Editing Steffi Graf (section)

===Post-career exhibition matches===
[[File:Steffi Graf (Wimbledon 2009).jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Graf at Wimbledon 2009]]
In late 1999 and early 2000, as part of her Farewell Tour, Graf played a series of exhibition matches against former rivals in New Zealand, Japan, Spain, Germany and South Africa. She played [[Jelena Dokic]] in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand, Amanda Coetzer in [[Durban]], South Africa, and her former rival Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in [[Zaragoza]], Spain.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/graf-overcomes-layoff-to-beat-coetzer-in-farewell-exhibition-741947.html |title=Graf overcomes layoff to beat Coetzer in farewell exhibition |work=[[The Independent]] |date=7 December 1999 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520162957/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/graf-overcomes-layoff-to-beat-coetzer-in-farewell-exhibition-741947.html |archive-date=20 May 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzine.co.nz/features/tennis.html |title=* NZine * Tennis – The Biggest Participant Sport In New Zealand – Tennis, Steffi Graf, Indoor Tennis Centre, Davis Cup, Anthony Wilding, Wilding Park, Maurice Agar, Scenic Circles Indoor Tennis Centre, New Zealand Tennis |website=Nzine.co.nz |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007114531/http://www.nzine.co.nz/features/tennis.html |archive-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was Graf and Sánchez Vicario's first head-to-head meeting since 1996. In February 2000, Graf played against [[Kimiko Date]] at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, winning in three sets.<ref>{{cite news|last=Greene |first=Bob |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/the-week-in-tennis-741956.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/the-week-in-tennis-741956.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The Week in Tennis |work=[[The Independent]] |date=14 December 1999 |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref> In September 2004, Graf dispatched her former doubles partner Gabriela Sabatini, in straight sets, in an exhibition match played in [[Berlin]], Germany.<ref name="latimes2005">{{cite web |author=Lisa Dillman |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-30-sp-tennis30-story.html |title=Graf Will Make a Cameo in Team Tennis |website=Los Angeles Times |date=30 March 2005 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030231318/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-30-sp-tennis30-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She was also in Berlin to host a charity gala, as well as inaugurating a tennis stadium renamed the "Steffi Graf Stadion". Proceeds from her match against Sabatini went to Graf's foundation, "Children for Tomorrow".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kammerer|first1=Roy|title=Graf back on court – and still boasts that big forehand|agency=Associated Press|date=24 September 2004}}</ref>

In July 2005, Graf competed in one tie of [[World Team Tennis]] (WTT) on the [[Houston Wranglers]] team.<ref name="latimes2005"/> She was beaten in two out of three matches, with each match being one set. Graf lost her singles match to [[Elena Likhovtseva]] 5–4. She teamed with [[Ansley Cargill]] in women's doubles against [[Anna Kournikova]] and Likhovtseva but lost 5–2. She was successful, however, in the mixed doubles match.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sarah Hornaday |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Steffi-Graf-delights-crowd-at-Westside-Tennis-Club-1930275.php |title=Steffi Graf delights crowd at Westside Tennis Club – Houston Chronicle |website=Chron.com |date=13 July 2005 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803090202/http://www.chron.com/sports/article/Steffi-Graf-delights-crowd-at-Westside-Tennis-Club-1930275.php |archive-date=3 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Graf completely ruled out a return to professional tennis. In October, Graf defeated Sabatini in an exhibition match in [[Mannheim]], Germany, winning both of their sets. Like the exhibition match the previous year against Sabatini, proceeds went to "Children for Tomorrow".

[[File:Steffi Graf für Rexona.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Graf at a charity tennis tournament in 2010]]
In 2008 Graf lost an exhibition match against Kimiko Date at [[Ariake Colosseum]] in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/11/one-ages/56938/ |title=One for the Ages |website=TENNIS.com |date=30 November 2015 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627155436/http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/11/one-ages/56938/ |archive-date=27 June 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref> As part of the event, billed as "Dream Match 2008", she defeated Martina Navratilova in a one-set affair 8–7, with Graf winning a tiebreaker 10–5.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/exh-graf-navratil-0/ |title=Graf edges Navratilova in exhibition |website=Sportsnet.ca |date=15 September 2009 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030221811/http://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/exh-graf-navratil-0/ |archive-date=30 October 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref> It was the first time in 14 years Graf had played Navratilova. Graf played a singles exhibition match against [[Kim Clijsters]] and a mixed doubles exhibition alongside husband [[Andre Agassi]] against [[Tim Henman]] and Clijsters as part of a test event and celebration for the newly installed roof over Wimbledon's [[Centre Court]] in 2009. She lost a lengthy one-set singles match to Clijsters and also the mixed doubles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/177910 |title=Steffi Graf: The Queen Returns to Centre Court |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |date=18 May 2009 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115185129/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/177910 |archive-date=15 January 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

In 2010, Graf participated in the WTT Smash Hits exhibition in Washington, D.C. to support the [[Elton John AIDS Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Purepeople |title=Steffi Graf lors du WTT Smash Hits à Washington en novembre 2010 – Photo |url=https://www.purepeople.com/media/steffi-graf-lors-du-wtt-smash-hits-a_m520484 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.purepeople.com}}</ref> She and Agassi, her husband, were on Team Elton John, which competed against Team Billie Jean King.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/15/AR2010111508410.html |title=Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Elton John headline an evening of tennis for charity in Washington |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128215345/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/15/AR2010111508410.html |archive-date=28 November 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> Graf played in the celebrity doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles before straining her left calf muscle and being replaced by Anna Kournikova.