Sports
Top-seeded Steffi Graf needed only 42 minutes to defeat fourth-seeded Jennifer Capriati, 6-0, 6-1, in the semifinals of the Virginia Slims of Philadelphia.
Nov. 15, 1992
Peter Graf is a man with a tough reputation.
Sept. 13, 1987
Headline in a London tabloid: “My Daddy’s No Monster.”
June 29, 1987
World & Nation
It started as a simple family scandal, albeit a big one: a volatile Svengali of a father allegedly scheming to evade the taxes on his daughter’s hard-won millions; a clean-cut tennis idol struggling tearfully to keep her game intact, even as her creator is carted off to jail.
Oct. 9, 1995
She’s 16, she’s German, she knocks the schnitzel out of the ball and she has been called the next Steffi Graf.
Feb. 26, 1991
Steffi Graf wins matches. Her father Peter issues ultimatums.
Sept. 7, 1988
Sports Now
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Jan. 18, 2011
Jurisprudence: He gets three years, nine months for tax fraud. Prosecutors say they’ll appeal.
Jan. 25, 1997
Weirdness took control of the French Open on a rainy Thursday, when Monica Seles won eight of the last nine games against the hottest player on the tour, and the best shot by a member of the Steffi Graf family was made by father Peter Graf, who backhanded a spectator on the side of the head.
June 7, 1991
I was pleased by the attention that Steffi Graf’s retirement received by the L.A. Times.
Aug. 21, 1999