Mariella Thamm, eines der größten deutschen Tennis-Talente, gewinnt ihr erstes Turnier auf der ITF-Tour. Der Auftakt einer ...

Anne Keothavong's snub of Steffi Graf from her top two greatest female players of all time was even more interesting since she put 12-time singles Major titlist Billie Jean King at No. 2.

Because in just five words, Graf gave us a meme-worthy moment and flipped the gender script on centuries of romantic clichés. And now, women everywhere are rethinking the age-old fairytale proposal.

Andre and Steffi's love story Andre had a crush on Steffi before he'd even met her in person. In his memoir, Open, the father-of-two admitted: "I've had a crush on Steffi since I first saw her ...

Steffi Graf and her daughter, Jaz Elle, watch a tennis match in New York on September 3, 2005. AP Photo/Greg Bull "It's a weird sport,” Andre told Fox Sports.

Steffi Graf lebt mittlerweile in Las Vegas und so kamen die Glückwünsche bei uns in Deutschland etwas verspätet an – sie hatte bereits am 14. Juni Geburtstag.

Nevertheless, Graf overcame her injury struggles and produced a fairytale run at the 1999 French Open, beating Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the final to win her 22nd Grand Slam title.