Editing Steffi Graf (section)

==Career statistics==
{{Main|Steffi Graf career statistics}}

===Grand Slam tournament performance timeline===
{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
|-
||
| colspan="8" |West Germany
| colspan="12" |Germany
|-
!Tournament!![[1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1983]]!![[1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1984]]!![[1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1985]]!![[1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1986]]!![[1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1987]]!![[1988 WTA Tour|1988]]!![[1989 WTA Tour|1989]]!![[1990 WTA Tour|1990]]!![[1991 WTA Tour|1991]]!![[1992 WTA Tour|1992]]!![[1993 WTA Tour|1993]]!![[1994 WTA Tour|1994]]!![[1995 WTA Tour|1995]]!![[1996 WTA Tour|1996]]!![[1997 WTA Tour|1997]]!![[1998 WTA Tour|1998]]!![[1999 WTA Tour|1999]]!!{{Tooltip| SR | Strike rate}} !! {{Tooltip| W–L | Win–loss}} !! Win %
|-
|align=left|{{nowrap|[[Australian Open]]}}
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1983 Australian Open – Women's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1984 Australian Open – Women's singles|3R]]
|A
|style=color:#767676|NH
|A
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1988 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1989 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1990 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[1991 Australian Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|A
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1993 Australian Open – Women's singles|F]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1994 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1997 Australian Open – Women's singles|4R]]
|A
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[1999 Australian Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|4 / 10
|47–6
|style="background:#efefef;"|{{tennis win percentage|won=47|lost=6|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1983 French Open – Women's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1984 French Open – Women's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1985 French Open – Women's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[1986 French Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1987 French Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1988 French Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1989 French Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1990 French Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1991 French Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1992 French Open – Women's singles|F]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1993 French Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1994 French Open – Women's singles|SF]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1995 French Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1996 French Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[1997 French Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|A
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1999 French Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|6 / 16
|84–10
|style="background:#efefef;"|{{tennis win percentage|won=84|lost=10|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|[[1983 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying|LQ]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1984 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1985 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|4R]]
|A
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1987 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1991 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1995 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1999 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
|7 / 14
|74–7
|style="background:#efefef;"|{{tennis win percentage|won=74|lost=7|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|[[1983 US Open – Women's singles qualifying|LQ]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1984 US Open – Women's singles|1R]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1985 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1986 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1987 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1988 US Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1989 US Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1990 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1991 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[1992 US Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1993 US Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1994 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1995 US Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1996 US Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1998 US Open – Women's singles|4R]]
|A
|5 / 14
|73–9
|style="background:#efefef;"|{{tennis win percentage|won=73|lost=9|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!1–2
!7–4
!11–3
!9–2
!19–2
!27–0
!27–1
!24–3
!21–3
!17–2
!26–1
!18–3
!21–0
!21–0
!7–2
!5–2
!17–2
!{{nowrap|22 / 54}}
!{{nowrap|278–32}}
!style="background:#efefef;"|{{tennis win percentage|won=278|lost=32|integer=yes}}
|}

<small>'''Note:'''
''Graf's semifinal match at the 1988 US Open and 3rd round match at the 1993 US open were walkovers (so not counted as win)''</small>

