1997年3月,WTO(世界网球组织)将世界最佳女子网球运动员的称号又一次授予了格拉夫。第八次当选给了她前无古人的荣耀,也给了她后来者的疲惫。 1996年温布尔网球公开赛上,当时年仅15岁的玛蒂娜·辛吉斯与人合作获得了双打冠军,世界网坛犹如投入了一块巨石,激起千层浪。格拉夫也感慨地说:“看到了辛吉斯,就发现自己实在有些老了,该把机会让给一些年轻人。” 在过去的一年里,辛吉斯的出现似乎已在隐隐暗示着格拉夫 In March 1997, the WTO (World Tennis Organization) awarded Graf again the title of the world’s best female tennis player. The eighth election gave her unprecedented glory, but also gave her later tired. At the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament in 1996, Martina Hingis, then 15 years old, won the doubles title with the cooperation of the world tennis world like a boulder that stirred up the waves. Graf also said with emotion: “Seeing Hingis, I found myself really old, the opportunity to give some young people.” In the past year, Hingis appears to have been implicitly implied Graff