Overall somewhat over-rated; her chief rival generally dominated her in the prime of both their careers, that is, until Seles was stabbed. Furthermore, Navratilova and esp Evert were already past their primes by 1988, when Graf really started to dominate. Thus, in light of this, Graf's statistic of 22 majors is a bit deceptive and should probably contain an asterik. As a tennis player, Graf was highly ambitious and obviously tough to beat, but she was also extremely self-absorbed and isolated and did not give back to the game like King, Evert and others did. In this respect, she resembles Ivan Lendl, except that he at least warmed up a bit late in his career.