===Grand Slam tournament finals===
====Singles: 31 (22 titles, 9 runner-ups)====
{| class='sortable wikitable' 
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:30px"|Year
!style="width:170px"|Championship
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:180px"|Opponent
!style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1987 French Open – Women's singles|1987]]||[[French Open]]||Clay||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Martina Navratilova]]||6–4, 4–6, 8–6
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1987 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1987]]||[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova||5–7, 3–6
|-style="background:#ccccff;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1987 US Open – Women's singles|1987]]||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova||6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 1–6
|-bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| rowspan="4" style="background:#98fb98;" |Win ||[[1988 Australian Open – Women's singles|1988]]||[[Australian Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]]||6–1, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>
|-bgcolor="#EBC2AF"
|[[1988 French Open – Women's singles|1988]]||French Open <small>(2)</small>||Clay||{{flagicon|URS}} [[Natasha Zvereva]]||6–0, 6–0
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|[[1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1988]]||Wimbledon||Grass||{{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova||5–7, 6–2, 6–1
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|[[1988 US Open – Women's singles|1988]]||US Open||Hard||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriela Sabatini]]||6–3, 3–6, 6–1
|-style="background:#ffffcc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1989 Australian Open – Women's singles|1989]]||Australian Open <small>(2)</small>||Hard||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Helena Suková]]||6–4, 6–4
|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1989 French Open – Women's singles|1989]]||French Open||Clay||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]]||6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 6–3, 5–7
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1989]]||Wimbledon <small>(2)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova||6–2, 6–7<sup>(1–7)</sup>, 6–1
|-style="background:#ccccff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1989 US Open – Women's singles|1989]]||US Open <small>(2)</small>||Hard||{{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova||3–6, 7–5, 6–1
|-style="background:#ffffcc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1990 Australian Open – Women's singles|1990]]||Australian Open <small>(3)</small>||Hard||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mary Joe Fernández]]||6–3, 6–4
|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1990 French Open – Women's singles|1990]]||French Open ||Clay||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Monica Seles]]||6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 4–6
|-style="background:#ccccff;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1990 US Open – Women's singles|1990]]||US Open ||Hard||{{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriela Sabatini||2–6, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1991 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1991]]||Wimbledon <small>(3)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriela Sabatini||6–4, 3–6, 8–6
|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1992 French Open – Women's singles|1992]]||French Open||Clay||{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Monica Seles||2–6, 6–3, 8–10
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1992]]||Wimbledon <small>(4)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Monica Seles||6–2, 6–1
|-style="background:#ffffcc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1993 Australian Open – Women's singles|1993]]||Australian Open||Hard||{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Monica Seles||6–4, 3–6, 2–6
|-style="border: 2px solid blue" bgcolor="#ebc2af"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1993 French Open – Women's singles|1993]]||French Open <small>(3)</small>||Clay||{{flagicon|USA}} Mary Joe Fernández||4–6, 6–2, 6–4
|-style="border: 2px solid blue" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1993]]||Wimbledon <small>(5)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jana Novotná]]||7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 1–6, 6–4
|-style="border: 2px solid blue" bgcolor="#ccccff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1993 US Open – Women's singles|1993]]||US Open <small>(3)</small>||Hard||{{flagicon|CZE}} Helena Suková||6–3, 6–3
|-style="border: 2px solid blue" bgcolor="#ffffcc"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1994 Australian Open – Women's singles|1994]]||Australian Open <small>(4)</small>||Hard||{{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario||6–0, 6–2
|-style="background:#ccccff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1994 US Open – Women's singles|1994]]||US Open ||Hard||{{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario||6–1, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 4–6
|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1995 French Open – Women's singles|1995]]||French Open <small>(4)</small>||Clay||{{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario||7–5, 4–6, 6–0
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1995 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1995]]||Wimbledon <small>(6)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario||4–6, 6–1, 7–5
|-style="background:#ccccff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1995 US Open – Women's singles|1995]]||US Open <small>(4)</small>||Hard||{{flagicon|USA}} Monica Seles||7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 0–6, 6–3
|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1996 French Open – Women's singles|1996]]||French Open <small>(5)</small>||Clay||{{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario||6–3, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 10–8
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1996]]||Wimbledon <small>(7)</small>||Grass||{{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario||6–3, 7–5
|-style="background:#ccccff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1996 US Open – Women's singles|1996]]||US Open <small>(5)</small>||Hard||{{flagicon|USA}} Monica Seles||7–5, 6–4
|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1999 French Open – Women's singles|1999]]||French Open <small>(6)</small>||Clay||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]]||4–6, 7–5, 6–2
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1999 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1999]]||Wimbledon ||Grass||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]]||4–6, 5–7
|}

====Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)====
{|class="sortable wikitable" 
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:30px"|Year
!style="width:170px"|Championship
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:180px"|Partner
!style="width:180px"|Opponents
!style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1986 French Open – Women's doubles|1986]]||[[French Open]]||Clay||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriela Sabatini]]||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Martina Navratilova]]<br />{{flagicon|HUN|1957}} [[Andrea Temesvári]]||1–6, 2–6
|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1987 French Open – Women's doubles|1987]]||French Open ||Clay||{{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriela Sabatini||{{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pam Shriver]]||2–6, 1–6
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|1988]]||[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriela Sabatini||{{flagicon|URS}} [[Larisa Neiland|Larisa Savchenko]]<br />{{flagicon|URS}} [[Natasha Zvereva]]||6–3, 1–6, 12–10
|-style="background:#ebc2af;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[1989 French Open – Women's doubles|1989]]||French Open ||Clay||{{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriela Sabatini||{{flagicon|URS}} Larisa Savchenko<br />{{flagicon|URS}} Natasha Zvereva||4–6, 4–6
|}

===Records===
{{original research|section|date=July 2016}}
* These records were attained in [[Open Era]] of tennis.
* Records in '''bold''' indicate Open Era peer-less achievements.

