin
The former No. 1 won 6–4, 6–0.
Q 07What did the 15-year-old Graf win at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
The tennis demonstration event
No medals were awarded because tennis was not yet an official Olympic sport.
Q 08Where did Graf's father first teach his three-year-old daughter to swing a wooden racket?
In the family living room
She was on a court at four and playing tournaments at five.
Q 09Whom did Graf beat for her first WTA title at Hilton Head in 1986, never losing to her again?
Chris Evert
She never lost to her again, winning their next seven meetings.
Q 10What was Graf's win–loss record in her 1987 breakthrough season, when she won her first major?
75–2
Both defeats came against Navratilova, who split their four meetings that year.
Q 11From August 1987, Graf held No. 1 for how many consecutive weeks, a record later tied by Serena Williams?
186
She was the first player other than Navratilova or Evert at the top since 1980.
Q 12What is the name for Graf's 1988 feat of winning all four majors and Olympic gold in one year?
The Golden Slam
She remains the only tennis player to have done it.
Q 13Graf's 1988 French Open final was the shortest major final ever. What was the score?
6–0, 6–0 in 34 minutes
Natasha Zvereva won only thirteen points; a rain break split the play into nine and 23 minutes.
Q 21How many wins long was Graf's unbeaten streak when it ended in the 1990 Berlin final?
66
Only Navratilova's 74 is longer in WTA history.
Q 22Which German tabloid ran the 1990 story about Graf's father, leading to tears at a Wimbledon press conference?
Bild
Wimbledon threatened to shut down any press conference where the subject came up.
Q 23How many of the 1991 majors did Monica Seles win as she took over from Graf as the dominant player?
Three
She also ended Graf's record 186-week hold on the No. 1 ranking that March.
Q 24Who beat Graf in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic final, leaving her with silver?
Q 14From what position was Graf trailing in the 1988 Wimbledon final before beating Navratilova?
7–5, 2–0 down
She won 5–7, 6–2, 6–1.
Q 15Which two women had completed a calendar Grand Slam before Graf did in 1988?
Maureen Connolly Brinker and Margaret Court
Graf's is the only Grand Slam ever won on three surfaces, since the US Open moved to hard courts in 1978.
Q 16Whom did Graf beat in the gold-medal match at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?
Gabriela Sabatini
The same opponent had lost to her in the US Open final a few weeks earlier.
Q 17Graf's only Grand Slam doubles title came at Wimbledon in 1988 with which partner?
Gabriela Sabatini
The famously shy pair barely spoke at changeovers.
Q 18Who upset Graf at the 1988 season-ending championships, denying her a 'Golden Super Slam'?
Pam Shriver
It was only her third loss of the year.
Q 19Which 17-year-old ended Graf's run of five straight major titles in the 1989 French Open final?
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Graf served for the match at 5–3 in the third and then won only three more points, blaming food poisoning and cramps.
Q 20What was Graf's match record in 1989?
86–2
Her 0.977 winning percentage is second in the Open Era only to Navratilova.
Jennifer Capriati
Four years earlier she had taken gold in Seoul.
Q 25In which city was Monica Seles stabbed by a Graf fan in 1993?
Hamburg
Günter Parche said he did it to help Graf regain the No. 1 ranking; Seles was out for more than two years.
Q 26During Seles's absence in 1993, how many of her 67 matches did Graf win?
65
She took three of the four majors and the year-end championships.
Q 27Graf's father was jailed for how long in the 1995 tax evasion case?
45 months
Prosecutors dropped the case against Graf herself in 1997 when she paid a 1.3 million Deutsche Mark fine.
Q 28The 1995 Wimbledon final against Sánchez Vicario is famous for a game at 5–5 in the third set lasting how long?
16 minutes with 13 deuces
Graf also beat her in the French Open final that year.
Q 29Whom did Graf beat in the 1999 French Open final for her 22nd and last major?
Martina Hingis
She came from a set down and became the first Open Era player to beat the top three seeds in one major.
Q 30Who beat Graf in her ninth and final Wimbledon singles final in 1999?
Lindsay Davenport
Graf had survived three-setters against Venus Williams and Mirjana Lučić on the way.