August 13, 1999: The day Steffi Graf announced her retirement

On this day, August 13 in 1999, tennis legend Steffi Graf announced her retirement from professional tennis at a press conference – 10 days after her last match on the WTA Tour. Although she had already said at both Roland-Garros and Wimbledon that 1999 would be her final year, the announcement still came as a surprise. In fact, the tennis world expected her to play at least until the…

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