Editing Steffi Graf (section)

=====Tax issues=====
In personal terms, 1995 was a difficult year for Graf, as she was accused by German authorities of [[tax evasion]] in the early years of her career.<ref>{{cite news|title=Steffi Graf Investigated for Tax Evasion|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-13-sp-23308-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=13 July 1995|access-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805191541/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-07-13/sports/sp-23308_1_steffi-graf|archive-date=5 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In her defense, she stated that her father Peter was her financial manager, and all financial matters relating to her earnings at the time had been under his control. Her father was arrested in August and was sentenced to 45 months in jail.<ref name="nyt96">{{cite web|author1=Robin Finn|title=Tennis;Graf finds real world full of ups and downs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/24/sports/tennis-graf-finds-real-world-full-of-ups-and-downs.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=9 December 2017|date=24 March 1995|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210074054/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/24/sports/tennis-graf-finds-real-world-full-of-ups-and-downs.html|archive-date=10 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/25/sports/peter-graf-is-sentenced-to-prison-in-tax-case.html |title=Peter Graf Is Sentenced To Prison in Tax Case |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 January 1997 |first=Alan |last=Cowell |access-date=18 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527065715/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/25/sports/peter-graf-is-sentenced-to-prison-in-tax-case.html |archive-date=27 May 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> He was eventually released after serving 25 months. Prosecutors dropped their case against Graf in 1997, when she agreed to pay a fine of 1.3&nbsp;million [[Deutsche Mark]]s to the government and an unspecified charity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-25-sp-21887-story.html|title=Graf's Father Sentenced to Jail|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=25 January 1997|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423104656/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-25/sports/sp-21887_1_steffi-graf|url-status=live}}</ref>