But when it came down to it, Graf dominated her sport more than any other tennis player ever, male or female. Graf is the only player to have won a Golden Grand Slam, which consists of the four Grand Slam titles and an Olympic Gold Medal all in one year. She accomplished that in 1988. She has won a total of 22 Grand Slam titles. That's four different surfaces, four different times.
Some players excel on hard courts, some on clay.
It didn't and doesn't matter to Graf. She transcended on all surfaces. Graf is also the only player to have won all four Grand Slam singles titles in the 80s as well as in the 90s. And nobody, male or female, has held the No. 1 ranking for more consecutive weeks than Graf. No. 1 in the world for 186 weeks.