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!Time span
!Selected Grand Slam tournament records
!Players matched
|-
|1988 Australian Open —<br /> 1988 Olympics||Golden Slam (4 majors + Olympic gold in same calendar year)||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1988 Australian Open —<br /> 1988 US Open||[[List of Grand Slam women's singles champions|Grand Slam]] (4 majors in same calendar year)<ref name="NO.1 SPOTLIGHT: STEFFI GRAF">{{cite web|title=NO.1 SPOTLIGHT: STEFFI GRAF|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/40love/article/3150587/title/no1-spotlight-steffi-graf|website=wtatennis.com|publisher=WTA|date=20 April 2013|access-date=15 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122014432/http://www.wtatennis.com/40love/article/3150587/title/no1-spotlight-steffi-graf|archive-date=22 January 2016}}</ref>||[[Margaret Court]]
|-
|1987 French Open —<br /> 1988 Olympics||Career Golden Slam||[[Serena Williams]]
|-
|1987 French Open —<br /> 1988 US Open||Career Grand Slam||Margaret Court<br />[[Billie Jean King]]<br />[[Chris Evert]]<br />[[Martina Navratilova]]<br />Serena Williams<br />[[Maria Sharapova]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1993 French Open —<br /> 1994 Australian Open||Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam||Martina Navratilova<br />Serena Williams
|-
|Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam in addition to already winning a Grand Slam||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1988 Australian Open —<br /> 1990 Australian Open||Winner of 8 of 9 Grand Slams||Margaret Court
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1988, 1995 & 1996||100% match winning percentage in 1 season||Margaret Court<br />Billie Jean King<br />Chris Evert<br />[[Monica Seles]]<br />Serena Williams
|-
|100% match winning percentage in 3 separate seasons||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1983 French Open —<br /> 1999 Wimbledon||89.67% (278–32) match winning percentage overall||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1988 French Open||Double bagel win in a Grand Slam final||[[Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers]]
|-
|1987 French Open —<br /> 1995 US Open||4+ titles at all four Majors<ref name="Steffi Graf Results">{{cite web|title=Steffi Graf Results|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/2718/title/steffi-graf#stats|website=wtatennis.com|publisher=WTA|access-date=15 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718221517/http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/2718/title/steffi-graf#stats|archive-date=18 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1987 French Open —<br /> 1989 US Open||2+ consecutive titles at all four Majors<ref name="Steffi Graf Results"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1988 Australian Open —<br /> 1996 US Open||5 calendar years winning 3+ Grand Slam titles||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1988 French Open —<br /> 1989 US Open||Defended all four Majors on first try<ref name="Steffi Graf Results"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1987 French Open —<br /> 1999 French Open||6+ titles on clay, grass and hardcourt||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|9+ finals on clay, grass and hardcourt||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1987 French Open —<br /> 1990 French Open||13 consecutive Grand Slam finals<ref name="NO.1 SPOTLIGHT: STEFFI GRAF"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1999 French Open||Defeated the top 3 seeded players in the same tournament||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1988 Australian Open —<br /> 1993 US Open||Reached the final of all four Grand Slams tournaments in a calendar year||Margaret Court<br />Chris Evert<br />Martina Navratilova<br />Monica Seles<br />[[Martina Hingis]]<br />[[Justine Henin]]
|-
|Reached the final of all four Grand Slams tournaments in a calendar year three times||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1988 Australian Open —<br /> 1996 US Open||[[List of Grand Slam women's singles champions#Grand Slam|3 different Grand Slam titles won without losing a set]]||[[Chris Evert]] <br /> [[Lindsay Davenport]] <br /> [[Serena Williams]]
|}

