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==Personal life== In 1997, she left the [[Catholic Church]], citing personal reasons.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/steffi-proof-that-the-rich-dont-get-to-heaven-1252835.html |title=Steffi: proof that the rich don't get to heaven |work=The Independent |date=27 July 1997 |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126043612/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/steffi-proof-that-the-rich-dont-get-to-heaven-1252835.html |archive-date=26 January 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> During her career, Graf divided her time between her hometown of [[Brühl, Baden-Wuerttemberg|Brühl]]; [[Boca Raton, Florida]]; and New York City, where she owned a penthouse in the former [[240 Centre Street|Police Headquarters Building]] in [[SoHo, Manhattan|SoHo]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1996/11/18/219047/the-trials-of-steffi-graf-with-her-father-in-jail-and-her-own-innocence-being-questioned-the-worlds-best-woman-tennis-player-has-finally-been-forced-to-take-control-of-her-life |title=The Trials of Steffi Graf: With her father in jail and her own innocence being questioned, the world's best woman tennis player has finally been forced to take control of her life |newspaper=Sports Illustrated Vault | Si.com |access-date=14 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315000517/http://www.si.com/vault/1996/11/18/219047/the-trials-of-steffi-graf-with-her-father-in-jail-and-her-own-innocence-being-questioned-the-worlds-best-woman-tennis-player-has-finally-been-forced-to-take-control-of-her-life |archive-date=15 March 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wolff |first=Alexander |date=20 September 1993 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |page=26 |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1993/09/20/129338/serves-and-follies-the-us-open-was-just-so-many-crybabies-and-no-names-until-pete-sampras-and-steffi-graf-dispatched-the-pretenders |title=Serves and Follies |access-date=25 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314153742/http://www.si.com/vault/1993/09/20/129338/serves-and-follies-the-us-open-was-just-so-many-crybabies-and-no-names-until-pete-sampras-and-steffi-graf-dispatched-the-pretenders |archive-date=14 March 2017 }}</ref> From 1992 to 1999, Graf dated racing driver [[Michael Bartels]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=John |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/andre-takes-courtly-bow-with-steffi-741879.html |title=Andre takes courtly bow with Steffi |work=[[The Independent]] |date=1 November 1999 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820162406/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/andre-takes-courtly-bow-with-steffi-741879.html |archive-date=20 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> She started dating [[Andre Agassi]] after the [[1999 French Open]], and they married on 22 October 2001, with only their mothers as witnesses.<ref>{{cite web |last=Knolle |first=Sharon |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101751&page=1 |title=Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf Wed |publisher=ABC News |access-date=17 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522145516/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101751&page=1 |archive-date=22 May 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Graf, Agassi Are Parents of a Boy|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-28-sp-62661-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=28 October 2001|access-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805200153/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/28/sports/sp-62661|archive-date=5 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Knolle |first=Sharon |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101751&page=1 |title=Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf Wed |publisher=ABC News |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522145516/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101751&page=1 |archive-date=22 May 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have two children: a son, born in 2001; and a daughter, born in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last=Knolle |first=Sharon |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101751&page=1 |title=Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf Wed |publisher=ABC News |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522145516/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101751&page=1 |archive-date=22 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Agassi has said that he and Graf are not pushing their children toward becoming tennis players.<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10861440 "Tennis: Agassi taking different tact [sic] with fatherhood"], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918085420/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10861440 |date=18 September 2018 }} The New Zealand Herald, 25 January 2013</ref> The Graf-Agassi family resides in [[Summerlin, Nevada|Summerlin]], a community in the [[Las Vegas Valley]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/love-everything-graf-now |title=Love is everything to Graf now |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=20 May 2010 |access-date=18 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025081858/http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/love-everything-graf-now |archive-date=25 October 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Graf's mother and her brother also live there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2014062019501/tennis-legendsteffi-graff-talks-royal-ascot-and-career/|title=Tennis legend Steffi Graf talks Royal Ascot and her career to HELLO! Online|work=hellomagazine.com|date=20 June 2014|access-date=20 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622090946/http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2014062019501/tennis-legendsteffi-graff-talks-royal-ascot-and-career/|archive-date=22 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1991, the Steffi Graf Youth Tennis Center in [[Leipzig]] was dedicated to her.<ref name="Steffi Graf WTA Bio">{{cite web|title=Steffi Graf Biography|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/2718/title/steffi-graf|access-date=24 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722183123/http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/2718/title/steffi-graf|archive-date=22 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is the founder, and chairperson, of "Children for Tomorrow", a non-profit foundation established in 1998 for implementing and developing projects to support children that have been traumatized by war or other crises.<ref name="Steffi Graf WTA Bio"/> In 2001, Graf indicated that she preferred to be called "Stefanie" instead of "Steffi".<ref>{{cite news|title=Don't call me Steffi|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/1273774.stm|publisher=BBC|date=12 April 2001|access-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808101605/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/1273774.stm|archive-date=8 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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