Editing Steffi Graf (section)

==Playing style==
The main weapons in Graf's game were her powerful inside-out forehand drive (which earned her the moniker ''Fräulein Forehand'') and her intricate footwork.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_history/3742103.stm | work=BBC News | title=Wimbledon legends: Steffi Graf | date=31 May 2004 | access-date=1 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917150936/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_history/3742103.stm | archive-date=17 September 2010 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> She often positioned herself in her backhand corner and although this left her forehand wide open and vulnerable to attack, her court speed meant that only the most accurate shots wide to her forehand caused any trouble. Graf's game was versatile across multiple playing surfaces, and she excelled at her footwork and powerful forehand drive.<ref name="Steffi Graf International Tennis Hall of Fame">{{cite web |url=http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/steffi-graf |title=Steffi Graf |access-date=24 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629104344/http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/steffi-graf |publisher=International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum |archive-date=29 June 2013}}</ref>

Graf's technique on the forehand was unique and instantly recognizable: generating considerable racquet head speed with her swing, she reached the point of contact late and typically out of the air. As a result, she hit her forehand with exceptional pace and accuracy. According to her coaches Pavel Složil and Heinz Günthardt, Graf's superior sense of timing was the key behind the success of her forehand.<ref name="youtube1"/><ref>{{cite news |author=Simon O'Hagan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wimbledon-95-graf-on-a-new-curve-1588167.html |title=WIMBLEDON '95: Graf on a new curve |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811233548/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wimbledon-95-graf-on-a-new-curve-1588167.html |archive-date=11 August 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

Graf also had a powerful backhand drive but over the course of her career tended to use it less frequently, opting more often for an effective backhand slice. Starting in the early 1990s, she used the slice almost exclusively in baseline rallies and mostly limited the topspin backhand to passing shots. Her accuracy with the slice, both cross-court and down the line and her ability to skid the ball and keep it low, enabled her to use it as an offensive weapon to set the ball up for her forehand put-aways. However, Graf admitted in 1995 that she would have preferred having a two-handed backhand in retrospect.<ref name="asapsports1">{{cite web |url=http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=19251 |title=ASAP Sports Transcripts – Tennis – 1995 – WTA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS – November 18 – Steffi Graf |website=Asapsports.com |date=18 November 1995 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313124523/http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=19251 |archive-date=13 March 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

She built her powerful and accurate serve up to {{convert|183|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}, making it one of the fastest serves in women's tennis and was a capable volleyer.<ref name="bleacherreport1"/><ref name="grantland1"/>

An exceptionally versatile competitor, Graf remains the only player, male or female, to have won the calendar-year Grand Slam on three surfaces or to have won each Grand Slam at least four times. Eighteen-time Grand Slam champion and former rival [[Chris Evert]] opined, "Steffi Graf is the best all-around player. Martina [Navratilova] won more on fast courts and I won more on slow courts, but Steffi came along and won more titles on both surfaces."<ref name="youtube1"/> Her endurance and superior footwork allowed her to excel on clay courts, where, in addition to six French Open titles, she won 26 regular tour events, including a record eight titles at the [[German Open (WTA)|German Open]]. Meanwhile, her naturally aggressive style of play, effective backhand slice and speed around the court made her even more dominant on fast surfaces such as hard courts, grass and carpet.<ref name="bleacherreport2">{{cite web |author=claudia celestial girl |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/306536-queens-of-the-court-steffi-graf |title=Queens of the Court: Steffi Graf |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128132739/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/306536-queens-of-the-court-steffi-graf |archive-date=28 January 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref name="grantland1"/> Graf stated that grass was her favorite surface to play on, while clay was her least favorite.<ref name="asapsports1"/>