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!Grand Slam tournaments
!Time span
!Records at each Grand Slam tournament
!Players matched
|-
|rowspan="2"| Australian Open||1988–1990||3 consecutive titles||Margaret Court<br />Evonne Goolagong Cawley<br />[[Monica Seles]]<br />[[Martina Hingis]]
|-
|1988–1989, 1994||[[List of Grand Slam women's singles champions#Grand Slam|3 titles won without losing a set]]||[[Evonne Goolagong]]
|-
|Australian Open—French Open||1988||[[List of Grand Slam women's singles champions#Grand Slam|2 titles won without losing a set in the same calendar year]]||[[Billie Jean King]] <br /> [[Martina Navratilova]] <br /> [[Martina Hingis]] <br /> [[Serena Williams]] <br /> [[Justine Henin]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| French Open||1987–1999||[[List of French Open Singles Finals appearances#Women|9 finals overall]]<ref name="Roland Garros">{{cite web|title=Steffi Graf's record at Roland-Garros|url=http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/content/default/steffi_graf.html|website=rolandgarros.com|publisher=Roland Garros|access-date=15 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720202843/http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/content/default/steffi_graf.html|archive-date=20 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Chris Evert]]
|-
|1987–1990||[[List of French Open Singles Finals appearances#Women's most consecutive finals|4 consecutive finals]]<ref name="Roland Garros"/>||Chris Evert<br />[[Martina Navratilova]]
|-
|1983–1999||84 match wins<ref name="Roland Garros"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|Wimbledon||1984–1999||'''Career match winning performance 91.35% (74–7)'''<ref name="Steffi Graf Results"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|}

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!Time span
!Other selected records
!Players matched
|-
|17 August 1987 —<br /> 10 March 1991||[[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players|186 consecutive weeks at No. 1]]<ref name="NO.1 SPOTLIGHT: STEFFI GRAF"/>||[[Serena Williams]]
|-
|1987–1997||377 total weeks at No. 1<ref name="NO.1 SPOTLIGHT: STEFFI GRAF"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1987–1990<br />1993–1996||8 years ended at No. 1||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1988–1990, 1994, 1996||5 years as wire-to-wire (all 52 weeks) No. 1||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1987, 1989||Reached the final of every tournament played in a calendar year||Monica Seles
|-
|1986–1990<br />1992–1996||Two streaks of 5 years with winning percentage of 90%+||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1986–1996||9 [[German Open (WTA)|German Open]] titles||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1986–89 & 1991–94||4 consecutive [[German Open (WTA)|German Open]] title wins<ref name="Steffi Graf Results"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1985–1996||11 [[German Open (WTA)|German Open]] finals<ref name="Steffi Graf Results"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1986–1996||11 consecutive [[German Open (WTA)|German Open]] finals<ref name="Steffi Graf Results"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1987–1995||6 [[Virginia Slims of Florida]] titles||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1986–1995||9 [[Virginia Slims of Florida]] finals||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1992–1995||4 consecutive [[Virginia Slims of Florida]] titles||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1990–1998||5 [[Sparkassen Cup (tennis)|Sparkassen Cup]] titles||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1986–1992||6 [[Zurich Open]] titles||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1987–1993||6 [[WTA Hamburg]] titles||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1989–1994||4 [[Southern California Open]] titles||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1986–1989||3 [[WTA New Jersey]] titles||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1986–1992||6 [[Brighton International]] titles||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1988–1998||4 [[Connecticut Open (tennis)|Connecticut Open]] titles||[[Venus Williams]]<br />[[Caroline Wozniacki]]
|-
|1992–1998||3 [[Advanta Championships of Philadelphia|WTA Philadelphia]] titles||[[Lindsay Davenport]]<br />[[Gabriela Sabatini]]
|-
|1986–1990||3 [[Amelia Island Championships|Amelia Island]] titles||[[Amélie Mauresmo]]
|-
|1988–1996||8 WTA Tier 1/Premier-5/Premier Mandatory clay titles<ref name="Steffi Graf Results"/>||[[Conchita Martínez]]
|-
|1992–1995||89.63% win rate (147–17) in WTA Tier 1/Premier-5/Premier Mandatory events||'''Stands alone'''
|}

[[File:Steffi Graf Farewell World Tour 2000.JPG|thumb|upright=.8|Graf Farewell World Tour 2000]]